Condensed Matter Physics

• synthesis and characterization of organic and inorganic thin films and their applications, in particular in electronic devices, including transparent electronics, as well as in photovoltaic devices, including solar cells for space applications (prof.dr. Ştefan ANTOHE);
• synthesis and characterization of several types of thin films, including biocompatible materials, and their applications, as well as the study of the interactions of these films with ionizing radiations and high-power lasers (C.Ş.I dr. Valentin CRĂCIUN);
• synthesis and characterization of nano-, bio- and metamaterials using laser technologies, as well as the use of laser techniques for processing, including nanostructuring of surfaces, with applications in biology, medicine, nano- and optoelectronics, chemistry, or metallurgy (C.Ş.I dr. Ion MIHĂILESCU, C.Ş.I dr. Enikö GYÖRGY);
• synthesis and electrical transport studies of films and multilayer structures based on nanoparticles/nanocrystals of the SiGeSn system as well as on ferroelectric HfO2, for optoelectronic, charge storage, environmental and biomedical applications (C.Ş.I dr. Lidia Magdalena CIUREA); correlations of the properties of these structures with morphological and structural characterizations (C.Ş.I dr. Valentin TEODORESCU);
• synthesis and characterization of some materials/structures, including nanostructures, with optoelectronic and environmental applications, including applications in renewable energies/catalysis/nuclear reactors (prof.dr. Victor CIUPINĂ);
• studies of the influence of point-like defects on the properties of some (nano)crystalline isolators and semiconductors (C.Ş.I dr. Sergiu NISTOR);
• rare-earth ion spectroscopy in laser crystals and luminescent materials, luminescence processes in nanocrystalline materials doped with rare-earth ions (C.Ş.I dr. Vasile Şerban GEORGESCU);
• crystal growth and dielectric spectroscopy of polar/ferroelectric materials (prof.dr. Horia ALEXANDRU);
• preparation and characterization of some materials, including ferroelectric and multiferroic materials, and of complex heterostructures with applications in electronics, sensors, energy conversion (C.Ş.I dr. Lucian PINTILIE); the study of interfaces and surfaces of these materials (C.Ş.I dr. Cristian Mihail TEODORESCU);
• synthesis and study of the properties of molecular magnets and magnetic nanostructures, including nanocomposites, thin layers and multilayered nanostructures in metallic/semiconducting/polymer/liquid matrices (C.Ş.I dr. Victor KUNCSER);
• condensed matter physics at low temperatures/superconductivity, including vortex dynamics in superconductors (C.Ş.I dr. Adrian CRIŞAN, C.Ş.I dr. Lucică MIU);
• theoretical study of charge transport in low-dimensional structures, investigations of the propagation of the electromagnetic radiation through nanostructures and at their interfaces (prof.dr. Daniela DRAGOMAN);
• numerical modeling of charge and spin transport in nano- and optoelectronic devices, ab initio and molecular dynamics simulations, applications of machine learning techniques and of neural networks (conf.dr. George Alexandru NEMNEŞ)