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Dr. Popescu Dana-Georgeta (37 years) received her Engineer Diploma at “Politehnica” University in Bucharest at Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology in 2009 and her PhD degree in Engineering in 2013 at the same university with a thesis focusing on photonic crystals technology. Starting with 2010 she joined the surface and interface science group led by Dr. Cristian-Mihail Teodorescu at NIMP. Here she had the opportunity to do cutting edge research in the field of semiconducting surfaces, their interface with magnetic metals, by preparing systems with unusual magnetism at room temperature. Pursuing research for 3 months in the laboratory led by Dr. N Barret at CEA in France, Dr. Popescu enlarged her experience in the field of electron spectroscopy techniques, especially applied to complex ferroelectric and multiferroic oxide surfaces and interfaces. Other experiments were led by Dr. Popescu on different equipments at Synchrotron lines from Italy, Switzerland and Poland. Recently, she started a study on ferroelectric Rashba materials.
The main original achievements capitalize in 30 articles (24 ISI publications, 3 under review) – 18 as main/corresponding author, 4 book chapter (3 under review) and 43 conferences (6 invited, 19 oral presentation, 1 best poster prize – SCES2021), 2 young research team projects management (2015; 2021), 1 grant from L’Oréal-UNESCO „For women in science” (2021), 2 other personal grants projects and the membership in the other 10 projects, 2 patents, 2 scholarships (TRENDOXIDE 2015, Brescia, Italy; ICTP, Trieste, Italy), a scientific record of more than 250 citation, H-index = 9 and Guest Editor at Materials Journal.
Projects
1. Platforma de tip Rashba pentru stocarea si procesarea informatiei
Project Type: TE, Start Date: 2022-05-15 End Date: 2024-05-14
2. Integrated Rashba-type platform for data storage and bit manipulation
Project Type: TE, Start Date: 2022-05-15 End Date: 2024-05-14
3. Magnetoelectric coupling at interfaces of ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructures (CUMIFF)
Project Type: TE, Start Date: 2015-09-01 End Date: 2017-12-01
Publications
1. MXenes as Heterogeneous Thermal Catalysts: Regioselective Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination of Terminal Alkynes with 102 h-1 Turnover Frequencies
Published: JAN 21 2025, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 147, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13481
2. Cobalt oxyhydroxide co-catalyst loaded onto Al:SrTiO3 surface to boost photocatalytic performance
Published: FEB 15 2025, MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 332, 130274, DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.130274
3. Designing TiO2@FexOy magnetic core-shell catalyst with 3D flower-like surface morphology preservation for enhanced photocatalytic performance
Published: JUL 1 2025, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 696, 163003, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.163003
4. Considerable spin asymmetry of deep valence states induced by partial neutralization of charged SrTiO3(011) surfaces
Published: FEB 7 2025, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 162, 054707, DOI: 10.1063/5.0243885
5. Investigations on HfO2/n-GaAs(110) interface, in-situ obtained by Oxide-MBE
Published: NOV 1 2025, MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING, 198, 109746, DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2025.109746
6. Monophasic Titanate-Based Photocatalyst with Heteroatom Mixed Iso-Aliovalency Enabling Water Oxidation
Published: MAY 16 2025, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 17, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c03417
7. Nb2C Mxene as a bifunctional acid-base and oxidation/hydrogenation catalyst
Published: JUL 3 2025, EES CATALYSIS, 3, DOI: 10.1039/d5ey00004a
8. Ferrihydrite surface functionalization of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles as flower-like core-shell heterostructure with enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic properties
Published: JUL 15 2025, SURFACES AND INTERFACES, 69, 106745, DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106745
9. Enhancement of SrTiO3 photocatalytic efficiency by Al doping: Answers from the structure, morphology and electronic properties contributions
Published: JUN 1 2024, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 50, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.03.188
10. Hydrothermal carbonization and pyrolysis in wetland engineering: Carbon sequestration, phosphorus recovery, and structural characterization of willow-based chars with X-ray μ-computed tomography
Published: JUL 15 2024, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 492, 151916, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.151916
11. Molecular adsorption-desorption of carbon monoxide on ferroelectric BaTiO3(001)
Published: JUL 15 2024, MATERIALS ADVANCES, 5, DOI: 10.1039/d4ma00389f
12. Spin asymmetry of O 2p-related states in SrTiO3(001)
Published: OCT 1 2024, PHYSICA SCRIPTA, 99, 105925, DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ad732c
13. Carbon-based heterostructure from multi-photo-active nanobuilding blocks SrTiO3@NiFe2O4@Fe0@Ni0@CNTs with derived nanoreaction metallic clusters for enhanced solar light-driven photodegradation of harmful antibiotics
Published: JUN 15 2023, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 622, 156987, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156987
14. Carbon-based heterostructure from multi-photo-active nanobuilding blocks SrTiO3@NiFe2O4@Fe0@Ni0@CNTs with derived nanoreaction metallic clusters for enhanced solar light-driven photodegradation of harmful antibiotics (vol 622, 156987, 2023)
Published: JUL 1 2023, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 624, 157067, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157067
15. Liquid phase oxidation of alkenes and glycerol with molecular oxygen over mixed-ligand copper(II) complexes grafted on GO as catalysts
Published: AUG 5 2023, APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, 663, 119302, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119302
16. Straightforward FeOOH nanografting of Al-based SrTiO3 perovskite material as core-shell nanoflower-like heteronanostructure with enhanced solar light-driven photodegradation capability
Published: MAR 30 2023, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 614, 156247, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.156247
17. Experimental Band Structure of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3: Mechanism of Ferroelectric Stabilization
Published: FEB 2023, ADVANCED SCIENCE, 10, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205476
18. Nanometric-Thick Metal-Free h-Boron Nitride/Graphene Films as Base Catalyst for the Synthesis of Benzoxazoles
Published: JUN 22 2022, CHEMCATCHEM, 14, e202200356, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200356
19. Ferroelectricity modulates polaronic coupling at multiferroic interfaces
Published: AUG 15 2022, COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS, 5, 209, DOI: 10.1038/s42005-022-00983-3
20. Polarization-dependent magnetism of the Ni/BaTiO3 interface
Published: MAR 4 2020, PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS, 4, 034402, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.034402
21. The interplay of work function and polarization state at the Schottky barriers height for Cu/BaTiO3 interface
Published: FEB 1 2020, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 502, 144101, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144101
22. Impact on Ferroelectricity and Band Alignment of Gradually Grown Au on BaTiO3
Published: JUL 2019, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS, 13, DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201900077
23. Polarization Orientation in Lead Zirconate Titanate (001) Thin Films Driven by the Interface with the Substrate
Published: SEP 11 2018, PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED, 10, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.034020
24. Theoretical investigation of a Ge 2D photonic crystal by optical reflectivity correlated with band distributions
Published: SEP-OCT 2016, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 18, 774, DOI:
25. Spectro-microscopic photoemission evidence of charge uncompensated areas in Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3(001) layers
Published: 2015, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 17, 520, DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04546g
26. Correlation of optical reflectivity with numerical calculations for a two-dimensional photonic crystal designed in Ge
Published: DEC 10 2015, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D, 69, DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60478-7
27. Photoelectron spectroscopy and spectro-microscopy of Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 (111) thin layers: Imaging ferroelectric domains with binding energy contrast
Published: OCT 15 2015, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 352, 81, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.01.153
28. Surface topography to reflectivity mapping in two-dimensional photonic crystals designed in germanium
Published: NOV 15 2015, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 355, 1191, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.07.218
29. Influence of hole depletion and depolarizing field on the BaTiO3/La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 interface electronic structure revealed by photoelectron spectroscopy and first-principles calculations
Published: DEC 28 2015, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 92, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.235442
30. Epitaxial growth of Au on Ge(001) surface: Photoelectron spectroscopy measurements and first-principles calculations
Published: FEB 3 2014, THIN SOLID FILMS, 552, 249, DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.12.049
31. TWO DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS WITH DIFFERENT SYMMETRIES FOR WAVEGUIDES AND RESONANT CAVITIES APPLICATIONS
Published: 2013, UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST SCIENTIFIC BULLETIN-SERIES A-APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS, 75, 252, DOI:
32. Analysis of even and odd modes of a two-dimensional photonic crystal at Si/SiO/Cu interface
Published: JUL-AUG 2013, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 15, 614, DOI:
33. Band bending at free Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 surfaces analyzed spectroscopy by X-ray photoelectron
Published: NOV 20 2013, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS, 178, DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2013.02.007
34. Room Temperature Ferromagnetic, Anisotropic, Germanium Rich FeGe(001) Alloys
Published: FEB 2013, MATERIALS, 6, DOI: 10.3390/ma6020612
35. Au-Ge bonding on a uniformly Au-covered Ge(001) surface
Published: APR 2013, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS, 7, 277, DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201307029
36. Epitaxial ferromagnetic samarium and samarium silicide synthesized on Si(001)
Published: OCT 2012, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 47, DOI: 10.1007/s10853-012-6672-z
37. ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND MAGNETISM OF PLD DEPOSITED Tio(2):Fe
Published: JAN-MAR 2012, DIGEST JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS AND BIOSTRUCTURES, 7, DOI:
38. REACTIVITY, MAGNETISM AND LOCAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE IN FERROMAGNETIC FE LAYERS DEPOSITED ON SI(001)
Published: JAN-MAR 2012, DIGEST JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS AND BIOSTRUCTURES, 7, DOI:
39. Second harmonic generation in photonic crystals: numerical simulation
Published: MAR-APR 2012, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 14, 362, DOI:
40. Enhanced contamination of Si(001) when analyzed by AES with respect to XPS
Published: MAY 2011, OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS-RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, 5, DOI:
41. MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION OF RUBIDIUM
Published: 1976, PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 14, 1671, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.14.1662
42. FINE-STRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS OF 2-PHOTON TRANSITIONS IN ATOMIC CESIUM WITH A TUNABLE DYE LASER
Published: 1976, OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 16, 255, DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(76)90229-7
44. DOUBLET LINE-STRENGTH RATIOS FOR PRINCIPAL SERIES OF CESIUM
Published: 1975, PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 12, 1431, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.12.1425
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