Article ISI publication:

1.      Marius-Mihai Zaharia, Ana-Lavinia Vasiliu, Marin-Aurel Trofin, Daniela Pamfil, Florin Bucatariu, Stefania Racovita, Marcela Mihai. Design of multifunctional composite materials based on acrylic ion exchangers and CaCO₃ as sorbents for small organic molecules, React. Funct. Polym, 166, 104997, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.104997

2.      Radu Necula, Marius Zaharia*, Alina Butnariu, Maria-Magdalena Zamfirache, Andriana Surleva, Catalina Ionica Ciobanu, Olga Pintilie, Carmen Iacoban, Gabi Drochioiu. Heavy metals and arsenic in an abandoned barite mining area: ecological risk assessment using biomarkers, Environ.Forensics, https://doi.org/10.1080/15275922.2021.1976315

3.      Marius-Mihai Zaharia, Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita, Marin-Aurel Trofin, Florica  Doroftei, Irina Rosca, Marcela Mihai. Multifunctional composites of zwitterionic resins and silver nanoparticles for point-of-demand antimicrobial applications, Mater. Chem. Phys., 275, 125225, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125225

4.      Marius-Mihai Zaharia, Florin Bucatariu, Ana-Lavinia Vasiliu, Marcela Mihai. Stable and reusable acrylic ion-exchangers. From HMIs highly polluted tailing pond to safe and clean water, Chemosphere, 304, 135383, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135383

Articles in conference volume:

1. Marius-Mihai Zaharia, Ana-Lavinia Vasiliu, Marin-Aurel Trofin, Melinda-Maria Bazarghideanu, Catalin Blegescu, Marcela Mihai. Synthesis and characterization of acrylic ion exchange resins and their environmental applications as sorbents, Proceedings of International Conference Progress in Organic Macromolecular Compounds, ISSN 2810 – 2347, ISSN – L 2810 – 2126, 123-124, 2021.

Conference:

1.      M. M. Zaharia, F. Bucatariu, M. Mihai. Heavy metal ions water pollution: Tarnița closed mine case, ICMPP-OPEN DOOR TO THE FUTURE-Scientific Communications of Young Researchers, 1^st Edition (MacroYouth’2020), Iasi, Romania, 19 Noiembrie 2020 (Oral communication).

2.      M. Zaharia, I. Bunia, F. Bucatariu, C.A. Ghiorghita, D. Schwarz, M. Mihai. Wastewater decontamination of heavy metal ions using ion exchange resins based on acrylic copolymers, Bucharest Polymer Conference 2^nd Edition, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania, 10-11 Iunie 2021 (Oral communication).

3.      M.-M. Zaharia, F. Bucatariu, L.-M. Petrila, A.-L. Vasiliu, M. Mihai. Synthesis and characterization of ion exchange resins based on acrylic copolymers with high affinity to different heavy metal ions, Materials, Methods & Technologies 23^rd International Conference, Burgas, Bulgaria, 19-22 August 2021 (Oral communication).

4.      M. Mihai, M.-M. Zaharia, C.-A. Ghiorghita, M. M. Bzarghideanu, A.-L. Vasiliu, M.-A. Trofin. Nano-silver in-situ synthesis in zwitterionic beads, as antimicrobial inorganic/organic composites, Materials, Methods & Technologies 23^rd International Conference, Burgas, Bulgaria, 19-22 August 2021 (Oral communication).

5.      M.-M. Zaharia, F. Bucatariu, M. Ignat, M.-A. Trofin, M. Mihai, Acrylic ion exchange resins. Synthesis and preliminary tests on water cleaning from Tarnița closed mine area, 11^th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and management (ICEEM11), Muttenz, Switzerland, 8-10 Septembrie 2021 (Oral communication).

6.      M.-M. Zaharia, A.-L. Vasiliu, M.-A. Trofin, M.-M. Bazarghideanu, C. Blegescu, M. Mihai, Synthesis and characterization of acrylic ion exchange resins and their environmental applications as sorbents, Progress in Organic and Macromolecular Compounds, 28^th Edition (MacroIasi 2021), Iasi, Romania, 7 - 9 Octombrie 2021 (Poster).

7.      A.-L. Vasiliu, M.-M. Zaharia, M. Mihai, Ionic beads/CaCO3 composites as sorbents for small organic molecules, ICMPP-OPEN DOOR TO THE FUTURE-Scientific Communications of Young Researchers, 2^nd Edition (MacroYouth’2021), Iasi, Romania, 19 Noiembrie 2021 (Oral communication).

8.      M.-M. Zaharia, A.-L. Vasiliu, F. Bucatariu, M. Mihai, Ionic exchange resins with high affinity in sorption of heavy metal ions, 12^th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering Edition (Bramat 2022), Brasov, Romania, 9 - 12 Martie 2022 (Oral communication).

9.      M.-M. Zaharia, F. Bucatariu, A.-L. Vasiliu, M. Mihai, Decontamination of heavy metal ions polluted waters using acrylic resins: synthetic vs. Tarnita area waters, 20^th Symposium POLYMERS 2022, Velingrad, Bulgaria, 5 – 8 Iulie 2022, (Oral communication).

Short research stage:

1.      Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria, in the laboratory of dr. Olya Stoilova, Period: 23 August – 10 September 2021, „Porous polymeric materials for medical and environmental applications”.

2.      Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung e.V., Dresden, Germany, in the Polymer Interfaces Department, in the laboratory of dr. Frank Simon, Period: 25 Octomber – 07 November 2021, „Wastewater heavy ion metals decontamination with ion exchange resins: Tarnita closed mine pollution case, surface characterizations by XPS”.