Senior researcher, Tananaev Institute of Chemistry – Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre «Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences» Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
🧪 Olga Borisovna Shcherbina is a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Electronic Materials at the I.V. Tananaev Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Resources, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences. With a career spanning over three decades, she is an expert in the field of crystalline and ceramic functional materials.
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Education
🎓 In 1987, Olga graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute named after Ulyanov (Lenin). She earned her Candidate of Technical Sciences degree in 2012 with a focus on “Crystalline and Ceramic Functional and Structural Materials Based on Niobium and Tantalum Oxide Compounds with Micro- and Nanostructures.”
Experience
💼 After graduation, Olga worked at the Scientific and Production Association “Severnaya Zarya” as an engineer and later as the head of the single-crystal processing and control section. Since November 1999, she has been with the Kola Science Center, focusing on research in electronic materials.
Research Interest
🔬 Olga’s scientific interests include the production of crystalline and ceramic functional materials based on niobium and tantalum oxides, the effects of concentrated light fluxes on these materials, and the study of their mechanical, structural, and optical properties. She also explores the modification of lithium niobate and tantalate crystals to achieve near-stoichiometric compositions.
Awards
🏆 Throughout her career, Olga has received recognition for her contributions to materials science, particularly in the study and application of niobium and tantalum oxide compounds.
Publications Top Notes
📚 Olga has published over 50 articles in refereed journals and co-authored the monograph “Synthesis, properties of LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 crystals with micro- and nanostructures.” Below are some of her notable publications:
Influence of growth conditions on the domain structure of LiNbO3 Gd single crystals (Inorganic Materials, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 360-365)
Periodic micro- and nanostructures in Gd-doped lithium niobate single crystals grown under highly non-stationary conditions (Inorganic Materials, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 1-8)
Micro- and nanostructures in lanthanide-doped lithium niobate single crystals (Crystallography, 2010, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp. 860-863)
Micro- and nanostructures and electrophysical properties in lanthanide-doped lithium niobate single crystals (Non-ferrous Metals, 2011, No. 11, pp. 44-48)
Study of stoichiometric lithium tantalate crystal obtained by VTE processing (Perspective Materials, 2011, Vol. 2, No. 13, pp. 659-663)