# Gagik Shmavonyan

Gagik Shmavonyan (Armenian: Գագիկ Շմավոնյան, May 12, 1963) is Professor at National Polytechnic University of Armenia, PhD in physics, D.Sc. in Engineering., Consultant at Nanolabs (Philippines), Expert at Malta Council for Science and Technology, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and Science Committee of Armenia, as well as President of NanoHiTech Association (Nanotechnology).

## Education

He got his PhD in physics in 1996 and D.Sc in Engineering in 2009 at National Polytechnic University of Armenia. He did postdoc at National Taiwan University (2001–2002). He was an Invited/Visiting Professor/Scholar at the University of Hull, UK (2000, 2003), Polytechnic of Milan, Como, Italy (2004–2005), University of Bremen, Germany (2002, 2006), Free University Berlin, Germany (2011), Trinity College Dublin, CRANN, Ireland (2012), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2013–2014), Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece (2017), University of Cergy-Pontoise, France (2016, 2017), Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany (2019).

## Research interests

* 2D atomic materials (graphene, etc.), smart materials, 2D hybrid atomic structures,
* 2D atomic devices, 2D flexible electronics,
* Nanostructured optoelectronic devices: photoelectrochemical, photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic cells, perovskite solar cells, semiconductor lasers and semiconductor optical amplifiers, etc.

## Selected publications

* Shmavonyan Gagik, Tran Tuan-Hoang, Cheshev Dmitry, Averkiev Andrey, Sheremet Evgeniya, Chapter 5.4. Nanospectroscopy of graphene and two-dimensional atomic materials and hybrid structures, in Vol. 3: Applications in 3-volume Textbook Optical Nanospectroscopy: Fundamentals (1st Vol., 330 p.), Methods (2nd Vol., 330 p.), Applications (3rd Vol., 468 p.), pp. 401-439, Alfred J. Meixner, Monika Fleischer, Dieter P. Kern, Evgeniya Sheremet, Norman McMillan (Eds.), Textbook series, Publisher de Gruyter, 1128 pages, Berlin, Boston, December 31, 2022 (in English), Hardcover Published: December 31, 2022, ISBN 978-3-11-044289-2, eBook Published: December 31, 2022.
* López-Quintela M.A., Shmavonyan G.Sh., Vázquez Vázquez C. Method for producing sheets of graphene, USPTO patent US 10,968,104 B2, Filing date: November 17, 2017, Date of patent: April 6, 2021.
* López-Quintela M.A., Shmavonyan G.Sh., Vázquez Vázquez C. Method for producing sheets for graphene, Spanish patent ES2575711 B2, Nov. 3, 2016, WIPO patent WO/2016/107942 A1, July 7, 2016. EPO patent EP15875286.5, Nov. 22, 2017.
* Shmavonyan G.Sh., Vázquez Vázquez C., López-Quintela M.A. Single-step rubbing method for mass production of large-size and defect-free two-dimensional material nanostripes, films and hybrid nanostructures on any substrate, Transl. Mater. Res., IOP Publishing, 4 (2), 025001, 2017.
* Shmavonyan G.Sh. Monograph Semiconductor nanostrucured optolectronic devices, “Engineer” press, Khachatryan N.A. (Eds.), Yerevan, Armenia, 250 p., 2017 (in Armenian), 2019.
* Petrosyan O.H., Shmavonyan G.Sh., Vardanyan A.A. Nanoelectronic elements and devices, Academic manual, “Engineer” press, Khachatryan N.A. (Eds.), Yerevan, Armenia, 326 p., 2019 (in Armenian).
* Shmavonyan G.Sh. Basics of Nanotechnologies, Academic manual, “Engineer” press, Khachatryan N.A. (Eds.), Yerevan, Armenia, 224 p., 2011 (in Armenian), ISBN 978-9939-55-605-5.
* Ispiryan N.P., Shmavonyan G.Sh. Physics of Semiconductors, Problem book, “Engineer” press, Khachatryan N.A. (Eds.), Yerevan, Armenia, 111 p., 2010 (in Armenian), ISBN 978-9939-55-438-9.
* Buniatyan V.V., Shmavonyan G.Sh., Martirosyan N.V. Investigation methods of electronic and opto¬elec¬tro¬nic solid state materials and structures, Academic manual, “Engineer” press, Khachatryan N.A. (Eds.), Yerevan, Armenia, 418 p., 2005 (in Armenian).