Andrei Leonidovich Kholkin

One of the recent breakthrough discoveries by Prof. Kholkin is the discovery of a strong piezoelectric effect on the interface of a graphene monolayer related to the formation of polar C-O bonds upon contact with silicon dioxide and the observation of the ferroelectric phase in thin hydroxyapatite films that were earlier considered nonpolar. This discovery can directly influence the development of materials for bone tissue regeneration, as these materials have a similar structure.  

h-index:

• Research of nanoproperties of functional materials using scanning probe microscopy

• Ferroelectric polymers, metal-organic compounds and peptides

• Magnetoelectrics, multiferroics and ferroelectrics

• Sensors and actuators, microelectrochemical systems

• Energy harvesting systems

• Dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of materials

• Graphene and other carbon-containing materials