The Ukrainian Times
A group of scientists of the Institute of Physics (IOP) under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is engaged in the scanning tunnel microscopy of ultrafine organic films. Molecules are applied to certain surfaces by means of special methods and then the point of a scanning tunnel microscope is used for probing the surface while a computer converts all this into a visible image.
Another team of scientists of the Institute works on the molecules that change drastically their properties – for example, the friction coefficient – under the influence of a light. Also, IOP researchers evolve methods for curing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
According to IOP senior scientific worker Anton Senenko, all the above activity relates to fundamental research whose results may be put into practice in 10-15 years. The bad news is that the government of this country pays neither a sufficiency of funds nor attention to Ukrainian researchers who have been working at the forward positions of world science for many years.
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