Maxim Ivanov

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  • Materials and Ceramic Engineering
  • 3.4.29

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Research outline

  • Condensed and soft matter physics and nanotechnology;
  • Linear and nonlinear optics, quantum photonics;
  • Advanced surface science with Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) and SPM-based spectroscopy;
  • Development and processing of advanced functional materials, including bulk, thin-film, and nanostructured ceramics, polymers, and organic materials, for applications in energy technologies (harvesting, transmission, and storage), energy efficiency, functional coatings, healthcare applications, and sustainability;
  • Imaging and manipulation of material functionalities in nanocomposites, graphene, battery and energy-related nanomaterials, electronic, ionic, semiconductor, ferroelectric and multiferroic, 2D, and quantum materials;
  • Investigation of local electrical, chemical, mechanical, electromechanical, and electrochemical properties related to the polar nature and conductivity in amino acids, peptides, cells, tissues;
  • Theoretical and experimental studies on electronic band structure in semiconductor materials and heterostructures;
  • Development of electrically and ultrasound-active biopolymer sensors;
  • Analysis of hidden cross-correlations and patterns using statistical methods and Machine Learning libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, PyTorch, and TensorFlow.

Memberships in scientific societies

  • Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS)/Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais (SPM) #1041
  • Materials Research Society (MRS) #11079677
  • Marie Curie Alumni Association / Spain-Portugal chapter
  • DAAD Alumni Association /«Michail Lomonosov Forschungsstipendien und aufenthalte» chapter
  • COST action: CA20126, CA 20116

Team management

Initiation and implementation of research projects, leading an independent, international, and multicultural team consisting of a total of 20 MSc students, 5 PhD students, and 1 Erasmus student over multiple years.

Technology transfer activities

  • “Inovação em saúde”, Coimbra, 2022
  • Seed Tech Transfer, UACOOPERA, Aveiro, 2023
  • S3E: Southern European Entrepreneurship Engine, S3E START 2023, HiSeedTech, Aveiro, 2023
  • In collaboration with NT-MDT Spectrum Instruments and Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, the development of a non-destructive Hybrid Piezoresponse Force Microscopy mode for studying fragile bio- and organic materials (http://www.ntmdt-si.com/hybrid-mode-afm).

Ongoing Supervisions

Júlio Rafael Henriques Rocha

PhD Student

Publications

Comparative microwave- and conventional oven-assisted hydrothermal syntheses of BaTiO3 nanoparticles for improved electroceramics

Sá, FG; Silva, MRF; Guzmán, DL; Ivanov, M; Tkach, A; Vilarinho, PM; Ferreira, P
2024, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 50, 6, 9096-9104.
ISBN: 1873-3956

Stimuli-Responsive Oligourea Molecular Films

Grempka, A; Dziubak, D; Puszko, AK; Bachurska-Szpala, P; Ivanov, M; Vilarinho, PM; Pulka-Ziach, K; Sek, S
2024, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 16, 24, 31817-31825.
ISBN: 1944-8252

Development of carbon quantum dots-based transparent coatings for enhanced UV shielding

Silva, MRF; Alves, MFRP; Ananias, D; Ivanov, M; Fernandes, MHV; Vilarinho, PM; Ferreira, P
2024, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 669.
ISBN: 1873-5584

Nanoscale Study of the Polar and Electronic Properties of a Molecular Erbium(III) Complex Observed via Scanning Probe Microscopy

Ivanov, M; Grempka, A; Buryakov, A; Nikitin, T; Justino, LLG; Fausto, R; Vilarinho, PM; Paixao, JA
2023, CRYSTALS, 13, 9.

Advanced Cellulose-Nanocarbon Composite Films for High-Performance Triboelectric and Piezoelectric Nanogenerators

González, J; Ghaffarinejad, A; Ivanov, M; Ferreira, P; Vilarinho, PM; Borrás, A; Amorín, H; Wicklein, B
2023, NANOMATERIALS, 13, 7.

Local piezo- and ferroelectric properties of γ-glycine single crystal observed via piezoresponse force microscopy

Ivanov, M; Buryakov, A; Khusyainov, D; Silibin, M; Vilarinho, PM; Paixao, JA
2023, PHYSICA SCRIPTA, 98, 8.

Low-temperature solution processing route for potassium sodium niobate (KNN) thin films

Pinho, R; Bretos, I; Jimenez, R; Calzada, ML; Hortigüela, MJ; Otero-Irurueta, G; Ivanov, M; Tkach, A; Costa, ME; Vilarinho, PM
2023, JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 43, 11, 4740-4747.

Stress induced effects on piezoelectric polycrystalline potassium sodium niobate thin films

Pinho, R; Vilarinho, R; Moreira, JA; Zorro, F; Ferreira, P; Ivanov, M; Tkach, A; Costa, ME; Vilarinho, PM
2023, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 11, 23, 7758-7771.

Influence of UV degradation of bioplastics on the amplification of mercury bioavailability in aquatic environments

Pinto, J; Dias, M; Amaral, J; Ivanov, M; Paixao, JA; Coimbra, MA; Ferreira, P; Pereira, E; Goncalves, I
2022, MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, 180.

Investigations on the structural and magnetic properties of Ba1-xGdxFe12O19 (0 <= x <= 0.15) nanoparticles

Buzinaro, MAP; Costa, BFO; Ivanov, MS; Cunha, GC; Macedo, MA; Angelica, RS; Ferreira, NS
2022, JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 555.

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