Research Interests: Material science Synthesis of single crystals, glasses and ceramic materials Nanotechnology Solid electrolytes, optical and laser materials, non-linear crystals, materials for holographic recording of information Phase diagrams and experimental methods of their studying Thermodynamics, theory of phase equilibria, thermodynamic and topological analysis of phase diagrams Inorganic fluorides and borates, their synthesis and properties Crystallization processes, dissipative structures, distribution coefficients Crystallography, structural chemistry, isomorphism, morphotropy