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Research areas

Synthesis and structural characterization of amorphous, glass-crystalline and polycrystalline materials for optics, optoelectronics, waste storage and catalysis applications.

• Development of new glass compositions with the participation of non-traditional glass formers – МоО₃, WO₃, Nb₂O₃.
• Investigation the tendency of immiscibility of the liquids and the consequences of their occurrence.
• Study of thermal behavior of new amorphous, polycrystalline and hybrid materials.
• Crystallization kinetics of amorphous materials.

Selected papers

1. N. Nedyalkov, M. Koleva, N. Stankova, R. Nikov, A. Dikovska, L. Aleksandrov, R. Iordanova, G. Atanasova, D. Karashanova, K. Grochowska, G. Sliwinski,
   “All optical formation and decomposition of silver nanoparticles in glass”,
   Applied Surface Science, 495, 143546, 2019.
   N. Rangelova, L. Aleksandrov, S. Nenkova,
   “Synthesis and characterization of pectin/SiO₂ hybrid materials”,
   Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 85, 330, 2018.
   L. Aleksandrov, T. Komatsu, K. Shonozaki, T. Honma, R. Iordanova,
   “Structure of MoO₃-WO₃-La₂O₃-B₂O₃ glasses and crystallization of LaMo_1-xW_xBO₆ solid solution”,
   Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 429, 171, 2015.
   L. Aleksandrov, R. Iordanova, Y. Dimitriev, N. Georgiev, T. Komatsu,
   “Eu³⁺ doped 1La₂O₃:2WO₃:1B₂O₃ glass and glass–ceramic”,
   Optical Materials 36, 1366, 2014.
   L. Aleksandrov, T. Komatsu, R. Iordanova, Y. Dimitriev,
   “Structure study of MoO₃-ZnO-B₂O₃ glasses by Raman spectroscopy and formation of a-ZnMoO₄ nanocrystals”,
   Optical Materials, 33, 839, 2011.