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Scientific Profiles

• SCOPUS: 24334583600 (h-index: 12)
• ORCID: 0000-0002-9275-0073
• Web of Science: h-index: 10

Scientific Interests

Coating Deposition Using PVD techniques (vacuum-arc evaporation, magnetron sputtering); design, development, and study of nanostructured multicomponent coatings with high hardness and thermal stability; study of the formation mechanisms of film coatings of refractory compounds (nitrides and borides of transition metals); modeling of thermal and deformation processes in nanocomposite systems.

Education

• 2004–2007 – Donetsk National University. Doctor of Sciences (D.Sc.) in Physics of Solid State.
• 1989–1993 – Donetsk National University. Ph.D. in Solid State Physics.
• 1984–1989 – Donetsk National University. M.Sc. in Solid State Physics.

Professional Activity

• 2014 – present: Professor of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Complex Systems Modeling, Sumy State University.
• 2023 – 2025: Researcher at the Institute of Materials Science, Slovak University of Technology (Bratislava).
• 1999 – 2014: Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Mathematics, Donbass State Engineering Academy.
• 1993 – 1994: Senior Researcher, Department of Physics of Magnetic Phenomena, Donetsk National University.

Participation in Grant Projects

• 2023-2025: Individual grant with the Slovak University of Technology (Bratislava) "Scholarships for excellent researchers threatened by the war conflict in Ukraine; 09I03-03-V01".
• 2022-2023: "Formation mechanisms and modeling of the structural state of films of refractory compounds with predicted mechanical characteristics", Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, №0122U000776.
• 2020-2021: "Implantation of low and high energy ions in multicomponent and multilayer coatings: microstructure and properties", Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine №0119U100787.
• 2017-2019: "Technological bases of the synthesis of nanostructured nanocomposite and multilayer coatings...", Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine № 0117U002247.

Selected Publications

Author and co-author of more than 67 papers (Scopus), 7 patents, 3 books, and 1 monograph chapter.

Recent Publications:

1. Alexander Pogrebnjak, ... Alexander Goncharov et al. TiZrMoC Coatings: A Comprehensive Study of Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Wear Resistance. Nanomaterials, 2024, 14, 1986. (Q1).
2. Belous D., Badalyan A., Khomenko A., Goncharov A. Investigation of the Strain–Stress Field in Nanoscale Multilayer Systems by the Phase Plane Method. Materials, 2024, 17(10). DOI: 10.3390/ma17102466. (Q2).
3. Shyrokorad D., Kornich G., Goncharov A. et al. Fusion features of monocomponent parts in Janus-like nanoscale clusters... Molecular Simulation, 2024. DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2024.2443571. (Q3).
4. Goncharov A., Yunda A., Kolinko I., Maksakova O. STRUCTURAL REGULARITIES OF THE FORMATION OF NITRIDE AND BORIDE COATINGS... High Temperature Material Processes, 2023, 27(1), pp. 31-52.
5. Goncharov, A. et al. Modeling the Deposition of Thin Films of Transition Metal Nitrides. Coatings, 2023, 13(12). DOI: 10.3390/coatings13122035. (Q2).
6. Goncharov, O.A. et al. Structural Characteristics and Their Influence on the Properties of Transition Metal Nitride and Boride Films (Overview). Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics, 2023, 62(5-6), pp. 312-325.

Courses Taught

Information is being updated.

Internship and Professional Development

1. 2023–2025: Research internship at Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava (Slovakia).
2. Mar 2017: Internship, Lublin University of Technology, department of Electrical Apparatus and Highvoltages Technology (Poland).

Contacts

Position: Professor of the Department
Office: B419
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