Materials Science and Chemistry

Biography

Vladimir L. Solozhenko is the world leading expert in high-pressure physical chemistry of boron nitride and novel superhard phases. He was the first who employed synchrotron radiation in situ studies to further advance in understating the kinetics and mechanism of phase transformations in the B–C–N–O system at extreme conditions which resulted in synthesis of new high-pressure phases i.e. cubic BC2N, diamond-like BC5, and nanocrystalline cBN, the hardest known solids after diamond. The last twenty years of his 35-years scientific career were very productive due to the international networking which enabled him to perform cutting edge research using state-of-the-art experimental facilities. Apart from impact on understanding of high-pressure physics and chemistry of compounds of light elements, the results of his work are expected to have important technological applications.

Abstract

Abstract : Chemical interaction in the B‐P system at high pressure: A route to new advanced materials