Igor Lukyanchuk

"Y’en a qui élèvent des gosses au fond d’un H.L.M.
Y’en a qui roulent ... du Brésil en Ukraine..."
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Welcome! Graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and belonging to Landau School of theoretical physics I am always trying to follow the highest research and teaching standards, keeping the delicate balance between fundamental and applied research, collaboration with experimentalists, teaching, supervision of PhD students and management of research projects. International collaborations, mobility, organization of the dissemination and training events, coordination of European actions is another important part of my activity. Highly believing in the necessity of high-level research in academia, I apply all my knowledge and expertise to select the quality, competence and long-range research strategy as decisive criteria of scientific policy

Igor Lukyanchuk

When Polarization Flows: The Rise of Topological Hydrodynamics in Ferroelectrics

A new concept—topological hydrodynamics in ferroelectrics—has been introduced, fundamentally changing the game's rules in how we understand and describe polarization phenomena in these materials. This breakthrough lies at the heart of the comprehensive review Topological Foundations of Ferroelectricity, recently published in the prestigious journal Physics Reports. Co-authored by Igor A. Lukyanchuk and international collaborators, the review presents a unifying theoretical framework that uses tools from differential topology and fluid dynamics to classify and analyze intricate polarization structures—such as vortices, skyrmions, and Hopfions—in nanostructured ferroelectrics. By bridging electrostatics with the language of incompressible flows, this work paves the way for controlling topological textures in materials, opening exciting prospects for future nanoelectronic and memory technologies. Read the open-access article in Physics Reports (Elsevier): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2025.01.002 (2025)

Sino Phil Asia International Peace Award

Manila, 7 Feb. 2025

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PHINAM - UPJV

MSc training since 2011

The objective of the Master of Science program, Physics and Engineering of Nanomaterials, PHINAM, founded and led by Prof. Igor Lukyanchuk in University of Picardie, France, is to train students through research in the fabrication, characterization, and modeling of functional nanomaterials for public and private research laboratories.

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Emergent: The ferroelectric FET with negative capacitance

Integrating negative capacitance into the field-effect transistors (FET) promises to break fundamental limits of power dissipation known as Boltzmann tyranny. However, realization of the stable static negative capacitance in the non-transient regime without hysteresis remains a daunting task. Here we put forth an ingenious design for the ferroelectric domain-based FET with the stable reversible static negative capacitance... Nature partner journal: Computational Materials, 52 (2022)