Yuri DEKHTYAR

Professor Yuri Dekhtyar (Jurijs Dehtjars) Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Microtechnologies Riga Technical University Kalku iela 1 Riga, LV-1658 Latvia Phone: + 371 7089383, +371 7089422 Fax: +371 7089383 E-mail: dekhtyar@latnet.lv

Born: June 19, 1947, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

• Experimental physics:

• Solid State Physics: Investigations of imperfections in solid states/semiconductors, thin films and boundaries between them and a wafer.
• Electron Spectroscopy: Photoelectron and Exoelectron Spectroscopy; Development of Exoelectron Spectrometers.

• Biophysics: Electron Properties of Bio Tissues (bone, etc.).

Languages: English, Latvian, Russian

Education, skill improvement:

• Riga Technical University (Faculty of Automation), cum laude, 1971
• Dr. phys. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), Ural Polytechnic Institute, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 1982
• Dr. habil. phys. (Doctor of Science in former USSR), University of Latvia, 1992

 

Experience:

• Designer, Design bureau, Riga, Latvia, 1965-1966, 1971-1973
• Junior Researcher, Group Manager, Chief Researcher , Associate Professor, Riga Technical University (RTU), Department of Microelectronics, 1973 - 1993.
• Professor, RTU, 1993 -
• Director, Institute of Electrotechnic and Electronic Materials and Technologies, RTU, 1994-2000
• Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Microtechnologies, 2000 -

Honours and Awards:

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2001
• Latvian State Prize, 1989

Professional Activities and Memberships:

• Expert, Promotion Council at RTU
• Member, Council of Institute of Electrotecnic and Electronic Materials and Technologies, Riga Technical University
• Expert, University of Latvia, Professor (in physics) Election Council;
• Expert, Medical Physics/Engineering European Network
• Member, Editorial Board of Physica Medica journal (ISSN 1120-1797)
• Member, New York Academy of Sciences (USA)
• Member, Materials Research Society (USA)
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (USA)
• Representative of the Riga Technical University at the European Scientific Institute, France.
• Member, Association of Latvian Scientists
• Member, Association of Latvian Physicists (member of the European Physical Society)
• President, Latvian Medical Engineering and Physics Society
• Member, European Society of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

 

Lectures:

On Exoelectron Spectroscopy Achievements:

• Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland (1992)
• 14-th (1991), 15-th (1993), 16-th (1995) and 17-th (1996) Karpacz seminars on the Exoelectron Emission (Poland)
• 11-th Int. Symp. on Exoelectron Emission, 1994
• 10-th Conference of the Polish Society of Medical Physics,1995
• Chugoku National Industrial Research Institute, Japan, 1995
• Martin Luter University, Germany, 1999
• Florence University, Italy, 2000

 

Courses:

at Riga Technical University:

• Physical Analysis of a Solid State Surface
• Physical and Mathematical Simulations
• Physics and Chemistry of a Surface
• Up-to-date Materials and Methods for Microelectronics Technology
• Manufacturing of Equipment Used for Producion Semiconductor Devices
• Microelectronics Technology
• Introduction to Medical Physics
• Physics of Radiation Therapy
• Physical Methods of Treatment and Diagnostics.

Recent Main Publications:

• Exoelectron analysis of amorphous silicon. (With Vinyarskaya Yu.A.) Journal of Applied Physics, 1994, 75(8), pp.4201-4207.
• Electron and mechanical properties of bone during heating, evaluated by exoelectron emission and ultrasound. (With Gamza A., A.Tatarinov, H.Janson) Biomaterials, 1995, 16(11), pp.861-863
• Structural imperfections in amorphous e-beam deposited and ion-beam-mixed Cu-Zr films tested by exoelectron emission. (With Katashev A., Kovalevsky A., Karpe N) Journal of Applied Physics, 1996, 79(2), pp.1078-1081
• Failure and relaxations of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic tested by exoemission and luminescence methods. (With Arnautov A., Kawaguchi Y.) Int. J. Adhesion and Adhesives, 1997, V.17, N1, pp.75-78.
• Joint Baltic biomedical engineering and physics courses. (With H.Hinrikus, A.Katashevs, et.al.). - Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 1999, vol. 37, Suppl. 1, pp. 144-145.
• Bone material as ultraviolet dosimeter (with T.Bogucharska, A.Katashevs, A.Pavlenko, et.al). - In: Taikomoji Fizika, Kaunas, Tehnologija, 2000, pp.79-82
• Dekhtyar Yu. Exoemission spectroscopy on micro- and nano- technologies with possible medical applications.- Journal of the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida. (Germany), Scientific Reports. 2002, N 11, pp.15-18.
• Rosenman G., Naich M., Molotskii M., Dekhtyar Yu., Noskov V. Exoelectron emission spectroscopy of silicon nitride thin films. – Applied Physics Letters, 2002, V. 80, N 15, 2743-2745.
• Ultraviolet induced spectrally depended exoemission of bone material (with T. Bogucharska). – Journal of the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, 2003, N.7, pp.53-55.
• Microstructural and electrical characteristics of several centuries bones (with V. Zemite, H.-J. Hein, V. Noscov, J. Vetra, G. Sagalovics, R. Zanovskis). – Biomedical Engineering, Kaunas. 2003, pp.23-27.
• The influence of X-ray radiation on the mineral/organic matrix interaction of bone tissue: an FT-IQ microscopic investigation (with W.Hubner, A.Blume, R.Pushnjakova, H.-J. Hein). – International Journal of Artificial Organs, 2005, vol.28, No 1, pp.66-73.
• Natively charged hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for implants (with V.Bystrov, A.Karlov, A.Katashev,et.al). - J.Biomechanics, 2006, vol. 39, Suppl 1, p. S592.
• Anthropometrical approach to estimate a human body volume (with A.gerina-Berzina, G.Diksite, J.Vetra). - J.Biomechanics, 2006, vol. 39, Suppl 1, p. S645.

Research Projects:

• (Principal Investigator). Photothermoinduced Transformations of Electron and Mechanical - Acoustical Properties of Bone Tissue. LB 1000. International Science Foundation (ISF), (1994).
• (Scientist in Charge). Assessment of Quality of Bone in Osteoporosis, PECO, PL93-1114, European Community (1994)
• (Head of Project). Double Photothermostimulated Electron Spectroscopy of a Surface. Latvian Council of Science (1993-1994).
• (Head of Project). Photothermostimulated Electron Emission from Materials with an Energy Gap. Latvian Council of Science (1995-1996).
• (Head of Project). Optically Stimulated Electron Transitions on Bone Tissue Characterization. Latvian Council of Science (2001 -2004).
• (Head of Project). Age-Depended Structural and Electronic Properties of Bone . Latvian Council of Science (2001 -2003).
• (Head of Project). Informativity of Exoemission Analysis on Paleopathological Changes of Bones Belonging to Different Centuries. Latvian Council of Science (2004 -).
• (Head of Project). Electronic Properties of Hydroxylapatite Nanoparticles Ensemble. Latvian Council of Science (2005 -).
• (Co-ordinator). Multifunctional Percolated Nanostructured Ceramics Fabricated from Hydroxyapatite. EC Prpject NMP3-CT-2003-504937 (2004-2006).
• (Co-ordinator). Ferroelecricity on the Molecular Level. INTAS Project INTAS Ref.Nr. 03-51-3967 (2004-2006).

Last update 20.11.2006