Dr Konstantin Faershteyn
Academic Division,
Research Portfolio,
Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF)
Biography
Dr. Konstantin Faershteyn is currently a Ion Beam Laboratory Coordinator in the Central Analytical Research Facility, and a Research Associate in the School of Chemistry and Physics.Dr. Faershteyn is an experienced researcher with PhD in Material Science specialising in advanced electron microscopy, applications of focused ion beams, nanomaterial synthesis and mechanical properties of nanomaterials.
Konstantin received his PhD degree in materials science in 2017 at the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”. His PhD project was focused on the synthesis of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanostructures and their application for fabricating Al-based metal matrix composites.
After finishing his PhD, Konstantin became a Research Associate for Prof. Golberg’s ARC Laureate Project at Queensland University of Technology. His main research topics are the synthesis of novel 2D nanomaterials, the study of mechanical properties of nanomaterials and nanocomposites via in situ TEM techniques, and the study of catalytic activity of various nanohybrids. To date, Dr Faershteyn’s research have been cited more than 1000 times with an h-index of 18.
Konstantin is also a part of teaching teams for the units PVB301 “Materials and Thermal Physics” and PVB321 “Introduction to Experimental Nanotechnology”.
Personal details
Positions
- Ion Beam Laboratory Coordinator
Academic Division,
Research Portfolio,
Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF)
Keywords
Materials Science, Materials Characterization, Advanced Electron Microscopy, In situ TEM, 2D Nanomaterials, Nanostructured Materials, Focused Ion Beam
Research field
Nanotechnology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Material Science (National University of Science and Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Member of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
Member of the executive board of FIB special interest group at Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
Member of the Australian Nanotechnology Network
Teaching
- PVB301 - Materials and Thermal Physics
- STB415 - Advances in Experimental Physics
- PVB321 - Introduction to Experimental Nanotechnology
- STB100 - Research Project (Bachelor of Science Advanced, Physics)
- STB403 - Research Project (Bachelor of Science, Honours)
- EGH400 - Capstone Engineering Project
Publications
- Konopatsky, A., Firestein., Evdokimenko, N., Kustov, A., Baidyshev, V., Chepkasov, I., Popov, Z., Matveev, A., Shetinin, I., Leybo, D., Volkov, I., Kovalskii, A., Golberg, D. & Shtansky, D. (2021). Microstructure and catalytic properties of Fe3O4/BN, Fe3O4(Pt)/BN, and FePt/BN heterogeneous nanomaterials in CO2 hydrogenation reaction: Experimental and theoretical insights. Journal of Catalysis, 402, 130–142. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212496
- Firestein., von Treifeldt, J., Kvashnin, D., Fernando, J., Zhang, C., Kvashnin, A., Podryabinkin, E., Shapeev, A., Thanaweera Achchige, D., Sorokin, P. & Golberg, D. (2020). Young's modulus and tensile strength of Ti3C2 MXene nanosheets as revealed by in situ TEM Probing, AFM nanomechanical mapping, and theoretical calculations. Nano Letters, 20(8), 5900–5908. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202184
- von Treifeldt, J., Firestein., Fernando, J., Zhang, C., Thanaweera Achchige, D., Lewis, C. & Golberg, D. (2021). The effect of Ti3AlC2 MAX phase synthetic history on the structure and electrochemical properties of resultant Ti3C2 MXenes. Materials and Design, 199, Article 109403. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206970
- Zhang, C., Faershteyn, K., Fernando, J., Thanaweera Achchige, D., von Triefeldt, J. & Golberg, D. (2020). Recent progress of in situ transmission electron microscopy for energy materials. Advanced Materials, 32(18), Article 1904094. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132818
- Faershteyn, K., Kvashnin, D., Fernando, J., Zhang, C., Thanaweera Achchige, D., Sorokin, P. & Golberg, D. (2019). Crystallography-derived Young's modulus and tensile strength of AlN nanowires as revealed by in situ transmission electron microscopy. Nano Letters, 19(3), 2084–2091. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/126829
- Faershteyn, K., Kvashnin, D., Kovalskii, A., Popov, Z., Sorokin, P., Golberg, D. & Shtansky, D. (2018). Compressive properties of hollow BN nanoparticles: theoretical modeling and testing using a high-resolution transmission electron microscope. Nanoscale, 10(17), 8099–8105. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223670
- Faershteyn, K., Leybo, D., Steinman, A., Kovalskii, A., Matveev, A., Manakhov, A., Sukhorukova, I., Slukin, P., Fursova, N., Ignatov, S., Golberg, D. & Shtansky, D. (2018). BN/Ag hybrid nanomaterials with petal-like surfaces as catalysts and antibacterial agents. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 9, 250–261. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223333
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Supervision
Current supervisions
- Characterisation of Janus TMDs using a multi-scale analytical approach
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg, Adjunct Professor Nunzio Motta - Chemo-mechanical study of solid-state electrolyte
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Cheng Yan, Dr Michael Jones - Correlative characterisation of 2D and 1D materials utilising multimodal in-situ electron microscopy
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg - CVD Synthesis and Characterization of Janus 2D Mo-S-Se
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg - Fabrication of In2Se3 2D material and its heterostructures and their structural analysis
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg, Professor Liangzhi Kou, Dr Chao Zhang - Fundamental Investigation of Ion Transport Mechanisms in Solid-State Electrolytes
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Cheng Yan - Fundamental Study of Dendrite Growth in Solids
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Cheng Yan, Dr Michael Jones - In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy-Related Catalysis
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg, Dr Chao Zhang - Optimising graphene transfer on nanostructured silicon substrates using focused ion beam milling in vacuum
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jennifer MacLeod, Associate Professor Josh Lipton-Duffin - The influence of synthetic strategies on structure and properties of MXenes
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Dmitri Golberg, Dr Joseph Fernando
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.