Project coordinated by: National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies- IMT Bucharest http://www.imt.ro/ (Team) 

Partener: University Politehnica from Bucharest (UPB), Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunication and Information Technology (ETTI), DCAE – UPB - Department of Electronic Devices, Circuits and Architectures https://www.dcae.pub.ro/ (Team) 

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IMT TEAM. Key persons

• Project director - Antonio Radoi, (PhD Chemistry, 2007, Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), researcher at IMT-Bucharest since 2009, after reintegrating from a ~2 years post-doctoral fellowship at Univ. of Perpignan via Domitia, France. He was project director of Young Research Teams project PN-II-RU-TE-2010-0044 and PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-1095, currently being project responsible for PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0619 - Project 3 and PN 1916/2019 – P1. He focused his research interests in chemistry, nanotechnology, electrochemistry and (carbonaceous) nanomaterials, investigating new nanomaterials like nanocrystalline graphene (NCG), graphene quantum dots (GQDs), or new nanocomposites such as GQDs/MoS2 or silicon nanowires (SiNWs)/ interconnected graphenes (IGN). He has also expertise in the development of physical and chemical methods for tailoring the nanomaterials' properties, including chemical doping and functionalization, and obtaining new hybrid systems, heterostructures and electrochemical devices. Publications: 43 ISI papers, 9 proceedings and 1 data article; h = 16, 874 citations (self-citation excluded). http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1368-0765;
  

• Mihaela Kusko, (PhD Physics, 2006, Faculty of Physics, Univ. of Bucharest), Research Scientist I, Head of Nanobiotechnology Laboratory. She joined IMT-Bucharest in 1998, and during these last 20 years of research activity she gathered a broad expertise in the field of nanotechnologies, being IMT team leader in two European project, NanoValid (FP7-IP 2011-15) and i-NanoTool (Life+ 2012-15), respectively. She currently leads a PNII-Ideas project (2017-19) focused on engineering Si based nano-systems using graphene-like materials, including transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers for supercapacitor electrodes. Publications: 98 publications; h = 12, 439 citations (from Web of Science) ResearcherID C-4964-2012.
  

• Octavian Ionescu (PhD Technical Sciences, Automation, 2005, Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti), has proven expertise in electrical, mechanical reliability testing of sensors, design and production of equipment for automation and radio communications; IoT sensors and cyber security. He worked as a highly skilled engineer at Honeywell Romania SRL, Elettra Communications SA, and acted as UN Logistics Operations Officer under the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Department of Field Support (DFS). He joined IMT Bucharest in 2017 bringing his valuable experience in the technical sciences and automation. Scientific results: Publications: 11 ISI papers and 13 proceedings; 2 OSIM and 1 EPO awarded patent, 5 USPTO and 16 OSIM patents requests; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-0868
  

• Iuliana Mihalache (PhD Physics, 2015, Faculty of Physics, Univ. of Bucharest). She joined the IMT Bucharest in 2011 and worked in the field of nanomaterials science and applications. Her research activities are focused on the investigation of optical and electrical properties of nanomaterials and heterostructures based on them. Her latest activity was focused on the development of high performance optoelectronic devices based on tailored heterojunction between silicon nanowires (SiNWs)/ interconnected graphenes (IGN), adding significant contributions to understanding the electrical properties of this emergent nanocomposite. She is also specialized in optical spectroscopy techniques: steady state and time resolved fluorescence, UV-VIS-NIR absorption/transmission spectroscopy, diffusion reflexion spectroscopy. She was key person, leading the optical and electrical investigations tasks in National projects aiming at development optoelectronic devices on silicon and currently leads a Core funded project (PN 1916/2019 – P3) where different nano-systems are explored for enhancing the sensing signal on Si/SiC nanostructurated substrate. Publications: 23 ISI papers, 9 proceedings and 2 book chapters; h = 8, 163 citations (self-citation excluded). ResearcherID: I-5503-2016
  

• Razvan Pascu (PhD Electronics, 2015, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University 'Politehnica' of Bucharest), started his research at IMT Bucharest in 2009 and he is active in the field of design, fabrication and characterization of semiconductor devices, especially silicon carbide based ones. In the period 2012-2016 he was key person in two partnership projects targeting fabrication of reliable high temperature SiC smart sensor (SiC-SET) and toxic and flammable gas detector based on SiC MOS sensor array (SiC-GAS) for harsh environment industrial applications. Publications: 15 ISI papers and 22 proceedings; h = 4, 63 citations (self-citation excluded). ResearcherID J-5225-2016.

• Carmen Steluta Ciobanu (PhD in Chemical engineering, 2011, Faculty of Chemical engineering, University 'Politehnica' of Bucharest). She joined the IMT Bucharest in 2018 and she works in the field of nanomaterials science and applications. Her research activities are focused on the investigation of anorganic nanoparticles, ceramics obtained through co-precipitation and sol-gel methods and recently she drove her focus on silicon modification via chemical, electrochemical and physical routes. Publications: 42 ISI papers and 6 proceedings; h = 15, 678 citations (self-citation excluded). Scopus author ID: 36093890200

Other than postdoctoral and experienced researchers:

♦ Cosmin Romanitan, PhD student (Physics, 2016). M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Bucharest, 2016, and scheduled to defend his PhD thesis in September 2019. His expertise is related to microstructural investigations of nanomaterials and nanocompozites, including identification of material phases, crystallite size and stress through XRD. ResearcherID J-5239-2016. Publications: 16 ISI papers, 11 proceedings, 1 data paper and 1 review; h = 4, 43 citations (self citation excluded). Scopus author ID: 56829395900. Contribution to the project: he will be responsible for XRD investigations.
♦ Marius Stoian, PhD student starting October 2019 (MSc & BSc in Chemistry), is currently a young researcher at IMT-Bucharest, graduated in 2017 at Univ. of Bucharest, he pursued an MSc in "Chemistry of advanced materials", continuing his previous training in materials sciences. Contribution to the project: he will be responsible for silicon wafer porosification.
♦ Irina Bratosin, PhD student, BSc in 2017 in Physics at Univ. of Bucharest, with a thesis titled "Control Module for Electrochemical Deposition Process". She attended the MSc in "Physics for Advanced Materials and Nanostructures" at Faculty of Physics (2017-2019). Contribution to the project: she will perform electrochemical characterizations of electrodes and will contribute to the overall electrochemical investigations of the multi-celled supercapacitor.
♦ Alexandru Bujor, Master st. and BSc in Chemistry, Univ. of Bucharest. Contribution to the project: he will perform electrochemical characterizations through SECM experiments aiming microscopic kinetic data evaluation.
♦ Tanasă (Vasile) Eugenia is PhD Student at University Politehnica of Bucharest. Her professional experience is related to electron microscopy (HRSEM). Publications: 50 ISI articles, 260 citations, h = 10. Contribution to the project: she will perform microstructural and elemental analysis using HRSEM and EDX.
♦ Trusca R. Doina is PhD Student at University Politehnica of Bucharest. Her professional experience is related to electron microscopy (HRSEM). Publications: 162 ISI articles, 813 citations. h = 14. Contribution to the project: she will perform microstructural and elemental analysis using HRSEM and EDX.
♦ Octavian-Gabriel Simionescu, PhD student, received his BSc in Physics from Univ. of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics in 2016, and his MSc degree in 2018 from the same institution. He is currently Ph.D. student (2018), investigating carbonaceous materials growth processes for sensors and with applications in the field of energy. Contribution to the project: he will be responsible for investigating carbonaceous materials growth and samples preparative.

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UPB TEAM

• DCAE – UPB responsible – Florin Draghici, Associate Professor at ETTI. His research interest and competences are in the field of electronic devices and circuits, analog or mixed VLSI integrated circuits design, sensors and interfaces for sensors, wide bandgap semiconductor electronics. He is co-author of 50 scientific papers in conference proceedings or journals and 1 Romanian patent. He has been involved in over 15 national and international projects/grants. Publications: 7 ISI articles and 44 conference papers; h = 4, 62 citations (self-citation excluded). Scopus ID: 6507387905
  

• Gheorghe Brezeanu, Professor at ETTI. His research interest and competences are in the field of nano-electronics and microelectronics such as simulation, modeling, characterization and testing: devices and analog ICs. Publications: 49 ISI articles and 136 conference papers; h = 10, 428 citations (self-citation excluded). Scopus ID: 7003854582; (b) CNMN - UPB - National Reseach Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, Dept. of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, UPB
  

• Partner responsible and CNMN – UPB responsible – Eugeniu Vasile, (PhD Physics, 1999, Faculty of Physics, Univ. of Bucharest), researcher at UPB. He has valuable competences in materials science, mainly in the field of micro and nanostructures analysis using X-Ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDXS), electron energy loss spectrometry (EELS). Publications: 227 ISI papers and 93 proceedings; h = 24 (self-citation excluded), 2206 citations (self-citations excluded). http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5868-1932.