Project Manager: Dr. Dana Georgeta Popescu - Cercetător ştiinţific gradul II

Dr. CS I Marius-Adrian Husanu
Dr. CS II Rasoga Oana
Dr. CS III Bogdan Ostahie
Dr. CS III Arpad Mihai Rostas
Drd. Marian Cosmin Istrate

Outcome/results:

Published/in-press articles:
1. M.A. Husanu, D.G. Popescu, F. Bisti, L.M. Hrib, L.D. Filip, I. Pasuk, R. Negrea, M.C. Istrate, L. Lev, T. Schmitt, L. Pintilie, A. Mishchenko, C.M. Teodorescu, V.N. Strocov Ferroelectricity modulates polaronic coupling at multiferroic interfaces, Communications Physics 5, 209 (2022).
2. D.G. Popescu, M.A. Husanu, P. C. Constantinou, L.D. Filip, L. Trupina, C.I. Bucur, I. Pasuk, C. Chirila, L.M. Hrib, V. Stancu, L. Pintilie, T. Schmitt, C. M. Teodorescu, V.N. Strocov, Experimental band structure of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3: Mechanism of ferroelectric stabilization, Advance Science 10, 2205476 (2023).
3. A.I. Borhan, A.I. Ghemes, M.A. Husanu, D.G. Popescu, C.N. Borca, T. Huthwelker, I. Radu, A.C. Dirtu, D. Dirtu, G. Bulai, N. Lupu, M.N. Palamaru, A.R. Iordan, D. Gherca, 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, Appl. Surf. Sci. 622, 156987 (2023).
4. Radu Ioana, Borhan Adrian Iulian, Gherca Daniel, Popescu Dana Georgeta, Borca Camelia Nicoleta, Huthwelker Thomas, Bulai Georgiana, Husanu Marius-Adrian, Pui Aurel, Al-doped SrTiO3's secrets in structure, morphology, and electronic contributions for enhanced photocatalytic O2 evolution from water splitting, trimis spre publicare Chemistry of Materials (2023)
5. In-operando XPS investigation on enhanced charge transfer and lattice oxygen oxidation in aliovalent doped and δ-FeOOH surface decorated of Al3%:SrTiO3 perovskite photocatalyst, trimis spre publicare Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2023).

Book chapters:
1. Compensation and screening of ferroelectricity in perovskite oxides, D.G. Popescu, M. Husanu, Perovskites: Ceramics, Editors: J.L. Clabel H. and V.A.G. Rivera, Elsevier 2022, ISBN: 9780323905862
2. Polaronic effects in perovskite oxides, M. Husanu, D.G. Popescu, Perovskites: Ceramics, Editors: J.L. Clabel H. and V.A.G. Rivera, Elsevier,2022, ISBN: 9780323905862
3. C. Chirila, A.G. Boni, L.D. Filip, M. Botea, D. Popescu, V. Stancu, L. Trupina, L. Hrib, R. Negrea, I. Pintilie, L. Pintilie, Epitaxial ferroelectric thin films -Potential for new applications, book Pulsed Laser Processing Materials, IntechOpen 2024, ISBN: 978-0-85466-611-9
4. D.G. Popescu, Fundamental and functional perspective of ferroelectric BaTiO3 from an electron spectroscopy perspective, book Nanocomposites - Properties, Preparations and Applications, IntechOpen 2024, ISBN: 978-0-85014-082-8

Patent Requests:
1. D.G. Popescu, M.A. Husanu, 2D Photonic Crystal in Ge Matrix, A/00668 - 2022
2. M.A. Husanu, D.G. Popescu, C. Chirila, C. Besleaga-Stan, Tranzistor cu efect de câmp din oxizi, operat printr-un dublu strat electronic dublu și metodă de realizare, A 2023 00775

International conferences:
1. D.G. Popescu, M.A. Husanu, Experimental band structure of ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 and what can we learn from it, EMRS Spring, Strasbourg, France, May 29 – July 2 (2023) – oral presentation;
2. M.A. Husanu, D.G. Popescu, L.D. Filip, L.M. Hrib, L. Pintilie, C.M. Teodorescu, V.N. Strocov, Impact of ferroelectricity on the electron-phonon coupling at oxide interfaces, EMRS Spring, Strasbourg, France, May 29 – July 2 (2023) – oral presentation;
3. D.G. Popescu, L.D. Filip, C. Chirila, L. Hrib, M.A. Husanu, Bulk band splitting due to spin-orbit interaction in ferroelectric oxides, Topological Matter, Athens, Greece, March 28 - 31 (2023)
4. M.A. Husanu, A.C. Iancu, R.M. Costescu, D.G. Popescu, Bulk and surface – related nature of Ge(111) spin-orbit split bands, Topological Matter, Athens, Greece, March 28 - 31 (2023)
5. D.G. Popescu, L. Borcan, A. Iancu, A. Rostas, C. Ruxandra, V. Strocov, M.A. Husanu, Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Ni-doped Ge interface, The 7th International Colloquium „Physics of Materials”, Bucharest, Romania, November 10 - 11 (2022)
6. M.A. Husanu, A. Iancu, D. G. Popescu, C. Chirila, C. M. Teodorescu, Orbital character of two dimensional electron gas at an oxide interface, The 7th International Colloquium „Physics of Materials”, Bucharest, Romania, November 10 - 11 (2022)
7. D.G. Popescu, M.A. Husanu, R. Costescu, L. Borcan, Rashba coupling in metallic states at the metal/semiconductor interface, 20th International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics and Materials Science, Constanta, Romania, July 12-15 (2022)
8. M.A. Husanu, V. N. Strocov, D.G. Popescu, Modified occupancy of the orbitals at the conducting interface LaAlO3/SrTiO3, 20th International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics and Materials Science, Constanta, Romania, July 12-15 (2022)
9. D.G. Popescu, M.A. Husanu, C. Chirila, L. Pintilie, C.M. Teodorescu, Impact on Ferroelectricity and Band Alignment of Gradually Grown metal on BaTiO3, International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 24-29 (2022)
10. D.G. Popescu, L.D. Filip, C.I. Bucur, C. Chirila, L. Pintilie, T. Schmitt, C.M. Teodorescu, M.A. Husanu, V.N. Strocov, Stabilization mechanisms of opposed ferroelectric states, International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 24-29 (2022)
11. Speaker la "Empowering Women - Challenges and Opportunities" March 2023
12. D.G. Popescu, European XFEL Users’ Meeting - Workshop: Grazing-incidence X-ray experiments using FELs; DESY Photon Science Users' Meeting, In situ energy-dispersive XRD and imaging on materials; High Energy X-ray Diffraction for Physics and Chemistry, Hamburg, Germany, January 22-24 (2024)
13. M.A. Husanu, D.G. Popescu, P.C. Constantinou, L.D. Filip, L. Trupina, C.I. Bucur, I. Pasuk, C. Chirila, L.M. Hrib, V. Stancu, L. Pintilie, R. Negrea, M.C. Istrate, L. Lev, T. Schmitt, C.M. Teodorescu, V.N. Strocov, Intrinsic electronic structure of oxide surfaces and interfaces from angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, 10th International Conference on Advanced Materials, July 15-18 (2024) – prezentare orala;
14. D.G. Popescu, M.A. Husanu, I. Radu, A.I. Borhan, D. Ghercă, C.N. Borca, T. Huthwelker, G. Bulai, G. Stoian, A. Pui, Al-doped SrTiO3 photocatalyst with increased performance, EMRS Spring, Strasbourg, France, May 29 – July 2 (2023);
15. L.E. Borcan, A.C. Iancu, D.G. Popescu, N.G. Apostol, A. Nicolaev, R.M. Costescu, M.A. Husanu, G.A. Lungu, C.F. Chirilă, C.A. Tache, C.M. Teodorescu, Surface Magnerism of Pt(001) and SrTiO3(001) investigated by spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, TIM24 International Physics Conference, May 30 – July 1 (2024) – prezentare orala;

Dr. Ing. Dana Popescu

Scientific Researcher II
National Institute of Materials Physics
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