From November 29 to December 2, the 24th All-Russian Youth Conference on Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures, Semiconductor Opto- and Nanoelectronics was held in St. Petersburg. More than 50 students and graduate students from eight cities made presentations and 11 participants received cash prizes. Among them was Alexander Bazhenov, a 1st-year MA student at the NSU Department of Physics. His report was on "Magneto-transport properties of thin films of the Bi2Se3 topological insulator".
Bazhenov has been working on the topic of transport properties in three-dimensional topological insulators for three years. He and his supervisor, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Senior Researcher at the Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Natalya Stepina are among the first to use graphene as a substrate. This made it possible to obtain a second magneto-transport working surface. In the future, this may be useful in the study of independent devices.
Bazhenov talked about his win,
I didn't expect to be among the winners. I came to the Conference to present the report and get experience in public speaking. My supervisor, Natalya Petrovna Stepina, was the one who encouraged me to participate. All the reports were interesting, the Conference level was very high. Of course, the winning result was achieved thanks to our good team. I couldn’t have done it without her.
Prepared based on materials from Alferov University.
