NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NON-FERROUS AND RARE METALS

102 BIRUINTEI Blvd., Pantelimon, Jud. ILFOV, ROMANIA C.P. 077145

TEL / FAX +(4021) 2552692;

IMNR

Total no. of employees: 100

Departments: Research, Technology Transfer and Microproduction

Research department:New and modernised metallurgical technologies and environmental protectionNew and advanced materialsChemical analysis and microstructural characterisation

•Dr. Radu Robert Piticescu – Senior Researcher, PhD in Materials Science, Head of the Group•Dr. Roxana Mioara Piticescu –Senior Researcher, PhD in Applied Physical Chemistry•Bogdanescu Cristian – Senior Researcher•Paul Stanciu – Senior Rresearcher•Adrian Mihail Motoc – PhD candidate in Materials Science•Madalina Laura Popescu-PhD candidate in Physical Chemstry and Electrochemistry•Florica Casu and Constantin Stoian - tehnicians

Nano-structured Materials Group

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Center of excellence

The Nanoceramic Group participated as a member of Romanian Network of excellence in Nano-bio-technologies (CENOBITE).Partners:National Institute for Microtechnologies-coordinator www.imt.roNational Institute for Laser Physics, Plasma and RadiationCenter for Medical-Military Scientific ResearchUniveristy of Bucharest, Faculty of BiologyR&D Chemical-Pharmaceutical National Institute Institute for Microbiology of the Romanian Academy“Petru Poni” Institute of the Romanian Academy, Iasi

Main equipment

Continuous laboratory plant for coprecipitation and sol-gel reactions:

-glass reactor with mechanical stirrer 30-50 L Duran / Germany and Kavalier / Czeck Republic

-centrifugal separator MLW –S25 Germany

Main equipment

High pressure laboratory hydrothermal/electrochemical system (UNIQUE IN EUROPE):

Autoclave with deposition electrode, counter electrode and refference electrode, capacity 2.2 L, 300oC, digital temperature control, CORTEST, USA-2000

Potentiostat/Galvanostat VOLTALAB PGZ 100, computer controlled, voltamaster 4 SOFT, RADIOMETER, France-2000

Main equipment Laboratory furnace: 1700-

1800oC,chamber furnace, RHF 17/3E, CARBOLITE, UK-2000 (left); Vacuum

sintering furnace, 2000oC, DEGUSSA, Germany

Other existing research equipments: - continuous counter current

hydrogen furnace, 1100oC, Germany -     powder omogenizer, TURBULLA -  ball milling, PASCALL Model no.9 - digital pH-meters -  hydraulic presses

Main characterization facilities

ICP spectrometer,SPECTROFLAME Germany DERIVATOGRAPH-C,MOM, HUNGARY Gas analyzer in solid samples, LECO NT

15, Germany SEM TESLA BS 3, Czech Republic Optical microscop, EPIQUANT,

Germany XR difractometer

Main research activities Wet chemical synthesis of nanocrystalline ceramic powders

(co-precipitation, sol-gel colloidal from inorganic precursors, hydrothermal)

Chemical synthesis of hybrid inorganic-organic nanomaterials by in-situ functionalisation

Synthesis of core/shell structured powders Development of chemical processing for thin/thick

nanocrystalline ceramic films: hydrothermal /electrodeposition processes

Processing of ceramic and composite powders Synthesis of ceramic powders for coatings Fundamental studies on the mechanisms and kinetics of the

synthesis processes. Synthesis of ceramic matrix composite nanomaterials

Some important achievements Hydrothermal synthesis processes for high

purity, YSZ and YTZP zirconia nanopowders for sensors and fuel cells

Sol-gel colloidal and hydrothermal synthesis processes of doped BaTiO3 ultra disperse ceramic powders

Synthesis of Pb(La,SnZT doped ultradisperse powders

Thin nanostructured doped PZT films by hydrothermal/electrodeposition methods

Sol-gel colloidal synthesis of Al2O3–ZrO2 Synthesis of core/shell structured metal /

ceramic powders for coatings Hydrothermal synthesis of pure and zirconia-

doped hydroxy-apatite(HAP) powders Hydrothermal synthesis of hybrid HAP-polymer

nanocomposites

Important international cooperation contracts

NATO SfP 974054 “Zirconia Nanomaterials” PHARE TTQM (BaTiO3 PTCR materials) European Network “Polar Electronic Ceramics”

(POLECER) European Project GRD1-99-1-1008V-1

“Microscale fabrication of functionally graded materials”

European Project CRAFT on core/shell structured metal/ceramic composites “Metmicoated”

Other international co-operation activities

COST D30 Workgroup High Pressure Synthesis of Nanomaterials (Roxana and Radu Piticescu members in Management committee)

Joint Organisation of the Symposium G from E-MRS Fall Meeting, september 2004, Warsaw (Radu Piticescu member in the organising committee, Roxana Piticescu in the Scientific Committee)

Participation in FP6 Project Infrastructure SOLFACE at CNRS-IMP Odeillo, France (IMNR and UNIPRESS Warsaw)

ECO-NET project financed by EGIDE, FRANCE “Modelling and verification of electrochemical and electronic properties of multifunctional nanomaterials” (IMNR, UNIPRSS Warsaw and Univ. Riga, Latvia (2005-2006)

- Financed actions: reciprocal visits, PhD thesis in co-tutelle, partial co-financing of E-MRS Fall Meeting Warsaw 2005 and Romanian Conference on Advanced Materials, Bucharest 2006

New Joint Project Proposal

Proposed title: Modelling Interfacial Phenomena in Hybrid multifunctional nanomaterials

NMP 3 Topic: 3.4.2.1 Interfacial phenomena in materials

Coordinator: Technical University of Dwelft, Netherlands

Description: Elaborate models for descrbing the bridging and electronic properties in hybrid ceramic-polymer nanocomposites and experimental verification for application in solar cells and electronic devices

Expected expertise (partners): Special processing methods of hybrid materials, structural characterisation, photoluminescence, electronic properties

Materials: ZnO, ZrO2, titanates…with polymers

New Joint Project Proposals

3.4.2.2 Multifunctional Ceramic thin films with radically new properties-STREP

Expected expertise (partners): RTD performers, SMEs and big enterprises with other techniques for thin films deposition, structural characterisation, application in microelectronics and sensors

- 3.4.5.1 Basic materials and Industrial process research on functional materials for fuel cells-STREP

Expected expertise (partners): RTD performers and big enterpirse interested in application of new nanostructured materials for SOFCs based on the expertise from NATO SfP 974054 Zirconia Nanomaterials

Other possibilities offered by Center of Technological Transfer for Advanced Materials

Identify market requirements for new technologies, services and products in the field of advanced biocompatible and smart metallic, ceramic and composite materials;

Consultancy and expertise in the field of advanced materials;

Participation in elaboration of prognoses in the field; Encouraging specialized studies for students, masters, PhD

students; Consultancy for SMEs and companies in the elaboration

and participation in national and European R&D projects; Support for SMEs in implementation of European standards

for materials

Strategic proposals for improvement of cooperation between Romanian and Polish Research Institution

Elaboration of a Concerted Action within NMP call 3.4.2.2 Technologies associated with the production, transformation and processing of knowledgebased multifunctional materials(we support the proposal of Prof. W. Lojkowski)

New COST HYNAMAT Action to be launched in April 28-29 at COST Technical Meeting, Oslo, NOrway- toward a FP7 Technological Platform on Advanced materials and processing for biosensors???

CONTACT PERSONS (please visit also www.imnr.ro):

Dr.Teodor Velea, General Director e-mail : tvelea@imnr.ro Dr. Radu Piticescu, Lab. Head, e-mail :

rpiticescu@imnr.ro Dr.Roxana Mioara Piticescu e-mail :

roxana@imnr.ro Phone/fax : 0040-21-2552692  Address: 102 Biruintei Blvd., Pantelimon-Bucharest,

Romania