Promoting smart specialization at the Technical University of Moldova by developing the field of Novel Nanomaterials for BioMedical Applications through excellence in research and twinning

Deliverables

Documents, reports (5)

Report on the first Summer School

Report on organization of the first Summer School, including agenda, training materials (presentation handouts, practical exercises), organisation of the event and summer school evaluation.

Knowledge map with links between NCMST and other relevant national, European and international organisations.

Knowledge map with links between NCMST and other relevant national, European and international organisations.

Coordinator's peer-reviewed publications during the 3 years prior to project

"Introducing in the Continuous Reporting Tool coordinator's peer-reviewed publications during the 3 years prior to project by end of Month 2, to facilitate the adequate application of the Widening KPI: ""Evolution of the publications in high impact journals in the relevant research fields""."

Updated Dissemination and Exploitation Plan and project website

Updated Dissemination and Exploitation Plan, including the project Web-Site: (Continually Updated: A skeleton web site will be up and running in M3).

Project Handbook

The Project Handbook describes formal procedures to assist in the management of the project.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (38)

Hierarchical Aerographite 3D flexible networks hybridized by InP micro/nanostructures for strain sensor applications

Author(s): Irina Plesco, Julian Strobel, Fabian Schütt, Cameliu Himcinschi, Nabiha Ben Sedrine, Teresa Monteiro, Maria Rosário Correia, Leonid Gorceac, Boris Cinic, Veaceslav Ursaki, Janik Marx, Bodo Fiedler, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Scientific Reports, 8/1, 2018, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32005-0

Ultrafast third-order optical nonlinearity in SnS 2 layered compound for photonic applications

Author(s): Adrian Petris, Petronela S. Gheorghe, Valentin I. Vlad, Emil Rusu, Veaceslav V. Ursaki, Ion M. Tiginyanu
Published in: Optical Materials, 76, 2018, Page(s) 69-74, ISSN 0925-3467
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2017.12.023

A SnS 2 -based photomemristor driven by sun

Author(s): Mircea Dragoman, Mihail Batiri, Adrian Dinescu, Vladimir Ciobanu, Emil Rusu, Daniela Dragoman, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Journal of Applied Physics, 123/2, 2018, Page(s) 024506, ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/1.5001275

Properties of a single SnO 2 :Zn 2 SnO 4 – Functionalized nanowire based nanosensor

Author(s): Oleg Lupan, Niklas Wolff, Vasile Postica, Tudor Braniste, Ingo Paulowicz, Viktor Hrkac, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Ion Tiginyanu, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung
Published in: Ceramics International, 44/5, 2018, Page(s) 4859-4867, ISSN 0272-8842
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.12.075

Size-dependent UV and gas sensing response of individual Fe 2 O 3 -ZnO:Fe micro- and nanowire based devices

Author(s): Jorit Gröttrup, Vasile Postica, Nicolai Ababii, Oleg Lupan, Christiane Zamponi, Dirk Meyners, Yogendra K. Mishra, Victor Sontea, Ion Tiginyanu, Rainer Adelung
Published in: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 701, 2017, Page(s) 920-925, ISSN 0925-8388
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.12.346

The interference of birefractive waves in ZnAl2Se4:Co2+ crystal

Author(s): N.N. Syrbu, V.V. Zalamai, A. Tiron, I.M. Tiginyanu
Published in: Physica B: Condensed Matter, 487, 2016, Page(s) 61-67, ISSN 0921-4526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2016.01.031

Light-Induced Motion of Microengines Based on Microarrays of TiO 2 Nanotubes

Author(s): Mihail Enachi, Maria Guix, Vitalie Postolache, Vladimir Ciobanu, Vladimir M. Fomin, Oliver G. Schmidt, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Small, 12/39, 2016, Page(s) 5497-5505, ISSN 1613-6810
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201601680

Synthesis, characterization and DFT studies of zinc-doped copper oxide nanocrystals for gas sensing applications

Author(s): V. Cretu, V. Postica, A. K. Mishra, M. Hoppe, I. Tiginyanu, Y. K. Mishra, L. Chow, Nora H. de Leeuw, R. Adelung, O. Lupan
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4/17, 2016, Page(s) 6527-6539, ISSN 2050-7488
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c6ta01355d

Multilayer porous structures of HVPE and MOCVD grown GaN for photonic applications

Author(s): T. Braniste, Joachim Ciers, Ed. Monaico, D. Martin, J.-F. Carlin, V.V. Ursaki, V.V. Sergentu, I.M. Tiginyanu, N. Grandjean
Published in: Superlattices and Microstructures, 102, 2017, Page(s) 221-234, ISSN 0749-6036
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2016.12.041

ZnAl 2 O 4 -Functionalized Zinc Oxide Microstructures for Highly Selective Hydrogen Gas Sensing Applications

Author(s): Mathias Hoppe, Oleg Lupan, Vasile Postica, Niklas Wolff, Viola Duppel, Lorenz Kienle, Ion Tiginyanu, Rainer Adelung
Published in: physica status solidi (a), 215/7, 2018, Page(s) 1700772, ISSN 1862-6300
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201700772

Hybridization of Zinc Oxide Tetrapods for Selective Gas Sensing Applications

Author(s): O. Lupan, V. Postica, J. Gröttrup, A. K. Mishra, N. H. de Leeuw, J. F. C. Carreira, J. Rodrigues, N. Ben Sedrine, M. R. Correia, T. Monteiro, V. Cretu, I. Tiginyanu, D. Smazna, Y. K. Mishra, R. Adelung
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9/4, 2017, Page(s) 4084-4099, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11337

Influence of CuO nanostructures morphology on hydrogen gas sensing performances

Author(s): O. Lupan, V. Postica, N. Ababii, M. Hoppe, V. Cretu, I. Tiginyanu, V. Sontea, Th. Pauporté, B. Viana, R. Adelung
Published in: Microelectronic Engineering, 164, 2016, Page(s) 63-70, ISSN 0167-9317
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2016.07.008

Multifunctional device based on ZnO:Fe nanostructured films with enhanced UV and ultra-fast ethanol vapour sensing

Author(s): Vasile Postica, Iris Hölken, Viktor Schneider, Victor Kaidas, Oleksandr Polonskyi, Vasilii Cretu, Ion Tiginyanu, Franz Faupel, Rainer Adelung, Oleg Lupan
Published in: Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 49, 2016, Page(s) 20-33, ISSN 1369-8001
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2016.03.024

Targeting Endothelial Cells with Multifunctional GaN/Fe Nanoparticles

Author(s): Tudor Braniste, Ion Tiginyanu, Tibor Horvath, Simion Raevschi, Birgit Andrée, Serghei Cebotari, Erin C. Boyle, Axel Haverich, Andres Hilfiker
Published in: Nanoscale Research Letters, 12/1, 2017, ISSN 1931-7573
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-2262-y

Strong light scattering and broadband (UV to IR) photoabsorption in stretchable 3D hybrid architectures based on Aerographite decorated by ZnO nanocrystallites

Author(s): Ion Tiginyanu, Lidia Ghimpu, Jorit Gröttrup, Vitalie Postolache, Matthias Mecklenburg, Marion A. Stevens-Kalceff, Veaceslav Ursaki, Nader Payami, Robert Feidenhansl, Karl Schulte, Rainer Adelung, Yogendra Kumar Mishra
Published in: Scientific Reports, 6/1, 2016, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/srep32913

Gold Electroplating as a Tool for Assessing the Conductivity of InP Nanostructures Fabricated by Anodic Etching of Crystalline Substrates

Author(s): E. V. Monaico, I. M. Tiginyanu, V. V. Ursaki, K. Nielsch, D. Balan, M. Prodana, M. Enachescu
Published in: Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164/4, 2017, Page(s) D179-D183, ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher: Electrochemical Society, Inc.
DOI: 10.1149/2.1071704jes

Learning mechanisms in memristor networks based on GaN nanomembranes

Author(s): Mircea Dragoman, Ion Tiginyanu, Daniela Dragoman, Adrian Dinescu, Tudor Braniste, Vladimir Ciobanu
Published in: Journal of Applied Physics, 124/15, 2018, Page(s) 152110, ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/1.5034765

Rapid switching and ultra-responsive nanosensors based on individual shell–core Ga 2 O 3 /GaN:O x @SnO 2 nanobelt with nanocrystalline shell in mixed phases

Author(s): Oleg Lupan, Tudor Braniste, Mao Deng, Lidia Ghimpu, Ingo Paulowicz, Yogendra K. Mishra, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 221, 2015, Page(s) 544-555, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.06.112

Silver-doped zinc oxide single nanowire multifunctional nanosensor with a significant enhancement in response

Author(s): Oleg Lupan, Vasilii Cretu, Vasile Postica, Mahdi Ahmadi, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Lee Chow, Ion Tiginyanu, Bruno Viana, Thierry Pauporté, Rainer Adelung
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 223, 2016, Page(s) 893-903, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.10.002

Enhanced ethanol vapour sensing performances of copper oxide nanocrystals with mixed phases

Author(s): Oleg Lupan, Vasilii Cretu, Vasile Postica, Nicolai Ababii, Oleksandr Polonskyi, Victor Kaidas, Fabian Schütt, Yogendra K. Mishra, Eduard Monaico, Ion Tiginyanu, Victor Sontea, Thomas Strunskus, Franz Faupel, Rainer Adelung
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 224, 2016, Page(s) 434-448, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.10.042

Flexible pressure sensor based on graphene aerogel microstructures functionalized with CdS nanocrystalline thin film

Author(s): Irina Plesco, Mircea Dragoman, Julian Strobel, Lidia Ghimpu, Fabian Schütt, Adrian Dinescu, Veaceslav Ursaki, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Superlattices and Microstructures, 117, 2018, Page(s) 418-422, ISSN 0749-6036
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2018.03.064

Self-Organized Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Architectures in Bulk GaN Generated by Spatial Modulation of Doping

Author(s): Ion Tiginyanu, Marion A. Stevens-Kalceff, Andrei Sarua, Tudor Braniste, Eduard Monaico, Veaceslav Popa, Hugo D. Andrade, James O. Thomas, Simion Raevschi, Karl Schulte, Rainer Adelung
Published in: ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 5/5, 2016, Page(s) P218-P227, ISSN 2162-8769
Publisher: Electrochemical Society, Inc.
DOI: 10.1149/2.0091605jss

Zinc oxide nanotetrapods with four different arm morphologies for versatile nanosensors

Author(s): Ingo Paulowicz, Vasile Postica, Oleg Lupan, Niklas Wolff, Sindu Shree, Ala Cojocaru, Mao Deng, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Ion Tiginyanu, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 262, 2018, Page(s) 425-435, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.01.206

Viability and proliferation of endothelial cells upon exposure to GaN nanoparticles

Author(s): Tudor Braniste, Ion Tiginyanu, Tibor Horvath, Simion Raevschi, Serghei Cebotari, Marco Lux, Axel Haverich, Andres Hilfiker
Published in: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 7, 2016, Page(s) 1330-1337, ISSN 2190-4286
Publisher: Beilstein-Institut Zur Forderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.124

Characterization of core/shell structures based on CdTe and GaAs nanocrystalline layers deposited on SnO 2 microwires

Author(s): L. Ghimpu, V.V. Ursaki, A. Pantazi, R. Mesterca, O. Brâncoveanu, Sindu Shree, R. Adelung, I.M. Tiginyanu, M. Enachescu
Published in: Superlattices and Microstructures, 116, 2018, Page(s) 64-70, ISSN 0749-6036
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2018.01.034

Ultra-lightweight pressure sensor based on graphene aerogel decorated with piezoelectric nanocrystalline films

Author(s): Mircea Dragoman, Lidia Ghimpu, Cosmin Obreja, Adrian Dinescu, Irina Plesco, Daniela Dragoman, Tudor Braniste, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Nanotechnology, 27/47, 2016, Page(s) 475203, ISSN 0957-4484
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/47/475203

Memristive GaN ultrathin suspended membrane array

Author(s): Mircea Dragoman, Ion Tiginyanu, Daniela Dragoman, Tudor Braniste, Vladimir Ciobanu
Published in: Nanotechnology, 27/29, 2016, Page(s) 295204, ISSN 0957-4484
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/29/295204

Possible coherent backscattering of lightwaves from a strongly absorbing nanoporous medium

Author(s): Sergey V Gaponenko, Eduard Monaico, Vladimir V Sergentu, Sergey Ya Prislopski, Ion M Tiginyanu
Published in: Journal of Optics, 20/7, 2018, Page(s) 075606, ISSN 2040-8978
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/aac841

Atomically thin semiconducting layers and nanomembranes: a review

Author(s): Mircea Dragoman, Daniela Dragoman, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Semiconductor Science and Technology, 32/3, 2017, Page(s) 033001, ISSN 0268-1242
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6641/aa5206

Anomalous retroreflection from nanoporous materials as backscattering by ‘dark’ and ‘bright’ modes

Author(s): V V Sergentu, S Ya Prislopski, E V Monaico, V V Ursaki, S V Gaponenko, I M Tiginyanu
Published in: Journal of Optics, 18/12, 2016, Page(s) 125008, ISSN 2040-8978
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/18/12/125008

Mott type electrical conductivity in ZnSxSe1-x thin films.

Author(s): M. Popa, I. Tiginyanu, V. Ursaki.
Published in: Romanian Journal of Physics, Vol. 62, no.1-2 (602), 2017, ISSN 0035-4090
Publisher: Academiei Romane

Advanced Hybrid GaN/ZnO Nanoarchitectured Microtubes for Fluorescent Micromotors Driven by UV Light

Author(s): Niklas Wolff, Vladimir Ciobanu, Mihail Enachi, Marius Kamp, Tudor Braniste, Viola Duppel, Sindu Shree, Simion Raevschi, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez, Rainer Adelung, Oliver G. Schmidt, Lorenz Kienle, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Small, 16/2, 2019, Page(s) 1905141, ISSN 1613-6810
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201905141

Modulation of Electrical Conductivity and Lattice Distortions in Bulk HVPE-Grown GaN

Author(s): Niklas Wolff, Philipp Jordt, Tudor Braniste, Veaceslav Popa, Eduard Monaico, Veaceslav Ursaki, Adrian Petraru, Rainer Adelung, Bridget M. Murphy, Lorenz Kienle, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 8/8, 2019, Page(s) Q141-Q146, ISSN 2162-8769
Publisher: Electrochemical Society, Inc.
DOI: 10.1149/2.0041908jss

Terahertz shielding properties of aero-GaN

Author(s): Tudor Braniste, Sergey Zhukov, Mircea Dragoman, Liudmila Alyabyeva, Vladimir Ciobanu, Martino Aldrigo, Daniela Dragoman, Sergiu Iordanescu, Sindu Shree, Simion Raevschi, Rainer Adelung, Boris Gorshunov, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Semiconductor Science and Technology, 34/12, 2019, Page(s) 12LT02, ISSN 0268-1242
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6641/ab4e58

Mesenchymal stem cells proliferation and remote manipulation upon exposure to magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles

Author(s): Tudor Braniste, Vitalie Cobzac, Polina Ababii, Irina Plesco, Simion Raevschi, Alexandru Didencu, Mihail Maniuc, Viorel Nacu, Ion Ababii, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Biotechnology Reports, 25, 2020, Page(s) e00435, ISSN 2215-017X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00435

Electromagnetic interference shielding in X-band with aero-GaN

Author(s): Mircea Dragoman, Tudor Braniste, Sergiu Iordanescu, Martino Aldrigo, Simion Raevschi, Sindu Shree, Rainer Adelung, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: Nanotechnology, 30/34, 2019, Page(s) 34LT01, ISSN 0957-4484
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab2023

Sensing up to 40 atm Using Pressure‐Sensitive Aero‐GaN

Author(s): Mircea Dragoman, Vladimir Ciobanu, Sindu Shree, Daniela Dragoman, Tudor Braniste, Simion Raevschi, Adrian Dinescu, Andrei Sarua, Yogendra K. Mishra, Nicola Pugno, Rainer Adelung, Ion Tiginyanu
Published in: physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters, 13/6, 2019, Page(s) 1900012, ISSN 1862-6254
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201900012

Self-organized and self-propelled aero-GaN with dual hydrophilic-hydrophobic behaviour

Author(s): Ion Tiginyanu, Tudor Braniste, Daria Smazna, Mao Deng, Fabian Schütt, Arnim Schuchardt, Marion A. Stevens-Kalceff, Simion Raevschi, Ulrich Schürmann, Lorenz Kienle, Nicola M. Pugno, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Rainer Adelung
Published in: Nano Energy, 56, 2019, Page(s) 759-769, ISSN 2211-2855
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.11.049