THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL EDITION OF:

ROMANIAN CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED MATERIALS SEPTEMBER 11-14th, 2006, BUCHAREST-MAGURELE, ROMANIA

held under the auspices of European - Materials Research Society and Romanian Academy

PROGRAM

EDITURA UNIVERSITATII DIN BUCURESTI 2006

ROCAM 2006 – sections’ schedule -

SUNDAY 16:00-19:00 REGISTRATION (Central University Library "Carol I" / Bucharest) 19:00-21:00 WELCOME PARTY (Central University Library "Carol I" / Bucharest) Faculty of Physics / Magurele ROOM A ROOM B ROOM C ROOM D POSTER HALL

08:00-10:00 REGISTRATION 10:00-10:45 OPENING CEREMONY 10:45-12:15 AWARD 12:15-12:30 COFFEE BREAK 12:30-13:15 PLENARY LECTURE 13:15-15:00 LUNCH BREAK

PARALLEL SECTIONS 15:00-17:15 S1 S4 S3 S8

17:15-17:30 COFFEE BREAK

MONDAY

17:30-18:45 POSTER SESSION S3A, S4

PARALLEL SECTIONS 9:00-11:15 S1 S6 S7

11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30-12:15 PLENARY LECTURE

12:15-13:30 POSTER SESSION S1, S6, S7

13:30-15:00 LUNCH BREAK 15:00-17:00 ROUND TABLE 15:00-19:00 SOCIAL PROGRAM

TUESDAY

20:00-23:00 DINNER PARTY (Scientists' House / Bucharest) PARALLEL SECTIONS 9:00-11:15

S5 S1 S8

11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30-12:15 PLENARY LECTURE

12:15-13:30 POSTER SESSION S2, S5, S8

13:30-15:00 LUNCH BREAK PARALLEL SECTIONS 15:00-17:15

S5 S1 S3 S2

17:15-17:30 COFFEE BREAK

WEDNESDAY

17:30-18:45 POSTER SESSION S3B

PARALLEL SECTIONS 9:00-11:15 S3 S6 S2

11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30-12:15 PLENARY LECTURE

THURSDAY

12:15-13:30 CLOSING CEREMONY

MONDAY, SEPT. 11th 2006 Room Time TITLE AUTHORS pag

08:00:10:00 REGISTRATION A 10:00-10:45 OPENING CEREMONY A 10:45-12:15 Conferring of the Title “Profesor Honoris Causa” of the University of Bucharest to Michael Schieber 12:15-12:30 COFFEE BREAK

A PLENARY LECTURE CHALLENGES IN GROWTH OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS Tsuguo Fukuda, Dirk Ehrentraut, Akira Yoshikawa 13 LUNCH BREAK PARALLEL SECTIONS

A SECTION 1 15:00-15:30 Chemical, Thermodynamic and Strain Effects on the Alloy Composition in GaAsSb Films Grown via Metalorganic Vapor

Phase Epitaxy T. F. Kuech, A. A. Khandeka, J. Y. Yeh, L. J. Mawst, J. R. Meyer, I. Vurgaftman, and N. Tansu

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15:30-16:00 Materials Issues and Heterogeneous Integration for III-V and II-VI Compound Semiconductor Structures Mark Goorsky, Sumiko Hayashi, Atif Noori, and Calin Miclaus 24 16:00-16:30 InP p-TYPE EPITAXIAL LAYERS GROWN WITH THE ADDITION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FOR USE IN RADIATION

DETECTION J. Zavadil, O. Prochazkova and K. Zdansky 18

16:30-16:45 RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION IN InSe LAYERED CRYSTAL V.M. Katerynchuk, M.Z. Kovalyuk, M.V. Tovarnitskii 38 16:45-17:00 ARXPS investigations of GaAs C.C.Negrila, A.S.Manea, C.Logofatu, M. F.Lazarescu, 47 17:00-17:15 HIGH TEMPERATURE POINT DEFECT EQUILIBRIA IN CdTe<As> CRYSTALS P. Fochuk, Z. Zakharuk, Ye. Nykonyuk, Y. Obedzyns’ka, O. Panchuk 41

B SECTION 4 15:00-15:30 Electrospun Polymers for Controlled Release of Drugs, Vaccine Delivery, and System-on-Fibers A. Vaseashta and I. Stamatin 151 15:30-16:00 Fuel Cells, Advances in Research and Developmen Keith Scott, Ioan Stamatin 151 16:00-16:15 Radiation thermoluminescence investigation on structural modifications of polymers Silviu Jipa, Wilhelm Kappel, Traian Zaharescu, Diana Ilie, Sorin Ilie, Radu Setnescu 164 16:15-16:30 NANOPOWDERS FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS AND GAS SENSORS S. Somacescu, N. Cioatera, R. Ene, G. Telipan, M. Ignat and V.Parvulescu 166 16:30-16:45 Colloidal nanometals supported on carboN for PEMFC fuel cells Izabella Dascalu, G.A. Rimbub and Viorica Parvulescu 167 16:45-17:00 PREPARATION and CHARACTERISATION of the COMPOSITE MEMBRANE for PEMFC, BASED on INORGANIC ADDITIONS M.Urse, H.Chiriac, C. Scarlat 163 17:00-17:15 CONVERSATION OF MODIFIED COMMERCIAL POLYACRYLONITRILE FIBERS TO CARBON FIBERS R. Eslami Farsani, A. Shokuhfar and A. Sedghi 156

C SECTION 3 15:00-15:30 Investigating and Fabricating Nanoscale Ferroelectric Structures T.B. Adams, A. Schilling, X. Zhu, D.F. Byrne, R.M.Bowman, J.M. Gregg, G.

Catalan, F.D. Morrison, J.F. Scott 83

15:30-16:00 Strain Influence on Dielectric Properties of Li-Doped Ag(Nb,Ta)O3 Thin Films Matjaz Valant, Anna-Karin Axelsson, Bin Zou, Neil Alford 82 16:00-16:30 Defects Induced by Ionizing Radiations in AII-BVI Polycrystalline Thin Films Used as Solar Cell Materials S. Antohe, L. Ion, V. A. Antohe, M. Ghenescu, H. Alexandru 84 16:30-16:45 The ferroectric-electric characterization of PZT-PbS compozites V. Stancu , M. Buda, L. Pintilie, M. Popescu, F. Sava 99 16:45-17:00 ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE LEAKAGE CURRENT IN EPITAXIAL Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 THIN FILMS L. Pintilie, I. Vrejoiu, G. Le Rhun, D. Hesse, M. Alexe 121 17:00-17:15 Dielectric and Morphological Studies of BST Ferroelectric Ceramics A Ioachim, F. Vasiliu, M. I. Toacsăn, L. Nedelcu, M. G. Banciu, C. A Duţu, H.

V. Alexandru, G. Stoica 105

D SECTION 8 16:00-16:30 Nanocrystalline iron based-alloys E. Burzo 235 16:30-17:00 NANOSTRUCTURED MAGNETIC MATERIALS OBTAINED BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING/MILLING Viorel Pop, Ionel Chicinaş 135 17:15-17:30 COFFEE BREK 17:30-18:45 POSTER SESSION SECTION S3A CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL SILICON SURFACE A.I. Luchenko, M. M. Melnichenko, K.V. Svezhentsova 88

THE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF CdTe THIN FILMS FROM SnO2-CdS/CdTe-Ni SOLAR CELLS THERMALLY TREATED IN CdCl2 SOLUTION Iuliana Caraman, G.I. Rusu, L. Leontie 90

LOW FREQUENCY NOISE (1/f) IN THE “INTRINSIC OXIDE -p-InSe” HETEROSTRUCTURES S.I. Drapak, A.P. Bakhtinov, Z.D. Kovalyuk 90 ON THE MECHANISM OF ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN POLYCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM OXIDE THIN FILMS G. I. Rusu, Diana Mardare 97 On the Electronic Transport Properties of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Spin Coating M. Smirnov, C. Baban, G. I. Rusu 110 On the Sturctural and Optical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Deposited by Sputtering Technique I. I. Rusu, M. Caraman, C. Baban, D. I. Rusu 110 Photoconductivity transients in Li doped ZnO films A.R.Poghosyan, R.K.Hovsepyan, E.S. Vardanyan, V.G.Lazaryan 113 Photodetectors on the base of ZnO thin films N.R.Aghamalyan, R.K.Hovsepyan, A.R.Poghosyan, V.G.Lazaryan 114 TEM INVESTIGATION AND ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERNS OF SOLID SOLUTION OF Al2O3-Fe2O3 Camelia Oprea, Victor Ciupina, Gabriel Prodan 114 EFFECT OF HEAT TREATMENT ON THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOSTRUCTURED ZnSe THIN FILMS G.G.Rusu, M.Rusu 115 The influence of defects on the conduction in photoelectrodes used for water splitting A. Enesca, A. Duta, S. Manolache, J. Schoonman 117 SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAIC CURRENTS IN EPITAXIAL Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 THIN FILMS L. Pintilie, I. Vrejoiu, G. Le Rhun, D. Hesse, M. Alexe 122 ADHESIVE WAFER BONDING TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATION TO MANUFACTURE VERTICALLY COUPLED MICRO-

RING OPTICAL RESONATORS L. Pintilie, M. Alexe, V. Dragoi, G. Mittendorfer, C. Thanner, P. Lindner, M. Hamacher and H. Heidrich

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Properties of TiO2 thin films prepared by different techniques F.Ungureanu, R.Medianu, R.V.Ghita, C.Negrila, P.Ghita, A.S.Manea,M.F.Lazarescu

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Post-annealing effects on the structural properties and residual stress of Ta2O5 thin films deposited by ion beam sputtering S. G. Yoon, S. M. Kang, W. S. Jung and D. H. Yoon 128 OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FILMS BASED ON TITANIA V.V. Abramova, P.E. Khokhlov, A.S. Sinitskii, Yu.D. Tretyakov 130 Sol Gel Nanoporous ZnO Thin Films for Gas Sensing Applications Viorica Musat, Elvira Fortunato, Francisco Braz Fernandes and Rui Jorge

Cordeiro Silva 134

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MECHANICALLY MILLED ZnSe M. Dănilă, R. Rădoi, I. Licea, P. Fernández, J. Piqueras 136 HALL EFFECT IN LAYERED CRYSTALS WITH THE SCATTERING OF CHARGE CARRIERS BY PHONONS S.R.Figarova, V.R.Figarov, 140 TiO2 thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis deposition (SPD) and their photocatalytic activities Luminita Andronic, Anca Duta, Simona Manolache 141 PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE BLACK COOPER SOLAR ABSORBERS Mihaela VOINEA, Anca DUTA 142 IMPROVEMENT OF WCIP METHOD IN TIME DOMAIN FOR MICROWAVE PLANAR CIRCUITS Paul GASNER, Octavian RUSU, Ovidiu Gabriel AVADANII, Henri

BAUDRAND 144

RF MEMS TEST SWITCH STRUCTURE – COMPARISON BETWEEN SIMULATED AND MEASURED MECHANICAL PARAMETERS D. Vasilache, C. Tibeica, V. Moagar, A. Müller 147

Properties of TiO2 thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering Cornelia Sima, Wolfgang Waldhauser, Juergen Lackner, Markus Kahn, Ionut Nicolae, Cristian Viespe, Constantin Grigoriu

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Relaxation of electrical conductivity of porous Silicon Ana Ioanid and Adrian Dafinei 148 Iron/iron carbides/carbon core-shell nanostructures synthesized by laser pyrolysis V. Ciupina, G. Prodan F. Dumitrache, I. Morjan, R. Alexandrescu, E. Popovici,

I. Soare, L. Albu, R. Birjega, B. David, O. Schneeweiss 253

SECTION 4 An Experimental Study on air permeability and Tensile Strength of Electrospun Poly (Vinyl alcohol) Mats M. Nouri, A. Ghamghosar 155 SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF NEW FULLY AROMATIC POLY(ESTER-IMIDE)S DERIVED FROM 4-p-BIPHENYL-

2,6-BIS(4-TRIMELLITIMIDOPHENYL)PYRIDINE AND VARIOUS DIHYDROXY COMPOUNDS Hossein Behniafar, Ali Akbar Khaje mirzai, Ali Beit Saeed 155

PORPHYRIN ENCAPSULATION IN NANOSTRUCTURED HYDROGELS Silvia Patachia, Rodica Ion, Stefan Varga 157 Electrolytes influence on poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels used for pharmaceutical applications Silvia Patachia, Claudia Elena Baciu 158 Functionalization of silicon tips with HSA for molecular swelling AFM measurements M. Alderighi, M. Filimon, V. Ierardi, M. Allegrini, R. Solaro, E. Chsiellini 159 NEURAL NETWORK APPLIED TO MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Terin Adali, Ali Haydar 161 Mechanical behavior of Silicon Nitride ceramic composites with different type of carbon inclusions under concentrated load action O. Shikimaka, C. Balazsi, S. Dub, D. Grabco, V. Liedtke 162 PHOTODEGRADABILITY OF BIODEGRADABLE LDPE BASED COMPOSITES Cristiana Bercu, Zina Vuluga, Michaela Iorga, Dorel Florea, Simona Pop 163 Chemiluminescence study on the endurance of EVA under radiation and thermal degradation Silviu Jipa, Traian Zaharescu, Radu Setnescu, Wilhelm Kappel 165

Radiolysis effects on the electrical properties of polyolefin blends Traian Zaharescu, Florin Ciuprina, Silviu Jipa 165 DSC study on ethylene-propylene diene monomer/natural rubber blends Traian Zaharescu, Viorica Meltzer, Elena Pincu 166 ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON CARBON FOAMS SUPPORTED CATALYSTS FOR DMFC Adina Morozan, F. Nastase, S. Vulpe, Claudia Nastase, Anca Dumitru, and I.

Stamatin 168

NANOCARBON STRUCTURES FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE Anca Dumitru, Adina Morozan, F. Nastase, S. Vulpe, Claudia Nastase and I. Stamatin

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Pd-PAni/PAN COMPOSITE AS A SELECTIVE ALCOHOL SENSOR Claudia Nastase, F. Nastase, S. Vulpe, Adina Morozan, Anca Dumitru, and I. Stamatin

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ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR APPLICATION IN DMFC F. Nastase, Claudia Nastase, Adina Morozan, S. Vulpe, Anca Dumitru and I. Stamatin

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CARBON FOAMS DERIVED FROM POLYACRYLONITRILE S. Vulpe, Adina Morozan, Claudia Nastase, F. Nastase, Anca Dumitru and I. Stamatin

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INFLUENCE OF ACCELERATED AGING IN AQUEOUS MEDIA OF THE RANDOM PET-RUBBER COMPOSITES C. Vlăduţă, A. Duţă, I. Vişa, E.B. Fazakaş 171 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE STRAIN STRESS IN COMPOSITES BASED ON RUBBER AND PLASTICS RECYCLED E.B. Dobre, I. Vişa, A. Duţă, C. Vladuţă 171 The hydrogen absorption behaviour of melt spun ZrPd-based alloys A.D.Jianu, F.Tolea, B.Popescu, M.Sofronie, M.Valeanu, D.Lupu, A.R. Biris 172 Dielectrical relaxation dynamics and thermally stimulated depolarization current in polymers Minárik S., Labaš V., Berka M. 173 Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation of Derivatives of Pullulan Polysaccharide Thin Films for Controlled Drug Release

Systems R. Cristescu, E. Axente, S. Grigorescu, A. Moldovan, D.E. Mihaiescu, M. Albulescu, T. Buruiana, I. Stamatin, I.N. Mihailescu, D.B. Chrisey

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PROTON CONDUCTING POLYMERS AS ELECTROLYTE FOR FUEL CELL Daniela Stoenescu, Vasile Stanciu, Ioan Stefanescu, Adina Morozan, Silviu Vulpe, Ioan Stamatin, Maria Urse, Neculai Apetroaei

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ADVANCED MATERIALS USED AS ADSORPTION MEDIA Violeta. Niculescu, Felicia Bucura, M. Constantinescu, Claudia Sisu 174 TUESDAY, SEPT. 12th 2006

Room Time TITLE AUTHORS pag PARALLEL SECTIONS

A SECTION 1 09:00-09:30 Growth of single crystals of selected cuprates by the optical Floating Zone Technique Hanna A. Dabkowska 19 09:30-10:00 GROWTH OF RARE-EARTH VANADATE SINGLE CRYSTALS BY SHAPED GROWTH TECHNIQUE: CHALLENGES AND

OPPORTUNITIES V. Kochurikhin, T. Fukuda 17

10:00-10:30 Crystal growth of the rare-earth doped LiNbO3 fiber single crystal for optical applications D. H. Yoon 17 10:30-10:45 CHARACTERIZATION OF ZnTe HOMO-EPITAXIAL LAYER BY MEANS OF SYNCHROTRON X-RAY TOPOGRAPY K. Mizuno, H. Okamoto, P. Prete and N. Lovergine 42 10:45-11:00 GROWTH KINETICS OF THE {100} FACES OF DKDP CRYSTALS IN DEPENDENCE ON TEMPERATURE OF SOLUTION

AND CONCENTRATION OF Fe3+ D.A. Vorontsov, V.P. Ershov, V.N. Portnov, E.V. Chuprunov 34

11:00-11:15 Comparative study of spectroscopic behavior of Nd3+ in magnetoplumbite type laser crystals C. Gheorghe, A. Lupei, V. Lupei, L. Gheorghe, A. Achim, D. Vivien, G. Aka 33 B SECTION 6 09:00-09:30 In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy: On moving dislocations and mobile grain boundaries Jeff T.M. De Hosson and Wouter Soer 204 09:30-10:00 SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF SUBSTITUTED KTaO3 Anna-Karin Axelsson, Yuya Pan, Bin Zou. Neil Alford 203 10:00-10:30 SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF SOME LEAD-PHOSPHATE GLASSES WITH TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM IONS O.Cozar, D. A. Magdas, I.Ardelean 203 10:30-10:45 SPECIAL GLASSES FOR IR APPLICATIONS J. Pedlikova, J. Zavadil, O. Prochazkova and D. Lezal 210 10:45-11:00 GUIDELINES TO ENHANCEMENT THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE OF LEAD CHALCOGENIDES Nicolae Popovich Ludmila Comerzan 207 11:00-11:15 CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES FOR DEVICE APPLICATION MODIFIED BY HIGH-ENERGY IRRADIATION T. Kavetskyy and O. Shpotyuk 213

C SECTION 7 09:00-09:30 Polycrystalline Boron Nitride Alpha and Neutron Detectors M. Schieber ,,A. Zuck , G. Marom, O. Khakhan , and Z.B.Alfassi 225

09:30-10:00 THERMODYNAMICS OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS Marius Stan 226 10:00-10:15 Corrosion of candidate materials for supercritical water cooled reactors Manuela Fulger 230 10:15-10:30 Structural Materials for Nuclear Reactors-Generation IV, Properties and Behavior Paula Cârlan 230 10:30-10:45 POINT DEFECTS AND OXYGEN DIFFUSION IN FLUORITE-TYPE OXIDES Petrica Cristea, Marius Stan, and Juan C. Ramirez 231 10:45-11:00 EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH CONCERNING THE CORROSION OF CANDU STEAM GENERATOR TUBING D. Lucan 232 11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

A PLENARY LECTURE 11:30-12:15 Concepts to revisit from AFM of inorganic and protein crystal growth in solutions A.A. Chernov, J.J.DeYoreo, C.A.Orme, L. N. Rashkovich 12 12:15-13:30 POSTER SESSION SECTION 1 TWO SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES IN Bi BICRYSTALS WITH LARGE CRYSTALLINE DISORIENTATION ANGLES F.M. Muntyanu, A.Gilewski, K. Nenkov, J.Warchulska, A. Zaleski, V.Chistol,

E. Monaico 29

THE INFLUENCE OF DEPOSITION CONDITION ON CRYSTAL GROWTH OF CuSbS2 THIN FILM ABSORBER USED FOR SOLID STATE SOLAR CELLS (SSSC) S.A. Manolache, A. Duţă, A. Enesca 29

KABO crystal growth by flux Bridgman method Shangke Pan, Jiayue Xu 30 STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOT-DIP GALVANIZING BY PRODUCTS G. Vourlias, N. Pistofidis, El. Pavlidou, G. Stergioudis, E.K. Polychroniadis 31 THE EFFECT OF TITANIUM, NICKEL AND BISMUTH ON THE CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF ZINC HOT-DIP

GALVANIZED COATINGS: RESULTS OF LABORATORY EXPOSURE N. Pistofidis, G. Vourlias, E. Pavlidou, A. Stergiou, G. Stergioudis, E.K. Polychroniadis

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TENSITY RESISTIVE EFFECT IN MONOCRYSTAL MICROWIRES OF PbTe DOPED BY Tl Zasavitsky E. 32 SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF NANOCRYSTALLINE GaN A.I. Motchanyy, А.A. Reu, V. S. Kovalenko, V. G. Balakirev 35 Growth and Optical Properties of Different Compositions of LiNbO3 Single Crystal Fibers Chi-Yung Chen, Jyh-Chen Chen and Chih-Ta Chia 36 Optical and photorefractive properties of lithium niobate crystals doped with Ru Chang-Hung Chiang, Jyh-Chen Chen, Chao-Hung Lin, and Jeng-Yang Chang 36 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF TOURMALINE SYNTHESIS IN HYDROTHETMAL SOLUTIONS T.V.Setkova, Yu.B.Shapovalov, V.S.Balitsky 37 Theoretical and experimental analysis of MgF2 crystal growth E.A.Garibin, A.A.Demidenko, I.A.Mironov, A.N.Vorob’ev, V.N.Vasiliev,

S.A.Chivilikhin 39

GLASSINESS AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN STRONGLY Pr-DOPED YBa2Cu3O7-d SINGLE CRYSTALS V. Sandu, P. Gyawali, T. Katuwal, and C. C. Almasan, B. J. Taylor, M. B. Maple 39 Equilibrium characteristics of CdTe crystals, codoped with Ge and Cl impurities Parfenyuk O.A., Ilashchuk M.I., Ulianitskyi K .S., Gavaleshko N. M. 40 Growth and characterization of dyes doped KDP crystals P. Kumaresan and S. Moorthy Babu 43 Effect of amino acids (L-Glutamic acid, L-Histidine, L-Valine) on the performance of KDP single crystals P.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu 44 Suppression of photorefraction in hafnium doped lithium niobate crystals R.K. Hovsepyan, A.R.Poghosyan, E.S.Vardanyan 45 AFM-OBSERVATION OF ELEMENTARY PROCESSES OF CRYSTAL GROWTH A.M. Askhabov, N. N. Piskunova 46 Ni3Al alloy: growth and structural characterisation A.S.Manea, C.C.Negrila, M.F.Lazarescu 48 Lithium deposition on high energy irradiated LiF crystals Silviu Polosan 48 MELT GROWTH OF PURE AND DOPED LEAD (II) HALIDE SINGLE CRYSTALS C. Neamţu, Al. Darabont 50 New crystalline composites of the layered perovskite type L. Chioaru, L. Bancu, I. Jitaru, G.Georgescu 51 Growth form of FeTa2O6 Nicolov Mirela 51 Study of defects created in potassium chloride crystals doped with zinc Elena Apostol, Monica Enculescu, S.Polosan, E. Vasile, V.Topa 52 Resonant x-ray emission spectroscopic study of LiTaO3 compounds A. M. Vlaicu, H. Yoshikawa, S. Takekawa, K. Kitamura, Y. Ito, 53 CRYSTAL ORDER IN Cu2S THIN FILMS OBTAINED BY SPRAY PYROLYSIS L. Isac, A. Duta, A. Kriza, M. Nanu, J. Schoonman 53 Some problems of metrology of oxygen defects in single crystal silicon F. Stanculescu 56 GROWTH CONDITIONS AND DIELECTRIC RELAXATION OF PURE TGS CRYSTALS H.V.Alexandru, A.Dutu 57 SECTION 6 The investigation by SHG method of some semiconductor surfaces C. Cotîrlan, Rodica.V. Ghita, C. Negrila, Florica Ungureanu, M. F. Lazarescu 208 Magnesium Doped (Zr0.8, Sn0.2)TiO4 Ceramics for Microwave Devices L. Nedelcu, A. Ioachim, M. I. Toacsăn, M. G. Banciu, C. A Duţu, F. Lifei, F. 210

Vasiliu, G. Stoica Structure and properties of SnSe2 amorphous films prepared by PLD and PED methods A. LŐRINCZI, F. SAVA, M. POPESCU, M. NISTOR, G. SOCOL, L. ION 211 Preparation of Dense (MgB2)0.95(SiC)0.05 bulk Superconductor by Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST) G. Aldica, P. Badica, J. R. Groza 212 Synthesis and properties of Nd-Sr manganites doped with In Mihail-Liviu Craus and Nicoleta Cornei 212 Dielectric Properties of Fe-Sb-S-I Chalcogenide Glasses I.O. Gúth, D.M. Petrović, M.V. Šiljegović and S.R. Lukić 214 INFLUENCE OF ANTIMONY ON THERMAL STABILITY OF BULK CHALCOGENIDES FROM SbxAs37-xS48I15 SYSTEM G.R. Štrbac, F. Skuban, S.R. Lukić, D.D. Štrbac 214 THE INFLUENCE OF LEAD CONTENT ON THE STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME SILICATE GLASSES Oana Cătălina Mocioiu, Maria Zaharescu 215 SCATTERING PROPERTIES OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL METAMATERIAL INVESTIGATED IN MICROWAVE RANGE M. G. Banciu si L. Nedelcu 215 Static Structure of Liquid K - Sb Alloys Using the MAEAM Potentials S. Senturk Dalgic, U. Domekeli 216 EFFECTIVE PAIR POTENTIALS FOR MOLTEN Cu-Ge ALLOYS S. Senturk Dalgic, M. Celtek, S. Dalgic 216 EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURE OF CuO AND CuS USING THE INTERIONIC FORCE MODEL S. Senturk Dalgic, C. Canan, M. Caliskan, 217 ATOMIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN BARIUM OXIDE USING A TERSOFF POTENTIAL S. Senturk Dalgic, O. Ozgec 217 STRUCTURE AND ATOMIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN LIQUID AsTe ALLOYS USING AMEAM BASED POTENTIALS S. Senturk Dalgic, S. Sengul 218 MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION OF Al/SiC COMPOSITES Mariana Zsigmond, Cătălin Ducu, Viorel Malinovschi 219 LASER INFLUENCE ON MICROSTRUCTURAL SURFACE CHANGES OF STAINLESS STEEL Raluca Zamfir, M.I. Rusu, Simona Zamfir, Esofina Ristici, D. Savastru, C.M.

Cotrut 220

Structural characteristics of terbium - lead - bismuthate glasses L. Pop, E. Culea, R. Muntean, M. Culea, M. Bosca 221 IR, EPR AND MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDIES OF MANGANESE IONS IN 3P2O5×CaO GLASS MATRIX D. Toloman, C. Tripon, L. M. Giurgiu and I. Ardelean 221 Electrical, dielectric and optical properties of glasses based on Sb2O3 Kalužný J., Poulain M., Kubliha M., Legonera M., Mariani E. 222 Electrical and optical properties of glasses based on TeO2- Sb2O3-PbCl2 Kalužný J., Kostka P., Labaš V., Poulain M., Mariani E. 222 SECTION 7 NEW ASPECTS ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF PRIMARY DEFECTS IN SILICON TO LONG-TIME DEGRADATION OF

DETECTORS OPERATING IN HIGH FIELDS OF RADIATION Sorina Lazanu and Ionel Lazanu 229

13:30-15:00 LANCH BREAK 15:00-17:00 ROUND TABEL 15:00-19:00 SOCIAL PROGRAM 20:00-23:00 DINNER PARTY

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13th, 2006

PARALLEL SECTIONS A SECTION 5 09:00-09:30 ns-PLD and Film Quality C.Boulmer-Leborgne, R.Benzerga, J.Perrière 177 09:30-10:00 COMBINED TREATMENTS - A CURRENT TREND IN SURFACE ENGINEERING C.Ruset, E.Grigore, T.Gläser, S.Bausch 177 10:00-10:30 Where are the intermetallic heavy fermions thin films? Andrei Galatanu 178 10:30-10:45 GROWTH OF NEW OXIDE PHASES IN THIN FILMS BY PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION N. Sbai, D. Defourneau, J. Perrière, W. Seiler, E. Millon 183 10:45-11:00 Varieties of nanostructured carbon grown by expanding radiofrequency plasma beam S. Vizireanu, B.Mitu, G. Dinescu, L. Nistor, C. Ghica, M. Stancu, G. Ruxandra 187 11:00-11:15 High spatial, spectral and temporal resolution for laser induced plasma diagnosis G. Epurescu, M Dinescu 189

B SECTION 1 09:00-09:30 Growth and Microstructure of InAs on GaAs: The evolution of the micro structure Beyond the Pseudomorphic Limit S.E. Babcock, G. Suryanarayanan, A.A. Khandekar, Xueyan Song, M. Rathi,

J. Webb, and T.F. Kuech, 23

09:30-10:00 Ternary magnetic chalcogenides: recent development in synthesis and single crystal growth V. Tsurkan, V.Zestrea, V. Felea, P. Petrenco, G. Aldica, D. V. Quach, J. R. Groza 19 10:00-10:30 Development of stoichiometric LiTaO3 single crystals and their devices for a wide variety of optical applications Yasunori Furukawa, Osamu Nakamura, Shunji Takekawa, Kenji Kitamura 20 10:30-10:45 Using in-situ Synchrotron Radiation Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering (WAXS) to Study CaCO3 Scale Formation Tao Chen and Anne Neville, Ken Sorbie, Zhong Zhong 45

10:45-11:00 DEFECTS IN LAYERED OXIDE MATERIALS BY WATER ROTATIONAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND DESORPTION L. Frunza, S. Frunza, I. Zgura, A. Schönhals, V.I. Parvulescu, B. Cojocaru, D. Carriazo, C. Martín, V. Rives

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11:00-11:15 CZOCHRALSKI GROWTH OF PURE AND DOPED LEAD TUNGSTATE SINGLE CRYSTALS Al. Darabont, C. Neamţu 49 C SECTION 8 09:00-09:30 Controversial issues in high-temperature superconductivity L. Miu 235 09:30-09:45 THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUID BINARY TRANSITION-METAL ALLOYS IN THE BRETONNET-SILBERT MODEL Dubinin N.E., Vatolin N.A. 239 09:45-10:00 A time-resolved photoluminescence investigation of terbium sitting and distribution in zeolites C.Tiseanu, V.Parvulescu, M.U.Kumke 242 10:00-10:15 The landscape energy barriers and the onset of fast dynamics of glassy polystyrene: evidence from high field Electron

Paramagnetic Resonance of molecular guests V.Bercu, M.Martinelli, C.A.Massa, L.A.Pardi, D.Leporini 246

10:15-10:30 Hot deformation of TiAl alloys containing Silicon and Niobium H. Bahmanpour and S. Heshmatimanesh 248 10:30-10:45 A study of growth kinetics and distribution of gamma-prime precipitates in an induction-aged nickel-base superalloy S. Soleimani, A. Abdollah-zadeh, A. Samadi, H. Assadi 251 11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

A PLENARY LECTURE 11:30-12:15 Application of Atmospheric Plasmas to Materials Processing W G Graham 11 12:15-13:30 POSTER SESSION SECTION 2 Raman and photoluminescence studies on low-dimensional PbI2 particles embedded in polymer matrix N. Preda, L. Mihut, M. Baibarac, I. Baltog 67 Second-Harmonic Generation in the Solid State Hamzeh M Abdel-Halim 67 ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES BASED ON NEW PYRROLO[1,2-a][1,10]PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVES AND

POLY(p-PHENYLENEVINYLENE) M. Prelipceanu, L. Leontie, R. Danac, O.S. Prelipceanu 68

ON THE ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN N-(p-NITROBENZOYL) ASPARAGIC ACID DERIVATIVES THIN FILMS I. Căplănuş, V. Şunel, L. Leontie, Mihaela Rusu, G.I. Rusu 68 Studies on the Electronic Transport Properties of Some Poly (Azomethine Sulfone ) Films Mihaela Rusu ,A. Airinei, Luminita Marin , V.Cozan , Petronela Prepeliţa ,

Mihaela Diciu , G.I.Rusu 70

Multifunction coordinative compounds of Er (III) based on azo-derivatives and Schiff bases ligands as chromophores in non-linear optics Ana Emandi, Cristiana Grigorescu, Cristina Vasiliu, M.Elisa, Mirela Calinescu 71 DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS OF METAL-TCNE COMPLEXES - MODELS OF M[TCNE]2 MAGNETS Corneliu I. OPREA, Alina DAMIAN, and Mihai A. GÎRŢU 72 LOW BANG GAP CONJUGATED POLYMERS AS LIGHT ABSORBER AND HOLE TRANSPORTER IN TiO2-BASED SOLAR

CELLS Anna Kanciurzewska Ana Tata Alina Damian Mihai A. Gîrţu Elin Carlegrim Amir Baranzahi and Mats Fahlman

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OXADIAZOLE-CONTAINING HYPERBRANCHED POLY(FLUORENE-CO-THIOPHENE) Duo-Feng Tang, Gui-An Wen, Jun-Hua Wan, Yu Xin, Xing-Rong Zhu, Lian-Hui Wang, Qu-Li Fan, Wei Wei, Bo Peng, Wei Huang

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METALLIC CONTACT EFFECT ON THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS Florin Stanculescu, Anca Stanculescu, Marcela Socol 76 SECTION 5 STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF DIFFERENT THERMAL SPRAYED COATINGS ON LOW ALLOY STEELS V. Katenidis, D. Chaliambalias, N. Pistofidis, G. Vourlias, E. Pavlidou, G.

Stergioudis 181

STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF TIN PLASMA SPRAYED COATINGS G. Vourlias, N. Pistofidis, D. Chaliampalias, E. Pavlidou, A. Stergiou, G. Stergioudis, E.K. Polychroniadis

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STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF PLASMA SPRAYED YSZ COATINGS G. Vourlias, N. Pistofidis, D. Chaliambalias, E. Pavlidou, I. Tsiaoussis, G. Stergioudis, E.K. Polychroniadis

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Functional carbonic structures with applications in cardio-vascular implantology D. Marcov, N. Apetroaiei, L. Verestiuc, C. Morosanu 184 POLYMERIZATION MECHANISMS OF DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS IN NON-ECHILIBRUM PLASMAS A.Groza, A.Surmeian, M.Ganciu, I.I.Popescu 185 ELECTRIC ARC DISCHARGE REACTOR FOR OBTAING SOOT CONTAINING CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES G. Ruxanda, M. Stancu, S. Vizireanu, G. Dinescu 185 HIGH VOLTAGE SQUARE WAVE GENERATOR FOR STUDY OF THE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES O. S. Stoican 186 PLASMA DEPOSITION AND ETCHING OF ORGANIC COMPOSITES BASED ON DI-PARA-XYLYLENE PRECURSOR C. Petcu, B.Mitu, G. Dinescu 187 MORPHOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL AND PERMEATION CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASMA MODIFIED POLYMERIC TRACK

MEMBRANES G. Dinescu, A. Lazea, L. Kravets, S. Dimitriev 188

The synthesis of DLC using a novel cathodic arc technique: Gas-TVA C. Surdu-Bob, G. Musa, A.Anghel, C.P. Lungu, R. Vladoiu 189 Mass spectrometry and ion energy analysis of the Carbon TVA plasma for the synthesis of DLC films Cristina Surdu-Bob, Geavit Musa, Volker Buck, I.Mustata, Oleksiy Filipov,

Alexei Poukhovoic 190

CHARACTERISATION OF MULTILAYER MAGNETO-RESISTIVE THIN FILMS DEPOSITED BY TVA TECHNOLOGY

A. Anghel, I. Barbu, M. Badulescu, A. M. Lungu, V. Zaroschi, I. Mustata, C. P. Lungu,G. Schinteie, D. Predoi, V. Kuncser, G. Filoti, J. Hieda, M. A. Bratescu, O. Takai

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Nanostructured multilayer coatings for memory shape alloy intended for biomedical applications A.Vladescu, A.Kiss, M.Braic, C.M.Cotrut, M.Balaceanu, V.Braic 193 Nb based thin films for grazing incidence mirrors in EUV lithography V.Braic, M.Balaceanu, A.Vladescu, A.Kiss, M. Braic 194 On some characterisitics of nanometer-scale NbN/TiAlN multilayers AlinaVladescu, Andreia Popescu, Adrian E. Kiss, Mariana Braic, Mihai

Balaceanu, Viorel Braic, Ioan Tudor 194

EPITAXIAL STABILIZATION OF A NEW PHASE IN ZrSnTiO THIN FILMS GROWN BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION M.Nistor, B.Gallas, J.Perriere, W.Seiler, A.Ioachim, 195 BIOCOMPATIBILITY EVALUATION OF MEMS DEVICES COATED WITH ZERO STRESS CARBON FILMS PREPARED BY

THERMIONIC VACUUM ARC METHOD C.P. Lungu, I. Mustata, V. Zaroschi, O. Pompilian, A. M. Lungu, A. Anghel, C. Roman, C. Moldovan, R. Albulescu, M. Albulescu

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INFLUENCE OF THERMIONIC VACUUM ARC DIAMOND LIKE FILMS ON SILICON TIPS ARRAY FIELD EFFECT C. P. Lungu, I. Mustata, A. M.Lungu, O. Brinza, F.Craciunoiu, I.Kleps, A. Angelescu,

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MAGNESIUM OXIDE FILM PROPERTIES PREPARED BY THERMIONIC VACUUM ARC I. Mustata, C.P. Lungu V. Zaroschi, A. M. Lungu, P. Chiru, A. Anghel, I. Barbu, M. Badulescu, O. Pompilian, E. Dutu, N.Apetroaei

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SPUTTERING AND EVAPORATION ION PLATING PROCESSES FOR VACUUM THIN FILMS DEPOSITION Alice Mateescu Gheorghe Mateescu 199 SECTION 8 Synthesis of Bi(Pb)-2223 from Two Different Precursors with the Same Stoechiometry V. Mihalache, G. Aldica, P. Badica 239 ELECTROSTATICALLY SPRAYED SOLID LUBRICANT COATINGS FOR GEARS Oana Dodun, Dumitru Olaru, Laurenţiu Slătineanu 240 THERMAL STUDIES OF MAGNETIC SPINEL IRON OXIDE IN SOLUTION D. Predoi, C.M. Valsangiacom and C.E. Secu 241 TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY OF Eu2+ IN BaFCl:Eu2+ X-RAY STORAGE PHOSPHOR M. Secu, C.E. Secu, V.Vasile, D.Predoi and D. M.Gazdaru 241 Radiation Power Spectral Distribution of Three Electrons Moving in a Spiral in Transparent Medium A.V.Konstantinovich, and I.A. Konstantinovich 243 Radiation Power Spectral Distribution of Four Electrons Moving in a Spiral in Vacuum I.A. Konstantinovich, and A.V.Konstantinovich 244 IR AND THERMAL STUDY OF IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN A BIOCERAMIC MATRIX C. Birsan, D.Predoi, C.I. Stan, C.M. Valsangiacom and E. Andronescu 245 STRUCTURE OF LIQUID CdTe ALLOYS USING THE LOCAL EVANESCENT CORE PSEUDOPOTENTIAL Seyfettin Dalgic, Mutlu Colakogullari 245 PROCESSING OF OXIDE ADVANCED CERAMICS AS INERT ELECTRODES Ana-Maria Popescu, Susana Mihaiu, Maria Zaharescu, V.Constantin 246 Synthesis of Lanthanum Manganites by Combustion Method from Starch-based Precursors Cristian Matei, Daniela Berger, Jean-Pierre Deloume 247 Magnetoresistive sensors based on AMR and GMR effects for biomedical applications Marius Volmer, Marioara Avram 248 Improving the results of micromagnetic simulations for magnetic thin films Marius Volmer, Jenica Neamtu 249 ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY OF welded CRYOGENIC MATERIALS Remus ZAGAN, Petre PETCULESCU 250 Synthesis, characterization and gas sensing properties of rutile TiO2 doped with Pt obtained by sol gel method Gabriela Telipan, Mircea Ignat, Viorica Parvulescu, Simona Somacescu 251 EFFECT OF MgO ADDITION ON THE SINTERING AND DILATATION BEHAVIOUR OF CORDIERITE CERAMICS A.Ouali, S. Ferahtia, N. Bouaouadja, F. Sahnoune 252 The optimal pulsed laser deposition conditions of in-situ grown YBa2Cu3O7-d films. M. Branescu, Y. Matsushita, G. Zeltzer, and G. Socol 253 Crystallographic study of mixture CeBa2Cu3Oy in the temperature range 860oC to 940 oC A. Stergiou, S. Yilmaz, C. Stergiou, B. Eggonopoulos -Papadopoulos 254 COMPARISON CONVENTIONAL AND NON CONVENTIONAL METHODS SYNTHESIS OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING Ba-Pb-

Ca-Cu-O SYSTEM B. EGGONOPOULOS-PAPADOPOULOS, C. STERGIOU, A. STERGIOU 255

Crystallographic study of compounds prepared by heating of mixtures NdxBa1-xCuOy (x=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8) at 930oC A. Stergiou, I. Kerasiotis, C. Stergiou 256 13:30-15:00 LUNCH BREAK PARALEL SECTIONS

A SECTION 5 16:00-16:15

MULTILAYERED HIGH-TEMERATURE RESISTANT COATINGS; PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION C. P. Lungu, I. Mustata, V. Zaroschi, A. M. Lungu, A. Anghel, P. Chiru, D.Trusca, I.Trusca, Y. Matsumura, R. Tanaka, K.Iwasaki, H.Tanaka,J. Hieda, M. A. Bratescu, O. Takai

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16:15-16:30 Characterisation of TiAl oxy-nitrides obtained by reactive pulse magnetron sputtering V.Braic, M.Balaceanu, A.Vladescu, A.Kiss, M. Braic 192 16:30-16:45 PROGRESS ON THE PULSED ELECTRON BEAM DEPOSITION OF THIN FILMS M.Nistor, F.Gherendi and N.B.Mandache 196

B SECTION 1 15:00-15:30 SEGREGATION OF IMPURITIES IN CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM SOLUTIONS. H.V.Alexandru 25 15:30-16:00 NON-LINEAR OPTICAL AND LASER MATERIALS OF NEW GENERATION: CRYSTAL GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION N.I. Leonyuk 26 16:00-16:15 Structural properties of the partially disordered langatate (La3Ga5.5Ta0.5O14) crystal A. Achim, I. Bibicu, A. M. Chinie, S. Constantinescu, S. Georgescu, L.

Gheorghe, M. N. Grecu, A. Stefan, O. Toma 37

16:15-16:30 Low Temperature Synthesis of LaNiO3 Perovskite Oxide via a Dinuclear Complex E. Andronescu, L. Bancu, T. Malaeru, I. Jitaru 50 16:30-16:45 THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MASS-LOADING INFLUENCE ON ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS OF AT-CUT GaPO4 RESONATORS I. Mateescu, F. Krispel, C.Bran 54 16:45-17:00 FERROELECTRIC PARAMETERS IN THE SECOND ORDER TRANSITION OF TGS CRYSTALS C.Berbecaru, H.V.Alexandru 55 17:00-17:30 Electrocrystallization: nucleation and growth of nanoclusters Alexander Milchev 21

C SECTION 3 15:00-15:15 Mechanico-chemical interaction of single-walled carbon nanotubes with ZnO evidenced by photoluminescence and SERS

spectroscopy M. Baibarac, I.Baltog, S. Frunza, S. Lefrant, J.Y. Mevellec, C. Godon 129

15:15-15:30 The Effect of Deposition Parameters on the Physical Properties of CdXZn1-XS Films Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis Method Saliha Ilican, Mujdat Caglar, Yasemin Caglar 89 15:30-15:45 Crystalline and electronic structure of gold nanoclusters determined by EXAFS, XRD and XPS methods Nicolae Aldea, Bogdan Barz, Petru Marginean, Vasile Rednic, Stelian Pintea

Andreea Gluhoi, Bernard E. Nieuwenhuys, Xie Yaning and Florica Aldea 111

15:45-16:00 METHANE DETECTION BY MEANS OF MIXED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS Adelina Tomescu, Cristian E. Simion 138 16:00-16:15 DEFECT CHEMISTRY OF SOLAR CELL CHALCOPYRITE MATERIALS Dana PERNIU, Anca DUTA, Joop SCHOONMAN 143 16:15-16:30 SYNYHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES FROM ETHANOL ON MgO SUPPORTED CATALYSTS D. Lupu, A.R. Biris, M. Baibarac, I. Baltog, S. Lefrant, V. Kuncser, G.

Schinteie, M. Valeanu and G. Filoti 144

16:30-16:45 ON THE PREPARATION AND ON THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Co AND Ni NANOWIRES ARRAYS H. Chiriac, A. E. Moga, M. Gaburici, C. Gherasim 133 16:45-17:00 MICROTHERMOCOUPLES OF THERMOELECTRIC MICROWIRES D.Meglei, M.Dantu 148

D SECTION 2 16:00-16.15 Synthesis of new hydroxylated mono and bis-tetrathiafulvalenes: Electrochemical behaviour, X-ray analysis and Conductivity L. Boudiba, A. K. Gouasmia, L. Ouahab and J. M. Fabre 74 16:15-16;30 A BLUE-LIGHT-EMITTING HYPERBRANCHED POLYFLUORENE WITH PHOTOCROSSLINKABLE GROUP Duo-Feng Tang, Gui-An Wen, Xiang-Dong Yuan, Xiao-Ying Qi, Xing-Rong

Zhu, Lian-Hui Wang, Qu-Li Fan, Wei Wei, Bo Peng, Wei Huang 75

16:30-16:45 Theoretical Study on Energy Levels and Photophysical Properties of p-n Diblock and Triblock Oligomers Guangcun Shan, Junhua Wan, Binghai Yan, Quli Fan, and Wei Huang 72 16:45-17:00 Growth of hippuric acid single crystal by novel unidirectional solution growth method and its characterization for nonlinear optical

applications N.Vijayan, G.Bhagavannarayana 70

17:00-17:15 Bimetallic Group 6 Carbonyl Complexes Containing Bridging diamine Ligands Khalil J. Asali, Mohammad El-kateeb and Rawad Musa 69 17:15-17:30 COFFEE BREAK 17:30-18:45 POSTER SESSION SECTION 3B ON THE PORE FORMATION IN NANOCRYSTAL METAL FILMS L.Skatkov , P. Cheremskoy, V.Gomozov 87 Synthesis of nanoscale LaxSr1-xCoxFe12-xO19 powders via sol-gel auto-ignition in citric acid-metal nitrates system and its characterization Kiran Girdhar, D.Bhadhur 87 PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN NANOPARTICLES OF CdS, FORMED IN POLYMERIC MATRIX BY MEANS OF SILAR M.B.Muradov, N.H.Darvishov 91 CARBIDE-NANOPOWDERS PRODUCED BY ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION OF WIRES Ilyin A.P., Nazarenko O.B. 92 KINETICS OF ELECTRODEPOSITION OF SILVER AND COPPER AT TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS OF NANOWIRES Globa P. G., Zasavitsky E., Kantser V., Sidelnikova S. P., Dikusar A. I. 92 MICROSTRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE Ni –Zn AND Fe - Zn THIN FILMS ELECTRODEPOSITED IN

ULTRASOUND FIELD C. Pîrghie, N. Suliţanu and V. Nica 93

MICRO AND NANORODS OF ALKALI HALIDES GROWN IN POLYMER TEMPLATES M. Enculescu, I. Enculescu, M. Sima, R. Neumann, C. Trautmann 94 SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES OBTAINED BY TEMPLATE METHOD Marian Sima, Ionut Enculescu, Mariana Sima, Eugen Vasile 95 METALLIC NANOWIRES WITH MAGNETIC PROPERTIES PREPARED BY THE TEMPLATE METHOD Ionut Enculescu, Marian Sima, Monica Enculescu, C. Ghica, Mihaela 95

Enache, Reinhard Neumann Structural and magnetic properties of FexOy nanoparticles dispersed in silica matrix D. Predoi, R. Clerac, M. Raileanu, M. Crisan, C. Stan, C. E. Secu and M.

Zaharescu 96

THE COLLOIDAL ROUTE OF THE SOL-GEL PROCESS - AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRODUCE NANOCOMPOSITES M. Răileanu, M. Crişan, D. Predoi, Valentin Teodorescu, M. Zaharescu, Aurelia Ballo, Cristiana Cosma and Jana Petre

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THE INFLUENCE OF SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS ON THE PACKING OF THE SPHERICAL PARTICLES OF SILICA IN A SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE Dmitry V. Kamashev 98

Synthesis and physical characterization of magnetic nano-particles functionalized with β - cyclodextrin M.Răcuciu, D.E. Creangă, V. Bădescu, A.Airinei 100 ANNEALING TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON IRON OXIDES – POLYPYRROLE NANOCOMPOSITE Dragoş-Viorel Brezoi*, Rodica-Mariana Ion 101 Electronic Transport and Optical Properties of Thin Films ZnTe/CdSe Heterojunctions P.Prepelita, M.Smirnov, G.I.Rusu 101 Sol-Gel Hybrid Films in the SiO2-TiO2-CeO2 System M.Zaharescu, M.Gartner, V.S.Teodorescu, A.Barau, L.Preodoana and

M.Anastasescu 103

Dimensional study upon water based-ferrofluids M.Răcuciu, D.E. Creangă, V. Badescu 103 Microwave Properties of Ba1-xPbxNd2Ti5O14 Dielectric Resonators A. Ioachim, M. I. Toacsăn, M. G. Banciu, L. Nedelcu, C.A. Duţu, G. Stoica 104 A NEW SIMULATION METHOD BASED ON ANN FOR A SPECIAL CLASS OF NANOMAGNETIC MATERIALS DESIGN S. H. MOHORIANU and M. LOZOVAN 105 Diamond and polymeric-like films prepared by PECVD method Sorina Gaman, F. Dumitrache, N. Apetroaie, C. Morosanu 106 THICKNESS DEPENDENCE OF CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS FOR HYDROXYAPATITE THIN FILMS I. Mercioniu, S. Ciucă , I. Pasuk, A. Slav, C. Moroşanu 107 CHARACTERISATION OF MAGNETIC IRON OXIDE IN HYDROXYAPATITE C. Birsan, D.Predoi, C.I. Stan, M. Birsan, C.E. Secu and E. Andronescu. 107 Synthesis of bamboo–structured multiwalled carbon nanotubes by the spray pyrolysis method, using a mixture of benzene and pyridine P. Nemes–Incze, N. Daróczi, Zs. Sárközi, A.A. Koós, K. Kertész, O. Ţiprigan,

Z.E. Horváth, Al. Darabont, L.P. Biró 108

TiO2/SBA-15 Nanocomposite Materials: Structural Characteristics vs. Photocatalytic Behaviour A. M. Busuioc, P. Cool, M. Mertens, N. Bilba and E. F. Vansant 109 THE INFLUENCE OF THE ADDITIONS ON THE MAGNETORESISTANCE IN MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS WITH CoFeM

AMORPHOUS ELECTRODES M.Urse, H.Chiriac, M.Grigoras 112

FINE-GRAINED ERBIUM DOPED STRONTIUM HEXAFERRITE N. Rezlescu, C. Doroftei, E. Rezlescu and P. D. Popa 116 WATER CONDENSATION AND “LATENT” PHASE CLUSTERS - KVATARONS A.M. Askhabov 116 Preparation of Nd:YAG powder by sol-gel method in comparing with solid state reaction Jahangir Hasani Barbaran, Fereshteh hajiesmaeilbaigi 118 Fractal analysis of SEM micrographs of La1-xSrxMnO3 (x=0-0.3) nanopowders Florica Papa , Gianina Dobrescu, Daniela Berger, C.Matei, Iudit Fangli,

V.Georgescu, N.I. Ionescu 119

Studies on Synthesis and Characterization of Co3O4 Powders for CO Oxidation Daniela Berger, Franck Morfin, Cristian Matei, Jean-Claude Volta 120 Synthesis of Lanthanum Ferrite Nanopowders by Combustion Method Cristian Matei, Daniela Berger, Stefania Stoleriu, Florica Papa, Victor Fruth 120 SPECTRUM OF CONFINED AND INTERFACE PHONONS IN COMPLICATED CYLINDRICAL NANOHETEROSYSTEM

PLACED INTO THE PLANE QUANTUM WELL IN WATER О.М.Маkhanets, О.М.Voitsekhivska, А.М.Gryschyk 124

ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM AND WAVE FUNCTIONS IN COMPLICATED ELLIPTIC QUANTUM WIRES Holovatsky V.A., Gutsul V.I. 125 Influence of the phosphorous precursors on the structure and properties of the SiO2-P2O5 sol-gel films C.Vasiliu, C. Grigorescu, M.Elisa, M. Zaharescu, L. Predoana, L. Todan, M.

Gartner, M. Anastasescu, C. Negrila, C. Logofatu, A. Moldovan, R. Birjega 126

Non-uniformity structural characterizations of aluminium nitride magnetron sputtered films C. Morosanu, A. Slav, G. Alexe, A. Stoica, F. Vasiliu 127 NANOSTRUCTURE IN NATURAL ORGANIC MINERALS BY AFM Olga Kovaleva , Yevgeny Golubev 128 THE BEHAVIOR OF PARTICULATE MEDIA USED IN MAGNETIC RECORDING Rosemary BAZAVAN, D. BAZAVAN 131 Properties of Ba1-xSrxTiO3 solid solutions synthesized by Pechini method Adelina Ianculescu, Dana Berger, Massimo Viviani, Cristina Ciomaga, Liliana

Mitoseriu, Eugen Vasile, Nicolae Drăgan and Dorel Crişan 131

PREPARATION AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Fe-Ni AND Cu-Ni COMPOSITE COATINGS H. Chiriac, A. E. Moga, V. A. Constantin 132 NANOCOMPOMPOSITE (Nd,Dy)2Fe14B/a-Fe MAGNETIC MATERIALS COUPLED BY EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS E. Dorolti,V. Pop, O. Isnard, D. Givord, I.Chicinaş 135 Iridium layer as oxygen barrier and growth substrate for oriented PZT thin films. C. Miclea, L. Trupina, C. Tanasoiu, L. Amarande, C.T. Miclea, M. Cioangher 137 The design of a miniature bimorph ventilator using a PZT ceramic with high planar piezoelectric constants C. Miclea, Alin Iuga, C. Tanasoiu, C.T. Miclea, M. Cioangher 137

The synthesis of luminescent nanoparticles in aqueous colloidal solutions C.Onose, Carmen Suzana Onose, S.Jinga, M.Elisa, H.Niciu, Cristiana Grigorescu, Ileana Cristina Vasiliu

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CdS Nan clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Size Dependent Oscillator Strength, Temperature Shift of the Excitonic Transition Energy, and Reversible Absorbance Shift Sandip Vinayak Purane, Narsingh R. Panigrahi 140

CALCULATION OF THE MEAN FIELD DIPOLAR INTERACTION BETWEEN CO NANOWIRES A. Popa, D. Toloman, L. M. Giurgiu, U. Ebels, M. Darques, L. Piraux 142 MEMBRANE SUPPORTED FILTER FOR WLAN 5200 APPLICATIONS A.A. MULLER, D. NECULOIU, D. VASILACHE, A. TAKACS, A. CISMARU,

P. PONS, R. PLANA 145

YIG FERRITE MAGNTOSTATIC WAVE CASCADED RESONATORS Alina CISMARU, Romolo MARCELLI 146 THURSDAY, SEPT. 14th, 2006

PARALLEL SECTIONS A SECTION 3 09:00-09:30GRAIN BOUNDARY EFFECTS ON DIELECTRIC, INFRARED AND RAMAN RESPONSE OF NANO-GRAIN FERROELECTRICS J. Petzelt, T. Ostapchuk, I. Gregora, J. Hlinka 81 09:30-10:00Phototransport and photoluminescence in nanocrystalline porous silicon V. Iancu, M. L. Ciurea, I. Stavarache, V. S. Teodorescu 81 10:00-10:30CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOL-GEL NANOSTRUCTURATED OXIDE AND HYBRIDE THIN FILMS PREPARATION Maria Zaharescu 84 10:30-10:45Finite-size effects in the electrical resistance of single bismuth nanowires T.W. Cornelius, M.E. Toimil-Molares, S. Karim, R. Neumann 99 10:45-11:00Surface versus capping ligand effects on the photoluminescence properties of terbium-doped ZnS and CdS nanocrystals C.Tiseanu 102 11:00-11:15Photoelectric and spectral properties of ZnO thin films N.R.Aghamalyan, R.K.Hovsepyan, A.R.Poghosyan, B.von Roedern,

E.S.Vardanyan 113

B SECTION 6 10:30-10:45Dielectric Properties of BZT Ceramics for Microwave Applications A.Ioachim, M.I. Toacsăn, L. Nedelcu , M. G. Banciu, C. A Duţu, E.

Andronescu, S. Jinga P. Nita 218

10:45-11:00Modelling of magnetic properties of amorphous soft magnetic materials for sensors application Roman Szewczyk 219 11:00-11:15Extrinsic magnetoresistance near room temperature in the La-Ca manganites doped with Cu Mihail-Liviu Craus and Mihai Lozovan 209

D SECTION 2 09:00-09:30PROTEIN CRYSTAL NUCLEATION: RECENT NOTIONS Christo Nanev 61 09:30-10:00GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR ORGANIC CRYSTALS AND FILMS J. Fraxedas 62 10:00-10:30INVESTIGATION OF THE GROWTH PROCESS OF ORGANIC/INORGANIC DOPED AROMATIC DERIVATIVES CRYSTALS Anca Stanculescu 62 10:30-10:45New Thermotropic Oligomers Designed for FET Applications S. Destri, W. Porzio, L. Marin, M. D. Damaceanu, M. Bruma 73 10:45-11:00DESIGN OF MICROCANTILEVER SENSOR ARRAYS FOR DNA DETECTION Marian ION, Carmen Moldovan 77 11:00-11:15Photosensitization of ZnO Nanostructured Thin Films with Organic Dyes C. Tazlaoanu, L. Ion, G. Socol, Marcela Socol, I.N. Mihailescu, F. Stanculescu,

Veta Ghenescu, Felicia Ionescu, Larisa Magherusan, S. Antohe 77

Derivates of Aniline with Potential Application in Nonlinear Optics: I. Synthesis and Characterization Adriana Florica Nicolescu, Valentin Victor Jerca, Doriana Nicoleta Stanciu, Ana-Maria ALBU, Dumitru Mircea Vuluga

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11:15-11:30COFFEE BREAK A PLENARY LECTURE 11:30-12:15PYROELECTRICITY: FUNDAMENTALS, APPLICATIONS AND A 2400-YEAR HISTORY Sidney B. Lang 11

A 12:15-13:00CLOSING CEREMONY