One of Russia's largest institutions for research in physics and technology. It was founded in 1918 and run for several decades by Abram F. Ioffe. So it is quite natural that the Institute bears the name of this outstanding scholar and organizer. The Institute is affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Experimental and theoretical research in plasma physics, with emphasis on the physics of magnetically confined hot plasmas and non-linear plasmas.

Main lines of research: Thermonuclear plasma physics, plasma chemistry, physics and application of advanced radiation sources.

NIST's laboratory devoted to advancing standards, primarily for the electronics and electrical industries. The site describes divisions and projects.

Research and development in the field of plasma processing technology and magnetic confinement fusion.

Research on tokamaks, plasma heating, plasma turbulence, electron beam - plasma interaction, plasma chemistry, plasma decomposition or synthesis, pulsed capillary discharge, pulsed corona discharge, arc discharge, plasma spraying, atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasmas.

Experimental and Theoretical Research on Plasma and Fluids: Plasma Focus and electrical gas discharges and their applications, space plasmas, physics of fluids and numerical simulations.

Research on high-power lasers, laser-matter interaction, inertial fusion, generation of super-strong pulsed magnetic fields, dense magnetized plasmas, tokamaks, theory and numerical modeling of hot plasmas, diagnostics of fast-varying processes.

Ukrainian institutions involved in plasma technologies.

Research on plasma spectroscopy and laser diagnostics, plasma technology and plasmatechnological applications, plasma heating and last, not least plasma theory.