1. Academy of Sciences of Moldova
INSTITUTE OF
APPLIED PHYSICS
Donji Milanovac, 2011

2. Foundation
• The Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) - the largest
scientific physical institution in the Republic of
Moldova
• Founded in 1964.
Academician Boris LAZARENKO
(1910-1979)
The first director of the Institute,
inventor, researcher, laureate of
the USSR State Prize for the
invention of the Electrical
discharge machining (EDM), the
founder of the IAP Experimental
Plant - the 1970-1980 USSR
monopolist in EDM systems.

3. History
The Institute has been known to the world scientific
community for its fundamental and applied
investigations since its establishment thanks to the
schools:
• of Crystallography (acad. T. Malinowski)
• of Electrochemistry (acad. Yu. Petrov)
• of Physics of Semiconducting Materials (acad. S.
Radautsan)
• of Kinetic Physics (acad. V. Kowarski).
Today the Institute is proud to have acad. S.
Moskalenko and acad. V. Moskalenko as the heads
of the theoretical physics schools of Solid State Theory
and of Nuclear Physics; acad. A. Andriesh as the
head of the school of Physics of Noncrystalline

4. Present
The Institute has 13 laboratories:
• Physics of Ternary and Multinary Compounds
• Materials and Structures for Solar Energy
Conversion
• Physical Methods of Solid State Investigation
• Mechanical Properties of Materials
• Hydrodynamic Processes and Electro-floatation
• Electrochemical Treatment of Materials
• Electrical Methods to Control Thermal Processes
• Electroerosion for Treatment of Materials and
Protection against Corrosion
• Theory of Semiconductors and Quantum
Electronics
• Statistical and Nuclear Physics
• Photoelectric Properties of Semiconductors
• Registration Media and Photonics

5. Staff
Currently the Institute employs 225 persons,
among them 156 researchers:
27 doctors-habilitate and professors
72 doctors
6 ASM academicians
3 ASM corresponding members
52 young scientists (under 35)
18 post-graduate students

6. Infrastructure
Xcalibur Nanotester Solar
diffractometer PMT3-NI Cell
from Oxford Diffraction Tester
ST1000

7. Main research areas
• Physics of condensed matter, atoms and nuclei
• Semiconductor materials, including nano-
materials
• Quantum optics and electronics
• Development of multifunctional electronic and
optoelectronic devices, of new technologies
• Using electric fields to intensify heat- and mass
transfer
• Modification of surfaces of materials by electro-

8. Ground-based solar radiation monitoring
station
The IAP carries out research of the
atmospheric optical phenomena, optical
and microphysical properties of
atmospheric aerosols, solar and
atmosphere radiation within the spectral
range from ultraviolet to far-infrared
margin of spectrum, and the total column
ozone content in an atmosphere.
In 2003 a ground-based monitoring
station (unique in the region) was
registered in the Global Atmosphere
Watch Station Information System as a
Regional fixed station in WMO RA VI –
Europe.
Data on solar radiation and total column

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10. Organization of Conferences
Every other year the IAP holds International conferences
in Materials Science and Condensed Matter Physics
MSCMP 2012 conference will be organized in

11. Funding through international programs
U.S. Civilian Research and Development
Foundation
Science and Technology Center in Ukraine
German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Romanian National Authority for Scientific
Research
International Association for promotion of
research
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Belarusian Foundation for Fundamental

12. Cooperation with international centres

13. Most cited articles published in past 5
years
On average, the IAP publishes over 100 papers in journals
with IF, which makes up 40-45% of all publications of
Moldovan scientists in journals with IF. The papers are
cited 4.5-5 times (on average). Of all citations of
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 46 (18): 3278 2007.
publications of Moldovan researchers those of IAP
>180
specialists make up 45-50%.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 14: 1488 2006. >155
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 130 (5): 1560 2008.
>85
POLYHEDRON, 25 (5): 1215 2006. >75
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 129 (33): 10076
2007. >65
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 130 (12): 3768 2008.
>55
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 96 (15): 157202 2006. >50
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 41 (11): 1253 2006.
>45
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 44 (44): 8446 2008.
>45

14. Some results highlighted by foreign
editors
The latest is the review article by A. Palii, B. Tsukerblat, S. Klokishner,
K.R. Dunbar, J.M. Clemente-Juan, E. Coronado Beyond the spin model:
exchange coupling in molecular magnets with unquenched orbital
angular momenta in Chemical Society Reviews 40, 2011, 3130-3156
(IF - 20.09).

15. Vanguard of Moldovan Theoretical
•Physicsexcitons and biexcitons
Theory of of
high density in semiconductor
structures with different dimensions in
the presence of a laser irradiation and
a strong magnetic field
• Study of nonlinear coherent
propagation of light in crystals, thin
films, guides, optic fibres and in
systems for transmitting quantic
information
• Theoretical study of properties of new
materials in normal and
superconducting states
• Development of fundamental
Academicians, problems of the theory of nuclear
brothers Sveatoslav reactions initiated by particles and
and Vsevolod heavy ions, study of nuclear excitation
Moskalenko, born in structure, elaboration of applied
1928 methods for simulation of the

16. Theoretical physics: Current directions
• Theoretical aspects of molecular magnetism and the
Jahn-Teller effect
• Study of multiquanta processes in the atomic media,
molecular and solid states in order to obtain their new
characteristics; elaborations based on their optoelectronic
proprieties
• Study of the optical phenomenon and particles transfer
in nano-structures and molecular systems
• Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons and biexcitons
• Artificial and exotic atoms (flux qubits, quantum dots,
Positronium etc.)
• Laser detection of gravitational waves

17. Theoretical physics and molecular
magnetism
Magnetic Anisotropy in the [Cu LTb (hfac) ] Single Molecule
II III
2 2
Magnet: Experimental Study and Theoretical Modeling, J Phys
Chem C 2009, 113, 8573
The proposed model
describes simultaneously the
dc susceptibility and INS
spectra and explains on this
basis the observed SMM
behaviour of the
[CuIILTbIII(hfac)2]2 cluster.
A highly anisotropic cobalt (II) based single chain magnet:
exploration of spin-canting in an antiferromagnetic array, J Am
Chem Soc 2008, 130, 14729
The developed quantum-mechanical approach
represents the first attempt to explain by theory
the Single Chain Magnet behaviour and spin-
canting phenomenon in the zigzag-chain
compound [Co(H2L)(H2O)]∞.
The model is applicable also to chains composed
of other Kramers ions.

18. Most cited articles in theoretical physics
AVERBUKH I.S.; PERELMAN N.F.
Fractional revivals - universality in the long-term evolution of quantum
wave-packets beyond the correspondence principle dynamics
PHYSICS LETTERS A, 1989, 139 (9), 449-453. >330
MOSKALENKO S.A.
The theory of Mott exciton in alkali-halide crystals
OPTIKA I SPEKTROSKOPIYA, 1958, 5 (2), 147-155. >110
HENRY D.O.; MOSKALENKO S.A.; KAUR K.J.; et al.
Ral GTPases contribute to regulation of cyclin D1 through activation of
NF-kappa B
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 2000, 20 (21), 8084-8092. >70
PALII A.V.; OSTROVSKY S.M.; KLOKISHNER S.I.; et al.
Role of the orbitally degenerate Mn(III) ions in the single-molecule
magnet behavior of the cyanide cluster {[Mn-II(tmphen)(2)](3)(Mn-
III(CN)(6)](2)} (tmphen = 3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2004, 126 (51),
16860. >55

19. Fields of collaboration
• Technologies for the synthesis of nano-structures of
PbS/PbSe, ZnO and nano-wires
• Technologies to obtain multinary compounds, experimental
and theoretical description of phenomena in them
• Technologies of metals electro-deposition
• High-density recording and applications of self-mixing
interferometry
• Plasmolysis: Technology and device for electrical
processing of fruits to make juice
• Crystallography of supramolecular compounds, molecular
recognition, crystal engineering, metal organic materials,
structure of metal clusters and cluster based polymer,
porous zeolite-like metal-organic frameworks
• Low-cost solar cells; renewable sources of energy
• New absorber materials (kesterites) for thin film solar cells
• Hybrid multilayers – magnetic-semiconductor, soft-hard
• Lithographic structures – low-dimensional structures,

20. Contacts
Institute of Applied Physics
str. Academiei, 5
Chisinau, MD-2028
Republic of Moldova
tel.: +373(22) 738129
tel./fax: +373(22) 738149
email: scisecr@phys.asm.md
www.phys.asm.md