Research group
Materials Chemistry
Contact
Professor Aurelia Vasile
Tel: +40 232 201314+40 232 201314
Fax: + 40 232 201313
e-mail: aurelia@uaic.ro
Areas of research
- Nano - and biomaterials: synthesis, characterization and use in photocatalysis / environmental protection.
- Oxidic nanoporous, ordered materials for use in adsorption (photo)catalysis, sensors and ionic exchange.
- Mesoporous carbon materials: synthesis, characterization and applications;
- Mesoporous silica nanocomposites as drug delivery systems;
-Innovative topical formulations for skin-directed therapy of Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma.
Infrastructure
Spectrophotometer UV-VIS, Schimadzu UV-24101PC, equipped with diffuse reflectance accessories for solid and liquid analysis;
Quantachrome NOVA 2200e Instrument & Pore Size Surface Area Analyzer;
Spectrometer AAS model ContrAA 300, Analytikjena;
TOC analysis device Analytikjena;
Sonics Vibra cell ultrasonic device CV33 (High Intensity ultrasonic liquid Processors);
UV-VIS device for liquid SPECTRO SC (Single Beam Spectrophotometer);
Calcination oven (up to 1100);
Pyrolisis oven with controlled atmosphere;
Photocatalysis reactor (UV and visibil );
Water purificator PureLab Option, ELGA;
Drying stove with controlled atmosphere, LabTech;
Ultratermostating Device with stirring Heidolph MR Standard up to 300 °C, 1400 rpm;
Centrifuge working up to 4000 rpm;
Analytical balance.
Publications
1. Alina Maria Tomoiaga, Bogdan Ionel Cioroiu, Valentin Nica, Aurelia Vasile, Investigations on nanoconfinement of low-molecular antineoplastic agents into biocompatible magnetic matrices for drug targeting, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Volume 111, 1 November 2013, Pages 52-59.
2. Aurelia Vasile, Alina Maria Busuioc-Tomoiaga, A new route for the synthesis of titanium silicalite-1, Materials Research Bulletin, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages, 35-41.
3. Irina Ursachi, Alexandru Stancu, Aurelia Vasile, Magnetic α-Fe2O3/MCM-41 nanocomposites: Preparation, characterization, and catalytic activity for methylene blue degradation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 377, Issue 1, 1 July 2012, Pages 184-190.
4. Irina Ursachi, Aurelia Vasile, Adelina Ianculescu, Eugeniu Vasile, Alexandru Stancu Ultrasonic-assisted synthesis and magnetic studies of iron oxide/MCM-41 nanocomposite, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 130, Issue 3, 1 November 2011, Pages 1251-1259 .
5. Maria Alexandroaei, Maria Ignat, Ioan Gabriel Sandu, The Removal of the Pb2+ Ions from Solutions by a Hydroxyapatite Nanomaterial, Revista de Chimie, (Bucharest), 64, (10), 2013, p.1100-1105.
6. Neculai Cătălin Lungu, Maria Alexandroaei, Ion Sandu, Study of the Penicillin Dissipation in Aqueous Solution of Penicillinase with Attenuated Activity, Revista de Chimie, (Bucharest), Volume: 62 Issue: 8 Pages: 787-791,2011.
7. I. V. ASAFTEI, N. Bilba, I. Sandu, Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of Gallium-modified ZSM-5 (MFI) zeolites in n-heptane aromatization; Revista de Chimie, (Bucharest), 64, No. 5, 2013, p.509-515.
8. Iuliean Vasile Asaftei, Ion Sandu, Neculai Bilba, Gheorghe Iofcea, Conversion of butane-butylene mixtures over B(Al)-HZSM-5 catalyst prepared by impregnation technique, Revista de Chimie, (Bucharest), volume 63, No. 10, Pages 1035-1041, 2012.
9. Lucian Mihail Bârsă, Iuliean Vasile Asaftei, Solvatochromism of mesoionic iodo (1,3-dithiol- 2-ylium-4-yl) phenolates, Monath Chem, vol.139, Pages 1433-1438, 2008.
10. E.M. Seftel, P. Cool, D. Lutic Mg–Al and Zn–Fe layered double hydroxides used for organic species storage and controlled release, Mat. Sci. Eng. C 33 (2013) 5071–5078.
11. Doina Lutic, Cristina Coromelci-Pastravanu, Igor Cretescu, Ioannis Poulios, Catalina-Daniela Stan, Rhodamine 6G Removal in Wastewaters using Photoactive ZnO, International Journal of Photoenergy, 2012, Article ID 475131, 8 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/475131.
12. Doina Lutic, Michael Strand, Anita Lloyd Spetz, Kristina Buchholt,Eliana Ieva, Per-Olof Käll and Mehri Sanati, Catalytic properties of oxide nanoparticles applied in gas sensors, Topics in Catalysis, 45, 1-4, p.105, 2007.
13. Maria Ignat, Maria Alexandroaei, Neculai Cătălin Lungu, “The Removal of the Zn2+ Ions from Groundwater using Hydroxiapatite Nanoparticles”, Revista de Chimie, (Bucharest), 62, No.5, 2011.
14. M. Ignat, C.J. Van Oers, J. Vernimmen, M. Mertens, S. Potgieter-Vermaak, V. Meynen, E. Popovici, P. Cool, Textural property tuning of ordered mesoporous carbon obtained by glycerol conversion using SBA-15 silica as template, Carbon, 48, 5 (2010) 1609-1618.