national institute for non- ferrous and rare metals 102 biruintei blvd., pantelimon, jud. ilfov,...
Post on 19-Dec-2015
215 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
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
04/18/23
powdersfilm
coatingcomposite
s
Colloidalsol-gel
hydrothermalelectrophoresis
NANO
PARTICLES
Synthesis
Processing
technologicaltransfer
processcharacterisation
…
…
Nano-structured Materials Group
04/18/23
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
top related