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Dr. Dana POPESCU

Scientific Researcher II

Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science

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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
Authors: Grau, RR; Garcia-Aznar, P; Sastre, G; Goberna-Ferrón, S; Pavel, O; Tirsoaga, A; Cojocaru, B; Popescu, DG; Parvulescu, VI; Primo, A; García, H

Published: JAN 21 2025, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 147, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13481

Open Access
2. Cobalt oxyhydroxide co-catalyst loaded onto Al:SrTiO3 surface to boost photocatalytic performance
Authors: Radu, I; Borhan, AI; Gherca, D; Dirtu, AC; Dirtu, D; Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA; Pui, A

Published: FEB 15 2025, MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 332, 130274, DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.130274

Open Access
3. Designing TiO2@FexOy magnetic core-shell catalyst with 3D flower-like surface morphology preservation for enhanced photocatalytic performance
Authors: Gherca, D; Roman, T; Popescu, DG; Borhan, AI; Herea, DD; Stoian, G; Chiriac, H; Ababei, G; Lupu, N

Published: JUL 1 2025, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 696, 163003, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.163003

Open Access
4. Considerable spin asymmetry of deep valence states induced by partial neutralization of charged SrTiO3(011) surfaces
Authors: Borcan, LE; Iancu, AC; Popescu, DG; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Negrila, CC; Cotirlan, C; Iancu, AC; Popescu, DG; Palade, C; Trupina, L

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
Authors: Gherca, D; Borhan, AI; Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA; Borca, CN; Stoian, G; Chiriac, H; Ababei, G; Lupu, N

Published: MAY 16 2025, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 17, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c03417

Open Access
7. Nb2C Mxene as a bifunctional acid-base and oxidation/hydrogenation catalyst
Authors: Pavel, O; Tirsoaga, A; Cojocaru, B; Popescu, D; Ramírez-Grau, R; González-Durán, P; García-Aznar, P; Tian, L; Sastre, G; Primo, A; Parvulescu, V; Garcia, H

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
Authors: Gherca, D; Borhan, AI; Herea, DD; Minuti, AE; Stavila, C; Danceanu, CM; Popescu, DG; Borca, CN; Huthwelker, T; Stoian, G; Chiriac, H; Polo, CG; Ababei, G; Lupu, N

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
Authors: Radu, I; Borhan, AI; Gherca, D; Popescu, DG; Borca, CN; Huthwelker, T; Bulai, G; Stoian, G; Husanu, MA; Pui, A

Published: JUN 1 2024, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 50, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.03.188

Open Access
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
Authors: Acosta, AC; Arias, CA; Biller, P; Wittig, NK; Baragau, IA; Alhnidi, MJ; Ravenni, G; Sárossy, Z; Benedini, L; Abramiuc, LE; Popescu, DG; Negassa, W; Marulanda, VF; Müller-Stöver, DS; Brix, H

Published: JUL 15 2024, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 492, 151916, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.151916

Open Access
11. Molecular adsorption-desorption of carbon monoxide on ferroelectric BaTiO3(001)
Authors: Iancu, AC; Apostol, NG; Nicolaev, A; Abramiuc, LE; Chirila, CF; Popescu, DG; Teodorescu, CM

Published: JUL 15 2024, MATERIALS ADVANCES, 5, DOI: 10.1039/d4ma00389f

Open Access
12. Spin asymmetry of O 2p-related states in SrTiO3(001)
Authors: Popescu, DG; Nicolaev, A; Costescu, RM; Borcan, LE; Lungu, GA; Tache, CA; Husanu, MA; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Borhan, AI; Ghemes, AI; Husanu, MA; Popescu, DG; Borca, CN; Huthwelker, T; Radu, I; Dirtu, AC; Dirtu, D; Bulai, G; Lupu, N; Palamaru, MN; Iordan, AR; Gherca, D

Published: JUN 15 2023, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 622, 156987, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156987

Open Access
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)
Authors: Borhan, AI; Ghemes, IA; Husanu, MA; Popescu, DG; Borca, CN; Huthwelker, T; Radu, I; Dirtu, AC; Dirtu, D; Bulai, G; Lupu, N; Palamaru, MN; Iordan, AR; Gherca, D

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
Authors: Rizescu, C; El Fergani, M; Eftemie, DI; Cojocaru, B; Popescu, D; Andruh, M; Parvulescu, VI

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
Authors: Borhan, AI; Herea, DD; Husanu, MA; Popescu, DG; Borca, CN; Huthwelker, T; Bulai, G; Radu, I; Dirtu, AC; Dirtu, D; Mita, C; Stoian, G; Ababei, G; Lupu, N; Pui, A; Gherca, D

Published: MAR 30 2023, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 614, 156247, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.156247

Open Access
17. Experimental Band Structure of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3: Mechanism of Ferroelectric Stabilization
Authors: Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA; Constantinou, PC; Filip, LD; Trupina, L; Bucur, CI; Pasuk, I; Chirila, C; Hrib, LM; Stancu, V; Pintilie, L; Schmitt, T; Teodorescu, CM; Strocov, VN

Published: FEB 2023, ADVANCED SCIENCE, 10, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205476

Open Access
18. Nanometric-Thick Metal-Free h-Boron Nitride/Graphene Films as Base Catalyst for the Synthesis of Benzoxazoles
Authors: Rendon-Patiño, A; Primo, A; Cojocaru, B; Ion, SG; Popescu, DG; Parvulescu, V; García, H

Published: JUN 22 2022, CHEMCATCHEM, 14, e202200356, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200356

Open Access
19. Ferroelectricity modulates polaronic coupling at multiferroic interfaces
Authors: Husanu, MA; Popescu, DG; Bisti, F; Hrib, LM; Filip, LD; Pasuk, I; Negrea, R; Istrate, MC; Lev, L; Schmitt, T; Pintilie, L; Mishchenko, A; Teodorescu, CM; Strocov, VN

Published: AUG 15 2022, COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS, 5, 209, DOI: 10.1038/s42005-022-00983-3

20. Polarization-dependent magnetism of the Ni/BaTiO3 interface
Authors: Bocirnea, AE; Popescu, DG; Chirila, C; Costescu, RM; Kuncser, V; Stancu, V; Trupina, L; Pasuk, I; Vlaicu, AM; Husanu, MA

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
Authors: Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA; Chirila, C; Pintilie, L; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA; Chirila, C; Pintilie, L; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Tanase, LC; Abramiuc, LE; Popescu, DG; Trandafir, AM; Apostol, NG; Bucur, IC; Hrib, L; Pintilie, L; Pasuk, I; Trupina, L; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Popescu, DG

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
Authors: Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA; Trupina, L; Hrib, L; Pintilie, L; Barinov, A; Lizzit, S; Lacovig, P; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Husanu, MA; Popescu, DG; Ganea, CP; Anghel, I; Florica, C

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
Authors: Husanu, MA; Popescu, DG; Tache, CA; Apostol, NG; Barinov, A; Lizzit, S; Lacovig, P; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Husanu, MA; Ganea, CP; Anghel, I; Florica, C; Rasoga, O; Popescu, DG

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
Authors: Popescu, DG; Barrett, N; Chirila, C; Pasuk, I; Husanu, MA

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
Authors: Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA

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
Authors: Popescu, DG

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
Authors: Popescu, DG; Sterian, P

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
Authors: Apostol, NG; Stoflea, LE; Lungu, GA; Tache, CA; Popescu, DG; Pintilie, L; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Lungu, GA; Apostol, NG; Stoflea, LE; Costescu, RM; Popescu, DG; Teodorescu, CM

Published: FEB 2013, MATERIALS, 6, DOI: 10.3390/ma6020612

35. Au-Ge bonding on a uniformly Au-covered Ge(001) surface
Authors: Popescu, DG; Husanu, MA

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)
Authors: Costescu, RM; Gheorghe, NG; Husanu, MA; Lungu, GA; Macovei, D; Pintilie, I; Popescu, DG; Teodorescu, CM

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
Authors: Costescu, RM; Lungu, GA; Socol, G; Gheorghe, NG; Macovei, D; Negrila, CC; Logofatu, C; Husanu, MA; Popescu, DG; Tache, CA; Teodorescu, CM

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)
Authors: Gheorghe, NG; Husanu, MA; Lungu, GA; Costescu, RM; Macovei, D; Popescu, DG; Teodorescu, CM

Published: JAN-MAR 2012, DIGEST JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS AND BIOSTRUCTURES, 7, DOI:

39. Second harmonic generation in photonic crystals: numerical simulation
Authors: Popescu, DG; Sterian, P; Bercia, R; Bostan, C

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
Authors: Gheorghe, NG; Lungu, GA; Costescu, RM; Popescu, DG; Teodorescu, CM

Published: MAY 2011, OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS-RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, 5, DOI:

41. MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION OF RUBIDIUM
Authors: COLLINS, CB; CURRY, SM; JOHNSON, BW; MIRZA, MY; CHELLEHMALZADEH, MA; ANDERSON, JA; POPESCU, D; POPESCU, I

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
Authors: CURRY, SM; COLLINS, CB; MIRZA, MY; POPESCU, D; POPESCU, I

Published: 1976, OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 16, 255, DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(76)90229-7

43. MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION OF ATOMIC RUBIDIUM WITH A TUNABLE DYE LASER
Authors: COLLINS, CB; CURRY, SM; JOHNSON, BW; MIRZA, MY; POPESCU, D; POPESCU, I

Published: 1975, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, 20, 246, DOI:

44. DOUBLET LINE-STRENGTH RATIOS FOR PRINCIPAL SERIES OF CESIUM
Authors: POPESCU, D; POPESCU, I; MAURER, J; COLLINS, CB; JOHNSON, BW

Published: 1975, PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 12, 1431, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.12.1425

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