Valery Shklover

MSc in Materials for Electronics and PhD in Physical Chemistry at Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences "X-Ray study of organosilicon compounds"

Present position

Group lead Industry Solutions

Current research interests

• - Energy conversion and storage
  - Photonics, high-temperature photonics
  - High-temperature stable materials
  - Protection coatings for atmospheric re-entry
  - Superhard coatings
  - Nanostructures, nanofluids

Professional activities

Principal Investigator of the CCMX project "Protective coatings with managed thermal conductivity for machining difficult-to-cut materials", 2011-2014

Point-of-contact responsible for the coordination and execution of Cooperation ETHZ-NASA in Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Thermal Protection System Materials ETHZ-NASA

Organizer of the Workshop "Thermal Protection Coatings for Space Applications", Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, October 11, 12. 2010 " pdf

Co-organizer of Symposium J: "High-temperature photonic structures" at 2009 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, April 13-17, 2009).

Member of Swiss Electromagnetic Research & Engineering Centre (SEREC)
Member of INIT Project Composite Doped Metamaterials (CDM)
Member of Materials Research Society (MRS)
Member of The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Co-author of the invention disclosure "New high temperature thermal barrier coating system" received first price award 2011 of Intellectual Property Rights Gas Turbines of Alstom Power

Selected publications

Texture, anisotropy in microstructure and mechanical properties of IN738LC alloy processed by selective laser melting (SLM).

K. Kunze, Th. Etter, J. Grässlin, V. Shklover. Materials Science & Engineering A 620 (2014) 213-222.
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Hard wear-resitant coatings with anisotropic thermal conductivity for high thermal load applications.

P. H. M. Böttger, L. Braginsky, V. Shklover, E. Lewin, J. Patscheider, D. G. Cahill, M. Sobiech. Journal of Applied Physics 116 (2014) 013507.
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Anisotropic layered media with microinclusions. Thermal properties of arc-evaporated multilayer metal nitrides.

P. H. M. Böttger, A. V. Gusarov, V. Shklover, J. Patscheider, M. Sobiech. International Journal of Thermal Sciences 77 (2014) 75-83.
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Hybrid FEM-FMM approach for efficient calculation of periodic photonic structures.

A. Dorodnyy, V. Shklover, Ch. Hafner. Progress in Electromagnetic Research M 33 (2013) 121-135.
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Ultrasensitive switching between resonant reflection and absorption in periodic gratings.

N. Komarevskiy, V. Shklover, L. Braginsky, Ch. Hafner. Progress in Electromagnetic Research 139 (2013) 799-819.
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Potential of glassy carbon and silicon carbide photonic structures as electromagnetic radiation shields for atmospheric re-entry.

N. Komarevskiy, V. Shklover, L. Braginsky, Ch. Hafner, J. Lawson. Optics Express 20 (2012) 14189-14200.
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Phase evaluation of YSZ upon doping with Ta5+, Ti4+ and Ca2+ with combined Raman and XRD analysis.

A. Bhattacharya, T. Wermelinger, V. Shklover. Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology 3 (2012) 211-214.
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Correlation function analysis of fiber networks: implications for thermal conductivity.

J. Martinez-Garcia, L. Braginsky, V. Shklover, J. W. Lawson. Physical Review B 84 (2011) 054208.
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Calcia-doped yttria-stabilized zirconia for thermal barrier coatings: synthesis and characterization.

A. Bhattacharya, P. Reinhard, W. Steurer, V. Shklover. Journal of Materials Science 46 (2011) 5709-5714.
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Fast numerical methods for the design of layered photonic structures with rough interfaces.

N. Komarevskiy, L. Braginsky, V. Shklover, Ch. Hafner, J. Lawson.Optics Express 19 (2011) 5489-5499.
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Tuning the crystallographic and electronic properties of chromium oxynitride films.

L. Castaldi, D. Kurapov, A. Reiter, V. Shklover, J. Patscheider. Journal of Applied Physics 109 (2011) 053720.
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Models of thermal conductivity of multilayer wear resistant coatings.

L. Braginsky, A. Gusarov, V. Shklover. Surface & Coating Technology 204 (2009) 629-634.
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High-temperature interaction of yttria stabilized zirconia coatings with CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 (CMAS) deposits

W. Witz, V. Shklover, W. Steurer, S. Bachegowda, H.-P. Bossmann. Surface and Coatings Technology, Accepted manuscript (2009), DOI document
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Review: High-temperature photonic structures. Thermal barrier coatings, infrared sources and other applications.

V. Shklover, L. Braginsky, G. Witz, M. Mishrikey, Ch. Hafner. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 5 (2008) 862-893.
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Thermal conductivity of low-particle-concentration suspensions: Correlation function approach.

L. Braginsky, V. Shklover. Physical Review B 78 (2008) 224205.
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Effect of the oxygen content on the structure, morphology and oxidation resistance of Cr-O-N coatings.

L. Castaldi, D. Kurapov, A. Reiter, V. Shklover, P. Schwaller, J. Patscheider. Surface & Coating Technology, 203 (2008) 545-549.
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Phase evolution in Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia thermal barrier coatings studied by Rietveld refinement of X-ray powder diffraction patterns.

G. Witz, V. Shklover, W. Steurer, S. Bachegowda, H.-P. Bossmann.Journal of the American Ceramic Society 90 (2007) 2935-2940.
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High temperature phase and oxidation behavior of Cr-Si-N coatings.

L. Castaldi, D. Kurapov, A. Reiter, V. Shklover, P. Schwaller, J. Patscheider Surface & Coating Technology, 202 (2007) 781-785.
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Thermal conductivity of porous structures.

L. Braginsky, V. Shklover, G. Witz, H.-P. Bossmann.Physical Review B, 75 (2007) 094301.
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Light propagation in an imperfect photonic crystal.

L. Braginsky, V. Shklover. Physical Review B 73 (2006) 085107.
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Review: Negative refraction index materials.

V. Veselago, L. Braginsky, V. Shklover, Ch. Hafner. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 3 (2006) 189-218.
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Thermophysical properties and deposition of B2 structure based Al–Ni–Ru–M alloys.

I. Vjunitsky, P.P. Bandyopadhyay, St. Siegmann, M. Dvorak, E. Schönfeld, T. Kaiser, W. Steurer, V. Shklover. Surface & Coating Technology, 192 (2005) 131-138.
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