Center for Surface and Vacuum Research (NICPV)

Director: Prof. Dr. Pavel Todua

Address: 40/1 Novatorov Str., 119421, Moscow, Russia

Telephone: +7 (495) 935-96-66

Fax: +7 (495) 935-96-90

E-mail: fgupnicpv@mail.ru

The major activities of NICPV are as follows:

• Сomplex study of structure, physicochemical and mechanical surface properties of a solid body and thin films, characteristics of processes at the phase thresholds with the purpose to develop high-accuracy measurement instruments and methods for controlling technological processes aiming at assuring the uniformity of measurements in future technologies including micro- and nanotechnologies;
• Research in the field of fundamental metrology directed at the creation and improvement of methods and high-accuracy measuring instruments, development of physical principles and creation of reference base of a new generation;
• Development of methods and instruments for disseminating physical units from current measurement standards to working instruments, development of special standards for assuring uniformity of measurement in micro-, opto-, nanoelectronics, nanotechnology, precise machine-building, instrument making, biotechnology and microbiology, genetic engineering, chemistry and chemical technology;
• Development of high-accuracy measurement instruments in the field of geometrical, vibro-acoustic and physicochemical measurements.

NICPV carries out tests and quality surveillance of production in science intensive technologies and industries with the purpose of conformity assessment.

The research facilities of NICPV include standards and high-accuracy apparatuses for length measurement in micro- and nano-meter ranges.