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Prospective results
Among the successful new mechanisms of joint activities with the ISTC, which are new not only for Belarus but also for all post-Soviet states, it`s necessary to point out the establishment at the end of 2005 of a joint laboratory of National Academy of Sciences (Institute of Physics, named after B.I. Stepanov) and the Fraunhofer Society of Germany to conduct research in the field of optics, diagnostics and nondestructive testing. This is the first and still the only international laboratory in the CIS, established within the framework of the ISTC project. A significant part of the funding for this project included the purchase of the most modern equipment, which allowed the laboratory staff to operate at the level of international standards in accordance with the objectives of the first and further projects. Over the last three years, the International Scientific Laboratory of optical diagnostics has implemented a number of promising developments of the world level: - high-speed optical profilers, allowing rapid, non-contact and highly accurate (~ 30 nm) control of the shape and quality of various surfaces of cylindrical and conical products in engineering and industry;
- an original technology of laser speckle photometry for noncontact diagnostics of thermal and mechanical characteristics of metals, alloys and nanomaterials (including measurement of the hardness and fatigue of different industrial structures: moving and intense machine parts, bearing bridges, the quality of the rolling mills, etc.);
- a unique method and instrument for remote high-speed interferometric quality polycrystalline wafers for solar cells, as well as product quality semiconductor electronics mounted in a production process line
- a new technology for creating kodograms and microcodes which is a new step in ensuring a more reliable system for protecting valuable documents and excisable goods from counterfeits.
High quality results have been obtained in the field of nanotechnology: an effective method of increasing noncorrodibility of metals using nanodiamonds has been proposed and developed. In the field of laser nanobiology and nanomedicine bio-nanosensors for early diagnosis of cancer have been developed, original methods of drug delivery into the biological cells to treat cancer diseases and diabetes mellitus have been introduced. 2.4 million U.S. dollars have been attracted to Belarus on projects and direct contracts of the laboratory with foreign firms. For organizing the production of developed devices and products the questions of creating a joint venture with the Institute of Physics of NAS of Belarus and the largest company in South-East Asia are being discussed. The developments of the International Laboratory are certainly promising for the introduction of industrial and other enterprises of the Republic of Belarus. The application of high-speed optical profilometers and original technology of laser speckle photometry will rearm the engineering factories of Belarus at a fundamentally new level. The advanced technology of kodogramm creation is being introduced in the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus. The unique laser technology of quality control of wafers for solar cells and microelectronic products can be applied at such enterprises as "PLANAR" and "Integral". Developed innovative methods of nanobiology and nanomedicine will bring microscopic medical diagnosis in the country to a new level corresponding to the highest world standards. The programmes of ISTC are of great importance for the process of informatization of various spheres of national life. Today, almost 60% of the informatization of the country's health occurs through the introduction of developments of the NAS of Belarus and, in particular, the leading agency in this area - the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus. During 2005-2008 the developments of the UIIP NASB were implemented and are being operated in more than 100 medical institutions, all over a given period the UIIP NASB supplied medical facilities with more than 1000 workstations for medical professionals of various purposes, including those in the 15 radiological systems. The installation of the domestic import replacing radiological systems resulted in savings of about $ 5 million and reducing twice the time of their introduction. An important role in creating these products have played seven of ISTC projects aimed at the creation of innovative information technology for health care, with total funding of more than 2 million dollars. The Institute of Physics (named after B.I.Stepanov) of NAS of Belarus is the Belarusian organization having the largest number of projects funded and being financed by the International Science and Technology Centre. The Institute of Physics has executed and is performing 22 ISTC projects totalling more than $ 8 million, under which the series of new scientific and technological world-class results have been obtained,the samples of new knowledge-based technology have been designed and created, new contracts with local and foreign organizations have been initiated. Among the most significant projects for the economy are the following:
- A number of new high-performance laser and LED light sources based on quantum heterostructures have been designed, which is promising for applications in optical data storage devices of the new generation, such as HD DVD, Blu-Ray, as well as underwater communications systems location, sensory, lidar and telecommunications engineering, inter-satellite communications, etc.;
- The influence of coherent fields on biological objects and microparticles have been investigated. The methods of exposure to biological microobjects by gradient fields, such as cellular massage, regulation processes that occur in blood cells, and others have been designed. The studies have stimulated the development and creation of new medical equipment based on modern lasers and LEDs. Over the past few years medical institutions of Belarus and Russia have been supplied with more than a thousand items of medical equipment to treat a wide range of diseases in the total amount of more than 6 billion roubles.;
- A high-performance system of not destroying cleaning of the works of art has been created. It is currently used for the restoration of antique marble sculptures in the Parthenon (Athens, Greece).The technology, developed during the project is also used for the restoration, cleaning and conservation of works of art of the National Art Museum of Belarus, where a joint laboratory has been organized ;
- The lidar system (LIDAR - laser radar), designed to monitor atmospheric pollution has been upgraded. A Lidar network CIS CIS-LiNet has been created. At present, lidar system developed by the Institute of Physics are among the best in the world, they are integrated into all major international lidar networks, which allow constant monitoring of the transboundary transport of atmospheric pollutants for Ministry of Natural Resources under the National Environment Monitoring System of the Republic of Belarus. The means of the sixth Framework Programme of the UN have been attracted into the development of the ISTC, and a basic lidar system has been developed for the European lidar network, as well as Lidar technique is being developed for the Belarusian Antarctic station.
The Joint Institute for Energy and Nuclear Research, "Sosny" of the NASB has executed and performed 17 ISTC projects totalling more than $ 3 million. As examples of the most important outcomes of the project activity is the establishment of a unique nuclear-physical subcritical complex "Yalina "for solving a wide range of problems, but mainly to explore the possibility of transmutation of long-lived nuclides and security challenges of the future and modern nuclear power plants; the project to upgrade the system of physical protection, control and accounting of nuclear materials OIEYAI "Sosny", the development of organic compounds of radionuclide absorbents based on natural raw materials (sapropels) and industrial waste (hydrolytic lignin, clay-brine sludge) for the rehabilitation of soils in Belarus and Russia contaminated with radioactive nuclides as a result of the accident at Chernobyl atomic power station.
© National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 2011
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