Short report
In memory of Mikhail Ivanovich Petrov
D. A. Balaev
Kirensky Institute of Physics Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
K. A. Shaykhutdinov
Kirensky Institute of Physics Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
D. M. Gokhfeld
Kirensky Institute of Physics Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
e-mail: gokhfeld@iph.krasn.ru
S. I. Popkov
Kirensky Institute of Physics Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Yu. S. Gokhfeld
Kirensky Institute of Physics Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
A. A. Dubrovskiy
Kirensky Institute of Physics Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
S. V. Semenov
Kirensky Institute of Physics Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Abstract
On July 21, 2026, Mikhail Ivanovich Petrov, a senior researcher at the Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields, Kirensky Institute of Physics, passed away. Petrov was a pioneer and organizer of experimental research of high-temperature superconductivity at the institute. This article briefly describes his scientific career and cites several of his works on superconducting composites, porous superconductors, large-grain superconductors, and doping of superconducting materials.
Keywords: HTSC; YBCO; BSCCO; intergranular boundaries; porous superconductors; pinning.
References
[1] K.S. Aleksandrov, A.D. Vasil’ev, S.A. Zvegincev, M.I. Petrov, B.P. Hrustalev, Novyj vysokotemperaturnyj sverhprovodnik Bi1Ca1Sr0.7Al0.5Cu4Oy. Pis’ma ZhETF 47, 478 (1988).
[2] K.A. Shaihutdinov, D.A. Balaev, D.M. Gokhfeld, S.I. Popkov, M.I. Petrov. Transport properties of HTSC-based composites: Modeling the random networks of Josephson weak links with magnetoactive barriers. J. Low Temp. Phys. 130, 347 (2003). DOI: 10.1023/A:1022204705059
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[7] A.A. Bykov, K.Yu. Terentu2019ev, D.M. Gokhfeld, N.E. Savitskaya, S.I. Popkov, M.I. Petrov. Superconductivity on Interfaces of Nonsuperconducting Granules La2CuO4 and La1.56Sr0.44CuO4. J. Supercond. Nov. Magn. 31, 3867 (2018). DOI: 10.1007/s10948-018-4668-x
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