Maria Zaharescu
| Name | Maria Zaharescu |
| Work Groups |
Work Group 1 - Synthesis Work Group 2 - Characterisation |
| Laboratory | Oxide Materials Science |
| Organisation | Ilie Murgulescu Institute of Physical Chesmistry of the Romanian Academy |
| Website | http://www.icf.ro |
| Areas of Research | physical chemistry of oxide systems, innovative methods of preparation |
| Research Keywords | oxides, sol-gel, solution preparation, structural characterization |
| Areas of Future Interest | structure-morphology-properties correlations of nanostructured oxide materials |
Selected Publications:
- C. Anastasescu, M. Anastasescu, V.S. Teodorescu, M. Gartner, M. Zaharescu, SiO2 nanospheres and tubes obtained by sol-gel method, J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 356, 2634-2640 (2010)
- C.Anastasescu, M.Zaharescu, I.Balint, Unexpected Photocatalytic Activity of Simple and Platinum Modified Tubular SiO2 for the Oxidation of Oxalic Acid to CO2, Catal.Lett., 132, 81-86 (2009)
- M.Zaharescu, A.Wittmar, V.Teodorescu, C.Andronescu, M.Wittmar, M.Veith, TiO2¬CeO2 Nanometric Powders Prepared by Sol¬Gel Method, Z.Anorg.Allg.Chem., 635, 1915-1924 (2009)
- A.Barău, V.Budarin, A.Caraghirghopol, R.Luque, D.J.Macquire, A.Prelle, V.S.Teodorescu, M.Zaharescu, A simple and efficient route to active and dispersed silica supported palladium nanoparticles, Catal.Lett., 124, 204-214 (2008)
- J.Tardy, M.Erouel, A.L.Deman, A.Gagnaire, V.S.Teodorescu, M.G.Blanchin, B.Canut, A. Barău, M. Zaharescu, Organic Thin Films Transistors With HfO2 High-k Gate Dielectric Grown by Anodic Oxidation or Deposited by Sol-Gel, Micoelectronics and Reliability, 47, 372-377 (2007)
Brief CV
EDUCATION:
Faculty of Chemistry, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1954-1959
Ph.D, Institute of Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, 1966-1971
SPECIALISATIONS;
1973 - Institute of Silicates Chemistry Leningrad, Soviet Union
1974 - Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
POSITIONS
1959-1964: Carbochim Factory, Cluj-Napoca
1964-1969: researcher, Center of Inorganic Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest
1969-1971: researcher, Center of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy
1971 - 1990: senior researcher, Head of Laboratory, Center of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy
1990 - present: senior researcher, Head of Laboratory, Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy
2001 - present: Corresponding member of the Romanian Academy
2006 - 2009: Coordinator of the Chemical Science Section of the Romanian Academy,
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:
386 scientific published papers of which 252 in referred journals and 134 in proceedings of conferences
3 book chapters, published in Editura Academiei, Romania
co-editor of 2 books published in Editura Academiei, Romania
3 patents
3 applied tehnological processes
TEACHING:
1990 - present: PhD supervisor - specialty of Physical Chemistry at "Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy and at University of Bucharest
35 doctoral students enrroled between 1990-2009, 17 doctoral students have obtained their Ph.D. in the period 1997-2008
1993-1999: teaching at the University "Politehnica" Bucharest, Romania
2004-2006: teaching at the University of Bucharest, Romania
1995-2009: member of international doctoral commissions: France (2) South Africa (1)
RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST:
Physical Chemistry of oxide systems (reaction mechanisms, thermal phase equilibrium, correlation structure-properties)
Sol-Gel Science, topic initiated in Romania by her research (sol-gel chemistry, the structure of oxide materials from gel phase, films, powders, membranes, hybrid inorganic-organic nanocomposites, oxide nanotubes)
Oxide materials with special properties (magnetic, optical and electrical)
Vitreous oxide systems with special properties (chemical and thermal resistant, emails)