NIMP| Adelina UDRESCU, Author at NIMP

Education

2014-2019 PhD in physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Department of Optics, Spectroscopy, Plasma, Lasers

2011-2013 Master in Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest

2011-2013 Graduate in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest

Positions

01/2020–Present Scientific Researcher at National Institute of Materials Physics, Magurele, Romania

10/2012–31/12/2019 Research Assistant at National Institute of Materials Physics, Magurele, Romania

09/2011–01/03/2012 Research Assistant at National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania

Expertize

Specialist in different characterization and synthesis techniques: Raman and SERS, Photoluminescence, UV-VIS-NIR and FTIR absorption, X-ray diffraction, Chemical Vapor Deposition.

Books

Recent progress in the photoluminescence properties of composites based on conjugated polymers and carbon nanoparticles, M. Baibarac, M. Ilie, A. Matea, M. Daescu, S. Lefrant, Photoluminescence: Advances in Research and Applications 133-166, 2018.

Patents

Procedeu chimic de asamblare a senzorilor bazati pe oxid de grafena functionalizati cu poli(5-amino-1-naftol) pentru detectia receptorului factorului de crestere epidermal, Dinescu M., Udrescu A., Baibarac M., Fejer S., A00735/16.11.2020;
Proces pentru obtinerea compozitelor bazate pe oxid de fier si nanotuburi de carbon cu doi pereti, Udrescu A., Daescu M., Baibarac M., A00691/02.11.2020;
Procedee de preparare si utilizare ale noilor forme cristaline ale 6-(3-metil-5-nitro imidazol-4-il)sulfanil-9H-purinei, Manta C.M.; Samohvalov D.; Gherca D.; Baibarac M.; Lungan M. Andrea; Smaranda I.; Barbatu A.; Buhalteanu L.; Udrescu A.; Daescu M.; Ilie M.; Toulbe N.G, A00516/28.08.2019.

Publications

1. New Aspects Concerning the Ampicillin Photodegradation

Authors: Cercel, R; Paraschiv, M; Florica, CS; Daescu, M; Udrescu, A; Ciobanu, RC; Schreiner, C; Baibarac, M

Published: APR 2022, PHARMACEUTICALS, 15, 415, DOI: 10.3390/ph15040415

New aspects concerning the photodegradation (PD) of ampicillin are reported by photoluminescence (PL), Raman scattering and FTIR spectroscopy. The exposure of ampicillin in the absence (AM) and in the presence of the excipient (AMP) to UV light leads to an intensity diminution of the photoluminescence excitation (PLE) and photoluminescence (PL) spectra and the emergence of a new IR band at 3450 cm(-1). The photoluminescence studies demonstrate that the AM PD is amplified in the presence of excipients and an alkaline medium. In this last case, the PD process of AM involves the emergence of new compounds, whose presence is highlighted by: (i) the emergence of the isosbestic point at 300 nm in the UV-VIS spectra; (ii) a change in the ratio between the absorbance of IR bands situated in the spectral ranges 1200-1660 and 3250-3450 cm(-1); and (iii) a change in the ratio between the intensities of the Raman lines localized in the spectral ranges 1050-1800 and 2750-3100 cm(-1). A chemical mechanism of the PD processes of AM in an alkaline medium is proposed.

2. Azathioprine Electrochemical Adsorption onto the Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets in Absence and in the Presence of Polyaniline

Authors: Udrescu, A; Toulbe, N; Matei, E; Baibarac, M

Published: APR 2021, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, 21, DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2021.18974

The azathioprine (AZA) electrochemical adsorption onto the screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCE) modified with the reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets in the absence and in the presence of polyaniline-emeraldine salt (PANI-ES) is reported in this work. Using cyclic voltammetry(CV), in the case of the SPCE modified with the RGO sheets non-functionalized and functionalized with PANI-ES, respectively, an irreversible process at the electrode/electrolyte interface is highlighted to take place. In the case of the SPCE modified with the non-functionalized RGO sheets(SPCE-RGO), the oxidation-reduction processes induce an up-shift of the AZA Raman lines from 856 and 1011 cm(-1) to 863 and 1020 cm(-1), respectively. These variations indicate an AZA adsorption onto the surface of the SPCE modified with the RGO sheets that takes place throughtthe imidazole and pyrimidine cycles of mercaptopurine, when the generation of the pi-pi(*) bonds between the mercaptopurine structure and hexagonal carbon cycles of RGO occurs. The electrochemical functionalization of the RGO sheets with PANI-ES is proved bythe appearance of the Raman lines at 1165, 1332-1371, 1496 and 1585 and 1616 cm(-1). The oxidation-reduction processes induced at the interface of the SPCE modified with PANI-ES functionalized RGO sheets and the electrolyte consisting into a phosphate buffer (PB) and AZA lead to thegeneration of new positive charges onto the PANI macromolecular chain and the adsorption of the drug on the working electrode surface that takes place via the pi-pi(*) bonds established between the benzene/quinoide rings of PANI and the imidazole/ purine cyclesof AZA. These results indicate that the SPCE modified with the PANI-ES functionalized RGO sheets shows potential applications in the field of sensors for AZA detection.

3. Anisotropic Photoluminescence of Poly(3-hexyl thiophene) and Their Composites with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Highly Separated in Metallic and Semiconducting Tubes

Authors: Baibarac, M; Arzumanyan, G; Daescu, M; Udrescu, A; Mamatkulov, K

Published: JAN 2021, MOLECULES, 26, DOI: 10.3390/molecules26020294

In this work, the effect of the single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as the mixtures of metallic and semiconducting tubes (M + S-SWNTs) as well as highly separated semiconducting (S-SWNTs) and metallic (M-SWNTs) tubes on the photoluminescence (PL) of poly(3-hexyl thiophene) (P3HT) was reported. Two methods were used to prepare such composites, that is, the chemical interaction of the two constituents and the electrochemical polymerization of the 3-hexyl thiophene onto the rough Au supports modified with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The measurements of the anisotropic PL of these composites have highlighted a significant diminution of the angle of the binding of the P3HT films electrochemical synthetized onto Au electrodes covered with M + S-SWNTs. This change was attributed to metallic tubes, as was demonstrated using the anisotropic PL measurements carried out on the P3HT/M-SWNTs and P3HT/S-SWNTs composites. Small variations in the angle of the binding were reported in the case of the composites prepared by chemical interaction of the two constituents. The proposed mechanism to explain this behavior took into account the functionalization process of CNTs with P3HT. The experimental arguments of the functionalization process of CNTs with P3HT were shown by the UV-VIS-NIR and FTIR spectroscopy as well as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). A PL quenching process of P3HT induced both in the presence of S-SWNTs and M-SWNTs was reported, too. This process origins in the various de-excitation pathways which can be developed considering the energy levels diagram of the two constituents of each studied composite.

4. Rhodamine B Photodegradation in Aqueous Solutions Containing Nitrogen Doped TiO2 and Carbon Nanotubes Composites

Authors: Udrescu, A; Florica, S; Chivu, M; Mercioniu, I; Matei, E; Baibarac, M

Published: DEC 2021, MOLECULES, 26, DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237237

In this work, new results concerning the potential of mixtures based on nitrogen doped titanium dioxide (TiO2:N) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as possible catalyst candidates for the rhodamine B (RhB) UV photodegradation are reported. The RhB photodegradation was evaluated by UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy using samples of TiO2:N and CNTs of the type of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWNTs), multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), and single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with carboxyl groups (SWNT-COOH) having various concentrations of CNTs. The best photocatalytic performance was obtained for sample containing TiO2:N and 2.5 wt.% SWNTs-COOH, when approx. 85% of dye removal was achieved after 300 min. of UV irradiation. The reaction kinetics of RhB aqueous solutions containing TiO2:N/CNT mixtures followed a complex first-order kinetic model. The TiO2:N/CNTs catalyst induced higher photodegradation efficiency of RhB than TiO2:N due to the presence of CNTs, which act as adsorbent and dispersing agent and capture the photogenerated electrons of TiO2:N hindering the electron-hole recombination.

5. Photoluminescence as a Valuable Tool in the Optical Characterization of Acetaminophen and the Monitoring of Its Photodegradation Reactions

Authors: Daescu, Monica; Matea, Adelina; Negrila, Catalin; Serbschi, Constantin; Ion, Alina C; Baibarac, Mihaela

Published: Oct 07 2020 , , DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194571

6. Photoluminescence as a Valuable Tool in the Optical Characterization of Acetaminophen and the Monitoring of Its Photodegradation Reactions

Authors: Daescu, M; Matea, A; Negrila, C; Serbschi, C; Ion, AC; Baibarac, M

Published: OCT 2020, MOLECULES, 25, DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194571

In this work, new evidence for the photodegradation reactions of acetaminophen (AC) is reported by photoluminescence (PL), Raman scattering and FTIR spectroscopy. Under excitation wavelength of 320 nm, AC shows a PL band in the spectral range of 340-550 nm, whose intensity decreases by exposure to UV light. The chemical interaction of AC with the NaOH solutions, having the concentration ranging between 0.001 and 0.3 M, induces a gradual enhancement of the photoluminescence excitation (PLE) and PL spectra, when the exposure time of samples at the UV light increases until 140 min, as a result of the formation of p-aminophenol and sodium acetate. This behavior is not influenced by the excipients or other active compounds in pharmaceutical products as demonstrated by PLE and PL studies. Experimental arguments for the obtaining of p-aminophenol and sodium acetate, when AC has interacted with NaOH, are shown by Raman scattering and FTIR spectroscopy.

7. Novel anhydrous solid-state form of Azathioprine: The assessing of crystal structure by powder X-Ray diffraction, Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy and Raman scattering

Authors: Covaci, OI; Samohvalov, D; Manta, CM; Buhalteanu, L; Barbatu, A; Baibarac, M; Daescu, M; Matea, A; Gherca, D

Published: FEB 15 2019, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 1178, 710, DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.10.065

Azathioprine (Imuran), one of the oldest immunosuppressants, having been used in transplantation since the early 1960's, is known to have only two crystal forms: an anhydrous form and a dihydrate phase. We report the crystal structure of a new anhydrous solid-state form of Azathioprine, determined directly form powder X-Ray diffraction data, employing the direct-space genetic algorithm technique for structure solution, followed by Rietveld refinement. The new anhydrous polymorph is accessible only by a solid-state dehydration process of the readily obtained monohydrate form of Azathioprine, the form for which a crystal structure has not previously been reported. The IR and Raman spectra confirmed the results obtained from X-Ray diffraction indicating the presence of all functional groups involved in intermolecular hydrogen bonding which dictates different arrangement of molecules in the structural packing. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

8. Photoluminescence and structural properties of the nitrogen doped TiO2 and the influence of SiO2 and Ag nanoparticles

Authors: Nila, A; Baibarac, M; Udrescu, A; Smaranda, I; Mateescu, A; Mateescu, G; Mereuta, P; Negrila, CC

Published: SEP 18 2019, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 31, DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab2692

Mixtures of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2:N) with different concentrations of Ag and/or SiO2 particles (0.5, 1 and 2 wt.%) were prepared in solid state by mechanico-chemical interactions. Using UV-VIS spectroscopy, Raman scattering, photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE), the influence of the particles on the host material is evaluated. UV-VIS spectroscopy studies indicate a TiO2:N band gap shift to the UV range with increasing concentrations of SiO2 and Ag particles. PL intensities decrease with increasing concentrations of Ag and/or SiO2 particles in the TiO2:N host matrix, which in turn could effectively restrict the electron and hole recombination. To explain these processes, the different de-excitation ways will be advanced, taking into account the energy levels diagram of TiO2:N/Ag, TiO2:N/SiO2 and TiO2:N/Ag/SiO2 systems. PLE spectra show a gradual decrease in their relative intensities after 165 min of continuous irradiation due to photosensitivity of TiO2:N. The plasmonic effect of Ag particles in the TiO2:N/Ag system is highlighted for the first time by PLE studies.

9. Polyaniline photoluminescence quenching induced by single-walled carbon nanotubes enriched in metallic and semiconducting tubes

Authors: Baibarac, M; Matea, A; Daescu, M; Mercioniu, I; Quillard, S; Mevellec, JY; Lefrant, S

Published: JUN 22 2018, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27769-4

The influence of single-walled carbon nanotubes enriched in semiconductor (S-SWNTs) and metallic (M-SWNTs) tubes on the photoluminescence (PL) of polyaniline (PANI), electrosynthesized in the presence of the H2SO4 and HCl solutions, is reported. The emission bands peaked at 407-418 and 440-520 nm indicate that the electropolymerization of aniline (ANI) leads to the formation of short and longer macromolecular chains (MCs), respectively. We demonstrate that the reaction product consists of ANI tetramers (TT) and trimers (TR) as well as PANI-salt. Using Raman scattering and IR absorption spectroscopy, a covalent functionalization of SWNTs with shorter and longer MCs of PANI-salt is demonstrated. The presence of S-SWNTs and M-SWNTs induces a decrease in ANI TT weight in the reaction product mass consisting in S-SWNTs and M-SWNTs covalently functionalized with PANI-emeraldine salt (ES) and PANI-leucoemeraldine salt (LS), respectively. A PANI PL quenching is reported to be induced of the S-SWNTs and M-SWNTs. A de-excitation mechanism is proposed to explain PANI PL quenching.

10. The exciton-phonon interaction as stimulated Raman scattering effect supported by the excitonic photoluminescence in BiI3 layered crystal structure

Authors: Nila, A; Matea, A; Baibarac, M; Baltog, I

Published: FEB 2017, JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 182, 171, DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.10.028

Raman enhancement in a layered structure of Bib was studied under optical excitation near the edge of the fundamental absorption band. This phenomenon simultaneously appears at a low temperature with the generation of the excitonic photoluminescence (PL) band, unequally across the Raman spectrum, i.e. in the Stokes and anti-Stokes Raman branches, being dependent on the superposition of the excitation laser line to the excitonic emission band. Performed with the use of different resonant laser light excitations, this effect is regarded as a signature of the exciton-phonon interaction, which is interpreted in terms of a stimulated Raman scattering process (SRS), resulting from the mixing inside of the sample to two optical fields, the pump laser light and the excitonic PL light. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

11. Exciton-phonon interactions in the Cs3Bi2I9 crystal structure revealed by Raman spectroscopic studies

Authors: Nila, A; Baibarac, M; Matea, A; Mitran, R; Baltog, I

Published: APR 2017, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 254, DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201552805

The enhancement of the Raman scattering in Cs3Bi2I9 is evaluated by the ratio I-T/I-300K between the relative intensities of the Raman line peaked at 146cm(-1), when the spectra are recorded in the temperature range of 88-300K, as a signature of exciton-phonon interactions. In the resonant and nonresonant conditions, excitation wavelengths 476, 561, and 660nm, respectively, are used in order to overlap with great accuracy the bands disclosed by diffuse reflection, photoconductivity (PC), photoluminescence (PL), and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra. Based on the experimental analyses, the strength of exciton-phonon interaction is dependent on the defects in the crystal and the type-range interaction of the excitations in an independent Bi2I93- cluster. The noticeable PL band, attributed to excitons trapped on different stacking faults, manifests some defects in crystal that diminish the movement of excitons. This effect significantly decreases the overlaps of excitons with the phonons, resulting in a reduced exciton-phonon coupling.

12. Optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes highly separated in semiconducting and metallic tubes functionalized with poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Authors: Matea, A; Baibarac, M; Baltog, I

Published: FEB 15 2017, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 1130, 45, DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.10.017

In this paper, the interaction of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) highly separated in metallic (M) and semiconducting (S) tubes is studied by resonant Raman scattering and FTIR spectroscopy. In this order, the PVDF/SWNTs membranes were prepared by the evaporation of dimethylformamide (DMF) from PVDF solutions containing i) the as-prepared SWNTs samples, i.e., as mixtures of metallic (33%) and semiconducting (66%) tubes (M + S-SWNTs), ii) SWNTs highly separated in metallic tubes (98%, M-SWNTs), and iii) SWNTs highly separated in semiconducting tubes (99%, S-SWNTs). An increase in the PVDF beta phase weight, highlighted by the increase in the absorbance of IR band at 843 cm(-1), is reported to take place in the presence of M + S-SWNTs and S-SWNTs. An increase of the PVDF gamma crystalline phase weight is reported for the PVDF/M + S-SWNTs, PVDF/M-SWNTs and PVDF/S-SWNTs membranes. Using Raman scattering, a donor-acceptor interaction is invoked to take place at the interface PVDF/M + S-SWNTs and PVDF/S-SWNTs. In the case of the membranes based on PVDF and M-SWNTs, the changes reported in Raman spectra of the two constituents are explained on the base induction-interaction forces between the permanent dipole of PVDF and induced dipole of M-SWNTs. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

13. Optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with copolymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-co-pyrene)

Authors: Baltog, I; Baibarac, M; Smaranda, I; Matea, A; Ilie, M; Mevellec, JY; Lefrant, S

Published: DEC 2016, OPTICAL MATERIALS, 62, 611, DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2016.11.005

Optical properties are reported for composites based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT5) and copolymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-co-pyrene) (PEDOT-Py) prepared by chemical polymerization of two monomers in the presence of carbon nanotubes. A charge transfer between SWNT5 and the PEDOT-Py copolymer was demonstrated by Raman scattering. The increase in the relative intensity of the Raman lines peaked at 440-577 cm(-1), which were assigned to the ethylenedioxy ring vibrational modes, indicated a significant hindrance steric in the case of the composites based on the PEDOT-Py copolymer and metallic SWNTs. The increase in the absorbance of IR band peaked at 984 cm(-1) occurred simultaneously with the disappearance of the IR band at 1639 cm(-1). This finding was a consequence of the formation of new covalent bonds between SWNTs and the thiophene and benzene rings of the repeating units of the PEDOT-Py copolymer. The photoluminescence (PL) quenching process of the PEDOT-Py copolymer was induced by semiconducting SWNTs. The PL quenching of PEDOT-Py copolymer in the presence of SWNT5 was. demonstrated based on the energy level diagrams of the two constituents of the PEDOT-Py/SWNTs composite material. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

14. Anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy as a method to identify metallic and mixed metallic/semiconducting configurations of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Authors: Baibarac, M; Matea, A; Ilie, M; Baltog, I; Magrez, A

Published: 2015, ANALYTICAL METHODS, 7, 6230, DOI: 10.1039/c5ay01281c

SERS studies were performed on films of two families of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) under an excitation light of 514.5 nm and 647.1 nm. These included Aldrich-MWCNTs, which alternate semiconducting and metallic tubes and M-MWCNTs that contain only metallic tubes obtained by water assisted catalytic chemical vapour deposition (CCVD). The two families of MWCNTs reveal similar spectra in the Stokes branch, which feature an increasing Raman intensity when the glass substrate is replaced with an Au or Ag substrate, indicating a (surface enhanced Raman scattering) SERS mechanism. In the anti-Stokes branch, despite an enhancement of approximately 100 times compared to the predictions of the Boltzmann law, only Aldrich-MWCNTs exhibit a Raman spectrum with an intensity that increases as a result of the change in the glass substrate to Au or Ag, a fact that is revealed by the signature of the SERS process. The invariance of the Raman intensity in the anti-Stokes branch as a result of the change of the substrate is characteristic of M-MWCNTs and results from a Raman light scattering process that takes place only within the skin depth of the metallic structure.

15. Optical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Poly(2,2 '-bithiophene-co-pyrene) Copolymer

Authors: Smaranda, I; Baibarac, M; Ilie, M; Matea, A; Baltog, I; Lefrant, S

Published: 2015, CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 19, 661, DOI: 10.2174/1385272819666150311231454

The photoluminescent (PL) properties of composites based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and poly(2,2'-bithiophene-co-pyrene) (PBTh-Py), prepared by in situ chemical polymerization of the two monomers in the presence of carbon nanotubes, are reported. We demonstrate that the functionalization of SWNTs with PBTh-Py copolymer is revealed through a gradual quenching process of PL with the increase of SWNT content (semiconducting component) in the composite mass. FTIR spectroscopy indicates the existence of several steric hindrance effects that originate in the covalent functionalization of SWNTs with PBTh-Py copolymer. The film deposition of PBTh-Py copolymer and PBTh-Py/SWNTs composite onto rough Au supports induces changes in the FTIR spectrum, which originate in an adsorption mechanism caused by the preferential orientation of molecules on the metallic support. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy reveals the side-wall functionalization of SWNTs with PBTh-Py copolymer by changes in the shapes, peak position and relative intensities of different Raman lines.

16. Anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy as amethod to identify the metallic and semiconducting configurations of double-walled carbon nanotubes

Authors: Baibarac, M; Baltog, I; Matea, A; Mihut, L; Lefrant, S

Published: JAN 2015, JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY, 46, 38, DOI: 10.1002/jrs.4597

Although Raman spectra reveal, as a signature of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs), two radial breathing mode (RBM) lines associated with the inner and outer tubes, the specification of their nature as metallic or semiconducting remains a topic for debate. Investigating the spectral range of the RBM lines, we present a new procedure of the indexing of the semiconducting or metallic nature of the inner and outer shell that forms the DWCNT. The procedure exploits the difference between the intensities of recorded anti-Stokes Raman spectrum and the anti-Stokes spectrum calculated by applying the Boltzmann formulae to the recorded Stokes spectrum. The results indicate that the two spectra do not coincide with what should happen in a normal Raman process, namely, that there are RBM lines of the same intensity in both spectra, as well as RBM lines of higher intensity that are observed in the calculated spectrum. This discrepancy results from the surface-enhanced Raman scattering mechanism that operates differently on metallic or semiconducting nanotubes. In this context, the analysis of the RBM spectrum can reveal pairs of lines associated with the inner/outer shell structure of DWCNT, and when the intensities between the recorded and calculated spectra coincide, the nanotube is metallic; otherwise, the nanotube is semiconducting. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

17. Raman scattering and photoluminescence studies of ZnO nanowhiskers assembled as flowers in the presence of fullerene

Authors: Baibarac, M; Baltog, I; Matea, A; Lefrant, S

Published: JUN 1 2015, JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, 419, 164, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.03.028

In this work, the architecture of ZnO particles was found to be changed from nano-whiskers to flowers via the addition of fullerenes in the reaction mixture consisting of zinc chloride, sodium hydroxide and sodium dodecyl sulfate. The change in the morphological structure of ZnO particles is accompanied by a decrease in the photoluminescence (PL) intensity and the appearance of a new Raman line at 1594 cm(-1) that indicates the formation of the compound ZnC60. The growth of the ZnO flower-like particles occurs simultaneously with an aggregation process of C-60 in highly ordered structures, as evidenced in the Raman spectrum by a line at 2934 cm I. A mechanism for the growth of the ZnO flower-like particles is proposed in this work. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

18. Nonlinear features of surface-enhanced Raman scattering revealed under non-resonant and resonant optical excitation

Authors: Baibarac, M; Baltog, I; Mihut, L; Matea, A; Lefrant, S

Published: MAR 2014, JOURNAL OF OPTICS, 16, DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/16/3/035003

By performing comparative Raman studies on nanometric thin films (9.5, 39, 88 and 185 nm) of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) deposited on glass, Au and Ag supports, we demonstrate that the mechanism of the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) generated on Au and Ag substrates differs in the Stokes and anti-Stokes Raman branches depending on whether non-resonant (515.5 nm) or resonant (647.1 nm) optical excitation is applied. The evaluation of the SERS effect via the I-aS/I-S ratio reveals that this ratio is smaller or larger than that predicted by the Boltzmann law for non-resonant or resonant optical excitation, respectively. In the former case, the enhancement of the Stokes Raman emission is similar to a stimulated Raman process resulting from the plasmon coupling associated with the incident excitation light and spontaneous Stokes Raman emission. For the latter case, the amplification of the anti-Stokes Raman emission results from a wave-mixing process reminiscent of a single-beam CARS effect.

Dr. Adelina UDRESCU

Scientific Researcher III