DR. ALEXANDER PETROV
CV
2011
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Address:
4-4-2, Berut St.
BY-220092 Minsk
Belarus
E-mail:
petrov@physics.by
Date of Birth: 16 April 1967
Marital Status: Married
Nationality:
Belarus
Phone: +375-17-2841193 (work)
+375-17-2516636 (home)
EDUCATION
March 2001 – Oct 2004
Nov. 2005
Sep 1984 - Jun 1991
Ph.D.student at the University of Hagen, Germany and the Hahn-MeitnerInstitute, Berlin, Germany. Ph.D. degree: October 2004 at the University of
Hagen. Ph.D.Thesis: "Principles of Production of New Devices for Microand Nanoelectronics on the Base of Materials with Ion Tracks"
Confirmation of the Ph.D. degree at the National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
M.Phys. (equivalent), Belarusian State University, Faculty of Physics,
Department of Solid State Physics, Minsk, Belarus; MS Thesis: "Quantum
Effects in Pure Metals and Alloys on their Base in Conditions of
Magnetic Breakdown"
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Oct. – Dec. 2007
Mar. – Sept. 2009
DAAD Fellowship, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
EMECW Lot 6 Fellowship, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE
Nov 2004 – present
Feb 2006 - May 2006
Oct 1994 - Feb 2001
Aug 1991 – Sep 1994
Research Fellow, Scientific-Practical Materials Research Center of the National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Visiting Scientist, Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of California, Irvine, USA
Research Assistant, Institute of the Solid State and Semiconductor Physics,
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Probation Researcher, Institute of the Solid State and Semiconductor Physics,
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
RESEARCH PROFILE
My research experience is in the field of nanotechnologies and condensed matter physics, and particularly, in
investigations of the possibility of creation of nanoelectronic devices on the base of polymers and siliconbased materials with swift heavy ion (SHI) tracks. Thus, I took part in swift heavy ion irradiations of various
polymers and semiconductors at the Ion Beam Laboratory of the Hahn-Meitner-Institute. I have performed
complex etching treatments of these materials, made chemical deposition of various materials and metal
evaporation on polymers and Si-based materials in various conditions, have made structural characterization
by various spectrometry and optical methods and electrical-physical characterization of the obtained
structures. I took part in creation and characterization of first prototypes of microinductivities,
microtransformers and microcapacitors, nanosensors with fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, novel
functionalized sterilizing materials for biology and medicine, being based on the polymers with etched SHI
tracks, and first representatives of a new family of nanoelectronic devices, which has been fabricated on the
base of various dielectric layers with SHI tracks on the base of silicon. Presently I am mostly engaged in
projects concerning preparation and investigation of nanostructures with magnetic materials for spintronic
applications and sensorics, on the base of above stated experience.
CORE SKILLS
Technical
IT skills
Language Skills
Problem Solving
Communication
Team Worker
Excellent technical skills in etching of polymer and silicon-based materials; expertise
in chemical (electrodeless) deposition and evaporation techniques; very good
technical skills in electrical-physical measurements of devices based on polymers and
semiconductors with deposited metal layers. Experienced in optical microscopy,
SEM analysis, ITS, RBS, and swift heavy ion irradiation of experimental materials.
Good experience in the electrical-physical measurements techniques at low
temperatures and high magnetic fields.
Good experience in working with Origin, TRIM and SRIM programs.
Excellent knowledge of English, good knowledge of German.
Working across several distinct areas of research, demonstrated independent thought
in analysing problems, adopting suitable strategies and developing new techniques.
The results are being reviewed for publications, and have been presented to the
colleagues in a series of seminars and colloqiums.
Proven abilities to write research reports and journal articles. Good communication
skills gained from giving presentations at seminars and conferences (“Materials
Congress”, April 9 – 11, 2002, London, UK; International Workshop on
Nanostructures for Electronics and Optics, October 6 - 9, 2002, Dresden, Germany;
“Nanomeeting”, May 24-27, 2005, Minsk, Belarus; “SHIM-2005”, May 28 – 31,
2005, Aschaffenburg, Germany; “Nanomeeting”, May 26-29, 2009, Minsk, Belarus).
Working in Hahn-Meitner-Institute (Berlin, Germany) and the Chair of Electronic
Devices of the University of Hagen (Hagen, Germany) as a member of international
group (March 2001 - November 2004). Visiting scientist in the Institute of Physics,
Federal University of Southern Rio Grande, Porto-Alegre, Brazil (November –
December, 2001). Visiting scientist in the group of Prof. Z.Siwy in the Department of
Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, USA (February –May,
2006). Visiting scientist under the DAAD fellowship, Dresden University of
Technology, Germany (October – December, 2007). Visiting scientist under the
EMECW Lot 6 Fellowship, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (March –
September, 2009).
REFERENCES
1 Prof. Sergey E. Demyanov
Head of Cryogenic Research Division, Scientific-Practical Materials Research Center of the National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 19 P.Brovka St., BY-220072 Minsk, Belarus
Tel: + 375 17 2841166; E-mail: demyanov@physics.by
2. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. G.Gerlach
Head of the Laboratory for Solid State Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology, Dresden University of Technology, Helmholtzstr.18, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
Tel: +49 351 463 3 2077; E-mail: gerlach@ife.et.tu-dresden.de
3. Prof. Dr. W.T.Masselink
Head of the FET Group at the Physics Department, Humboldt University of Berlin, Newton Str.15
D-12489 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 2093 7650; E-mail: massel@physik.hu-berlin.de
4. Prof. Zuzanna S. Siwy
Group Leader in the Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of California Irvine, 2182 Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Tel.: + 1 949 8248290; E-mail: zsiwy@uci.edu
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. Hoppe, K., Fahrner W.R., Fink, D., Dhamodoran S., Petrov, A., Chandra, A., Saad A., Faupel F.,
Chakravadhanula V.S.K., Zaporotchenko, V., (2008) An Ion Track Based Approach to Nano- and Microelectronics, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, B 266, pp 1642-1646
2. Ivanova Yu.A., Ivanou D.K., Fedotov A.K., Streltsov E.A., Demyanov S.E., Petrov A.V., Kaniukov
E.Yu., Fink D., (2007) Electrochemical Deposition of Ni and Cu onto Monocrystalline n-Si (100) Wafers
and into Nanopores in Si/SiO2 Template, Journal of Materials Science, 42, pp 9163 – 9169
3. Fink, D., Chandra, A., Alegaonkar, P., Berdinsky, A., Petrov, A., Sinha, D., (2007) Nanostructures and
Nanotubes for Swift Ion Track Technology, Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 162, pp 151 - 156
4. Siwy, Z.S., Powell, M.R., Petrov A., Kalman, E., Trautmann, C., Eisenberg, R.S., (2006) CalciumInduced Voltage Gating in Single Conical Nanopores, Nano Letters, 6 (8), pp 1729 – 1734
5. Fink, D., Rojas-Chapana, J., Petrov, A., Tributsch H., Friedrich D., Kueppers U., Wilhelm M., Apel,
P.Yu., Zrineh, A., The “Artificial Ostrich Eggshell” Project: Sterilizing Polymer Foils for Food Industry
and Medicine, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 2006, 90, pp 1458 – 1470
6. Fink, D., Alegaonkar, P.S., Petrov, A.V., Wilhelm, M., Szimkowiak, P., Behar, M., Sinha, D.,
Fahrner, W.R., Hoppe, K., Chadderton, L.T., (2005) High Energy Ion Beam Irradiation of Polymers for
Electronic Applications, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, B 236, pp 11-20
7. Fink, D., Petrov, A., Hoppe, K., Fahrner, W.R., Papaleo, R.M., Berdinsky, A.S., Chandra, A.,
Chemseddine, A., Zrineh, A., Biswas, A., Faupel, F., Chadderton, L.T. (2004) Etched Ion Tracks in
Silicon Oxide and Silicon Oxynitride as Charge Injection or Extraction Channels for Novel Electronic
Structures, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, B 218, pp 355 - 361
8. Fink, D., Alegaonkar, P.S., Petrov, A.V., Berdinsky, A.S., Rao, V., Müller, M., Dwivedi, K.K.,
Chadderton, L.T. (2003) The Emergence of New Ion Track Applications, Radiation Measurements, 36,
pp 605 – 609
9. Fink, D., Petrov, A.V., Rao, V., Wilhelm, M., Demyanov, S., Szimkowiak, P., Behar, M., Alegaonkar,
P.S., Chadderton, L.T. (2003) Production Parameters for the Formation of Metallic Nanotubules in Etched
Tracks, Radiation Measurements, 36, pp 751 – 755.
10.
Stolterfoht, N., Bremer, J.-H., Hoffmann, V., Hellhammer, R., Fink, D., Petrov, A., Sulik, B. (2002)
Transmission of 3 keV Ne7+ Ions Through Nanocapillaries Etched in Polymer Foils: Evidence for
Capillary Guiding, Physical Review Letters, 88, No.13, pp 133201-1 – 133201-4.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
Petrov, A., Kaniukov, E., (2009) Humidity and Temperature Sensor Properties of p-Si / Polyimide / C60
Nanostructures with Swift Heavy Ion Tracks, Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures (“Nanomeeting
– 2009” Minsk, Belarus, May 26-29, 2009), Proceedings pp 628 – 631
Petrov, A., Fink, D., Fahrner, W., Hoppe, K., Demyanov, S., Fedotov, A., Zrineh, A. (2005) Sensors on the Base of
Zn-phthalocyanine TEMPOS structures, 6th International Symposium on Swift Heavy Ions in Matter (SHIM-2005),
Aschaffenburg, Germany, May 28 – 31, Proceedings p. 117
Fink, D., Sinha, D., Opitz-Coutureau, J., Petrov, A.V., Demyanov, S.E., Fahrner, W.R., Hoppe, K., Fedotov, A.K.,
Chadderton, L.T., Berdinsky, A.S., (2005) Nanotechnology with Ion Track – Tailored Media, Physics, Chemistry and
Application of Nanostructures (“Nanomeeting – 2005” Minsk, Belarus, May 28-31, 2005), Proceedings, pp 474 – 481
Petrov, A., Fink, D., Mueller, M., Wilhelm, M., Fahrner, W., Berdinsky, A., (2002) Formation of Nanoscale
Structures by Swift Heavy Ion Track Technology, International Workshop on Nanostructures for Electronics and
Optics (NEOP), Dresden, Germany, October 6-9, 2002, Proceedings p.32
Fink, D., Petrov, A., Mueller, M., Fahrner, W., Schulz, A., Rochas J., Chadderton, L.T., Berdinsky, A.S.,
Hnatowicz, V., Vacik J., (2002) Perspectives of Swift Heavy Ion Track Technology, “Materials Congress”, London,
UK, April 9 – 11, 2002, Proceedings p. 48
PATENTS
D.Fink, K.Hoppe, A.Petrov, W.Fahrner, A.Ulyashin, B.Stanski, Parameterized Semiconductor Structure Comprizing
Integrated Doping Channels, Method for Producing Said Structure and Use Thereof, International Patent WO
2004/10897 A2, 2004.