A delegation of SUSU scientists headed by the first Vice-Rector of our university Anton Korzhov visited Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute (NETI) and took part in a round table dedicated to the creation of an interuniversity association of users of the SKIF synchrotron. This means that SUSU researchers will have the opportunity to conduct experiments using this equipment.
The Siberian Ring Photon Source of the 4th generation (SKIF) is currently being built in the science city of Koltsovo near Novosibirsk. This is a huge complex of 34 buildings and structures fitted with modern equipment intended for working with synchrotron radiation beams.
SKIF is necessary not only for physicists, but also can help in making discoveries in chemistry, materials science, biology, geology and even in the humanities. SKIF will also help solve current problems of innovative industrial enterprises.
"I am very glad that the opportunity is opening up for scientists from SUSU to take part in a project that will determine science in the future," noted SUSU First Vice-Rector Anton Korzhov. "There are only about five synchrotrons of generation 4+ in the world, and all of them are located abroad. Without them, some studies become much more difficult, and some are not possible at all without such equipment. I feel confident that breakthrough discoveries will be made at this installation, thanks to which Russian science will take a leading position. Someone might win a Nobel Prize for research using synchrotron radiation. Let’s hope that SUSU scientists will also make their contribution to world-class research at the synchrotron – in any case, there are opportunities for this."
The Siberian Ring Photon Source is being created within the framework of the Science and Universities national project, the goal of which is the development of a modern network of new generation synchrotron radiation sources in Russia.