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Volume 6 Research & Reviews: Journal of Material Sciences CrystalloPolySci 2018
November 19-20, 2018
Page 21
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4th International Conference on
Crystallography & Novel Materials
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9th International Conference on
Biopolymers & Polymer Sciences
November 19-20, 2018 Bucharest, Romania
Particularities of the crystalline structures: A critical issue in designing materials for targeted
applications
The manipulation of the crystalline structure to get the maximum efficiency for a desired application is one of the most
important challenges in the nanotechnology development. On the other hand, the shape and size control of the crystalline
nanostructures represents another hot topic in designing novel materials with tuned properties. The presented work is splited
in three parts. The first one relates about the influence of morphological particularities of titania and tungstanate crystals
on the photocatalytic efficiency to decontaminate the polluted water. It is mainly evidenced the importance of the shape
controlled nanostructures on the photocatalytic properties as revealed by the morphological and structural characterization
of the investigated materials. The second one presents the tunability of the morphological, structural and optical properties
of Graphene Oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (r-GO) membranes that was achieved by using different self-assembly
time and heat-treatment temperatures, respectively. The particularities of the GO and r-GO membranes will be discussed
and correlated in the context of desired applications. The third part will describe the steps performed to understand the
graphitization process, i.e. formation of 2D ordered carbon structures, inside the Bi/Fe doped carbon xerogels. This aspect is
of an utmost importance having in view that such porous materials can be applied as electrode materials for energy storage
and electrochemical sensing applications. In this respect, an exhaustive morphological and structural characterization of the
Bi/Fe doped carbon xerogels was performed in order to identify the parameters that influence the activation of catalyzed
graphitization.
Acknowledgement: This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministery of Research and Innovation, CCCDI –
UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0350 / 01.03.2018, within PNCDI III.
Biography
Lucian Baia is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Advanced Technologies at the Faculty of Physics of the Babes-
Bolyai University (BBU) of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He is also the Head of the Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences from BBU.
He was awarded the Constantin Miculescu Prize of the Romanian Academy (2017) as well as prizes of BBU for Scientific Excellence (2014 and 2017), Comenius
Prize (2012) and STAR Advanced Fellowships for Research (2016). He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, three books, five book chapters, 2
patents and 2 patent applications and is serving as Editorial Board Member for several scientific journals.
Lucian Baia
Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
Lucian Baia, Res. Rev. J Mat. Sci. 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2321-6212-C9-037