ARTICLES:
1. Cationic Composite Cryogels as Potential Filters for Removal of Metallic Pollutants, Anionic Dyes, and Bacteria from Water. Maria Valentina Dinu, Doina Humelnicu, Maria Marinela Lazar, and Ecaterina Stela Dragan, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater. 3 (2025) 3271−3284 (Q2, FI = 3.5).
2. Nitrogen based synthetic polycations as ubiquitous items of composites with environmental and biomedical applications. Ecaterina Stela Dragan, Maria Valentina Dinu, Reactive and Functional Polymers 220 (2026) 106608 (Q1, FI = 5.1).
3. Floatable chitosan-based cryogels embedded with copper nanoparticles as efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol, Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita, Maria Marinela Lazar, Dana Bejan, Doina Humelnicu, Ionel Adrian Dinu, Maria Valentina Dinu, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 370 (2026) 152868 (Q1, FI = 8.5).
PARTICIPATION AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:
1. Cryogenically-structured composites based on chitosan derivatives. Maria Valentina Dinu, Ioana-Victoria Platon, Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita, Maria Marinela Lazar. EPF European Polymer Congress 22 -27 June 2025, Groningen, The Netherlands. – poster
2. Polysaccharide nanocomposite cryogels for adsorption of heavy metal ions and catalytic hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol. Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita, Maria Marinela Lazar, Maria Valentina Dinu, Materials, Methods & Technologies 27th International Conference, Burgas, Bulgaria, 14-17.08.2025. – oral presentation
3. Functionalization of sodium alginate via Ugi multicomponent reaction and the self-associative behavior of the obtained derivative. Raluca Elena Avram, Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghiță, Gabriela Liliana Ailiesei, Maria Marinela Lazăr, Maria Valentina Dinu. 7th Edition of the IasiCHEM Conference, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, 30-31 October 2025, Romania. – poster
4. Double-network cationic cryogels as advanced sorbents for water purification, Maria Valentina Dinu, Doina Humelnicu, Maria Marinela Lazăr, Ecaterina Stela Drăgan. 14th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering (Bramat 2026), 04 – 07 March 2026. Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov. – oral presentation
5. Adsorption of Chrome Azurol S from aqueous solution using chitosan-zeolite based nanocomposite cryogels”, Maria Marinela Lazăr, Maria Valentina Dinu. 14th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering (Bramat 2026), 04 – 07 March 2026. Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov. – poster
6. Design of alginate derivatives using multicomponent Ugi chemistry, Raluca-Elena Avram, Gabriela Liliana Ailiesei, Maria Marinela Lazăr, Maria Valentina Dinu 14th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering (Bramat 2026), 04 – 07 March 2026. Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov. – poster |
