Okulov Artem Vladimirovich

PhD (Engineering)

Senior researcher (Laboratory of laser and plasma processing)


Scientometric data (as of 20.08.2024):
Web of Science: h-index - 11; Sum of the Times Cited - 439
SCIENCE INDEX: h-index - 9; Sum of the Times Cited - 385
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Academic Exchange: 

  • In 2016, conducted a research internship at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Materials Research (HZG, Geesthacht, Germany) for conducting research titled: "Design of Strength Low-Modulus Micro-/Nanoporous Ti-Based Alloys and Metal-Polymer Composites for Biomedical Applications".

  • In 2023 and 2025, conducted research internships within the framework of the "High-Level Foreign Experts" program at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (JUST, Zhenjiang, China) within the framework of the project titled: "Investigation of the Crack  Initiation Mechanism and Key Technology for its Prevention in Ni-Based Superalloys by Additive Manufacturing".

Doctoral thesis: "Strength low-modulus alloys based on Ti-Zr, Ti-Hf, Ti-Nb, Ti-Fe and Ti-Ni systems for biomedical applications" (2020)

Research Interests:

  • Development of physical fabrication methods for advanced materials and their integration into additively manufactured components and products. Expertise includes laser cladding, welding, and related additive manufacturing processes.

  • Design of a novel class of high-strength, low-modulus, micro-/nanoporous titanium alloys for biomedical applications, comprising functional medium- and high-entropy alloys synthesized via the liquid metal dealloying (LMD) technique.

Qualifications:

  • Additive Manufacturing Technologies
  • Laser Cladding
  • Welding and Related Processes
  • Thermal Spraying
  • Materials Design
  • Powder Metallurgy
  • High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs)
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Functionally Graded Coatings (FGCs)
  • Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs)
  • Liquid Metal Dealloying (LMD)
  • Nanoporous Materials
  • Biomedical Materials
  • Polymers

Analytical Methods:

  • Optical and Electron Microscopy
  • X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Phase Diagram Analysis
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
  • Destructive and Non-destructive Mechanical Testing
  • Fractographic Analysis

Education:

Doctoral Degree | Dr.-Ing. in Materials Science and Engineering | M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMP UB RAS), Ekaterinburg | September 2013 – March 2020

Master’s Degree | Master in Biotechnical Systems and Technologies | Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin (UrFU), Ekaterinburg | September 2011 – July 2013

Specialist Degree | Engineer in Agro-Industrial Machinery Engineering and Service | Ural State Agrarian University (UrSAU), Ekaterinburg | September 2005 – July 2010

Project Leadership and Participation:

Project Leadership:

  • Russian Science Foundation (RSF) Project No. 25-29-01514 (2026–2027)

Title: "A Fundamental Investigation of Liquid Metal Dealloying Kinetics for the Controlled Synthesis of High-Strength, Low-Modulus, Biomimetic Micro/Nanoporous Titanium Alloy Systems"

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

  • "Priority 2030" Program at Ural Federal University (UrFU) (2024–2026)

Title: "Application of Additive Technologies for the Synthesis of Structural Components for Solar Panels by Depositing Photovoltaic Layers"

Role: Lead Research Scientist, Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials

  • "High-Level Foreign Experts" Program (Grants No. G2023014009L, H20240021) (2023–2025)

Title: "Investigation of the Crack Initiation Mechanism and Key Technology for its Prevention in Ni-Based Superalloys by Additive Manufacturing"

Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) (PI: Prof. Dr. Kun Liu)

  • State Assignment of IMP UB RAS: Code "Additivity" Reg. No. 121102900049-1 (2021–2023)

Title: "Development of Physical Methods for Producing Advanced Digital Materials via Additive Technologies"

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

National and International Project Experience:

  • Russian Science Foundation (RSF) Project No. 24-29-20141 (2024–2025)

Title: "Development of Functionally Graded Dissimilar Welded Joints Using Eutectic High-Entropy Alloys as an Interlayer for High-Temperature Applications in Next-Generation Power Plants"

Role: Principal Participant (PI: Prof. Dr. Tushar Sonar)

  • Russian Science Foundation (RSF) Project No. 24-29-00740 (2024–2025)

Title: "Synthesis and Investigation of Low-Cost Nanostructured High-Entropy Alloys via Severe Plastic Deformation Processes"

Role: Principal Participant (PI: Prof. Dr. Majid Naseri)

  • International Project "Laser HEA+" / European Program IRA-SME-2019-II (2020–2023)

Title: "Laser Cladding as a Resource-Saving Method for Manufacturing High-Temperature Corrosion- and Wear-Resistant Coatings Based on High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs)"

Role: Principal Participant (PI: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Yuri Korobov)

Editorial Board Membership:

  • Crystals (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland)

Lead Guest Editor:

Special Issue: «Advances in Laser Cladding Techniques for Manufacturing High-Performance Multicomponent, High-Entropy, and Metal Matrix Composite Coatings»

Special Issue: «Intelligent Additive Manufacturing: Next-Gen Materials, AI-Driven Processes, and Advanced Surface Engineering»

Special Issue: «Emerging Paradigms in Self-Assembled and Architected Scaffolds: AI-Augmented Hierarchical Design, Advanced Synthesis and Engineering Applications»

Peer-Review Recognition:

  • Sustainability (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 9
  • Materials (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 48
  • Metals (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 12
  • Polymers (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 5
  • Crystals (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 6
  • Molecules (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 3
  • Sensors (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 4
  • Energies (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 3
  • Micromachines (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 2
  • Nanomaterials (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 3
  • Coatings (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 12
  • Mathematics (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 2
  • Processes (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Biomimetics (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Computation (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Lubricants (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Ceramics (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Eng (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Applied Sciences (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Applied Mechanics (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 1
  • Journal of Composites Science (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 8
  • Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 2
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (SCOPUS/WoS, MDPI AG, Switzerland) – 2
  • Materials Today Communications (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands) – 40
  • Physics of Metals and Metallography (SCOPUS/WoS, Pleiades Publishing, USA) – 2
  • Materials Science & Engineering A (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands) – 15
  • Steel Research International (SCOPUS/WoS, Wiley-VCH, USA) – 2
  • Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials (SCOPUS/WoS, Springer-Verlag, Germany) – 3
  • Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (SCOPUS/WoS, American Vacuum Society, USA) – 1
  • Journal of Materials Research and Technology (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Brazil) – 22
  • Metals and Materials International (SCOPUS/WoS, Springer-Verlag, South Korea) – 1
  • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (SCOPUS/WoS, Springer-Verlag, Germany) – 1
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands) – 1
  • Discover Applied Sciences (SCOPUS/WoS, Springer-Verlag, Switzerland) – 1
  • Inorganic Chemistry (SCOPUS/WoS, American Chemical Society, USA) – 1
  • Scientific Reports (SCOPUS/WoS, Nature Publishing Group, England) – 1
  • Materials & Design (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands) – 2
  • Ceramics International (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., England) – 2
  • Welding International (SCOPUS/WoS, Taylor and Francis Ltd., England) – 2
  • Science Progress (SCOPUS/WoS, SAGE Publications, United Kingdom) – 2
  • Materials Letters (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands) – 3
  • Emergent Materials (SCOPUS/WoS, Springer-Verlag, Qatar) – 1
  • Intermetallics (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands) – 1
  • Heliyon (SCOPUS/WoS, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands) – 1
  • JOM (SCOPUS/WoS, Springer-Verlag, USA) – 2

​Official Research Accounts (Publications and Peer-Reviews):

Publications:

1) Research Progress on Solidification Cracking of Aluminum Alloy During Welding and Crack Resistance of Filler Materials | 铝合金焊接凝固裂纹及焊材抗裂性的研究进展 / Wang Hao, Liu Kun, Li Jie, Yu Wenming, Wu Hong, Okulov Artem // Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering. – 2024. – Vol. 60, No. 12. – P. 207–219.

2) Influence of β-stabilizer Element on Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Porous Titanium Alloy Synthesized by Liquid Metal Dealloying / Artem Okulov, Stefan Berger and Ilya Okulov // Materials. – 2023. – Vol. 16, No. 16. – P. 5699‒5708.

3) Nanoporous High-Entropy Alloy by Liquid Metal Dealloying / A.V. Okulov, S.-H. Joo, H.S. Kim, H. Kato and I.V. Okulov // Metals. – 2020. – Vol. 1396, No. 10(10). – P. 1396–1402.

4) Surface Functionalization of Biomedical Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy by Liquid Metal Dealloying / I.V. Okulov, S.-H. Joo, A.V. Okulov, A.S. Volegov, B. Luthringer, R. Willumeit-Römer, L. Zhang, L. Mädler, J. Eckert and H. Kato // Nanomaterials. – 2020. – Vol. 1479, No. 10(8) – P. 1479–1490.

5) Phase formation, microstructure and deformation behavior of heavily alloyed TiNb- and TiV-based titanium alloys / I.V. Okulov, M. Bönisch, A.V. Okulov, A.S. Volegov, H. Attar, S. Ehtemam-Haghighi, M. Calin, Z. Wang, A. Hohenwarter, I. Kaban, K.G. Prashanth, J. Eckert // Materials Science & Engineering A. – 2018. – Vol. 733. – P. 80–86.

6) Tuning microstructure and mechanical properties of open porous TiNb and TiFe alloys by optimization of dealloying parameters / I.V. Okulov, A.V. Okulov, A.S. Volegov, J. Markmann // Scripta Materialia. – 2018. – Vol. 154. – P. 68–72.

7) Open porous dealloying-based biomaterials as a novel biomaterial platform / I.V. Okulov, A.V. Okulov, I.V. Soldatov, B. Luthringer, R. Willumeit-Römer, T. Wada, H. Kato, J. Weissmüller, J. Markmann // Materials Science & Engineering C. – 2018. – Vol. 88. – P. 95–103.

8) Dealloying-based metal-polymer composites for biomedical applications / A.V. Okulov, A.S. Volegov, J. Weissmüller, J. Markmann, I.V. Okulov // Scripta Materialia. – 2018. – Vol. 146. – P. 290–294. 

Papers

1) Unveiling the Influence of A-TIG Welding with AlCoFeCrNi2.1 EHEA Intermediate Layer on PWHT Performance of 9Cr-1Mo-V/304L Steel Dissimilar Joints for Next-Generation Power Plants [Текст] / Tushar Sonar, Mikhail Ivanov, Igor Shcherbakov, Artem Okulov, Nataliya Shaburova, Evgeny Trofimov, Aleksander Tingaev, Sergey Samoilov, Emiliya Khasanova, Anmar Alruhaimi // Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A. — 2026. — V. 57. — P. 267 (30 pages)

2) Shielding Gas Effect on Dendrite-Reinforced Composite Bronze Coatings via WAAM Cladding: Minimizing Defects and Intergranular Bronze Penetration into 09G2S Steel [Текст] / Artem Okulov, Yulia Khlebnikova, Olga Iusupova, Lada Egorova, Teona Suaridze, Yury Korobov, Boris Potekhin, Michael Sholokhov, Tushar Sonar, Majid Naseri, Tao He, Zaijiu Li // Technologies. — 2025. — V. 13. — P. 525 (20 pages)

3) Unraveling the effect of Nb content on the microstructure and electrochemical performance of cost-effective [FeNi]75−xCr15Mn10Nbx (x = 0, 5, 10 at%) high-entropy alloys [Текст] / Majid Naseri, Omid Imantalab, Svetlana Pratskova, Dmitry Mikhailov, Nataliya Shaburova, Artem Okulov, Yong-Cheng Lin, Kseniya Rybalchenko, Evgeny Trofimov // Journal of Alloys and Compounds. — 2025. — V. 1047. — P. 185044 (7 pages)

Reports

1) Yu.S.Korobov, Effect of alloying additives and annealing treatment on characteristics of high-entropy AlCoCrFeNi-based alloys [Текст] / Yu.S.Korobov, A.V.Okulov, D.I.Davydov, A.V.Makarov, E.P.Zavarzina, K.Yu.Karamyshev, S.V.Afanasiev // VII Intern. School Conf. «Promising multicomponent («high entropic») materials», dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Yuri Alexandrovich Skakov, 10.10.2025, 2025 / 978-5-6055117-3-1, Abstracts, Belgorod: LLC Epicenter, 2025

2) A.Okulov, Tribo-mechanical behavior of TiC/NbC-reinforced laser-clad FeNiCr coatings [Текст] / A.Okulov, O.Iusupova, K.Liu, J.Li, A.Stepchenkov, V.Zavalishin, Yu.Korkh, T.Kuznetsova, K.K.Mugada, A.Moganraj // Intern. Science and Technology Conf. for Youth “Advanced Materials for Engineering and Functional Purposes”, 25.10.2024, 2024 / 978-5-4387-1215-2, Сборник научных трудов, Томск : Изд-во Томского политехнического университета, 2024

3) A.V.Okulov, Microhardness evolution of laser-deposited equiatomic FeNiCr coatings in-situ alloyed with 3 and 5 wt.% B4C [Текст] / A.V.Okulov, A.K.Stepchenkov, A.V.Makarov, O.S.Iusupova, Yu.V.Korkh, T.V.Kuznetsova, K.Liu // XVI Межд. Китайско-Российский Симпозиум «Новые материалы и технологии», 14.11.2023, 2023 / 978-7-5487-5576-0, Proceedings, 0