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AFM Group

Atomic force microscopy group (AFM) of NRD / TEMA / Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Members
Dr. Igor Bdikin

bdikin@ua.pt
Equipment
Veeco AFM Multimode Nanoscope (IV) MMAFM-2, Veeco microscopy
CSM Nanoindenter
Methods
AFM, atomic force microscopy
Contact AFM
Tapping AFMEFM, electrostatic force microscopy
Friction AFM
KPFM, kelvin probe force microscopy
MFM, magnetic force microscopy
PFM, Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
SSRM, scanning spreading resistance microscopy
Materials
2D materials, Graphene
thin films
fibers
nanoparticles/nanodomains
amorphous solids
polycrystals
single crystals
composite materials
biomaterials
polymers
metals
ceramics
magnetic materials
electric materials
Main results
2023

  • Daniela M. da Silva, Nathalie Barroca, Susana C. Pinto, Angela Semitela, Barbara M. de Sousa, Patrícia A.D. Martins, Luís Nero, Iratxe Madarieta, Nerea García-Urkia, Francisco-Javier Fernandez-San-Argimiro, Andrea Garcia-Lizarribar, Olatz Murua, Beatriz Olalde, Igor Bdikin, Sandra I. Vieira, Paula A.A.P. Marques, Decellularized extracellular matrix-based 3D nanofibrous scaffolds functionalized with polydopamine-reduced graphene oxide for neural tissue engineering, Chemical Engineering Journal 472 (2023) 144980 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144980
  • Suminda, Igor Bidkin, Subhasis Das, Sonia Ahlawat, Characterization and Evaluation of Properties of l‑Threoninium p‑Toluenesulfonate Monohydrate Single Crystal, Journal of Electronic Materials (2023) 52:6992–7006 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-023-10646-w1
  • Maciej Wojtaś, Tamara J. Bednarchuk and Igor Bdikin, New hybrid: [H-β-(4-pyridyl)-Ala-OH] tetrafluoroborate – crystal structure and strong piezoelectricity, CrystEngComm, 2023, 25, 3609 https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ce00308f

2022

  • IndraniCoondoo, João Vidal, Igor Bdikin, R.Surmenev, Andrei L.Kholkin, Magnetoelectric coupling studies in lead-free multiferroic (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3−(Ni0.7Zn0.3)Fe2O4 ceramic composites, Ceramics International, 48, 24439-24453 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.05.052
  • D Pukazhselvan, Aliaksandr L. Shaula, Sergey M. Mikhalev, Igor Bdikin] and Duncan P. Fagg, Elucidating Evidence for the In Situ Reduction of Graphene Oxide by Magnesium Hydride and the Consequence of Reduction on Hydrogen Storage, Catalysts 2022, 12(7), 735.https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12070735
  • D.Pukazhselvan, David AlexandreReis Silva, K.S.Sandhy, SaraFateixa, AliaksandrShaula, HelenaNogueira, IgorBdikin, Duncan PaulFagg, Interaction of zirconia with magnesium hydride and its influence on the hydrogen storage behavior of magnesium hydride, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 47, 2022,  21760-21771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.04.290
  • D.Pukazhselvan, K.S.Sandhya, DevarajRamasamy, AliaksandrShaula, IgorBdikin, Duncan PaulFagg, Active catalytic species generated in situ in zirconia incorporated hydrogen storage material magnesium hydride, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys 10, 2022, 786-796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2021.09.015
  • D. Pukazhselvan, Francisco J. A. Loureiro, Aliaksandr Shaula, Sergey Mikhalev, Igor Bdikin & Duncan Paul Fagg, Anatase titania as magnesium host in Mg ion rechargeable battery with magnesium perchlorate/ethylmagnesium bromide electrolytes, Journal of Materials Science 57,  8442–8454 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06793-2
  • Martina Kocijan, Lidija Ćurković, Igor Bdikin, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, María J. Hortigüela, Gil Gonçalves, Tina Radošević, Damjan Vengust and Matejka Podlogar, Immobilised rGO/TiO2 Nanocomposite for Multi-Cycle Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from an Aqueous Medium, Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 385;https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010385
  • E. Venkata Ramana, N.V. Prasad, N.M. Ferreira, A. Mahajan, I. Bdikin, M.A. Valente, Fadl A. Essa, B. Saleh, Insights into improved ferroelectric and electrocaloric performance of Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 thick films grown by the electrophoretic deposition, Surfaces and Interfaces 33, 102257 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2022.102257
  • Mabrouka Akrout, Basma Ben Difallah, Mohamed Kharrat, Maher Dammak, António Pereira, Igor Bdikin & Isabel Duarte, Elaboration and Tribo-Micromechanical and Structural Characterization of Powdered ABS/Cu Composites, Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems – V pp 664–670 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14615-2_74
  • Marina Llenas, Lorenzo Cuenca, Carla Santos, Igor Bdikin, Gil Gonçalves, and Gerard Tobías-Rossell, Sustainable Synthesis of Highly Biocompatible 2D Boron Nitride Nanosheets, Biomedicines, 10(12), 3238 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10123238

2021

  • Shish Pal Rathee, Dharamvir Singh Ahlawat, S.A.Martin Britto Dhas, K.K.Maurya, BudhendraSingh, Igor Bdikin, Investigation on key properties of solution grown l-Leucine hydrobromide single crystal: A semi-organic NLO material, Materials Science and Engineering: B  264, 114927 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2020.114927
  • Ivonne Rosales, Laura Salazar, Daniel Luna, Alicia Negrón, Igor Bdikin, Brian J. Rodriguez, Alejandro Heredia, Self-Assembly of Amyloid-Beta and Its Piezoelectric Properties, American Journal of Molecular Biology 11, 1-14 (2021). https://doi.org/10.4236/ajmb.2021.111001
  • Martina Kocijan, Lidija Ćurković, Davor Ljubas, Katarina Mužina, Ivana Bačić, Tina Radošević, Matejka Podlogar, Igor Bdikin, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, María J. Hortigüela and Gil Gonçalves, Graphene-Based TiO2 Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes in Aqueous Solution under Solar-Like Radiation, Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3966. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093966
  • M.K. Raseel Rahman, B. Riscob, Budhendra Singh, R. Bhatt, Indranil Bhaumik, S. Ganesamoorthy, N. Vijayan, A.K. Karnal, Igor Bdikin, Lekha Nair, Nanoindentation and structural studies of MgO-doped congruent LiNbO3 single crystals, Materials Chemistry and Physics 264, 124425 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.124425
  • Pankaj Bharmoria, Meena Bisht, Maria C. Gomes, Margarida Martins, Márcia C. Neves, João F. Mano, Igor Bdikin, João A. P. Coutinho & Sónia P. M. Ventura, Protein-olive oil-in-water nanoemulsions as encapsulation materials for curcumin acting as anticancer agent towards MDA-MB-231 cells, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS11(1) 9099 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88482-3
  • Alina V. Semchenko, Vitaly V. Sidsky, Igor Bdikin, Vladimir E. Gaishun, Svitlana Kopyl, Dmitry L. Kovalenko, Oleg Pakhomov, Sergei A. Khakhomov and Andrei L. Kholkin, Nanoscale Piezoelectric Properties and Phase Separation in Pure and La-Doped BiFeO3 Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Method, MATERIALS 14(7), 1694 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071694
  • Dayana L. Guzmán Sierra, Dr. Igor Bdikin, Dr. Alexander Tkach, Prof. Paula M. Vilarinho, Dr. Cláudia Nunes, Dr. Paula Ferreira, Flexible Piezoelectric Chitosan and Barium Titanate Biocomposite Films for Sensor Applications, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2021 (9), 792-803 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202000938
  • E. Venkata Ramanaa, N.M. Ferreira, A. Mahajan, D.M. Tobaldi, I. Bdikin, B. Rozic, Z. Kutnjak, M.A.Valente, Processing mediated enhancement of ferroelectric and electrocaloric properties in Ba(Ti0.8Zr0.2)O3–(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 lead-free piezoelectrics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society xxx (xxxx) xx. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.06.048

2020

  • Maria J. Hortiguela, Denise Machado, Igor Bdikin, Victor Neto, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, Chemical Changes of Graphene Oxide Thin Films Induced by Thermal Treatment under Vacuum Conditions, COATINGS 10, 113 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10020113
  • Angela Semitela, Andre F. Girao, Carla Fernandes, Goncalo Ramalho, Goncalo Bdikin, Antonio Completo, Paula A. A. P. Marques, Electrospinning of bioactive polycaprolactone-gelatin nanofibres with increased pore size for cartilage tissue engineering applications, JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS, 0885328220940194 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1177/0885328220940194
  • André F. Girão, Joana Sousa, Ana Domínguez-Bajo, Ankor González-Mayorga, Igor Bdikin, Eulalia Pujades-Otero, Nieves Casañ-Pastor, María Jesús Hortigüela, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, António Completo, María Concepción Serrano, and Paula A.A.P. Marques, 3D Reduced Graphene Oxide Scaffolds with a Combinatorial Fibrous-Porous Architecture for Neural Tissue Engineering, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 12, 38962-38975 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c10599
  • Jaggernauth, R.M.Silva, M.A.Neto, F.J.Oliveira, I.K.Bdikin, M.P.Alegre, M.Gutiérrez, D.Araújo, J.C.Mendes, R.F.Silva, Interfacial integrity enhancement of atomic layer deposited alumina on boron doped diamond by surface plasma functionalization, Surface and Coatings Technology, 397, 15, 125991 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125991
  • Shish Pal Rathee, Dharamvir Singh Ahlawat, S.A. Martin Britto Dhas, K.K. Mauray, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Investigations on key aspects of solution growth L-Alanine strontium chloride trihydrate single crystal for non-linear optical and photonic applications, SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 319, 114010 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2020.114010
  • C.Bharath Sabarish, G.Ramesh Kumar, S.Gokulraj, A.Durairajan, E.Venkata Ramana, Igor Bdikin, B.M.S.Teixeira, Nikolai Sobolev, M.P.F.Graça, M.A.Valente, B.N.Rajasekhar, Surface and bulk modifications in gamma irradiated < 011 > oriented ferroelectric triglycine sulphate (tgs) single crystals, OPTIK 222, 165326 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2020.165326
  • Abid Hussain, Nidhi Sinha, Abhilash J. Joseph, Sahil Goel, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Binay Kumar, Mechanical investigations on piezo-/ferrolectric maleic acid-doped triglycine sulphate single crystal using nanoindentation technique, ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 13(1), pp. 1874-1889 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2018.02.001
  • Vladimir Bystrov, Igor Bdikin, Budhendra Singh, Piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of various amino acids and dipeptides tubular nanostructures: Molecular modelling, NANOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 2(1), pp. 11-24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.34624/nmse.v2i1.8259
  • Peter Borisovich Mozhaev, Julia E. Mozhaeva, Igor K. Bdikin, Iosif M. Kotelyanskii, Valery A. Luzanov, Jørn Bindslev Hansen, Claus S. Jacobsen, Graphoepitaxial growth of CeO2 thin films on tilted-axes NdGaO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition, NANOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 2(2), pp.57-73 (2020). https://doi.org/10.34624/nmse.v2i2.9967

2019

  • Maryam Salimian, Maxim S. Ivanov, Igor Bdikin, Darius Pohl, Steffen Oswald, Vladimir A. Khomchenko, Jose Antonio Paixao, Bernd Rellinghaus, Paula A.A.P.Marques, Gil Goncalves, Nanoengineered nickel/reduced graphene oxide composites: Control of interfacial nanostructure for tunable electrophysical properties, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 498, UNSP 143781 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143781
  • Maria J. Hortiguela, Igor Bdikin, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, Thermal vapor sulfurization of molybdenum layers, THIN SOLID FILMS 691, 137588 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137588
  • Alexander Tkach, Andre Santos, Sebastian Zlotnik, Ricardo Serrazina, Olena Okhay, Igor Bdikin, Maria Elisabete Costa, Paula M.Vilarinho, Effect of Solution Conditions on the Properties of Sol-Gel Derived Potassium Sodium Niobate Thin Films on Platinized Sapphire Substrates, NANOMATERIALS 9 (11), 1600 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9111600
  • Elena Borisenko, Dmitrii Borisenko, Igor Bdikin, Anna Timonina, Budhendra Singh, Nikolai Kolesnikov, Mechanical characteristics of gallium sulfide crystals measured using micro- and nanoindentation, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING 757, pp. 101-106 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2019.04.095
  • Maciej Wojtas, Vasyl Kinzhybalo, Igor Bdikin, Andrei L.Kholkin, Crystal Structure and Strong Piezoelectricity of New Amino Acid Based Hybrid Crystals: [H-beta-(3-Pyridyl)-Ala-OH][ClO4] and [H-beta-(4-Pyridyl)-Ala-OH][ClO4], CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 19(5), pp. 2583-2593 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01611
  • Poonam Kumari, Madan PLal, Sunil Kumar, Radheshyam Rai, Anupinder Singh, D.V.Karpinsky, Igor Bdikin, Comprehensive investigation of structural, dielectric and local piezoelectric properties of KNN ceramics, JOURNAL OF ADVANCED DIELECTRICS 9(2), UNSP 1950016 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010135X19500164

2018

  • Mozhaev, Peter B.; Mozhaeva, Julia E.; Khoryushin, Alexey V.; Hansen, Jorn Bindslev; Jacobsen, Claus S.; Bdikin, Igor K.; Kotelyanskii, Iosif M.; Luzanov, Valery A., Three-dimensional graphoepitaxial growth of oxide films by pulsed laser deposition , PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS 2, 10, 103401 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.103401
  • Alexander Tkach, Andre Santos, Sebastian Zlotnik, Ricardo Serrazina, Olena Okhay, Igor Bdikin, Maria Elisabete Costa, Paula M.Vilarinho, Strain-Mediated Substrate Effect on the Dielectric and Ferroelectric Response of Potassium Sodium Niobate Thin Films, Coatings 8(12), 449 (2018).  https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings8120449
  • Coondoo, Indrani; Panwar, Neeraj; Alikin, Denis; Bdikin, Igor; Islam, Saikh S.; Turygin, Anton; Shur, Vladimir Ya; Kholkin, Andrei L. , A comparative study of structural and electrical properties in lead-free BCZT ceramics: Influence of the synthesis method, ACTA MATERIALIA 155, 331-342 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.05.029
  • Bhukkal, Sumit; Sinha, Nidhi; Yadav, Harsh; Goel, Sahil; Singh, Budhendra; Bdikin, Igor; Kumar, Binay, Glycine glutaric acid cocrystals: Morphological, optical, dielectric and mechanical properties via nanoindentation, VACUUM 154, 90-100 (2018).    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2018.04.043
  • Santos, Carla I. M.; Mariz, Ines F. A.; Pinto, Sandra N.; Goncalves, Gil; Bdikin, Igor; Marques, Paula A. A. P.; Neves, Maria Graca P. M. S.; Martinho, Jose M. G.; Macoas, Ermelinda M. S., Selective two-photon absorption in carbon dots: a piece of the photoluminescence emission puzzle, NANOSCALE 10, 26,12505-12514 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr03365j
  • Goncalves, Gil; Borme, Jerome; Bdkin, Igor; Gonzalez-Mayorga, Ankor; Irurueta, Gonzalo; Nogueira, Helena I. S.; Serrano, Maria C.; Alpuim, Pedro; Marques, Paula A. A. P., Reductive nanometric patterning of graphene oxide paper using electron beam lithography, CARBON 129, 63, 75 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.11.067
  • Safaryan, Sofia; Slabov, Vladislav; Kopyl, Svitlana; Romanyuk, Konstantin; Bdikin, Igor; Vasilev, Semen; Zelenovskiy, Pavel; Shur, Vladimir Ya.; Uslamin, Evgeny A.; Pidko, Evgeny A.; Vinogradov, Alexander V.; Kholkin, Andrei L., Diphenylalanine-Based Microribbons for Piezoelectric Applications via Inkjet Printing, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 10, 12, 10543, 10551 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b19668
  • Shkir, Mohd; Muhammad, Shabbir; AlFaify, S.; Irfan, Ahmad; Khan, M. Ajmal; Al-Sehemi, Abdullah G.; Yahia, I. S.; Singh, Budhendra; Bdikin, Igor, A comparative study of key properties of glycine glycinium picrate (GGP) and glycinium picrate (GP): A combined experimental and quantum chemical approach    JOURNAL OF SAUDI CHEMICAL SOCIETY 22, 3, 352-362 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2016.05.003
  • Goel, Sahil; Yadav, Harsh; Sinha, Nidhi; Singh, Budhendra; Bdikin, Igor; Kumar, Binay, X-ray, dielectric, piezoelectric and optical analyses of a new nonlinear optical 8-hydroxyquinolinium hydrogen squarate crystal, ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B-STRUCTURAL SCIENCE CRYSTAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS 74, 1, 12-23 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520617013038
  • Mohd. Shkir, Shabbir Muhammad, S. AlFaify, Ahmad Irfan, M. Ajmal Khan, Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi, I.S. Yahia, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, A comparative study of key properties of glycine glycinium picrate (GGP) and glycinium picrate (GP): A combined experimental and quantum chemical approach, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 22, 3,  352-362 (2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2016.05.003

2017

  • Igor Bdikin, Dhananjay Sharma, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, María J. Hortigüela, Pawan K. Tyagi, Victor Neto, Manoj Singh, Charge injection in large area multilayer graphene by ambient Kelvin probe force Microscopy, Applied Materials Today, Applied Materials Today 8, 18–25 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2016.11.005
  • Reza Zamiri, Ajay Kaushal, Avito Rebelo, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin,Mehdi Shabani, J.M.F. Ferreira, Enhanced local piezoelectric response in the erbium-doped ZnO nanostructures prepared by wet chemical synthesis, Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 5, 1–6 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jascer.2016.10.002
  • D Pukazhselvan, Narendar Nasani, Tao Yang, Igor Bdikin, Andrei V. Kovalevsky, and Duncan Paul Fagg, Dehydrogenation Properties of Fe, Fe-C, and Fe-Mg Additives Loaded Magnesium Hydride, CHEMPHYSCHEM 18, 287-291 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201601078
  • M.V. Silibin, V.S. Bystrov, D.V. Karpinsky, N. Nasani, G. Goncalves, I.M. Gavrilin, A.V. Solnyshkin, P.A.A.P. Marques, Budhendra Singh, I.K. Bdikin,Local mechanical and electromechanical properties of the P(VDF-TrFE)-graphene oxide thin films Applied Surface Science 421, 42–51, (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.01.291
  • Pukazhselvan, Narendar Nasani, K.S. Sandhya, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Nobuaki Koga, Duncan Paul Fagg, Role of chemical interaction between MgH2 and TiO2 additive on the hydrogen storage behavior of MgH2, Applied Surface Science 420, 740–745 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.05.182
  • Kaushal, S.M. Olhero, Budhendra Singh, Chandan Bhardwaj, Ishu Sharmad,Igor Bdikin, Tim Button, J.M.F. Ferreira, 3D multiscale controlled micropatterning of lead-free piezoelectricelectroceramics via Epoxy Gel Casting and lift-off, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 37, 3079–3087 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.03.037
  • Harsh Yadav, Nidhi Sinha, Sahil Goel, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Anupama Saini, Kovuru Gopalaiah and Binay Kumar, Growth, crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface, optical, piezoelectric, dielectric and mechanical properties of bis(L-asparaginium hydrogensquarate) single crystal, Acta Cryst. B73, 1-13 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520617002906
  • V. S. Bystrov, I. K. Bdikin, M. V. Silibin, D. V. Karpinsky, S. A. Kopyl, G.Goncalves, A. V. Sapronova, T. Kuznetsova & V. V. Bystrova, Graphene/graphene oxide and polyvinylidene fluoride polymer ferroelectric composites for multifunctional applications, FERROELECTRICS 509, 124–142 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2017.1295745
  • Vladimir S. Bystrov, Igor K. Bdikin, Maksim Silibin, Dmitry Karpinsky, Svitlana Kopyl, Ekaterina V. Paramonova, Gil Goncalves, Molecular modeling of the piezoelectric properties of ferroelectric composites containing polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and either graphene or graphene oxide, J Mol Model 23: 128 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00894-017-3291-2
  • Sahil Goel, Harsh Yadav, Nidhi Sinha, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Devarapalli Chenna Rao, Kovuru Gopalaiahd and Binay Kumara, An insight into the synthesis, crystal structure, geometrical modelling of crystal morphology, Hirshfeld surface analysis and characterization of N-(4-methylbenzyl)benzamide single crystals, J. Appl. Cryst. 50, 1498–1511 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576717012316
  • Shish Pal Rathee, S.A. Martin Britto Dhas, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Dharamvir Singh Ahlawat,Investigations on crystal perfection, mechanical and thermo-electric properties of L-ornithine monohydrochloride single crystal: A promising material for nonlinear optical applications, Materials Chemistry and Physics 200 376-383 (2017).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.08.004
  • D. Pukazhselvan, Nivas Babu Selvaraj, Igor Bdikin, R. Sakthi Sudar Saravanan, Suresh Kumar Jakka, M.J. Soares, Duncan Paul Fagg, Unique dielectric features of a ceramic-semiconductor nanocomposite MgNb2O6 + 0.25Zn0.5Cd0.5S, Applied Surface Science 424, 127–131 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.01.124

2016

  • Pukazhselvan, D., Perez, Jose, Nasani, Narendar, Bdikin, Igor, Kovalevsky, Andrei V., Fagg, Duncan Paul, Formation of MgxNbyOx+y through the Mechanochemical Reaction of MgH2 and Nb2O5, and Its Effect on the Hydrogen-Storage Behavior of MgH2, CHEMPHYSCHEM 17, 178-183 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201500620
  • V.S. Bystrov, E. Seyedhosseini, I.K. Bdikin, S. Kopyl, A.L. Kholkin, S.G. Vasilev, P.S. Zelenovskiy, D.S. Vasileva, and V.Ya. Shur, Glycine nanostructures and domains in beta-glycine: computational modeling and PFM observations, FERROELECTRICS 496, 28–45 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2016.1157435
  • Andre F. Girao, Gil Gonçalves, Kulraj S. Bhangra, James B. Phillips, Jonathan Knowles, Gonzalo Irurueta, Manoj K. Singh, Igor Bdikin, Antionio Completo and Paula A. A. P. Marques, Electrostatic self-assembled graphene oxidecollagen scaffolds towards a three-dimensional microenvironment for biomimetic applications, RSC Adv. 6, 49039 (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6RA10213A
  • E. B. Araujo, E. C. Lima, I. K. Bdikin, and A. L. Kholkin, Imprint effect in PZT thin films at compositions around the morphotropic phase boundary, FERROELECTRICS 498, 18–26 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2016.1166421
  • S. Thakur, R.Rai, I.Bdikin, M.A.Valente, Impedance and Modulus Spectroscopy Characterization of Tb modified Bi(0.8)A(0.1)Pb(0.1)Fe(0.9)Ti(0.1)O(3) Ceramics, MATERIALS RESEARCH-IBERO-AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATERIALS 19, 1, 1-8 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2015-0504
  • Budhendra Singh, Mohd. Shkir, S. AlFaify, Ajay Kaushal, Narendar Nasani, Igor Bdikin, H. Shoukry, I.S. Yahia, H.Algarni, Structural, optical, thermal, mechanical and dielectric studies of Sulfamic acid single crystals: An influence of dysprosium (Dy3+) doping, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 1119, 365-372 (2016).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.04.091
  • D. Pukazhselvan, Narendar Nasani, J. Perez, Maria J. Hortiguela, Tao Yang, Igor Bdikin,  Duncan Paul Fagg, Two step mechanochemical synthesis of Nb doped MgO rock salt nanoparticles and its application for hydrogen storage in MgH2, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY 41, 11716-11722 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.11.175
  • A. Bintu, G.T. Vincze, R.C. Picu, A.B.Lopes, I. Bdikin, Scale dependence of the strain rate sensitivity of Twinning-Induced Plasticity steel, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING 674, 98-103 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.07.127
  • D. Pukazhselvan, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, J. Perez, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Manoj K. Singh, Duncan Paul Fagg, Crystal structure, phase stoichiometry and chemical environment of MgxNbyOx+y nanoparticles and their impact on hydrogen storage in MgH2, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY 41, 11709-11715 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.029
  • Igor Bdikin, Vladimir Bystrov, Budhendra Kumar Singh, Piezoelectricity in ribonucleosides and deoxynucleosides microcrystals via piezoresponse force microscopy, Int. J. Nanotechnol., Vol. 13, Nos. 10/11/12, pp.891 – 902 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJNT.2016.080369
  • Shweta Thakur, Radheshyam Rai, Igor Bdikin and Shashi Prakash Rai, Dielectric relaxation and ac conduction in multiferroic Bi0.8Gd0.1Pb0.1Fe0.9Ti0.1O3 ceramics: impedance spectroscopy analysis, PHASE TRANSITIONS, VOL. 89, NO. 12, 1213-1224 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411594.2016.1160399

2015

  • V. N.Andreeva, A.V.Filimonov, A.I.Rudskoy, I. Bdikin,A Study of the Physical Properties of Strontium Titanate Ceramics in the Temperature Range of 8-295 K by the Method of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy. METAL SCIENCE AND HEAT TREATMENT 56, 564-569 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11041-015-9800-y if 0.362
  • V. S.Bystrov, E.Seyedhosseini, I.Bdikin, S.Kopyl, S. M.Neumayer, J.Coutinho, A. L.Kholkin, Bioferroelectricity in Nanostructured Glycine and Thymine: Molecular Modeling and Ferroelectric Properties at the Nanoscale, FERROELECTRICS 475, 107-126 (2015).
  • Igor Bdikin, Alejandro Heredia, Sabine M. Neumayer, Vladimir S. Bystrov, José Gracio, Brian J. Rodriguez, and Andrei L. Kholkin, Local piezoresponse and polarization switching in nucleobase thymine microcrystals, Journal of Applied Physics 118, 072007 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4927806
  • E. Seyedhosseini, I. Bdikin, M. Ivanov, D. Vasileva, A. Kudryavtsev, B. J. Rodriguez, A. L. Kholkin, Tip-induced domain structures and polarization switching in ferroelectric amino acid glycine, Journal of Applied Physics 118, 072008 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4927807
  • Ray Geeta; Sinha Nidhi; Singh Budhendra; Igor Bdikin, Binay Kumar, Lead-Free Relaxor Ferroelectric Na0.47K0.47Li0.06Nb0.94Sb0.06O3 Crystals for Optoelectronic Applications, CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 15, 1852-1860 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg501891r
  • Budhendra Singh, Ajay Kaushal, Igor Bdikin, K. Venkata Saravanan, J.M.F. Ferreira, Effect of Ni doping on structural and optical properties of Zn1−xNixO nanopowder synthesized via low cost sono-chemical method, Materials Research Bulletin 70, 430-435 (2015).
  • Salimian, Maryam, Ivanov, Maxim, Deepak, Francis Leonard, Petrovykh, Dmitri Y., Bdikin, Igor, Ferro, Marta, Kholkin, Andrei, Titus, Elby, Goncalves, Gil. , Synthesis and characterization of reduced graphene oxide/spiky nickel nanocomposite for nanoelectronic applications, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 3, 11516-11523 (2015).

2014

  • S.Lin, C.T. Chen, I.Bdikin, V. Ball, J. Gracio, M.J.Buehler, Tuning heterogeneous poly(dopamine) structures and mechanics: in silico covalent cross-linking and thin film nanoindentation, SOFT MATTER 10, 457-464 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3sm51810h
  • I. Bdikin, Budhendra Singh, J. Suresh Kumar, M.P.F. Graça, A.M. Balbashov, J. Grácio, A.L. Kholkin, Nanoindentation induced piezoelectricity in SrTiO3 single crystals, Scripta Materialia 74, 76-79 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.11.003
  • Radheshyam Rai, M.A. Valente, Igor Bdikin, Andrei L. Kholkin, Seema Sharma, Study of electrical and magnetic properties of Ba, La and Pb doped Bi1−x−yDyxCyFe1−yTiyO3 perovskite ceramics, Solid State Communications 180, 56-63 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2013.11.005
  • S. Kopyl, A.A.Timopheev, V.S. Bystrov, I.K.Bdikin, B.M.S. Teixeira, E. Maevskij, N.A.Sobolev, A.C.M. Sousa, FMR study of carbon nanotubes filled with Fe3O4 nanoparticles, JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS 358, 44-49 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.01.029
  • Fabio G. N. Figueiras, Igor K. Bdikin, Vitor B. S. Amaral, Andrei L. Kholkin, Local bias induced ferroelectricity in manganites with competing charge and orbital order states, Physical Chemistry 16, 4977-81 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cp00075g
  • Ensieh Seyedhosseini, Maxim Ivanov, Vladimir Bystrov,  Igor Bdikin,  Pavel Zelenovskiy, Vladimir Ya. Shur,  Andrei Kudryavtsev,  Elena D. Mishina,  Alexander S. Sigov,  Andrei L. Kholkin, Growth and Nonlinear Optical Properties of β-Glycine Crystals Grown on Pt Substrates, Crystal Growth & Design (in press). CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN  Volume: 14   Issue: 6   Pages: 2831-2837  (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg500111a
  • E.C.Lima, E.B.Araujo, I.K.Bdikin, A.L.Kholkin, Effect of Composition on the Physical Properties at Nanoscale of PZT Thin Films, Ferroelectrics, 465, 106-114, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2014.894391
  • R.M.F. Baptista, D. Isakov, M.M.M. Raposo, M. Belsley, I. Bdikin, A.L. Kholkin, S.P.G. Costa, E.D. Gomes, Ferroelectric nanofibers with an embedded optically nonlinear benzothiazole derivative, J. of Nanoparticle Research 16, 2502, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2502-3
  • A Kaushal, SM Olhero, B Singh, DP Fagg, I Bdikin, JMF Ferreira, Impedance analysis of 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O-3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics consolidated from micro-granules, Ceramics International 40, 10593-10600, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.03.038
  • V.S. Bystrov, E. Seyedhosseini, S. Kopyl, I.K. Bdikin, A.L. Kholkin, Piezoelectricity and ferroelectricity in biomaterials: Molecular modeling and piezoresponse force microscopy measurements, J. Applied Physics 116, 66803-66803, 2014.  http://dx.doi.org/1063/1.4891443
  • G. Ray, N. Sinha, S. Bhandari, B. Singh, I. Bdikin, B. Kumar, Flux growth of 0.94[Na0.5K0.5NbO3]-0.06LiNbO(3) piezo-/ferroelectric crystals for long duration and high temperature applications, Crystengcomm16, 7004-7012, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ce00819g
  • R Zamiri, B Singh, I Bdikin, A Rebelo, MS Belsley, JMF Ferreira, Influence of Mg doping on dielectric and optical properties of ZnO nano-plates prepared by wet chemical method, Solid State Communications 195, 74-79 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2014.07.011
  • Gil Gonçalves, Mercedes Vila, Igor Bdikin, Alicia de Andres, Nazanin Emami, Rute A. S. Ferreira, Luıs D. Carlos, Jose Gracio, Paula A. A. P. Marques, Breakdown into nanoscale of graphene oxide: Confined hot spot atomic reduction and fragmentation, Scientific Reports 4, 6735, 2014.
  • R. Grigalaitis, Š. Bagdzevičius, J. Banys, E.E. Tornau, K. Bormanis, A. Sternberg, I. Bdikin and A.Kholkin, LOCAL PIEZOELECTRICITY IN SrTiO3-BiTiO3 CERAMICSLOCAL PIEZOELECTRICITY IN SrTiO3-BiTiO3 CERAMICS, Lithuanian Journal of Physics, Vol. 54, 170–176 (2014).
  • Kanika Thukral, N. Vijayan, Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, D. Haranath, K. K. Maurya, J. Philip, H. Soumya, P. Sreekanth and G. Bhagavannarayana, Growth, structural and mechanical analysis of a single crystal of L-prolinium tartrate: a promising material for nonlinear optical applications, CrystEngComm, 16, 9245-9254 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ce01232a
  • Budhendra Singh, Igor Bdikin, Ajay Kaushal and Binay Kumar, Flux growth and effect of cobalt doping on dielectric, conductivity and relaxation behaviour of 0.91Pb[Zn1/3Nb2/3]O-3-0.09PbTiO(3) crystals, CRYSTENGCOMM, 16, 9135-9142 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ce01105h
  • T.Holz, D.Mata, N.F.Santos, I.Bdikin, A.J.S.Fenandes, F.M.Costa, Stiff Diamond/Buckypaper Carbon Hybrids, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 6, 22649-22654 (2014).
  • E.B.Araujo, E.C.Lima, I.K.Bdikin, A.L.Kholkin, Physical Properties of Self-polarized PZT Thin Films at Compositions around the Morphotropic Phase Boundary. ELECTROCERAMICS VI, Book Series: Advanced Materials Research, Volume: 975, 9-15. (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.975.9
  • L. Syam Sundar, Manoj K. Singh, Igor Bdikin, Antonio C.M. Sousa, Experimental investigations in heat transfer and friction factor of magnetic Ni nanofluid flowing in a tube, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 70, 224-234 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.11.004

2013

  • R. Rai, M.A.Valente, I. Bdikin, A.L.Kholkin, S. Sharma, Enhanced ferroelectric and magnetic properties of perovskite structured Bi1-x-yGdxLayFe1-yTiyO3 magnetoelectric ceramics, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS 74, 905-912 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2013.01.033
  • P. Sa, J. Barbosa, I. Bdikin, B. Almeida, A.G. Rolo, E.D. Gomes, M. Belsley, A.L.Kholkin, D. Isakov, Ferroelectric characterization of aligned barium titanate nanofibres, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS 46, 105304 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/10/105304
  • A.V. Khoryushin, P.B. Mozhaev, J.E. Mozhaeva, I.K. Bdikin, Y.Zhao, N.H.Andersen, C.S.Jacobsen, J.B.Hansen, Substrate decoration for improvement of current-carrying capabilities of YBa2Cu3Ox thin films, PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS 486, 1-8 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2012.09.009
  • R. Rai, I. Coondoo, R. Rani, I. Bdikin, S. Sharma, A.L. Kholkin, Impedance spectroscopy and piezoresponse force microscopy analysis of lead-free (1-x) K0.5Na0.5NbO3 – xLiNbO(3) ceramics, CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS 13, 430-440 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2012.09.009
  • S. Kopyl, V. Bystrov, I. Bdikin, M. Maiorov, A.C.M.Sousa, Filling carbon nanotubes with magnetic particles, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 1,   2860-2866  (2013). https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tc30119b
  • E.B. Araujo, E.C. Lima, I.K.Bdikin, A.L.Kholkin, Thickness dependence of structure and piezoelectric properties at nanoscale of polycrystalline lead zirconate titanate thin films, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 113, 187206   (2013). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4801961
  • V.S.Bystrov, E.V.Paramonova, I.K.Bdikin, A.V.Bystrova, R.C.Pullar, A.L. Kholkin, “Molecular modeling of the piezoelectric effect in the ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene  fluoride) (PVDF)”, J. Molecular Modeling. – Volume 19, Issue 9. pp. 3591-3602 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-013-1891-z
  • S.K. Jat, N. Vijayan, A. Krishna, J.Philip, S.Verma, I. Bdikin, B. Singh, G.Bhagavannarayana, S.K.Halder, Nucleation kinetics, growth, mechanical, thermal and optical characterization of sulphamic acid single crysta, CRYSTENGCOMM 15, 10034-10042 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce41397g
  • Bystrov, VS; Pullar, R; Kholkin, AL; Gevorkyan, V; Vakyan, LA; Bdikin, I; Kopyl, S; Paramonova, EV; Bystrova, AV, Modeling of Switching and Piezoelectric Phenomena in Polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF), IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATIONS OF FERROELECTRIC AND WORKSHOP ON THE PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY (ISAF/PFM), 21-25, 2013. Conference: IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric / Workshop on the Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (ISAF/PFM), Location: Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, JUL 21-25, 2013.
  • Bystrov, VS, Hosseini, E; Kholkin, AL; Bdikin, I; Kopyl, S, Modeling of Glycine Polymorphic and Switching Properties, IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATIONS OF FERROELECTRIC AND WORKSHOP ON THE PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY (ISAF/PFM), 38-40, 2013. Conference: IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric / Workshop on the Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (ISAF/PFM). Location: Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, JUL 21-25, 2013.
  • Bystrova, A; Dekhtyar, Y; Bystrov, VS; Pullar, RC; Hosseini, E, Kholkin, AL; Sapronova, A; Bdikin, I; Kopyl, S; Popov, A, Study of polar and electrical properties of Hydroxyapatite: Modeling and data analysis, IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATIONS OF FERROELECTRIC AND WORKSHOP ON THE PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY (ISAF/PFM), 100-103, 2013. Conference: IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric / Workshop on the Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (ISAF/PFM). Location: Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC. JUL 21-25, 2013.

2012

  • Igor Bdikin, Vladimir Bystrov, Svitlana Kopyl, Rui P. G. Lopes, Ivonne Delgadillo, Jose´ Gracio, Elena Mishina, Alexander Sigov, and Andrei L. Kholkin, Evidence of ferroelectricity and phase transition in pressed diphenylalanine peptide nanotubes, Appl. Phys. Let. 100, 043702 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3676417
  • Igor Bdikin, Vladimir Bystrov, Ivonne Delgadillo, José Gracio, Svitlana Kopyl, Maciej Wojtas, Elena Mishina, Alexander Sigov, and Andrei L. Kholkin, Polarization switching and patterning in self-assembled peptide tubular structures, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 074104 (7p) (2012). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3699202
  • I. K. Bdikin, M. Wojtaś, D. Kiselev, D. Isakov & A. L. Kholkin, Ferroelectric-Paraelectric Phase Transition in Triglycine Sulphate via Piezoresponse Force Microscopy, Ferroelectrics, 426:1, 215-222 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2012.671742
  • Indrani Coondoo, Neeraj Panwar, I Bdikin, V S Puli, R S Katiyar and A L Kholkin, Structural, morphological and piezoresponse studies of Pr and Sc co-substituted BiFeO3 ceramics, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 45 (2012) 055302 (7pp). https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/45/5/055302
  • Indrani Coondoo, Neeraj Panwa, Amit Tomar, Igor Bdikin, A.L. Kholkin,Venkata S. Puli, Ram S. Katiyar, Improved magnetic and piezoresponse behavior of cobalt substituted BiFeO3 thin film, Thin Solid Films 520, 6493–6498 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.06.079
  • E.C.Lima, E.B.Araujo, A.G.Souza Filho, A.R.Paschoal, I.K.Bdikin and A.L.Kholkin, Structural depth profile and nanoscale piezoelectric properties of randomly oriented Pb(Zr0.50Ti0.50)O3 thin films, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 45 (2012) 215304 (6pp). https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/45/21/215304
  • Lima, E. C.; Araujo, E. B.; Bdikin, I. K.; L. Kholkin, The self-polarization effect in Pb(Zr0.50Ti0.50)O-3 thin films with no preferential orientation, MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN 47, 3548-3551  (2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.06.058
  • Rai, Radheshyam; Coondoo, Indrani; Rani, Rashmi; Bdikin, Igor; Sharma, Seema; Kholkin, Andrei L., Impedance spectroscopy and piezoresponse force microscopy analysis of lead-free (1-x) K0.5Na0.5NbO3 – xLiNbO(3) ceramics, CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS 13, 430-440 (2012).
  • Rai, Radheshyam; Duarte, Pedro; Bdikin, Igor; Manuel Almeida Valente, Paula Alexandrina Marques, Jose Gracio, Andrei L. Kholkin, Local Nanoelectromechanical Properties of Multiferroics Gd-Doped BiFeO3-BaTiO3 Solid Solution, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 12 6639-6644 (2012 https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2012.4559
  • Neeraj Panwar, Igor K. Bdikin, Anna N. Morozovska, and Andrei L. Kholkin, Domain growth kinetics in La0.89Sr0.11MnO3 single crystal studied by piezoresponse force microscopy, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 052019 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4746084
  • P. De Sousa, N. Panwar, I. Bdikin, A. L. Kholkin, C. M. Fernandes A. M. R. Senos, Effect of the Grain Size on the Magnetic Phase Separation in La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 by Magnetic Force Microscopy, MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS 18, 101-102    (2012 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927612013165
  • Robert C. Pullar, Igor G. Bdikin, Ashok K. Bhattacharya, Magnetic properties of randomly oriented BaM, SrM, Co2Y, Co2Z and Co2W hexagonal ferrite fibres,
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 32, 905-913 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.10.047
  • A. A. Timopheev, I. Bdikin, A. F. Lozenko, O. V. Stognei, A. V. Sitnikov, A. V. Los, and N. A. Sobolev, Superferromagnetism and coercivity in Co-Al2O3 granular films with perpendicular anisotropy, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 123915 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730397
  • Alejandro Heredia, Vincent Meunier, Igor K. Bdikin, José Gracio, Nina Balke, Stephen Jesse, Alexander Tselev, Pratul K. Agarwal, Bobby G. Sumpter, Sergei V. Kalinin, Andrei L. Kholkin, Nanoscale Ferroelectricity in Crystalline γ-Glycine, Adv. Funct. Mater. 22, 2996–3003 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201103011
  • P. Sa, I. Bdikin, B. Almeida, A. G. Rolo, D. Isakov, Production and PFM characterization of barium titanate nanofibers, Ferroelectrics, 429:48–55 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2012.676950
  • Sencadas, V.; Ribeiro, C.; Heredia, A., I.K. Bdikin, A.L. Kholkin, S. Lanceros-Mendez, Local piezoelectric activity of single poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) microfibers, APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING 109, 51-55   (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7095-z
  • Hawaldar, Ranjit; Merino, P.; Correia, M. R., Igor Bdikin, José Grácio, J. Méndez, J. A. Martín-Gago, and Manoj Kumar Singh, Large-area high-throughput synthesis of monolayer graphene sheet by Hot Filament Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 2, 682   (2012).  https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00682
  • Firsova, N. Yu.; Mishina, E. D.; Sigov, A. S.; Senkevich, S. V.; Pronin, I. P.; Kholkin, A.; Bdikin, I.; Yuzyuk, Yu. I., Femtosecond Infrared Laser Annealing of PZT Films on a Metal Substrate, FERROELECTRICS 433, 164-169 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2012.696459
  • V. S. Bystrov, E. Paramonova, I. Bdikin, S. Kopyl, A. Heredia, R. C. Pullar & A. L. Kholkin, BioFerroelectricity: Diphenylalanine Peptide Nanotubes Computational Modeling and Ferroelectric Properties at the Nanoscale, Ferroelectrics 440, 3-24 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2012.741923
  • D. A. Kiselev, K. Z. Rushchanskii, I. K. Bdikin, M. D. Malinkovich, Y. N. Parkhomenko & Yu. M. Vysochanskii, Theoretical Prediction and Direct Observation of Metastable Non-Polar Regions in Domain Structure of Sn2P2S6 Ferroelectrics with Triple-Well Potential, Ferroelectrics 438, 55-67 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2012.741935
  • Sencadas, V ; Ribeiro, C ; Bdikin, IK ; Kholkin, AL, S Lanceros-Mendez, Local piezoelectric response of single poly(vinylidene fluoride) electrospun fibers PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 209, 2605-2609 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201228136

2011

  • A. Kholkin, A.Morozovska, D.Kiselev, I.Bdikin, B.Rodriguez, P.Wu, A.Bokov, Z.-G. Ye, B. Dkhil, L.-Q. Chen, M. Kosec, S.V. Kalinin, Surface domain structures and mesoscopic phase transition in relaxor ferroelectrics, Advanced Functional Materials 21, 1977–1987, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201002582
  • I. K. Bdikin, J. Gracio, D. A. Kiselev, S. I. Raevskaya, I. P. Raevski, S. A. Prosandeev,and A. L. Kholkin, Local domain engineering in relaxor 0.77PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-0.23PbSc1/2Nb1/2O3 single crystals, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052002 (5pp) (2011). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3624812
  • I. K. Bdikin, J. A. Perez, I. Coondoo, A. M. R. Senos, P. Q. Mantas, A. L. Kholkin, Ferroelectric domain structure of PbZr0.35Ti0.65O3 single crystals by piezoresponse force microscopy, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052003 (7pp) (2011). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623768
  • N. A. Pertsev, D. A. Kiselev, I. K. Bdikin, M. Kosec, A. L. Kholkin, Quasi-one-dimensional domain walls in ferroelectric ceramics: Evidence from domain dynamics and wall roughness measurements, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052001 (5pp) (2011). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3624810
  • R. Tararam, I. K. Bdikin, N. Panwar, J. A. Varela, P. R. Bueno, A. L. Kholkin, Nanoscale electromechanical properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 052019 (5pp) (2011). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3623767
  • Isakov, D.; Gomes, E. d. M.; Bdikin, I.; Almeida, B.; Belsley, M.; Costa, M.; Rodrigues, V.; Heredia, A., Production of Polar β-Glycine Nanofibers with Enhanced Nonlinear Optical and Piezoelectric Properties. Crystal Growth & Design 2011, 11 (10), 4288-4291. https://doi.org/10.1021/cg2009336
  • G. Suchaneck, Z. Hubička, M. Čada, D. A. Kiselev, I. Bdikin, A. A. Levin, L. Jastrabík, A. L. Kholkin, G. Gerlach & A. Dejneka, Imprint Behavior of Piezoelectric PZT Thin Films Deposited onto Cu-Coated Polymer Substrates, Ferroelectrics 419, 103–108 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2011.594754

2010

  • Radheshyam Rai, Igor Bdikin, Manuel Almeida Valente, Andrei L. Kholkin, Ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties of Gd-doped BiFeO3–BaTiO3 solid solution, Materials Chemistry and Physics 119, 539–545 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2009.10.011
  • Andrei Kholkin, Nadav Amdursky, Igor Bdikin, Ehud Gazit, Gil Rosenman, Strong piezoelectricity in bioinspired peptide nanotubes, ACS Nano, 2010, 4 (2), pp 610–614. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn901327v
  • Manoj K. Singh, Elby Titus, Gil Goncalves, Paula A. A. P. Marques, Igor Bdikin, Andrei L. Kholkin, and Jose J. A. Gracio, Atomic-scale observation of rotational misorientation in suspended few-layer graphene sheets, Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 700-708. https://doi.org/10.1039/b9nr00256a
  • I. K. Bdikin, J. Gracio, R. Ayouchi, R. Schwarz, A. L. Kholkin, Local piezoelectric properties of ZnO thin films prepared by RF-plasma assisted pulsed laser deposition method, Nanotechnology 21 (2010) 235703 (6pp). https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/21/23/235703
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  • D. V. Isakov, E. de Matos Gomes, B. G. Almeida, I. K. Bdikin, A. M. Martins, and A. L. Kholkin, Piezoresponse force microscopy studies of the triglycine sulfate-based nanofibers, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 108, 042011 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3474966
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