Umedjon Khalilov

EDITORIAL TEAM
Postal code: 100125, Tashkent, Durmon Yuli 33, Uzbekistan.
E-mail: ukhalilov@gmail.com, umedjon.khalilov@uantwerpen.be
Date of birth: 8 September. 1977
Place of birth: Surkhandarya, Uzbekistan
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
DSc: Physics/Mathematics - (2021 – Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
PhD: Chemistry/Physics - (2013 - University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Ms: Physics - (1998 - Termez State University, Uzbekistan)
EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT
Nov. 2020 – Present - Chief Researcher & postdoctoral researcher (Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ASRUz) Institute of ion-plasma and laser technologies & University of Antwerp (UA) Belgium (BE))
Oct. 2017 – Oct. 2020 - FWO Senior Postdoctoral researcher (UA and the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), BE)
Oct. 2014 – Sep. 2017 - FWO Postdoctoral researcher (UA and FWO, BE)
Jan. 2013 – Sep. 2014 - Postdoctoral researcher (Department of Chemistry, UA, BE)
Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2012 - Ph.D. student (UA in collaboration with the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), BE)
Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2008 - Scientific assistant; Teacher of Computational Physics (Arifov Institute of Electronics, ASRUz and Tashkent State Technical University, Uzbekistan (UZ))
Jan. 1999 – Dec. 2002 - Lecturer of General Physics; Junior Scientific Assistant (Termez State University (TSU), UZ)
Jul. 1998 – Dec. 1998 - Teacher of (Elementary) Physics (Academic Lyceum of Natural Sciences, Termez, UZ)
Sep. 1993 – Jul. 1998 - BSc & MSc Student (Department of Physics, TSU, UZ)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Material science: synthesis of carbon- & silicon- based nanostructures
Nanotechnology: carbon & silicon-based nanotechnology
Simulation techniques: MD, MC and DFT
Others: plasma-(bio) surface interactions
RELEVANT EXPERIENCES
Simulation experiences: (Reactive) Molecular Dynamics (MD) method (Force-bias) Monte Carlo (fbMC) method Density functional theory (DFT)
Teaching experiences: Physics (Elementary & General) Physical Chemistry Computational Physics/Chemistry
SKILLS
Programming: Fortran (professional), C/C++ (basic) & COMSOL (basic) Operating systems: Windows & Linux
Computer literacy: MS Office & LaTeX
Languages: English & Russian (professional working proficiency), French & Dutch (basic), Uzbek (native)
AWARDS & PRIZES & HONORS
2014 - Article was selected in the “2014 Nanoscale Hot Paper” collections
2013 - Article was selected as one of “the IOP select” publications for the last 12 months 2012 Chemistry of Materials “Front Cover image”, Volume 24, Issue 18
June 2012 - Student poster award: runner-up, COSIRES 2012, Santa Fe, United States
April 2003 - Arifov Prize for the best young scientist, Arifov Institute of Electronics, Uzbekistan April 1991 “Youngest participant” prize at XXV Soviet (USSR) Scholar Olympiads in Physics
Publications
Computational Carbon Nanostructure Synthesis
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Atomic scale simulation of carbon nanotube nucleation from hydrocarbon precursors. Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 10306. (IF:11.329)
- Khalilov, C. Vets and E. C. Neyts, Molecular evidence for feedstock-dependent nucleation mechanisms of CNTs. Nanoscale Horiz., 2019, 4, 674-682. (IF: 9.095)
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Mechanisms of selective nanocarbon synthesis inside carbon nanotubes. Carbon, 2021, 171, 72-78. (IF: 8.821)
- Khalilov, C. Vets and E. C. Neyts, Catalyzed growth of encapsulated carbyne. Carbon, 2019, 153, 1-5 (IF: 7.466)
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Microscopic mechanisms of vertical graphene and carbon nanotube cap nucleation from hydrocarbon growth precursors. Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 9206-9214. Selected as one of the 101 papers in the “2014 Nanoscale Hot Paper” collection. (IF: 7.394)
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts, B. Xu, T. Kato, T. Kaneko and E. C. Neyts, How the alignment of adsorbed ortho H pairs determines the onset of selective carbon nanotube etching. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 1653-1661. (IF: 7.233)
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Atomic-scale mechanisms of plasma-assisted elimination of nascent base-grown carbon nanotubes. Carbon, 2017, 118, 452-457. (IF: 7.082)
- Khalilov, M. Yusupov, G.B. Eshonqulov, E.C. Neyts, G.R. Berdiyorov, Atomic level mechanisms of graphene healing by methane-based plasma radicals, FlatChem., 2023, 39, 100506. (IF: 5.829)
- Van de Sompel, U. Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Contrasting H-etching to OH-etching in plasma- assisted nucleation of carbon nanotubes. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 7849-7855. (IF: 4.189)
- Mehmonov, A Ergasheva, M Yusupov, U Khalilov, The role of carbon monoxide in the catalytic synthesis of endohedral carbyne. J. Appl. Phys., 2023, 134, 144303. (IF: 3.2)
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts, S. Hussain, E. Kovacevic, P. Brault, C. Boulmer-Leborgne and E. C. Neyts, Nanoscale mechanisms of CNT growth and etching in plasma environment. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys, 2017, 50, 184001. (IF: 2.373) Invited paper for a Special Issue on Achieving Atomistic Control in Plasma-Material Interactions.
- R. Berdiyorov, U. Khalilov, H. Hamoudi and E. C. Neyts, Effect of chemical modification on electronic transport properties of carbyne, J. Comput. Electron. 2021, 20, 848-854. (IF: 1.532)
Computational Silicon Surface Chemistry
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Towards the Understanding of Selective Si Nano-oxidation by Atomic Scale Simulations. Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50, 796-804. (IF: 20.955)
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Self-Limiting Oxidation in Small- Diameter Si Nanowires. Chem. Mater., 2012, 24, 2141–2147. Selected for the front page of the journal. (IF: 8.238)
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. Bogaerts, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Reactive Molecular Dynamics simulations on SiO2-coated ultra-small Si-nanowires. Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 719-725. (IF: 6.233)
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, S. Huygh, A. C. T. van Duin, E. C. Neyts and A. Bogaerts, New Mechanism for Oxidation of Native Silicon Oxide. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 9819–9825. (IF: 4.835)
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, On the c-Si|a-SiO2 Interface in Hyperthermal Si oxidation at Room Temperature. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 21856–21863. (IF: 4.814)
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Hyperthermal Oxidation of Si(100)2x1 Surfaces: Effect of Growth Temperature. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 8649–8656. (IF: 4.814)
- Khalilov, E. C. Neyts, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin, Can We Control the Thickness of Ultrathin Silica Layers by Hyperthermal Silicon Oxidation at Room Temperature? J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 24839–24848. (IF: 4.805)
- C. Neyts, U. Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin, Hyperthermal Oxygen Interacting with Silicon Surfaces Adsorption, Implantation, and Damage Creation. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 4818–4823. (IF: 4.805)
- Khalilov, M. Yusupov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Selective Plasma Oxidation of Ultrasmall Si Nanowires. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 472–477. (IF: 4.536)
- Schoeters, E. C. Neyts, U. Khalilov, G. Pourtois and B. Partoens, Stability of Si Epoxide Defects in Si nanowires: A Mixed Reactive Force Field/DFT Study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 15091-15097. (IF: 4.198)
- Dumpala, S. R. Broderick, U. Khalilov, E. C. Neyts, A. C. T. van Duin, J. Provine, R. T. Howe and
- Rajan, Integrated atomistic chemical imaging and reactive force field molecular dynamic simulations on silicon oxidation. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2015, 106, 011602. (IF: 3.142)
Computational Sustainable/Energy Materials Science
- Dandan Yu, Z. Wang, J. Yang, Y. Wang, Y. Li, Q. Zhu, X. Tu, D. Chen, J. Liang, U. Khalilov, and H. Wang, Low-Temperature and Fast-Charge Sodium Metal Small, 2024, 2o(30), 2311810. (IF:13.3)
- Diwen Yu, Guo, F. Hou, Y. Zhang, X. Ye, Y. Zhang, P. Ji, U. Khalilov, G. Wang, X. Zhang, K. Wang,
- Song, X. Zhong, H. Sun, J. Zhu, J. Liang and H. Wang, Ti─O─C Bonding at 2D Heterointerfaces of 3D Composites for Fast Sodium Ion Storage at High Mass Loading Level. Small, 2024, 20(29), 2312167. (IF:13.3)
- Song, J. Wang, X. Zhong, Y. Zhang, K. Wang, X. Guo, H. Guo, G. Lei, H. Liu, G. Wang, P. Ji, X. Zhang, U. Khalilov, J. Liang, R. Wen, Dual-functional ionic liquids additive enables dendrite-free Zn anode with ultra-long cycle life over one year. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 665, 711-719. (IF:9.9)
- Wang, X.-B. Zhong, Y.-X. Song, Y.-H. Zhang, Y.-G. Zhang, X.-G. You, P.-G. Ji, M.S. Kurbanov, U. Khalilov, G.-K. Wang, X. Zhang, X.-L. Yao, F. Li, J.-F. Liang, H. Wang, Regeneration of photovoltaic industry silicon waste toward high-performance lithium-ion battery anode. Rare Met., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-024-02783-w (IF:9.6)
- Khalilov, U. Uljaev, K. Mehmonov, Parisa Nematollahi, M. Yusupov, E. C. Neyts, Can endohedral transition metals enhance hydrogen storage in carbon nanotubes? International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 55, 604-610. (IF:7.2)
- Guo, Y. Zhang, Q. Wang, D. Yu, Y. Zhang, P. Ji, U. Khalilov, G. Wang, X. Zhang, K. Wang, Y. Song,
- Zhong, H. Sun and J. Liang, Boosting the Sodium-Ion Transport and Surface Pseudocapacitance of a SnO2 Nanoflower at a High Mass Loading Level for High Areal Capacity and Fast Sodium- Ion Storage. ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2024, 7, 12304-12311. (IF:5.9)
- Ashurov, S. Iskandarov, U. Khalilov, K. Ashurov, Current Challenges, Progress and Future Perspectives of Aluminum-Ion Batteries. Applied Solar Energy, 2022, 3, 449-472. (IF: 1.3)
Other topics
- Yusupov, E. C. Neyts, U. Khalilov, R. Snoeckx, A. C. T. van Duin and A. Bogaerts, Atomic-scale simulations of reactive oxygen plasma species interacting with bacterial cell walls. New J. Phys., 2012, 14, 093043. Selected as one of “the IOP select” publications. (IF: 4.063)
- Yusupov, D. Dewaele, P. Attri, U. Khalilov, F. Sobott, A. Bogaerts, Molecular understanding of the possible mechanisms of oligosaccharide oxidation by cold plasma. Plasma Process Polym. 2023, 20, 2200137. (IF: 3.877)
- Yusupov, E. C. Neyts, C. Verlackt, U. Khalilov, A. C. T. van Duin and A. Bogaerts, Inactivation of the Endotoxic Biomolecule Lipid A by Oxygen Plasma Species: A Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study. Plasma Process. Polym., 2015, 12, 162-171. (IF: 2.713)
- Husanova, J. Ochilov, U Khalilov, Formation Onset of Flat-Perylene Prenucleation Clusters in Vacuum. Chemical Physics, 2024, 579, 112191. (IF: 2.3)
- Matnazarova, U. Khalilov, M. Yusupov, Effect of endohedral nickel atoms on the hydrophilicity of carbon nanotubes. Molecular Simulation, 2023, 49, 1575-1581. (IF: 2.1)
- A. Zaripov, U.B. Khalilov, Kh. B. Ashurov, Synergism of the Initial Stage of Removal of Dielectric Materials during Electrical Erosion Processing in Electrolytes. Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry, 2023, 59, 712-718. (IF: 0.9)
- Dzhurakhalov, U. Khalilov, D. Husanova, Investigation of small metal cluster interactions with atomic chains at grazing incidence. Poverkhnost (Russian journal “Surface”), 2006, 7, 25- 29. (IF: 0.3)
CONGRESSES
Towards understanding the synthesis of novel carbon nanostructures: atomic-scale investigations
- Khalilov, K. Mehmonov, E.C. Neyts, Catalytic Synthesis Mechanisms of Endohedral Carbon Nanostructures (virtual oral presentation) 7th International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering (CCE23) February 20-24, 2023, Las Vegas, United States.
- Khalilov, K. Mehmonov, A. Ergasheva, E.C. Neyts, Feedstock effect in the catalyzed synthesis of encapsulated nanocarbons (virtual poster presentation) International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials (NT22) June 19-24, 2022, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
- Khalilov, Feedstock Effect in the Catalyzed Synthesis of Encapsulated Nanocarbons (virtual poster presentation) International Workshop on Single Carbon Nanotubes & Related Materials – Guadalupe Workshop X, May 13-17, 2022, Texas, United States.
- Khalilov, D. Husanova, S. Mirzaev and E. C. Neyts, Catalyst-Feedstock Tandem in the Structure Synthesis inside a Carbon Nanotube (virtual oral presentation) International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials (NT21) June 6-11, 2021, Texas, United States.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Atomic scale simulations of the catalyzed synthesis of carbon nanostructures. Invited virtual-lecture at the "16th International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE)", Aprel 29 - May 3, 2020 (September 17-23), Heraklion-Crete, Greece.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Role of growth species in carbon nanotube nucleation: MD/MC study. Invited lecture at the "International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE)", May 1-5, 2019, Rhodes, Greece.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Effect of plasma species on the onset of CNT growth (poster presentation) 19th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low- dimensional Materials (NT 18), July 15-20, 2018, Beijing, China.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Plasma-assisted of nascent CNTs (poster presentation) 19th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-dimensional Materials (NT 18), July 15-20, 2018, Beijing, China.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Nanoscale mechanisms of plasma-based nucleation of carbon nanostructures. Invited lecture at the "Energy Materials and Nanotechnology (EMN) Greece Meeting", May 14-18, 2018, Heraklion-Crete, Greece.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Atomic-scale simulations of hydrocarbon effects in the nucleation of carbon nanotubes (oral presentation) 28th International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials (ICDCM 28), September 3-7, 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Effect of plasma species in CNT nucleation and etching (invited poster presentation) Guadalupe VIII workshop, April 21-25, 2017, Texas, United States.
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts, A.C.T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Understanding the onset of CNT growth by hybrid MD/MC simulations (poster presentation) 17th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials (NT16) August 7-13, 2016, Vienna, Austria.
- Khalilov, B. Xu, T. Kato, T. Kaneko and E. C. Neyts, Stress as decisive parameter in the selective hydrogen etching of SWNTs (poster presentation) 17th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials (NT16) August 7-13, 2016, Vienna, Austria.
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Understanding the importance of hydrogen in catalyzed CNT growth from hybrid MD/tfMC simulations. Invited lecture at the "7th International Workshop and Summer School on Plasma Physics", June 26 - July 02, 2016, Kiten, Bulgaria.
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Towards an atomistic scale understanding of CNT growth from hydrocarbons. Invited lecture at the "Energy Materials Nanotechnology (EMN) Croatia Meeting", May 4-7, 2016, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Plasma-assisted etching of “incipient” carbon nanotubes: a hybrid MD / MC study (oral presentation) International Symposium of Physical Chemistry (ISPC 22), July 5-10, 2015, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, Plasma-assisted CNT etching mechanisms in the initial growth stage: combined MD/MC study (poster presentation) 16th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials (NT15) June 29 – July 3, 2015, Nagoya, Japan.
- Khalilov and E. C. Neyts, CNT cap nucleation from hydrocarbons: combined Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo study (poster presentation) 16th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials (NT15) June 29 – July 3, 2015, Nagoya, Japan.
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Effect of hydrogen during SWNT cap nucleation and growth from CnHm precursors: combined Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations (invited poster presentation) Guadalupe VII workshop, April 10-14, 2015, Texas, United States.
- Khalilov, A. Bogaerts and E. C. Neyts, Combined MD/MC Simulations of Carbon Nanotube Cap Formation from Hydrocarbons and CNT Etching. Invited lecture at the 9th International Conference on Computational Physics (ICCP9) January 7-11, 2015, NUS, Singapore.
- Symposium on Fundamentals of plasma-surface interactions, November 8, 2013, Antwerp,
- Symposium on Carbon Nanostructures, June 9, 2011, Antwerp,
New perspectives on thermal and hyperthermal oxidation of Si surfaces
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Reactive MD Study of Hyperthermal Si- Oxidation Mechanisms in Ultrathin a-SiO2 Films (poster presentation) 25th International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids (ICACS 25) October 21-25, 2012, Kyoto, Japan.
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Wet and plasma-assisted oxidation of small Si nanowires at room temperature: reactive molecular dynamics study (poster presentation) International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE 13) September 10-14, 2012, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Reactive MD study of small Si nanowire oxidation: Control of Si-core radius (poster presentation) Computer Simulations of Radiation Effects in Solids (COSIRES 2012) June 24-29, 2012, Santa Fe, NM, United States.
- Khalilov, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin and E. C. Neyts, Reactive MD study of hyperthermal Si oxidation: Effect of growth temperature (poster presentation) COSIRES 2012, June 24-29, 2012, Santa Fe, NM, United States.
- Khalilov, E. C. Neyts, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin, Self-limiting hyperthermal Si oxidation: a reactive MD study (poster presentation) COSIRES 2012, June 24-29, 2012, Santa Fe, NM, United States. Student poster award: runner-up
- Symposium on Plasma-assisted catalysis: recent advances and perspectives, November 28, 2011, Antwerp,
- Khalilov, E. C. Neyts, G. Pourtois, A. C. T. van Duin, Controlling the Si-core / SiO2 oxide shell thickness during oxidation of Si nanowires with diameter up to 3 nm (poster presentation) Workshop on Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes September 23, 2011, Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium.
Other topics
- Khalilov, M. Yusupov, P. Nematollahi and D. Husanova, Pre-nucleation processes of perylene nanocrystals (virtual oral presentation) The 8th International Conference “Laser, Plasma Research and Technologies” (LaPlas-2022) March 22-25, 2022, Moscow, Russia.
- Khalilov, D. Husanova, M. Yusupov, S.Z. Mirzaev, E.C. Neyts. Catalyzed synthesis of novel structures inside a carbon nanotube. Eighth International Conference on Physical Electronics (IPEC-8) September 23-24, 2021, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- A. Dzhurakhalov, S.E. Rahmatov, M.S. Yusupov, U. Khalilov Sputtering processes of CuAu(100) and Cu3Au(100) surfaces at low energy ion bombardment 16th International Conference on Ion Beam Modification of Materials (IBMM’08), August 31 – September 5, 2008, Dresden, Germany.
- A. Dzhurakhalov, U. Khalilov, D.Kh Husanova. MD simulation of atom and cluster scattering at grazing incidence Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2007), September 5-8, 2007, Brussels, Belgium.
- Yu. Turaev, A.A. Dzhurakhalov, U. Khalilov Peculiarities of ion-single crystal surface interaction processes at grazing incidence Proceedings of International Conference on Ion-Surface Interactions (ISI 2007), August 24-28, 2007, Moscow, Russia.
- A. Dzhurakhalov, G.R.Rahimova, U. Khalilov, D.Kh. Husanova Investigation of process of interaction small metal clusters with atoms chain at grazing incidence International conference on Ion-Surface Interactions (ISI 2005), August 25, 2005, Moscow, Russia.
- A. Dzhurakhalov, U. Khalilov, D.Kh. Husanova Simulation by molecular dynamics method of interaction's process small cluster with surface of single crystal 34th International conference on the physics of interaction charged particles with crystals, May 31 - June 2, 2004, Moscow, Russia.
- Khalilov, D.Kh. Husanova, A.A. Dzhurakhalov. MD simulation of low-energy small cluster bombardment of crystal surfaces at grazing incidence E-MRS 2004 Spring Meeting, May 24-28, 2004, Strasbourg, France.
- A. Dzhurakhalov, D.Kh. Husanova, U. Khalilov BCA and MD simulations of particle surface interaction processes at grazing incidence International Conference on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics(CMMP'04), April 4-7, 2004, Warwick, UK.
- Khalilov U., Rakhimova G.R., Turaev N.Yu. About one mechanism of formation of clusters at sputtering of single crystals 13th Int. Conf. on Ion Beam Modification of Materials (IBMM2002), September 1-6, 2002, Kobe,
RESEARCH STAY/VISIT
01/03/2016–06/04/2016 - GREMI research group, University of Orleans, France
23/10/2023–27/10/2023 - MOSAIC research groups, University of Antwerp, Belgium
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2021 – 2026 - Selective synthesis of carbon nanostructures for perspective nanodevices (Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
2022 – 2024 - Investigation of molecular mechanisms of processes related to nanostructures (IPLT, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences)
2021 – 2022 - Investigation of the synthesis mechanisms of organic nanocrystals from aromatic molecules (IPLT, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences)
2017 – 2020 - Long time scale dynamics of carbon nanostructure growth (FWO & UA, Belgium) 2014 – 2017 Computer simulations of gold-catalyzed growth of carbon nanotubes at the atomic scale (FWO & UA, Belgium)
2009 – 2012 - Atomic multi-time scale simulations of catalyzed carbon nanotube growth (IMEC & UA, Belgium)
2007 – 2009 - Theoretical investigations of photons and charged particles interacting with nanostructure surfaces as well as fullerene-like molecules (№ФА-Ф2-Ф095+Ф100 Fundamental research foundation, State Committee of Science and Technology, Uzbekistan)
2006 – 2008 - Peculiarities of ion-collision processes at grazing cluster incidence (№50-06 Supporting fund for fundamental investigations, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences)
2004 – 2006 - Investigation of sputtering processes on clean and adsorbed single-crystal surfaces at the atomic and cluster ion bombardment (№50-04 Supporting fund for fundamental investigations, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences)
2003 – 2007 - Study the interaction of medium and low energy ions, atoms and few-atomic clusters with a solid surface (№Ф-2.1.29 Fundamental research foundation, State Committee of Science and Technology, Uzbekistan)
2002 – 2004 - Study the mechanisms of low-energy few-atomic clusters interacting with single crystals surface (№ 42-02 Supporting fund for fundamental investigations, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences)
SCHOOLS & COURSES
- COMSOL Multiphysics Introduction, October 2019, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- Dutch courses in LINGUOPOLIS, 2019, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- Introduction to C, C++ and object-oriented programming (course), February, 2014, Antwerp, Belgium
- School on Atomistic Simulation Techniques, September 23-24, 2013, Antwerp, Belgium
- The STATUA course LaTeX, September 24-25 and October 5, 2012, Antwerp, Belgium
- School on Computational Modeling of Materials, December 2-3, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium
- Winter School on Multiscale Simulation Methods in Molecular Sciences, March 2-6, 2009, Jülich, Germany
- English courses in LINGUOPOLIS, 2009-2011, Antwerp, Belgium
- French courses organized by France Embassy in Uzbekistan, 2003, Tashkent, Uzbekistan