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. Superelastic Chitosan/Laponite Nanocomposite Sponges with Tunable Functional Properties as Promising Biomaterials for Wound Management, Ecaterina Stela Dragan, Maria Marinela Lazar, Maria Valentina Dinu, Ioan Andrei Dascalu, Isabella Nacu, Liliana Verestiuc, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 8 (2025) 7699−7714 (Q2, FI = 5.6).
3. 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 = 5.4).
4. Adsorption of zinc ions from aqueous solutions on polymeric sorbents based on acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene networks bearing aminophosphonate groups, Lavinia Lupa, Aurelia Visa, Adriana Popa, Maria Valentina Dinu, Ionela Fringu, Ecaterina Stela Dragan, Molecules 30 (2025) 4805 (Q1, FI = 5.1).
5. 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 = 8.7).
PARTICIPATION AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:
1. Noi biomateriale pe bază de chitosan funcționalizat cu tiouree și extract de Hypericum perforatum L. pentru aplicații biomedicale. Ioana-Victoria Platon, Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita, Ana Clara Aprotosoaie, Maria Marinela Lazar, Maria Valentina Dinu, Congresul Internațional al Universității „Apollonia” din Iași, Pregătim viitorul promovând excelența -Ediția a XXXV-a, 27 februarie -1 martie 2025, IAȘI, ROMANIA. – comunicare orală
2. 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
3. Design of antioxidant and antimicrobial bioactive hydrogels based on dextran. Maria Marinela Lazar, Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita, Maria Valentina Dinu, EPF European Polymer Congress 22 -27 June 2025, Groningen, The Netherlands. – poster
4. 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.– comunicare orală
5. Multifunctionality of Xanthan-Based Cryogels Enriched with Anthocyanins. Ioana-Victoria Platon, Irina Elena Raschip, Nicusor Fifere, Maria Valentina Dinu, International Conference Progress in Organic and Macromolecular Compounds, 23-26 septembrie 2025, IAȘI, ROMANIA. – comunicare orală
6. Maria Valentina Dinu, Multifunctional Polysaccharide-Based Hybrid Hydrogels with Porosity Tailored by Cryotropic Gelation. International Conference Progress in Organic and Macromolecular Compounds, 23-26 septembrie 2025, IAȘI, ROMANIA. – conferință invitată
7. Functionalization of sodium alginate via Ugi multicomponent reaction and the self-associative behavior of the obtained derivative. 7th Edition of the IasiCHEM Conference, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, 30-31 October 2025, Romania. – poster
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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 |
