The awards ceremony for the winners of the republican competition “Innovation of the Year” in the categories “Intellectual Property” and “Corporate Innovations” took place on February 21st at the Volga Region University. Among the winners was Ruzanna Ziyatdinova , Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Assistant of the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry of KNRTU. The award was presented to her by Maxim Kolesnikov , First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, and Rustam Minnikhanov , Rais (Head) of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The main goals of the competition were the implementation of innovative technologies in the Republic’s economy, development of knowledge-intensive production, and enhancement of competitiveness of technological companies. This year, the competition experts focused their attention on ready-made solutions such as prototypes and projects with business potential. The accent was placed on applied developments, which allowed to improve quality of applications and select the most promising initiatives. The competition attracted a total of 514 applications, and was organized by the Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The subject of Ruzanna Ziyatdinova work was “Non-contact luminescent sensors for measuring temperature of micro-sized objects”. Unique projects, technologies and patent were evaluated in the nomination “Intellectual Property”.

“Under the guidance of Prof. Yuri G. Galyametdinov , we are developing remote luminescent temperature sensors based on lanthanide compounds – chemical elements with effective luminescence. Such thermometers have a unique advantage - the possibility of non-contact measurement and large-scale visualization of micro-objects such as microelectronics and biomedicine. Unlike similar compounds, our proposed compounds are able to form homogeneous films in the absence of crystallization. They are easy to use, inexpensive, do not require additional graduation, and demonstrate high stability of measurements. At the same time, we can measure the surface temperature with high sensitivity and in a wide temperature range, which exceeds the performance of similar products in the world,” said Ruzanna.

According to the project author, the development can be applied in many sectors of the national economy. Thanks to contactless operation, the sensors can measure temperature where it was difficult to do so before. Due to their unique properties, such sensors can be used at enterprises to control chemical processes and operation of various units.