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Combining varied scientific expertise can help to inspire and develop profitable technologies. In 2011, the Lappeenranta University of Technology was one of three institutions to launch the DATIS project, an initiative designed to offer a platform for commercial research partnerships between bordering nations Russia and Finland. The venture provides networking opportunities and support to businesses and researchers and for start-up businesses that capitalise on their discoveries
Encouraging marketable scientific collaboration between Finland and Russia
Political leaders from the European Union and its eastern neighbour have declared 2014 the ‘EU-Russia Year Of Science’. Collaboration between the two territories has a long history, as exemplified in 2003 when they jointly agreed to create a “common space in research and education, including cultural matters”. Indeed, Russian scientists are the most numerous participants in EU Framework Programmes for Research and Technological
Development. EU
researchers also benefit from opportunities offered by these partnerships, and can engage in Russia’s own Federal Targeted Programmes, which sponsor scientific endeavour. To encourage commercially viable
collaborations between the countries, the DATIS project (International System Development of Advanced Technologies Implementation in the Border Regions) was launched in 2011. The initiative consolidates the expertise of the Saint Petersburg based Ioffe Institute with two Finnish institutions, the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and Aalto University. It is co-funded by the EU, Russian Federation and Republic of Finland.
88 The Laboratory of Physics at Lappeenranta
University of Technology is well renowned for its work in optical measurement technologies and materials physics. Their research into magnetic impurities in doped II-V II-IV-V semiconductors is world leading, and they are also heavily involved in research into pnictide superconductors. Other areas of work at the laboratory include CARS spectroscopy (of which their 2006 paper is one of the most widely cited in the field), close involvement with the CMS experiment at CERN, as well as atomic force microscopy (having just acquired a state-of-the-art BRUKER Multimode 8 instrument). Development at this fast-growing department has been rapid, and it is now looking to build on this by collaborating in projects with other institutions.
Scientific expertise Professor Erkki Lahderanta, a coordinator of the project from LUT, has brought his expertise in physics to the DATIS project, as well as his experience in working effectively alongside other institutions. “The
connection between LUT and the
Ioffe Institute has been there now for around ten years, but on a personal level I
have been collaborating with this institution for around twenty. LUT is always looking to strengthen relationships with Russian universities and research institutes, and this is one of the reasons why it made sense for me to be a part of this project.” “Conceptually, the project stemmed from basic
this idea of working together,”
explains Dmitry Muzaev, the DATIS project manager based at the Ioffe Institute. “There is a rich history of productive associations between the Ioffe Institute, Aalto University and Lappeenranta University of Technology. This helped to inspire the programme, which we believe will use the strong competencies found on both sides of the border. It’s an excellent opportunity to deepen and broaden the connections of the institutions involved, and contribute towards building a robust platform which can bring about successful and innovative collaboration between our two countries.” The
three institutions have a strong
history of research into semiconductor physics (Zhores Alferov
of the
Institute was part of the team awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for work developing semiconductor heterostructures
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