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Svetlana Lipovskikh (Borisova)

Senior Research Scientist
Center for Energy Science and Technology

Supervisor: Artem Abakumov

Svetlana was born in Khabarovsk, graduated from MIPT, Department for General and Applied Physics. Svetlana started her scientific career as a BSc student at the Chair of Low Temperature Physics of P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow in 2005. In 2007-2008 she took part in a collaboration program between MIPT and Research Center in Jülich in Germany as exchange MSc student. In 2008 Svetlana moved to Germany as PhD student to continue her research in solid state physics and material sciences, focusing on process technologies, epitaxial growth and surface properties of semiconductors. In 2012 she defended her PhD Thesis. Besides Svetlana also taught math and physics courses at the RWTH Aachen University. In 2012-2013 Svetlana worked as postdoc in the same laboratory at Research Center in Jülich.

Since 2014 Svetlana works at Skoltech as research scientist. Since 2024 Svetlana serves as senior research scientist in area of advanced transmission electron microscopy focusing on 3D electron tomography and advanced TEM sample preparation. Svetlana speaks fluently English and German, incl. professional communication.

Advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Advanced transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, focused ion beam, advanced TEM sample preparation, material characterization, battery materials, nanostructures

  1. Aleksandr V. Averchenko, Omar A. Abbas, Igor A. Salimon, Ekaterina V. Zharkova, Ekaterina D. Grayfer, Svetlana Lipovskikh, et al. Spatially Selective Laser Synthesis of Tin Sulfides (in preparation)
  2. Nikita Akhmetov, Zainab Waris, Sergey Ryazantsev, Svetlana Lipovskikh, Nataliya Gvozdik, Mariam Pogosova, Keith Stevenson. Towards durable Li-hybrid flow batteries: composite membrane development, cell performance, and perspective. J. Mater. Chem. A, 11, 19656-19668 (2023)
  3. Zainab Waris, Nikita O. Akhmetov, Mariam A. Pogosova, Svetlana A. Lipovskikh, Sergey V. Ryazantsev and Keith J. Stevenson. A Complex Investigation of LATP Ceramic Stability and LATP+PVDF Composite Membrane Performance: The Effect of Solvent in Tape-Casting Fabrication, Membranes 13, 155 (2023)
  4. Averchenko, Aleksandr V.; Salimon, Igor A.; Zharkova, Ekaterina V.; Lipovskikh, Svetlana; Somov, Pavel A.; Abbas, Omar Adnan; Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.; Mailis, Sakellaris. Laser-Enabled Localized Synthesis of Mo1-Xwxs2 Alloys with Tunable Composition. Materials Today Advances, 17, 100351 (2023)
  5. Lipovskikh S., Morozov A., Abakumov A., 3D Electron Tomography for Battery Materials. Материалы XXIX Российской конференции по электронной микроскопии (2022)
  6. Морозов А.В., Боев А.О., Липовских С.А., Абакумов А.М. Электронная микроскопия для изучения термодинамики роста зёрен LiCoO2 в тонких плёнках LCO/Ta-LLZO. Материалы XXIX Российской конференции по электронной микроскопии (2022)
  7. Salimon, I.A., Averchenko, A.V., Lipovskikh, S.A., Lagoudakis, P.G., Mailis, S. UV laser-induced nanostructured porous oxide in GaAs crystals. Solid State Sciences 128, 106887 (2022)
  8. Yuliya Kan, Julia Bondareva, Svetlana Lipovskikh, Eugene Statnik, Arkady Abdurashitov, Julijana Cvjetinovic, Maria Kirsanova, Gleb B. Sukhorukhov, Stanislav Evlashin, Alexei I. Salimon, Alexander M. Korsunsky. Effect of Graphene Oxide and Nanosilica Modifications on Electrospun Core-Shell PVA–PEG–SiO2@PVA–GO Fiber Mats, Nanomaterials, 12(6), 998(2022)
  9. Anatolii V. Morozov, Anton O. Boev, Dmitry A. Aksyonov, Svetlana A. Lipovskikh, Haemin Paik, Jennifer L. M. Rupp & Artem M. Abakumov. Thermodynamics as a Driving Factor of LiCoO2 Grain Growth on Nanocrystalline Ta-LLZO Thin Films for All-Solid-State Batteries, ACS Applied Materials and Interfacesthis, 14(35), pp. 39907–39916 (2022)
  10. Yu. Luchkin, M. A. Kirsanova, S. A. Lipovskikh, D.A. Aksenov, A. M. Abakumov, K. J. Stevenson. Cycling-Driven Electrochemical Activation of Li-Rich NMC Positive Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(6), pp. 7758–7769 (2022)
  11. Nikita Akhmetov, Nikolay Ovsyannikov, Nataliya Gvozdik, Mariam Pogosova, Sergey Ryazantsev, Svetlana Lipovskikh, Irina Krasnikova, Keith Stevenson.Composite lithium-conductive LATP+PVdF membranes: Development, optimization, and applicability for Li-TEMPO hybrid redox flow batteries. Journal of Membrane Science v. 643 p. 120002 (2022)
  12. Eugene S. Statnik, Fatih Uzun, Svetlana A. Lipovskikh, Yuliya V. Kan, Sviatoslav I. Eleonsky, Vladimir S. Pisarev, Pavel A. Somov, Alexey I. Salimon, Yuliya V. Malakhova, Aleksandr G. Seferyan, Dmitry K. Ryabov, and Alexander M. Korsunsky. Comparative Multi-Modal, Multi-Scale Residual Stress Evaluation in SLM 3D-Printed Al-Si-Mg Alloy (RS-300) Parts. Metals 11 p. 2064 (2021)
  13. Mangrulkar, Mayuribala; Boldyreva, Aleksandra; Lipovskikh, Svetlana; Troshin, Pavel; Stevenson, Keith. Influence of hydrazinium iodide on the intrinsic photostability of MAPbI3 thin films and solar cells, Journal of Materials Research 36(9) (2021)
  14. Sergey Yu. Luchkin, Svetlana A. Lipovskikh, Natalia S. Katorova, Aleksandra A. Savina, Artem M. Abakumov, Keith J. Stevenson. Solid-electrolyte interphase nucleation and growth on negative electrodes for Li-ion batteries visualized with in situ atomic force microscopy. Scientific Reports, v. 10(1) p. 8550 (2020)
  15. Pogosova, Mariam; Krasnikova, Irina; Sanin, Alexey; Eliseev, Andrei; Lipovskikh, Svetlana; Stevenson, Keith. Complex Investigation of Water Impact on Li-ion Conductivity of Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 — Electrochemical, Chemical, Structural, and Morphological Aspects. Chemistry of Materials, v. 37(9), p.3723 (2020)
  16. Patrick Aggrey, Bakhodur Abdusatorov, Yuliya Kan, Igor A. Salimon, Svetlana A. Lipovskikh, Sergey Luchkin, D. M. Zhigunov, Alexey I. Salimon, Alexander M. Korsunsky. In situ formation of nanoporous Silicon on silicon wafer substrate via magnesiothermic reduction reaction (MRR) of diatomaceous earth. Nanomaterials, v. 10, p. 601 (2020)
  17. Igor A. Salimon, Sakellaris Mailis, Alexey I. Salimon, Evgenij Skupnevskiy, Svetlana A. Lipovskikh, Iaroslava Shakhova, Artem V. Novikov, Timur F. Yagafarov, and Alexander M. Korsunsky. FIB‐SEM Investigation of Laser‐Induced Periodic  Surface Structures and Conical Surface  Microstructures on D16T (AA2024‐T4) Alloy. Metals, v. 10, p. 144 (2020)
  18. Aleksei V. Kubarkov, Svetlana A. Lipovskikh, Olga A. Pyshkina, Evgeny A. Karpushkin, Keith J. Stevenson, Vladimir G. Sergeyev. Preparation and morphology characterization of core-shell water-dispersible polystyrene/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) microparticles. Colloid and Polymer Science, v. 296, pp. 737–744 (2018)
  19. J. Kampmeier, S. Borisova, L. Plucinski, M. Luysberg, G. Mussler, and D. Grützmacher, Suppressing Twin Domains in Molecular Beam Epitaxy Grown Bi2Te3 Topological Insulator Thin Films, Crystal Growth and Design, 15 (1), pp 390–394 (2015)
  20. S. Borisova, J. Kampmeier, M. Luysberg, G. Mussler, and D. Grützmacher, Domain formation due to surface steps in topological insulator Bi2Te3 thin films grown on Si (111) by MBE, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 081902 (2013)
  21. S. Borisova, M. Luysberg, J. Krumrain, G. Mussler, and D. Grützmacher, Nucleation and Growth Dynamics of MBE-Grown Topological Insulator Bi2Te3 Films on Si (111), AIP Conference Proceedings, ICPS 2012 – 31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, AIP Conf. Proc. 1566, 191 (2013)
  22. S. Borisova, J. Krumrain, M. Luysberg, G. Mussler, and D. Grützmacher, Mode of Growth of Ultrathin Topological Insulator Bi2Te3 Films on Si (111) Substrates, Crystal Growth and Design, 12 (12), 6098 (2012)
  23. S. Borisova, Fabrication and In-situ STM Investigation of Growth Dynamics of Semiconductor Nanostructures Grown by MBE, PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University (2012)
  24. J. Krumrain, G. Mussler, S. Borisova, T. Stoica, L. Plucinski, C.M. Schneider, and D. Grützmacher, MBE Growth Optimization of Topological Insulator Bi2Te3 Films, Journal of Crystal Growth 324, 115-118 (2011)
  25. H. Eisele, S. Borisova, L. Ivanova, M. Dähne and Ph. Ebert, Cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of nonpolar GaN(1-100) surfaces, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5G11 (2010)
  26. H. Eisele, L. Ivanova, S. Borisova, M. Dähne, M. Winkelnkemper, and Ph. Ebert, Doping Modulation in GaN Imaged by Cross-Sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Applied Physics Letters 94, 162110 (2009)
  27. Ph. Ebert, L. Ivanova, S. Borisova, H. Eisele, A. Laubsch, and M. Dähne, Electronic Properties of Dislocations in GaN Investigated by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Applied Physics Letters 94, 062104 (2009)
  28. L. Ivanova, S. Borisova, H. Eisele, M. Dähne, A. Laubsch, and Ph. Ebert, Surface States and Origin of the Fermi Level Pinning on Nonpolar GaN(1-100) surfaces, Applied Physics Letters 93, 192110 (2008).

PhD in Physics, Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences, RWTH Aachen University (2012)
MSc in Applied Mathematics and Physics, Chair of Low Temperature Physics and Technics, Department of General and Applied Physics,  Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (2008)
BSc in Applied Mathematics and Physics, Chair of Low Temperature Physics and Technics, Department of General and Applied Physics,  Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (2006)

  • 3D electron tomography of nanosized materials
  • Transmission electron microscopy for investigation of morphological features of electrode materials
  • Operating, upgrade and technical support of in-situ UHV STM
  • Van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators and their alloys on non-native substrates for device fabrication
  • Artificial crystals of ultra-dense ordered Ge quantum dots for single photon detection
  • Investigation of wide band gap semiconductors (GaN) by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
  • High-Frequency LC-Filters for applications of low temperature physics