The growth of metallic nanoparticles formed on chemically modified graphene (CMG) by physical vapor deposition is investigated. Fine control over the size (down to ∼1.5 nm for Au) and coverage (up to 5 × 10(4) μm(-2) for Au) of nanoparticles can be achieved. Analysis of the particle size distributions gives evidence for Au nanocluster diffusion at room temperature, while particle size statistics differ clearly between metal deposited on single- and multilayer regions. The morphology of the nanoparticles varies markedly for different metals (Ag, Au, Fe, Pd, Pt, Ti), from a uniform thin film for Ti to a droplet-like growth for Ag. A simple model explains these morphologies, based only on consideration of 1) the different energy barriers to surface diffusion of metal adatoms on graphene, and 2) the ratio of the bulk cohesive energy of the metal to the metal-graphene binding energy. Understanding these interactions is important for controlling nanoparticle and thin-film growth on graphene, and for understanding the resultant charge transfer between metal and graphene.

A technique for the structural and electronic characterization of the same individual single wall carbon nanotube is presented. Electron diffraction was performed on carbon nanotubes grown across a perforated silicon nitride film and the chiral indices of individual tubes were determined. By means of a scanning-probe-based nanomanipulator a selected tube was then placed in the desired location across prepatterned electrodes. After patterning further electrodes on-top of the tube electronic transport measurements showed room temperature conductances of up to 0.2 G 0 . The application of a gate voltage allowed the tuning of the room temperature conductance of the device and measurements at liquid helium temperatures showed signatures of a Coulomb blockade, indicating the formation of a carbon nanotube quantum dot.

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The article deals with the conditions for creating a new type of school in Melitopol, Zaporizhia region – school-complex No. 9. It is shown in the article that only due to the joint efforts of the regional and city councils, the regional and city departments of education, the Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education and the Melitopol State Pedagogical Institute, the staff of the Melitopol Plant of Tractor Hydraulic Units, parents and residents of one of the most socially problem areas of Melitopol (New Melitopol) in six months the administration managed to create a fundamentally new comprehensive educational institution. The scientific basis of the school was the experimental pedagogical platform, led by its initiators: scientific supervisors Professor Pavlyutenkov E.M, Professor Krizhko V.V. and the administrative director of the school Elkin M.V. The pedagogical conditions for study, rest and conducting group and individual work of students in the afternoon are described. The role of scientists (professors, associate professors, teachers), deputy directors, teaching staff, other specialists (mainly of various genres of art) working with the pedagogical staff and students of the school is emphasized. New subjects and special courses, which were included in the schedule of classes, were introduced, as well as educational, scientific and methodical papers issued by the editorial board of the EPP. The closure of the experiment (despite its effective work and social significance), was due to the change of the city's leadership, the city department of public education, the narrow-mindedness and incompetence of the "Young Reformers", who have done their dirty work. Now the new Ukrainian school must be restored from the first. Keywords: pedagogical experiment, school-complex No. 9 of a new type, social relations, pedagogical conditions, complex goals of the school's work, experimental pedagogical platform (EPP), experiment participants, subjects and special courses on author's programs, guides, conductorship.