Vira Tinkova

Vira Tinkova was educated in Chemical Technology of Refractory Non-Metallic and Silicate Materials at the Department of Ceramics, Refractories, Glass, and Enamel Technology at Kharkiv National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” in Kharkiv, Ukraine, one of the country’s oldest technical universities.

In 2012, she received a bachelor’s degree (at the research base of the National Scientific Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology” of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences; project topic: Self-hardening coatings based on SiC for high-temperature protection of carbon-containing materials from oxidation), followed by a master’s degree. She completed a pre-graduation internship at the Institute of Scintillation Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (work topic: Features of the synthesis and growth of crystals in the ZnO–MgO–WO₃ system for obtaining scintillation materials, 2014), where she subsequently began her scientific career.

Having progressed from a leading engineer to a junior research fellow, she gained extensive experience in the development, fabrication, and characterization of single-crystal and composite scintillators. Her research interests include the development and study of new scintillation materials based on single-crystal oxide and chalcogenide (A²B⁶) compounds, as well as nano- and microcrystalline powders and composite scintillators derived from them.

Beginning in 2022, she held the position of research coordinator at the University of Žilina, Slovakia, where she focused on the intricacies of solid-state synthesis of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) and the growth processes of sapphire, YAG, and ceramic composites based on these materials using horizontally directed crystallization. The resulting materials were characterized in close collaboration with the FunGlass team.

Driven by her interest in materials science and luminescent, crystalline, and composite materials, she joined the FunGlass Center as a PhD student in 2025. Her current research focuses on the development of functional coatings containing rare-earth oxides.

Dissertation topic: Effects of mechanical milling and spray drying on flowability of rare earth oxide powders for thermal spray

Supervisor: Milan Parchovianský, PhD.

Department: Department of Functional Materials

Beginning of study: December 2025

Date of dissertation exam: (TBA)

2025

  • Tinkova, V., Kajan, J., Gregor, T., & Prnová, A. (2025b). Raw materials for growing single crystals based on YAG: processing and properties. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics, 36(29). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-025-15882-w

2024

  • Kajan, J., Damazyan, G., Tinkova, V., Prnová, A., Michálková, M., Švančárek, P., Gregor, T., Akusevich, A., Hruška, B., & Galusek, D. (2024). A feature of the horizontal directional solidification (HDS) method affects the microstructure of Al2O3/YAG eutectic ceramics. Crystals, 14(10), 858. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14100858
  • Kajan, J., Damazyan, G., Tinkova, V., Gregor, T., Medvecký, Š., & Chaika, M. (2024). Improving the efficiency of crystal growth process control by HDC method. Journal of Physics Conference Series, 2931(1), 012026. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2931/1/012026
  • Tinkova, V., Kajan, J., Damazyan, G., Prnová, A., Michálková, M., Švančárek, P., Gregor, T., Hruška, B., & Galusek, D. (2024). Preparation of monophasic YAG raw material by multi-stage process. Discover Applied Sciences, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-024-05718-3

2018

  • Ryzhikov, V., Grinyov B., Boyarintsev, A., Tinkova, V., Maskymchuk, V., Yakubovskaya, A., Tupitsyna, I. (2018). Multi-layered composite detectors for neutron detection. Functional Materials, 25(1), 172–179. https://doi.org/10.15407/fm25.01.172
  • Tupitsyna, I.A.; Maksimchuk, P.O.; Yakubovskaya, A.G.; Dubovik, A.M.; Seminko, V.V.; Zvereva (Tinkova), V.S.; Trubaeva, O.G.; Hubenko, K.O.; Vovk, O.M.; Malyukin, Y.V. (2017) Abnormal enhancement of light output by cation mixing in ZnxMg1-xWO4 nanocrystals. Functional Materials, 23(4), 016–020. https://doi.org/10.15407/fm24.01.016

2017

  • Dafinei, I., Nagorny, S., Pirro, S., Cardani, L., Clemenza, M., Ferroni, F., Laubenstein, M., Nisi, S., Pattavina, L., Schaeffner, K., Di Vacri, M., Boyarintsev, A., Breslavskii, I., Galkin, S., Lalayants, A., Rybalka, I., Zvereva (Tinkova), V., & Enculescu, M. (2017). Production of 82Se enriched Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) crystals for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay. Journal of Crystal Growth, 475, 158–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.06.013

2015

  • Ryzhikov, V. D., Naydenov, S. V., Onyshchenko, G. M., Piven, L. A., Zvereva (Tinkova), V. S., Pochet, T., & Smith, C. F. (2015). A new multi-layer scintillation detector for detection of neutron-gamma radiation. 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/nssmic.2015.7581996

2014

  • Tupitsyna, I.A.; Maksimchuk, P.O.; Yakubovskaya, A.G.; Malyukin, Y.V.; Zvereva (Tinkova), V.S.; Vovk, O.M. (2016) X-ray and photo-excited luminescence of ZnW04 nanoparticles with different size and morphology . Functional Materials, 23(4), 535–539. doi: 10.15407/fm23.04.357

PARTICIPATION IN THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT (SRP) / GRANTS / SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS

(in Ukraine)

  • Creation of oxide and chalcogenide composite scintillators for high-sensitivity dual-energy detectors of multi-slice computer tomography/ 2013-2015
  • Research of photo- and radioluminescence mechanisms in nanodispersed and nanostructured scintillators/ 2014-2016
  • Development of flexible scintillation panels based on chalcogenide and oxide luminophores for modern X-ray scanners and tomographs/ 2015
  • Production and complex research of composite materials based on microcrystalline photosensitive and scintillating zinc chalcogenides/ 2015-2016
  • Development of flexible composite scintillators based on chalcogenide and oxide phosphors for modern X-ray scanners and neutron radiation detectors / grant for young scientists from the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 2017-2018. /head.
  • Development of methods for obtaining composite scintillators/ 2018-2021
  • Development of composite scintillators based on ZnWO4:Me+ for modern ionizing radiation detectors / grant for young scientists from the National Academy of Science of Ukraine 2021-2022. /head.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT (SRP) / GRANTS / SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS

(abroad)

Scholarships for excellent researchers threatened by the war conflict in Ukraine (09103-03-V01-00097)/2022 – 2025, Slovakia

AWARDS AND EXCELLENCE

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Scholarship for Young Scientists, 2020

CONFERENCES:

  1. Functional characteristics of composite scintillators based on Me+ doped ZnWO4 micropowders Tinkova, I. Tupitsyna, A. Yakubovskaya, L. Sydelnikova, A. Opolonin, S. Tretiak. The XXV International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS-2021), 2021, 14-15 October, Almaty
  2. The obtaining of ZnxMg1-xWO4 nanopowders for composite scintillators. V. Tinkova, I. Tupitsyna, A. Yakubovskaya, P. II International Advanced Study Conference “Condensed matter & low temperature physics” (CM-LTP 2021), 2021, 6 – 12 June, Kharkiv
  3. Characteristics of composite scintillators based on doped ZnWO4 micropowders Tinkova, I. Tupitsyna, A. Yakubovskaya, l. Sydelnikova, A. Opolonin, S. Tretiak, International workshop for young scientists “Functional materials for technical and biomedical applications”, 2021, Kharkiv
  4. Preparation of ZnWO4 and ZnxMg1-xWO4 nanopowders for composite scintillators. Tinkova V., Tupitsyna I., Yakubovska G., Maksymchuk P. “Functional materials for technical and biomedical applications”, 2020, Kharkiv
  5. ZnWO4-based composite scintillator for digital radiography devices, Tinkova, T. Gorbacheva, G. Yakubovskaya, I. Tupitsyna, “Functional materials for technical and biomedical applications”, 2018, Kharkiv
  6. Multy-layered composite detectors for neutron detection S. Tinkova, I. A. Tupitsyna, A. G. Yakubovskaya, V. D. Ryzhikov, L. A. Piven, G. M. Onischenko International Advanced Study Conference “Condensed Matter & Low Temperature Physics”, ICPYS – 2018, Kharkiv, May 29 – June 2, 2018.132 p.
Vira Tinkova
Vira Tinkova
PhD student

E-mail: vira.tinkova@tnuni.sk

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