The 45th anniversary of the Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 23 October 2013)

On 23 October 2013, the out-of-town scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Institute of Spectroscopy, RAS (ISAN in Russ. abbr.), was held at the conference hall of the Institute's building in Troitsk.

The agenda of the session, announced on the website www.gpad.ac.ru of the Physical Sciences Division, RAS, listed the following reports:

(1) Vinogradov E A (ISAN, Troitsk, Moscow) “The main achievements of ISAN from 2009 to 2013”;

(2) Balykin V I (ISAN, Troitsk, Moscow) “Atomic and photonic nanooptics”;

(3) Lozovik Yu E (ISAN, Troitsk, Moscow) “Electronic and collective properties of topological isolators”;

(4) Yevdokimov Yu M (Engelgard Institute of Molecular Biology, RAS, Moscow), Kompanets O N (ISAN, Troitsk, Moscow) “Structural nanotechnology of DNA (liquid-crystal approach) and its applications”;

(5) Chekalin S V (ISAN, Troitsk, Moscow) “Femtosecond spectroscopy of promising materials”.

Papers written on the basis of oral reports 1, 2, 4, and 5 are published below.