MASLOV Valeriy Viktorovich (January 31, 1946, Nizhnie-Savdoe village, Tambov region, Russia - December 27, 2010, Kyiv) - metal physics. Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1992), Professor (2001). Laurates the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology (1992). Graduated from Dnipropetrovsk University (now Dnipro, 1969). Since then he has been working at the Institute of Metal Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv): 1983-92 - Head of the Laboratory of Crystallization, 1992-2010 - Head of the Department of Crystallization.
Investigated the processes of structuring in the conditions of extreme non-equilibrium hardening; problems of obtaining, structure and properties of rapidly-heated amorphous microcrystalline alloys. He participated in the development of methods for obtaining amorphous coatings on metal products, continuous casting, diffusion welding and the creation of a high-strength, corrosion-resistant, amorphous iron-based alloy for shut-off membranes.