Section I.  MATERIALS FOR ENERGY

1. NEW MICROPOROUS LAYER ARCHITECTURE BASED ON N-DOPED CARBON NANOWALLS FOR PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES FUEL CELLS
   Authors: Alexandra M. I. TREFILOV, Adriana Elena BĂLAN, Bogdan Ionuț BITA, Sorin VIZIREANU, Ana V. FILIP, Lucica BOROICA, Bogdan A. SAVA.

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2. A STUDY OF SOLAR CELLS SENSITIZED WITH NATURAL CHLOROPHYLL DYE USING MgCO3, DIOXANE AND WATER
   Authors: Daiana ALBULESCU, Marinela MICLĂU, Daniel URSU, Melinda VAJDA, Sabina NIŢU, Lucian RUSNAC
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: : Daiana ALBULESCU – National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara,  Politehnica University Timisoara, ROMANIA

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3. SYNTHESIS OF PANI/PMMA/MWCNTS THIN FILMS GROWNVIA CVD FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES
   Authors: Foteini-Maria PAPADOPOULOU, Spyros SOULIS, Aikaterini-Flora Α. TROMPETA, Costas A. CHARITIDIS
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Foteini-Maria PAPADOPOULOU, Aikaterini-Flora Α. TROMPETA  — Research Lab of Advanced, Composite, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (R-NanoLab), School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GREECE

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4. PREPARATION OF COPPER-BASED CATALYSTS FOR OBTAINING METHANOL BY THE CHEMICAL IMPREGNATION METHOD
   Authors: Anișoara OUBRAHAM, Mihaela IORDACHE, Elena MARIN, Claudia SISU, Simona BORTA, Ioan Sorin SORLEI, Athanasios TILIAKOS, Amalia SOARE, Catalin CAPRIS, Adriana MARINOIU

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5. ELECTROAPUN CARBON NANOFIBERS DECORATED WITH Pd FOR GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS IN FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS
   Authors: Simona BORTA, Elena MARIN, Bianca SUCEA, Ioan Sorin SORLEI, Adriana MARINOIU

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6. NASICON MEMBRANE WITH HIGH IONIC CONDUCTIVITY SYNTHESIZED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLID STATE REACTION
   Authors: Mihaela IORDACHE, Anișoara OUBRAHAM, Irina PETREANU, Claudia SISU, Simona BORTA, Ioan Sorin SORLEI, Catalin CAPRIS, Athanasios TILIAKOS, Adriana MARINOIU

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7. DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING (DLS) TECHNIQUE REGARDING POROUS CERAMIC MATERIALS
   Authors: Claudia ȘISU, Mihaela IORDACHE, Anișoara OUBRAHAM, Simona BORTA, Adriana MARINOIU

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8. OBTAINING THE BROMINATED POLYMER POLY (2,6-DIMETHYL PHENYLENE OXIDE) THROUGH THE SYNTHESIS OF CHLOROBENZENE AND N-BROMOSUCCINIMIDE
   Authors: Elena MARIN, Bianca SUCEA, Adriana MARINOIU

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9. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OBTAINING COMPLEX ELECTROLYTIC MATERIALS BASED ON BaCeZrO3 DOPED WITH REE, FOR SOFC APPLICATIONS. OBTAINING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF YSZ AS A STANDARD MATERIAL
   Authors: Alexandru Cristian MATEI, Anca Elena SLOBOZEANU, Lidia LICU, Cristian BOGDĂNESCU, Adrian Mihail MOTOC, Radu-Robert PITICESCU
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Alexandru Cristian MATEI, Anca Elena SLOBOZEANU, Lidia LICU – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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10. SHORT COMMUNICATION ON SELECTIVE LASER MELTING MANUFACTURED STRUT LATTICES
    Authors: Mihaela Raluca CONDRUZ, Teodor Adrian BADEA, Alexandru PARASCHIV
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Mihaela Raluca CONDRUZ – Romanian Research and Development Institute for Gas Turbine COMOTI, ROMANIA

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11. HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION
    Authors: Adriana MARINOIU, Sebastian BALTOIU, Mihaela IORDACHE, Sorin ȘORLEI, Marius MIRICIOIU, Elena CARCADEA

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12. TERAHERTZ-TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY FOR HEAVY METALS DETECTION IN SOIL
    Authors: Cristian UDREA, Mihaela BOJAN

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13. HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF ZIRCONIA DOPED WITH NATURALLY MIXED RARE EARTHS OXIDES AND THEIR ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
    Authors: Andreea-Nicoleta Ghiță, Anca Elena SLOBOZEANU, Lidia LICU, Cristina Florentina CIOBOTA, Bogdan Stefan VASILE, Radu Robert PITICESCU

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14. THE EFFECT OF HEAT TREATMENT ON THE PROPERTIES OF BLOCKS MANUFACTURED FROM CuAl8 ALLOY BY WAAM 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
    Authors: Robert RĂBUGA, Adriana MARINOIU, Athanasios TILIAKOS
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Anna BRUDNY – Łukasiewicz Research Network —Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, POLAND

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15. ONE-STEP SYNTHESIS OF MESOPOROUS Fe2O3 BY CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF IRON-BASED AMORPHOUS RIBBONS FOR FLEXIBLE SUPERCAPACITOR APPLICATION
    Authors: Mircea NICOLAESCU, Cornelia BANDAS, Corina ORHA, Carmen LAZAU, Melinda VAJDA, Cosmin CODREAN
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Mircea NICOLAESCU – National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter Timisoara; Politehnica University Timisoara, ROMANIA.

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16. EXPLORING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL FOR AN OPTOELECTRONIC NEURAL NETWORK WITH ZERO ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION
    Authors: Marinela MICLĂU, Melinda VAJDA, Daiana ALBULESCU, Cristian CĂSUȚ, Daniel URSU, Nicolae MICLĂU
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Melinda VAJDA – National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter Timisoara, ROMANIA.

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17. THIN FILM SEMICONDUCTIVE GLASSES FROM V2O5-B2O3-P2O5 SYSTEM
    Authors: A. V. FILIP, V. CRACIUN, M. EFTIMIE, L. I. TODERASCU, B. BITA, A. M. BANICI, P. GAROI, A. M. I. TREFILOV, L. BOROICA, M. ELISA, I. C. VASILIU, B. A. SAVA

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18. EFFECT OF GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS ON GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR PEM FUEL CELLS
    Authors: : Adriana MARINOIU

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19. INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL OF THE NEAR-INFRARED DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS AND THEIR THERMAL BEHAVIOR
    Authors: : Melinda VAJDA , Daniel URSU, Daiana ALBULESCU , Anamaria DABICI , Cristian CĂSUȚ,  Marinela MICLĂUâYoung Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Melinda VAJDA – National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter Timisoara, ROMANIA.

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20. STUDIES ON THE VISCOSITY OF NANOPARTICLES ENHANCED FLUIDS FOR HEAT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS
    Authors: Elena Ionela CHERCHEREȘ, Marius Ionuț CHERCHEREȘ, Alina Adriana MINEA
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Elena Ionela CHERCHEREȘ – Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iași, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, ROMANIA

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21. NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS WITH LATENT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE PROPERTIES, BASED ON PEG-SILICA-CARBON NANOTUBES SHAPE-STABILIZED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
    Authors: Cristina Lavina NISTOR, Cristian Andi NICOLAE, Denis PANAITESCU, Ioana Catalina GIFU, Raluca IANCHIS, Elvira ALEXANDRESCU, Cristian PETCU

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22. SiO2 AND TiO2 THIN FILMS FOR LASER MIRRORS OBTAINED BY RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING
    Authors: L. BOROICA, R. MEDIANU, A.M.I. TREFILOV, M. OANE, I. URZICA, A. MOLDOVAN, B. BITA, A.V. FILIP, B.A. SAVA

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23. STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL INFLUENCE OF VARIABLE Ni-8YSZ THIN FILMS OBTAINED BY RADIO FREQUENCY-PULSED LASER DEPOSITION
    Authors: R. PASCU, G. EPURESCU, S. SOMACESCU

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24. SILICATICE CRYSTALS – SOLUTIONS – LiAlSi2O6 AND PHOSPHATE CRYSTALS – SOLUTIONS – LiFePO4, SEEN THROUGH THE ECONOMIC PRISM
    Authors: Nicolae CĂLIN, Ciprian CONSTANTINA, Valentina CETEAN, Petronela FOTEA

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25. RECONSIDERING POLYMORPHISM AS A FUNCTIONAL PROPERTY: HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF BIPHASIC BiFeO3CERAMICS
    Authors: Cristian CĂȘUȚ, Marinela MICLĂU, Cătălin N. MARIN, Daniel URSU
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Cristian CĂȘUȚ – National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter & West University of Timisoara, Physics Faculty Timișoara, ROMANIA

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26. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERISATION OF ZrO2 DOPED WITH RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
    Authors: C. F. CIOBOTA, S. CARAMARIN, N. VITAN, P. CAPOTA, M. IOTA, A. I. TUDOR, M. GHITA, A. MATEI

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27. ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING THROUGH FLEXIBLE MATERIALS
    Authors: Eduard RIZESCU, Teodor SÂRBU, Cornel Adrian MARIN

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28. PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH USING MATERIALS WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    Authors: Cornel Adrian MARIN, Teodor SÂRBU, Eduard RIZESCU
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Cornel Adrian MARIN – INCDTP, Bucharest, ROMANIA

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29. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT ELEMENTS APPLIED FOR NEW MATERIALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF LITHIUM – ION BATTERIES
    Authors: B. A. SERBAN, I. C. BADEA, I. ANASIEI, D. MITRICA, M. T. OLARU, M. BURADA, S. A. FIRONDA
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: B. A. SERBAN, I. C. BADEA, I. ANASIEI – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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30. A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON POTENTIAL HYDROGEN STRORAGE MATERIALS
    Authors: I. C. BADEA, B. A. SERBAN, I. ANASIEI, D. MITRICA, M. BURADA
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: I. C. BADEA, B. A. SERBAN, I. ANASIEI – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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31. THERMO-MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES FOR OUT-OF-AUTOCLAVE RESIN INFUSION CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES
    Authors: Mihail BOTAN, Radu Robert PITICESCU, Arcadie SOBETKI, Vasile BRIA, Adriana STEFAN, George CRISTEA, Alina DRAGOMIRESCU

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32. RECOVERY OF METALLIC LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM SALTS USING ELECTRO DEPOSITION IN IONIC LIQUID: PROCESS AND POTENTIAL
    Authors: Adelina-Ionela MATEI, Mihai Tudor OLARU, Mihai GHITA, Daniel-Cristian MIHAIESCU, Alexandra-Gabriela PASCARIU, Marian BURADA
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Adelina-Ionela MATEI, Alexandra-Gabriela PASCARIU – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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33. . HYBRID SUPERCAPACITOR WITH NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BASED ON Li SALTS AND REDOX MEDIATORS
    Authors: P. PRIOTEASA, A. BARA, M. IORDOC, C. BANCIU, A. TEISANU

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34. METALLURGY OF TITANIUM POWDERS WITH POTENTIAL USES IN NUCLEAR ENERGY
    Authors: V.G. BÎRSAN, S. FIANU, M. OPROESCU, A.D. NEGREA
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: V.G. BÎRSAN – Doctoral School Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, ROMANIA

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35. SMART TEXTILES IN THE CONTEXT OF SMART-GREEN-DIGITAL TRANSITION
    Authors: Raluca Maria AILENI, Razvan RĂDULESCU, Teodor SÂRBU

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36. CATHODE MATERIAL CONFIGURATIONS OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES5-B2O3-P2O5 SYSTEM
    Authors: S. A. FIRONDA, B. A. SERBAN, I. C. BADEA, I. ANASIEI, D. MITRICA, M. T. OLARU, M. BURADA, D. MIHAIESCU
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: S. A. FIRONDA, B. A. SERBAN, I. C. BADEA, I. ANASIEI, M. T. OLARU – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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37. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SYNTHESIS PROCESSES OF CATHODIC MATERIALS AND THEIR PERFORMANCES
    Authors: : I. ANASIEI, B. A. SERBAN, I. C. BADEA, D. MITRICA, M. T. OLARU, M. BURADA, S. A. FIRONDA, M. GHITA
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: I. ANASIEI, B. A. SERBAN, I. C. BADEA, M. T. OLARU, S. A. FIRONDA – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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38. ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF LITHIUM FROM VARIOUS SOLID AND LIQUID MATERIAL
    Authors: : A. PASCARIU, E. BACALUM, G. PĂUNICĂ, P. CAPOTĂ
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: A. PASCARIU, G. PĂUNICĂ – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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39. METHODS FOR OBTAINING Sb-Te-Zn-Sn ALLOYS WITH THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    Authors: : M. OLARU, M. BURADA, D. DUMITRESCU, D. MITRICA, I. CONSTANTIN, V. SOARE, G. MIHAI, D. V. DRAGUȚ
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: MIHAI OLARU – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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40. E-BEAM DEPOSITION OF Sn-Ni ALLOY THIN FILM
    Authors: : A. SOBETKII, M. L. SOARE, M. BURADA, M. T. OLARU, I. CONSTANTIN, A. N. GHITA, P. CAPOTA, D. V. DRAGUT
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: ARCADII SOBEȚKII – National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals –IMNR, ROMANIA

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41. HYBRID NANOMATERIALS FOR ELIMINATION OF HARMFUL CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER
    Authors: : Iuliana URZICA, Raluca IVAN, Angel PÉREZ del PINO, Eniko GYÖRGY

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