The Institute of Physics (IOP) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Інститут фізики Національної академії наук України) founded in 1926 is the oldest research institution of physical science within the academy.

At the same time, applied research on cryogenics, LC displays, laser systems, pyroelectric detectors, biophysics and plasma technologies strengthen the institute's activities.

Besides, international reputation of IOP is growing constantly as prominent scientists from the Institute expand their activity to leading foreign research centers and universities.

The separate entity was established in 1929, when the department was transformed into the Science-Research Institute of Physics of the People's Commissariat of Education of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Goldman was the founder and the first director of the institute, which has 20 employees in 1929, including 6 scientists and 10 graduate students.

In the first years of existence, the institute mainly focused on the training of young scientists and finding its own areas of specialization.

Gertsriken) Before the Soviet Union was attacked by Germany in 1941, the institute employed 122 persons, including 36 scientists and 7 graduate students.

Leipunskii (he was the director between 1943 and 1949) and professor G.D. Latyshev from Ukrainian Physical-Technical Institute entered its management team.

In 1953, new buildings for laboratories, production and housing were brought into service on Nauky avenue near the Golosiyivskyi forest.

Electrostatic generator, cyclotron laboratory, and nuclear reactor were put into operation in 1947, 1956, and 1960, correspondingly.

In 1945, on the basis of Diffusion Process Department the Laboratory of Metal Physics was organized, which become the Institute of Metallophysics in 1955.

As a result of such organizational transformations, many famous scientists moved to the new Institutions of the Academy of Sciences.

In 1979, the institute was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for its large-scale success in the development of physical science and training the highly qualified personnel.

Due to the unique architecture of the main building of the institute and painting on its dome made by honoured Ukrainian artist M.A.

Storozhenko, the main building of the institute was recognized to have a significant historical value and listed among other monuments of architecture, history, and art.

Now, most of the departments work with nanoscale systems to investigate their optical, magnetic, transport, and photoelectric properties.

There are some traditional research areas, such as dynamic holography, multi-beam optics, speckle fields and holographic correlation methods for laser beam transformation.

Optical and emission properties of discontinuous films, physical phenomena in adsorbed films, gas and metal adsorption on solid state surfaces, electronic emission, atom structure and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems, characteristics of ordered thin-film molecular systems, solid state plasma phenomena, hot charge carriers and self-organization effects in semiconductors, and phonon transportation in semiconductors are studied.

Recently, new highly efficient plasma technologies and devices were created on the basis of fundamental investigations.

Modern scientific research is led by academician A.G. Naumovets, corresponding member of the Academy Yu.G.

It was founded by academicians Alexander Davydov, a laureate of the Lenin Prize, and Solomon Isaakovich Pekar.

Significant contributions were made by Kirill Borisovich Tolpygo, a correspondent member of the academy, and Emmanuel Rashba, laureate of the Lenin Prize.

Its mission is to protect intellectual properties belonging to the institute and support commercialization of promising R&D developments.

Among the main tasks are the following: Since 1929, the institute employed many researchers famous for their contribution into both theoretical and applied physics.

Collaboration with them allows domestic scientists to effectively share ideas with universities and laboratories throughout the world and employ the best facilities for elaborated experiments.