Alexander Sergeevich Rogachev  Born: January 4, 1956

Education
B.S. (Chem. Phys.) - Moscow Physical and Technical Institute ("Fiztekh") 1979;
Ph.D. (Phys. and Mathem.) - 1986;
D.Sc. (Phys. and Mathem.) - Institute of Structural Macrokinetics Russian Academy of Sciences- 1995.

Work Affiliation
Institute of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences
Ingeneer, junior researcher, senior researcher 1979 - 1987
Institute of Structural Macrokinetics Russian Academy of Sciences,
Head of the Laboratory for Dynamics of Micro-Heterogeneous Processes 1988-present
Vice-head of the Research Macrokinetic Center of ISMAN, 1996 - present

Principal Research Interests and Achievements
Self propagating high temperature synthesis (combustion synthesis) of advanced materials.
Product structure formation in high temperature chemical and physical processes.
Microscopic mechanisms of combustion and thermal explosion
Mechanisms of the initial product structure formation in the combustion wave were determined for the wide variety of the refractory compounds (carbides, borides, silicides of transitional metals, intermetallides). Main features of the secondary structure formation (grain growth, crystal structure ordering) resulting to the final structure of material were also investigated. The results obtained have been used to synthesize ceramic-metal materials (cemented carbides, etc.), functionally graded materials, intermetallic compounds.

Selected Recent Research Publications
1. Merzhanov A.G. and Rogachev A.S. Structural macrokinetics of SHS processes. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1992, v.64, No.7, pp.941-953.
2. Rogachev A.S., Varma A. and Merzhanov A.G. The mechanism of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of nickel aluminides, Part I: Formation of the product microstructure in a combustion wave. International journal of SHS, 1993, v.2, No.1, pp.25-38.
3. Rogachev A.S., Khomenko I.O., Varma A., Merzhanov A.G. and Ponomarev V.I. The mechanism of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of nickel aluminides, Part II: Crystal structure formation in a combustion wave. International journal of SHS, 1994, v.3, pp.239-252.
4. Shugaev V.A., Rogachev A.S. and Ponomarev V.I. A model for structure formation in SHS systems. International journal of SHS, 1992, v.1, No.1, pp.72-77.
5. Pityulin A.N., Bogatov Yu.V. and Rogachev A.S. Gradient hard alloys. International journal of SHS, v.1, No.1, pp.111-118.
6. Sytschev A.E., Charshechkin I.D. and Rogachev A.S. Structure and mechanical properties of SHS cermets. International journal of SHS, 1992, v.1, No.1, pp.141-146.
7. Levashov E.A., Borovinskaya I.P., Rogachev A.S., Koizumi M., Ohyanagi M. and Hosomi S. SHS: a new method for production of diamond-containing ceramics. International journal of SHS, 1993, v.2, No.2, pp.189-201.
8. Rogachev A.S., Shugaev V.A., Kachelmyer C.R. and Varma A. Mechanisms of Structure formation during combustion synthesis of materials. Chemical engineering science, 1994, v.49, pp.4949-4958.
9. Merzhanov A.G., Borovinskaya I.P., Khomenko I.O., Mukasyan A.S., Ponomarev V.I., Rogachev A.S., Shkiro V.M. Dynamics of phase formation during SHS processes. Annales de Chimie, 1995, v.20, pp.123-138.
10.  Rogachev A.S., Varma A., Shugaev V.A., Khomenko I.O. and Kachelmeyer C.R. On the mechanism of structure formation during combustion synthesis of titanium silicides. Combustion science and technology, 1995, v.109, pp.53-70.
11.  Merzhanov A.G., Rogachev A.S., Umarov L.M., and Kir’yakov N.V. Experimental study of the gas phase formed in the processes of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. Combustion, Explosion & Shock Waves, 1997 v.33 No.4, pp.439-447.
12.  Mukasyan A., Pelekh A., Varma A., Rogachev A., and Jenkins A. Effects of Gravity on Combustion Synthesis in Heterogeneous Gasless Systems. AIAA Journal, 1997, v.35, #12, pp.1821-1828.
13.  Merzhanov A.G., Mukasyan A.S., Rogachev A.S., Sytchev A.E., Hwans S., and Varma A. Microstructure of combustion front in heterogeneous gasless media (on the example of 5Ti+3Si system). Fizika Gorenia I Vzryva, 1996, v.323, No.6, (in Russian)
14. Mukasyan A.S., Hwang S., Sytchev A.E., Rogachev A.S., Merzhavov A.G., and Varma A. Combustion wave microstructure in heterogeneous gasless systems. Comb. Sci. And Tech., 1996, v.115, pp.335-353.
15. Hwang S., Mukasyan A.S, Rogachev A.S., and Varma A Combustion wave microstructure in gas-solid reaction systems: Experiment and theory. Comb. Sci. And Tech., 1996, v.123, pp.165-184.
16.  Kachelmyer C.R., Khomenko I.O., Rogachev A.S., and Varma A., A time-resolved X-ray diffraction study of Ti5Si3 product formation during combustion synthesis. J.Mater.Res., 1997, v.12, No.12, pp.3230-3240.
17. Varma A., Rogachev A.S., Mukasyan A.S., and Hwang S. Complex behavior of self-propagating reaction waves in heterogeneous media. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1998, v.95, pp.11053-11058.
18. Merzhanov A.G., Rogachev A.S., and Sytchev A.S. Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis: first experiments if space. Doklady Akademii Nauk, 1998, v.362, No.2, pp.217-221 (in Russian).