The 4th International Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Combustion and Processes in Extreme Environments (ComPhysChem’26) will take place in Samara, Russia, on 30 June – 4 July 2026.
In 2017, the Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry of Combustion was established at Samara National Research University with support from a major grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The laboratory focuses on developing physically grounded models of combustion using advanced spectroscopic and kinetic data. Its core activities include:
- measurement and calculation of kinetic parameters for combustion initiation, propagation, pollutant formation (PAHs, nitrogen oxides), and reactive species (radicals, intermediates, excited species, ions);
- construction and validation of gas-dynamic and kinetic combustion models based on reliable rate constants using laminar flames as benchmarks.
A key achievement is the development of a high-temperature microreactor equipped with universal photoionization mass spectrometry (PIMS), enabling isomer-selective detection of reaction products based on their photoionization cross-sections.
Complementing this effort, the Center for Laboratory Astrophysics (CLAP) was established at the Samara Branch of the Lebedev Physical Institute in collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa. CLAP investigates the formation and evolution of complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium and is supported by the Major grant No. 075-15-2021-597 “The origin and evolution of organic molecules in our Galaxy”.
Starting from 2024, the conference features a dedicated section on nonlinear dynamics and wave processes in extreme environments, organized jointly with the Scientific and Educational Center for Physics of Nonequilibrium Open Systems of Samara National Research University and the theoretical sector of the Samara Branch of the Lebedev Physical Institute. The research in these units focuses on magnetohydrodynamics, plasma waves, and nonlinear phenomena in solar, stellar, and interstellar media, as well as in nonequilibrium systems with energy release.
These leading research units serve as the main scientific foundation for the ComPhysChem’26 conference series. Launched to foster international collaboration between physicists and chemists studying combustion and extreme-environment processes, the series includes:
- 1st meeting – July 2018
- 2nd meeting – July 2022
- 3rd meeting – July 2024
The fourth conference (ComPhysChem’26) in this series will be held on 30 June - 4 July, 2026 and invites researchers from around the world to share recent advances.
