List of papers


  • A. Ansiei, I. Rosca, A.-I, Sandu, A.Bele, X. Cheng, L. Marin, Imination of Microporous Chitosan Fibers—A Route to Biomaterials with “On Demand” Antimicrobial Activity and Biodegradation for Wound Dressings, Pharmaceutics, 14(1), 117, doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics14010117 (2022).
  • A. Anisiei, A.-C. Bostanaru, M. Mares, L. Marin, Imination of chitosan nanofibers in heterogeneous system. Synthesis optimization and impact on the fiber morphology, Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 55(7-8), 785-793, doi:10.35812/CelluloseChemTechnol.2021.55.65, (2021).
  • Alexandru Ansiei, Florin Oancea, Luminita Marin, Electrospinning of chitosan-based nanofibers: from design to prospective applications, Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 000010151520210003, (2021).
  • Ramona Lungu, Alexandru Anisiei, Irina Rosca, Andreea-Isabela Sandu, Daniela Ailincai, Luminita Marin, Double functionalization of chitosan based nanofibers towards biomaterials for wound healing, Reactive and Functional Polymers, 167, 105028, (2021).
  • Anda-Mihaela Craciun, Liliana Mititelu-Tartau, Gabriela Gavril, Luminita Marin, Chitosan crosslinking with pyridoxal 5-phosphate vitamer toward biocompatible hydrogels for in vivo applications, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.10.228, (2021).
  • D. Ailincai, I. Rosca, S. Morariu, L. Mititelu Tartau, L. Marin, Iminoboronate - Chitooligosaccharides Hydrogels with strong antimicrobial activity for biomedical applications, Carbohydrate Polymers, 118727 (2021).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Gabriela Gavril, Luminita Marin, Polyvinyl alcohol boric acid – A promising tool for the development of sustained release drug delivery systems, Materials Science and Engineering: C 107, 110316 (2020).
  • Elena Perju, Yuri S. Ko, S. J. Dünki, Dorina M. Opris, Increased electromechanical sensitivity of polysiloxane elastomers by chemical modification with thioacetic groups, Materials and Design, 186, 108319 (2020).
  • Anda Mihaela Craciun, Liliana Mititelu Tartau, Mariana Pinteala, Luminita Marin, “Nitrosalicyl-imine-chitosan hydrogels based drug delivery systems for long term sustained release in local therapy”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 536, 196–207 (2019).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Dragos Peptanariu, Mariana Pinteala, Luminita Marin, “Dynamic constitutional chemistry towards efficient nonviral vectors”, Materials Science and Engineering: C 94, 635-646 (2019).
  • Luminita Marin, Brindusa Dragoi, Niculae Olaru, Elena Perju, Adina Coroaba, Florica Doroftei, Guido Scavia, Silvia Destri, Stephania Zappia, William Porzio, “Nanoporous furfuryl-imine-chitosan fibers as a new pathway towards eco-materials for CO2 adsorption”, European Polymer Journal 120, 109214 (2019).
  • Anda-Mihaela Craciun, Mihaela Luminita Barhalescu, Maricel Agop, Lacramioara Ochiuz, Theoretical modeling of long time drug release from nitrosalicyl-imine-chitosan hydrogels through multifractal logistic type laws, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 4091464 (2019).
  • Shuangyu Xiong, Luminita Marin, Lian Duan, Xinjian Cheng, “Fluorescent chitosan hydrogel for highly and selectively sensing of p-nitrophenol and 2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol” Carbohydrate Polymers 225, 115253 (2019).
  • Dumitru Popovici, Andrei Diaconu, Aurelian Rotaru, Luminita Marin, “Microwave-assisted synthesis of an alternant poly(fluorene–oxadiazole). Synthesis, properties, and white light-emitting devices”, Polymers 11, 1562 (2019).
  • Manuela-Maria Iftime, Vasile Cozan, Anton Airinei, Cristian Varganici, Gabriela Ailiesei, Daniel Timpu, Ion Sava, Asymmetric azomethine amines with azobenzene moieties – liquid crystalline and optical properties, Liquid Crystal, 46, 10, 1584-1594 (2019).
  • Manuela Maria Iftime, Gabriela L. Ailiesei, Elena Ungureanu, Luminita Marin, “Designing chitosan based eco-friendly multifunctional soil conditioner systems with urea controlled release and water retention”, Carbohydrate Polymers 223, 115040 (2019).
  • Wei Sun, Qi Sun, Qiang Zhao, Luminita Marin, Xinjian Cheng, “Fluorescent porous silica microspheres for highly and selectively detecting Hg2+ and Pb2+ ions and imaging in living cells”, ACS Omega 4, 18381-18391 (2019).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Daniela Pamfil, Luminita Marin, “Multiple bio-responsive polymer dispersed liquid crystal composites for sensing applications”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 272, 572-582 (2018).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Andrei Bejan, Anda Mihaela Olaru, Manuela-Maria Iftime, Elena Perju, Comparative study of PDLC composites based on nematic and smectic liquid crystals, Revue Roumain de Chimie, 63 (7-8), 649-656 (2018).
  • Andrei Bejan, Daniela Ailincai, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Luminita Marin, “Chitosan hydrogelation with a phenothiazine based aldehyde – toward highly luminescent biomaterials”, Polymer Chemistry 9, 2359-2369, (2018).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Liliana Tartau Mititelu, Luminita Marin, “Drug delivery systems based on biocompatible imino-chitosan hydrogels for local anticancer therapy”, Drug Delivery, 25(1), 1080-1090, (2018).
  • Andrei Bejan, Luminita Marin, “Phenothiazine based nanocrystals with enhanced solid state emission”, Journal of Molecular Liquids 265, 299-306, (2018).
  • Manuela Maria Iftime, Luminita Marin, “Chiral betulin-imino-chitosan hydrogels by dynamic covalent sonochemistry”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 45, 238-247, (2018).
  • Anda Mihaela Olaru, Luminita Marin, Simona Morariu, Gabriela Pricope, Mariana Pinteala, Liliana Tartau-Mititelu, Biocompatible chitosan based hydrogels for potential application in local tumour therapy, Carbohydrate Polymers 179, 59–70 (2018).
  • W. Sun, R. Chen, X. Cheng, L. Marin; Bodipy-based chemosensors for highly sensitive and selective detection of Hg2+ ions; New Journal of Chemistry, 42, 19224-19231 (2018).
  • Elena Perju, E. Cuervo-Reyes, Sergiu Shova, Doina M. Opris, Synthesis of novel cyclosiloxane monomers containing push-pull moieties and their anionic ring opening polymerization, RSC Advances, 8, 7569 - 7578 (2018).
  • Anda-Mihaela Craciun, Cinnamyl-imine-chitosan hydrogels. Morphology control, Acta Chemica Iași, 26 - 2 (2018).
  • Anda-Mihaela Craciun, Georgiana Serban, Iulia Crumpei, Maricel Agop, Gabriela Cioca, Operational procedures in the theory of the drug release from chitosan hydrogels, Materiale plastice, 55, 590-594 (2018).
  • Andrei Bejan, Dragos Peptanariu, Bogdan Chiricuta, Elena Bicu, Dalila Belei, Low Molecular Weight Microfibers with Light Sensing Properties, Materiale Plastice: 54(4), 655-658, (2017).
  • Manuela Maria Iftime, Simona Morariu, Luminita Marin, Salycil-imine-chitosan hydrogels: Supramolecular architecturing as a crosslinking method toward multifunctional hydrogels, Carbohydrate Polymers, 165, 39–50 (2017).
  • Luminita Marin, Andrei Bejan, Daniela Ailincai, Dalila Belei, Poly(azomethine-phenothiazine)s with efficient emission in solid state, European Polymer Journal, 95, 127–137 (2017).
  • Luminita Marin, Daniela Ailincai, Simona Morariu, Liliana Tartau-Mititelu, Development of biocompatible glycodynameric hydrogels joining two natural motifs by dynamic constitutional chemistry, Carbohydrate Polymers, 170, 60–71 (2017).
  • Luminita Marin, Sergiu Shova, Carmen Dumea, Elena Bicu, Dalila Belei, Self-assembled Triazole AIE-Active Nanofibers: Synthesis, Morphology, and Photophysical Properties, Crystal Growth & Design, 17, 3731–3742 (2017).
  • Elena Perju, Vasile Cozan, Daniel Timpu, Maria Bruma, The influence of methoxy side groups and halogen nature on the mesomorphic and optical properties of symmetrical azomethines, Liquid Crystals, 44, 798 – 808 (2017).
  • Anda-Mihaela Olaru, Violeta Vasilache, Ramona Danac, Ionel I. Mangalagiu, Antimycobacterial activity of nitrogen heterocycles derivatives: 7-(pyridine-4-yl)-indolizine derivatives, Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 32, 1291-1298 (2017).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Luminita Marin, Simona Morariu, Mihai Mares, Andra Cristina Bostanaru, Mariana Pinteala, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Mihai Barboiu, Dual crosslinked iminoboronate-chitosan hydrogels with strongantifungal activity against Candida planktonic yeasts and biofilms, Carbohydrate Polymers 152, 306–316 (2016).
  • Elena Perju, S.J. Dünki, Dorina M. Opris, A versatile synthetic path to thiol containing polysiloxanes, Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 54, 2940 – 2948, (2016).
  • Luminita Marin, Daniela Ailincai, Manuela Calin, Daniela Stan, Cristina Ana Constantinescu, Laura Ursu, Florica Doroftei, Mariana Pinteala, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Mihai Barboiu, Dynameric Frameworks for DNA Transfection, ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering 2, 104–111 (2016).
  • Andrei Bejan, Sergiu Shova, Mariana Dana Damaceanu, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Luminita Marin, Structure-Directed Functional Properties of Phenothiazine Brominated Dyes: Morphology and Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties, Crystal Growth & Design 16, 3716–3730 (2016).
  • Mariana-Dana Damaceanu, Catalin-Paul Constantin, Luminita Marin, Insights into the effect of donor-acceptor strength modulation on physical properties of phenoxazine-based imine dyes, Dyes & Pigments 134, 382-396 (2016).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Cosmin Farcau, Elena Paslaru, Luminita Marin, PDLC composites based on polyvinyl boric acid matrix - a promising pathway towards biomedical engineering, Liquid Crystals, 43, 1973-1985 (2016).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Luminita Marin, Sergiu Shova, Cristina Tuchilus, Benzoate liquid crystals with direct isotropicesmectic transition and antipathogenic activity, Comptes Rendus Chimie 19, 556–565 (2016).
  • Andrei Bejan, Luminita Marin, Bogdan Chiricuta, Daniela Ailincai, Bogdan C. Simionescu, A new phenothiazine blue light emitter. Synthesis, structure and photophysical properties, Revue Roumaine de Chimie 6, 291–297 (2016).
  • Elena Perju, Vasile Cozan, Luminita Marin, Maria Bruma, Semiflexible thermotropic polyazomethines based on o-dianisidine mesogenic core, Liquid Crystals 42, 1309–1319 (2015).
  • Mariana Dana Damaceanu, Luminita Marin, Structure-property relationship in fluorene-based polymer films obtained by electropolymerization of 4,4 '-(9-fluorenylidene)-dianiline, RSC Advances 5, 97016–97026 (2015).
  • Luminita Marin, Arie van der Lee, Sergiu Shova, Adina Arvinte, Mihail Barboiu, Molecular amorphous glasses toward large azomethine crystals with aggregation-induced emission, New Journal of Chemistry 39, 6404–6420 (2015).
  • Vasile Cozan, Manuela Iftime, Ioan Sava, Serghei Bronnikov, Synthesis and thermotropic properties of polyazomethine-containing side chain azobenzene moieties, High Performance Polymers, 27, 661-668 (2015).
  • Elena Perju, Lidia Ghimpu, Gabriela Hitruc, Valeria Harabagiu, Maria Bruma, Luminita Marin, Organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials based on inorganic oxides and a mesomorphic polyazomethine, High Performance Polymers 27, 546–554 (2015).
  • Dalila Belei, Carmen Dumea, Elena Bicu, Luminita Marin, Phenothiazine and pyridine-N-oxide based AIE-active triazoles: synthesis, morphology and photophysical properties, RSC Advances, 5, 8849–8858 (2015).
  • Luminita Marin, Daniela Ailincai, Mihai Mares, Elena Paslaru, Mariana Cristea, Valentin Nica, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Imino-chitosan biopolymeric films. Obtaining, self-assembling, surface and antimicrobial properties, Carbohydrate Polymers 117, 762–770 (2015).
  • Gladiola Tantaru, Luminita Marin, Madalina Vieriu, Alina Diana Panainte, Antonia Poiata, Mihai Apostu, Nela Bibire, The Influence of Structure on Antibacterial Activity of Some New Aniline Derived Schiff Bases, Revista de Chimie, 66(12), 1965–1967 (2015).
  • Luminita Marin, Andrei Zabulica, Ioana Andreea Moleavin, Luminescent guest–host composite films based on an azomethine dye in different matrix polymers, Optical Materials 38, 290–296 (2014).
  • Mihaela Avadanei, Elena Perju, Vasile Cozan, Maria Bruma, Phase transitions of a monotropic azomethine liquid crystal investigated by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, Phase Transition, 87, 243 – 254 (2014).
  • Luminita Marin, Daniela Ailincai, Elena Paslaru, Monodisperse PDLC composites generated by use of polyvinyl alcohol boric acid as matrix, RSC Advances 4, 38397–38404 (2014).
  • Daniela Ailincai, Andrei Bejan, Irina Titorencu, Mioara Drobota, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Imino-chitosan derivatives. Synthetic pathway and properties, Revue Roumaine de Chimie: 59(6-7), 385-392 (2014).
  • Luminita Marin, Simona Morariu, Maria Cristina Popescu, Alina Nicolescu, Cristina Zgardan, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Mihai Barboiu, Out-of-Water Constitutional Self-Organization of Chitosan–Cinnamaldehyde Dynagels, Chemistry – A European Journal 20, 4814–4821 (2014).
  • Mihai Barboiu, Anca Meffre, Yves Marie Legrand, Edi Petit, Luminita Marin, Mariana Pinteala, Arie van der Lee, Frustrated ion-pair binding by heteroditopic macrocyclic receptors, Supramolecular Chemistry 26, 223–228 (2014).
  • Andrei Zabulica, Elena Perju, Maria Bruma, Luminita Marin, Novel luminescent liquid crystalline polyazomethines. Synthesis and study of thermotropic and photoluminescent properties, Liquid Crystals 4, 252-262 (2014).
  • Luminita Marin, Maria Cristina Popescu, Andrei Zabulica, Hiroshi Uji-I, Eduard Fron, Chitosan as matrix for bio-polymer dispersed liquid crystal systems, Carbohydrate Polymers 95, 16–24 (2013).
  • Andrei Zabulica, Mihaela Balan, Dalila Belei, Mitica Sava, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Luminita Marin, Novel luminescent phenothiazine-based Schiff bases with tuned morphology. Synthesis, structure, photophysical and thermotropic characterization, Dyes and Pigments 96, 686–698 (2013).
  • Luminita Marin, Andrei Zabulica, Mitica Sava, Symmetric Liquid Crystal Dimers Containing a Luminescent Mesogen: Synthesis, Mesomorphic Behavior, and Optical Properties, Soft Materials 11(1), 32–39 (2013).
  • Luminita Marin, Iuliana Stoica, Mihai Mares, Valentina Dinu, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Mihai Barboiu, Antifungal vanillin–imino-chitosan biodynameric films, Journal of Materials Chemistry B 27, 3353–3358 (2013).
  • Luminita Marin, Valeria Harabagiu, Arie van der Lee, Adina Arvinte, Mihai Barboiu, Structure-directed functional properties of symmetrical and unsymmetrical Br-substituted Schiff-bases, Journal of Molecular Structure 1049, 377–385 (2013).
  • Luminita Marin, Adina Arvinte, Mesomorphic Compounds Containing Chromophoric Mesogens for Opto-Electronic Application”, Materiale Plastice 50, 23–27 (2013).
  • Luminita Marin, Bogdan C. Simionescu, Mihai Barboiu, Imino-chitosan biodynamers, Chemical Communications, 48, 8778–8780 (2012).
  • Serghei Kostromin, Serghei Bronnikov, Elena Perju, Vasile Cozan, Kinetics of the ordered phase growth across the isotropic-nematic phase transition in liquid crystal azomethine polymers during cooling, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Physics, 51, 2105 – 2112 (2012).
  • Mihaela Rusu, Anton Airinei, George G. Rusu, Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Petronela Rambu, Ion Caplanus, Gheorghe I. Rusu, On the Electrical and Optical Properties of Some Poly(Azomethine Sulfone)s in Thin Films, Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B-Physics 50(7), 1285–1297 (2011).
  • Luminita Marin, Elena Perju, Mariana Dana Damaceanu, Designing thermotropic liquid crystalline polyazomethines based on fluorene and/or oxadiazole chromophores, European Polymer Journal 47, 1284–1299 (2011).
  • Elena Perju, Luminita Marin, Vasile C. Grigoras, Maria Bruma, Thermotropic and optical behaviour of new PDLC systems based on a polysulfone matrix and a cyanoazomethine liquid crystal, Liquid Crystals 38, 893–905 (2011).
  • Luminita Marin, Andrei Zabulica, Mitica Sava, New symmetric azomethinic dimer: the influence of structural heterogeneity on the liquid crystalline behavior, Liquid Crystals 38(4), 433–440 (2011).
  • Luminita Marin, Daniel Timpu, Vasile Cozan, Gheorghe I. Rusu, Anton Airinei, Solid State Properties of Thin Films of New Copoly(azomethine-sulfone)s, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 120, 1720–1728 (2011).
  • Radu Dan Rusu, Mariana Dana Damaceanu, Luminita Marin, Maria Bruma, Copoly(peryleneimide)s Containing 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Rings: Synthesis and Properties, Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48, 4230–4242 (2010).
  • Luminita Marin, Elena Perju, Optical response of cyanoazomethine liquid crystal droplets in PDLC films based on a polysulfone matrix, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials 12, 1378–1384 (2010).
  • Manuela Ciobanu, Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Maria Bruma, Aromatic polysulfones used in sensor applications, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 22, 89–96 (2009).
  • Luminita Marin, Elena Perju, Polysulfone as polymer matrix for a novel polymer-dispersed liquid crystals system”, Phase Transitions, 82(7), 507–518 (2009).
  • Mariana Dana Damaceanu, Luminita Marin, Tomas Manicke, Maria Bruma, Solid-state properties of mesomorphic copolymers containing oxadiazole and fluorene units, Soft Materials, 7(3), 164–184 (2009).
  • Luminita Marin, Silvia Destri, William Porzio, Fabio Bertini, Synthesis and characterization of new azomethine derivatives exhibiting liquid crystalline properties, Liquid Crystals, 36(1), 21–32 (2009).
  • Luminita Marin, Mariana Dana Damaceanu, Daniel Timpu, New thermotropc liquid crystalline polyazomethines containing luminescent mesogens, Soft Materials, 7(1), 1–20 (2009).
  • Luminita Marin, Elena Perju, New polymer dispersed liquid crystals. Preparation and thermal characterization, Metalurgia International, special issue: Exploring Romanian resources in Materials Research, vol. XIII (2008).
  • William Porzio, Silvia Destri, Mariacecilia Pasini, Umberto Giovanella, Luminita Marin, Mariana Dana Iosip, Marcelo Campione, Solid state properties of oligomers containing dithienothiophene or fluorene residues suitable for FET devices, Thin Solid Films 515, 7318–7323 (2007).
  • Gheorghe I. Rusu, Anton Airinei, Mihaela Rusu, P. Prepeliţă, Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, I. I. Rusu, On the electronic transport mechanism in thin films of some new poly(azomethine sulfone)s, Acta Materialia, 55, 433–442 (2007).
  • Silvia Destri, William Porzio, Luminita Marin, Mariana Dana Damaceanu, Maria Bruma, New thermotropic oligomers designed for FET applications, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials 9, 1337–1341 (2007).
  • Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Maria Bruma, Comparative study of new thermotropic polyazomethines, Polymers for Advanced Technologies 17, 664–672 (2006).
  • Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Maria Bruma, Vasile C. Grigoras, Synthesis and thermal behavior of new poly(azomethine-ether), European Polymer Journal 42, 1173–1182 (2006).
  • Luminita Marin, Sonia Ciocilteu, Thermotropic crystal liquids. Types of mesogenic groups, Materiale Plastice, 43, 288–291 (2006).
  • Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, New Thermotropic Azomethines Containing Sulfonyl Group, Revue Roumaine de Chimie 51, 675–681 (2006).
  • Luminita Marin, Thermotropic liquid cristalline polymers. Thermal stability control, Materiale Plastice 43, 100–105 (2006).
  • Vasile Cozan, Luminita Marin, Maria Bruma, Preparation and study of new phenolic azomethine compounds, Revue Roumaine de Chimie 50, 641–648 (2005).
  • Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Maria Bruma, Polymer liquid crystals with mesogen in the main chain. Structure-thermotropic properties correlations, Materiale Plastice 42, 239–244 (2005).
  • Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Maria Bruma, Synthesis and study of new symmetric azomethine trimers containing biphenyl units, Revue Roumaine de Chimie 50, 649–653 (2005).
  • Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Polymer liquid crystals. Terminology and concepts, Materiale Plastice 42, 28–34 (2005).
  • Luminita Marin, Vasile Cozan, Synthesis of new aromatic aldehydes useful for the preparation of azomethine mesogens, Materiale Plastice 42, 143–145 (2005).
  • Luminita Marin, Maria Brumă, Applications of polymers with thermotropic liquid crystals properties, Materiale Plastice, 41, 240–244 (2004).
  • Vasile Cozan, Mitica Sava, Luminita Marin, Maria Brumă, Synthesis and characterization of novel arylidene and cardo ester bismaleimides and poly(aminoaspartimide)s therefrom, High Performance Polymers 15, 301–318, (2003).
  • Vasile Cozan, Ecaterina Avram, Luminita Marin, Carmen Racles, Calculation of group contribution of molar glass transition function (Yg) for 2-chloromethylene-1,4-phenylene units – application to chemical modification reaction of polysulfones, European Polymer Journal 39 (2), 397–400 (2003).