- Dr. Lucia Monica Veca, CS III
Laboratory for Molecular Nanotechnology, Center of Nanotechnology National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies IMT-Bucharest
126A Erou Iancu Nicolae Street, R-077190, Voluntari, Ilfov, Romania
Tel: +40-21-269.07.70 (ext. 19), E-Mail: monica[dot]veca[at]imt.ro

Education

2009 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2001 French-Romanian Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, Pitesti University, Pitesti
1999 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca.

Professional experience

March 2011 Research Scientist grade III, Laboratory for Molecular Nanotechnology, National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies IMTBucharest 6
2010 – 2011 Chemist, Laboratory for Molecular Nanotechnology, National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies IMT-Bucharest
2005-2009 Graduate Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, Clemson University
2003-2005 Graduate Research Assistant, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University
2002-2001 Research Scientist, Department of Detergents and Surfactants, National Research & Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry ICECHIM, Bucharest

Publications

22. Tian LL, Anilkumar P, Cao L, Kong CY, Meziani MJ, Qian HJ, Veca LM, Thorne TJ, Tackett KN, Edwards T, Sun YP “Graphene Oxides Dispersing and Hosting Graphene Sheets for Unique Nanocomposite Materials” ACS NANO 2011, 5 (4), pp. 3052-3058.
21. Komarneni, M.; Sand, A.; Goering, J.; Burghaus, U.; Lu, M.; Veca, L. M.; Sun, Y.-P. “Possible effect of carbon nanotube diameter on gas-surface interactions - The case of benzene, water and n-pentane adsorption on SWCNTs at ultra-high vacuum conditions” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2009, 476, 227-231
20. Veca, L. M.; Lu, F.; Meziani, M. J.; Cao, L.; Zhang, P.; Qi, G.; Qu, L.; Shrestha, M.; Sun, Y.- P. “Polymer Functionalization and Solubilization of Carbon Nanosheets” Chem. Commun. 2009, 2565-2567
19. Veca, L. M.; Meziani, M. J.; Wang, W.; Wang, X.; Lu, F.; Zhang, P.; Lin, Y.; Fee, R.; Connell, J. W.; Sun, Y.-P. “Carbon Nanosheets for Polymeric Nanocomposites with High Thermal Conductivity” Adv. Mater. 2009, 21,2088-2092
18. Cheng, J.; Chan, C. M.; Veca, L. M.; Poon, W. L.; Chan, P. K.; Qu, L.; Sun, Y.-P.; Cheng, S. H. “Acute and Long-Term Effects after Single Loading of Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes into Zebrafish (Danio rerio)” Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2009, 235, 216-225
17. Wang, W.; Fernando, K. A. S.; Lin, Y.; Meziani, M. J.; Veca, L. M.; Cao, L.; Zhang, P.; Kimani, M. M.; Sun, Y.-P. “Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Conductive Nanocomposites” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 1415-1419.
16. Cheng, J.; Fernando, K. A. S; Veca, L. M.; Sun, Y.-P.; Lamond, A. I.; Lam, Y. W. and Cheng, S. H. “Reversible Accumulation of PEGylated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the Mammalian Nucleus” ACS NANO 2008, 2, 2085–2094
15. Lu, F.; Gu, L.; Meziani, M. J.; Wang, X.; Luo, P. G.; Veca, L. M.; Cao, L.; Sun, Y.-P. “Advances in Bioapplications of Carbon Nanotubes” Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 1-14.
14. Gu, L.; Luo, P. G.; Wang, H.; Meziani, M. J.; Lin, Y.; Veca, L. M.; Cao, L.; Lu, F.; Wang, X.; Quinn, R. A.; Wang, W.; Zhang, P.; Lacher, S.; Sun, Y.-P. “Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube as a Unique Scaffold for the Multivalent Display of Sugars” Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, 2408 2418.
13. Sun, Y.-P.; Wang, X.; Lu, F.; Cao, L.; Meziani, M. J.; Luo, P. G.; Gu, L. and Veca, L. M. “Doped Carbon Nanoparticles as a New Platform for Highly Photoluminescent Dots” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2008, 112, 18295 7
12. Cao, L.; Wang, X.; Meziani, M. J.; Lu, F.; Wang, H.; Luo, P. G.; Lin, Y.; Harruff, B. A.; Veca, L. M.; Murray, D.; Xie, S.-Y.; Sun, Y.-P. “Carbon Dots for Multiphoton Bioimaging” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11318- 11319.
11. Fernando, K. S.; Lin, Y.; Wang, W.; Cao, L.; Meziani, M. J.; Wang, X.; Veca, L. M.; Zhang, P.; Quinn, R. A.; Allard, L. F.; Sun, Y.-P. “Diameter-Selective Fractionation of HiPco Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Repeated Functionalization Reactions” J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 10254.
10. Lin, Y.; Elkin, T.; Taylor, S.; Gu, L.; Chen, B.; Veca, L. M.; Zhou, B.; Yang, H.; Brown, J.; Joseph, R.; Jones, E.; Jiang, X.; Sun, Y.-P. “Preparation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Immuno Carbon Nanotubes” Microchimica Acta 2006, 152, 249-254.
9. Zhou, B.; Lin, Y.; Hill, D. E.; Wang, W.; Veca, L. M.; Qu, L.; Pathak, P.; Meziani, M. J.; Diaz, J.; Connell, J. W.; Watson, K. A.; Allard, L. F.; Sun, Y.-P. “Polymeric Nanocomposite Films from Functionalized vs Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes” Polymer 2006, 47, 5323-5329.
8. Kose, M. E.; Harruff, B. A.; Lin, Y.; Veca, L. M.; Lu, F.; Sun, Y.-P. “Efficient Quenching of Photoluminescence from Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Nitroaromatic Molecules” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 14032-14034.
7. Sun, Y.-P.; Zhou, B.; Lin, Y.; Wang, W.; Fernando, K. A. S.; Pathak, P.; Meziani, M. J.; Harruff, B. A.; Wang, X.; Wang, H.; Luo, P. G.; Yang, H.; Kose, M. E.; Chen, B.; Veca, L. M.; Xie, S.-Y. “Quantum-Sized Carbon Dots for Bright and Colorful Photoluminescence” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7756- 7757.
6. Zhou, B.; Lin, Y.; Veca, L. M.; Fernando, K. A. S.; Harruff, B. A.; Sun, Y.-P. “Luminescence Polarization Spectroscopy Study of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in a Polymeric Matrix” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 3001-3006.
5. Qu, L.; Veca, L. M.; Lin, Y.; Kitaygorodskiy, A.; Chen, B.; McCall, A. M.; Connell, J. W.; Sun, Y.-P. “Soluble Nylon-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes from Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization from Nanotube Surface” Macromolecules 2005, 38, 10328-10331.
4. Wang, W.; Lu, F.; Veca, L. M.; Meziani, M. J.; Wang, X.; Cao, L.; Gu, L.; Sun, Y.-P. Carbon Nanotubes and Nanocomposites for Electrical and Thermal Applications. In Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, Nanomaterials: Inorganic and Bioinorganic Perspectives, C. M. Lukehart and R. A. Scott Eds., John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, 2008, 169-188.
3. Lin, Y.; Li, H.; Gu, L.; Luo, P. G.; Veca, L. M.; Wang, H.; Sun, Y.-P. Bioapplications of Carbon Nanotubes. In Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes, V. Basiuk Ed., Am. Sci. Publishers, 2008, Vol. 2, Chapter 11.
2. Sun, Y.-P.; Lu, F. S.; Wang, X.; Cao, L.; Lin, Y.; Meziani, M. J.; Wang, H. F.; Luo, P. G.; Zhou, B.; Harruff, B. A.; Wang, W.; Veca, L. M.; Zhang, P. Y.; Xie, S-Y.; Yang, H. Photoluminescent Carbon Nanomaterials: Properties and Potential Applications. In NanoScience in Biomedicine, Shi, D.,Ed., Springer-Verlang and Tsinghua University Press, 2009, Chapter 6.
1. Veca, L. M.; Wang, W.; Lin, Y.; Meziani, M. J.; Tian, L.; Connell, J. W.; Ghose, S.; Kong, C. Y.; Sun, Y.-P. Thermal Conductive Materials Based on Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanosheets In Handbook on Carbon Nano Materials: Fundamentals and Applications, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd 2011, Chapter 22. 8