Our laboratory research is supported by:
Current projects:
- International projects
- EUROFUSION projects:
- ERA-NET projects:
- FLAG-ERA JTC projects:
- COST Action projects:
- LZP grants
- Radiation-induced degradation phenomena in functional materials for extreme environment (2024 - 2026)
- Development of new advanced phosphors for lighting and non-contact optical thermometry (2024 - 2026)
- Advanced atomistic studies on Ruddlesden-Popper phases for protonic ceramic electrolysis cells (2022 - 2024)
- Large-scale computer modelling of defective ternary chalcopyrites for photovoltaic applications (2022-2024, PI: S. Piskunov)
- Computer modelling, synthesis and characterization of modified TiO2 nanoparticles for disinfection applications (2022-2024, PI: D. Bocharov)
Previous projects:
- ESF young researcher projects
- Nanomaterials for perspective energy-effective applications
- Computer science applications and quantum physics
- Experimental and theoretical studies of technologically important materials
- Advanced transparent materials for photonics and microelectronics
- International projects
- Sun2Chem (2019-2022)
- Functional Materials (2014-2020)
- CO2EXIDE (HORIZON 2020 project)
- Low temperature characterization and ab initio calculations of anomalous behavior of structural, luminescent and conductivity properties of ABO3 perovskite surfaces (Latvia-Ukraine bilateral project, 2019-2020)
- Enabling Research (EUROFUSION project)
- HarvEnPiez (M-ERA-NET project)
- Graded Membranes for Energy Efficient New Generation Carbon Capture Process (GREEN-CC)
- F4E project “Design, Development and Validation of the European Gyrotron for ITER”
- Enabling Research on oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) ferritic steels
- WATERSPLIT
- COST action on properties of reducible oxides (CM1104)
- Nanostructured Surface Activated ultra-thin Oxigen Transport Membrane (NASA-OTM)
- ERANET MATERA Project
- Carbon nAnotube Technology for High-speed nExt-geneRation nanoInterconNEcts (CATHERINE)
- Basic Research for Innovative Fuel Design for GEN IV systems (F-BRIDGE)
- First principles modelling of defects and He in MOX fuel
- Nano-carbon based components and materials for high frequency electronics (CACOMEL)
- Ab initio atomistic calculations of the reduced activation steels strengthened by yttrium oxide precipitates
- Stochastization of magnetic fields and magnetic reconnection
- EURATOM project:
- Latvian projects:
- Computational study of new proton conducting perovskites for energy applications (2020 - 2021)
- Radiation damage studies in scintillator materials for high-energy physics and medical applications (2018 - 2021)
- Theoretical prediction of new materials for intermediate temperature ceramic fuel cells (2018 - 2021)
- Theoretical prediction of hybrid nanostructured photocatalytic materials for efficient water splitting (2018 - 2020)
- Materials Science (2014-2017)
- Research Grant of Latvian Council for Science (LZP)
- Materials Science Programme
- National Programme on Energetics
- National Programme on Scientific Cooperation (Sadarbiba)
- ERAF project-advanced transparent coatings
- Graphene project