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    THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND GALLIUM NITRIDE NANOPARTICLES
    (2019) Braniste, Tudor; Andree, Birgit; Benecke, Nils; Raevschi, Simion; Plesco, Irina; Cebotari, Serghei; Haverich, Axel; Tighineanu, Ion; Hilfiker, Andres
    In this study, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were investigated in direct contact with Gallium Nitride (GaN/Fe) based nanoparticles. GaN is a compound semiconduc- tor material, with remarkable characteristics including piezoelectric properties, high thermal stability, radiation hardness and excellent chemical inertness, which make it promising for biomedical applications. There is, however, limited knowledge about the biocompatibility of nanostructured GaN and the impact of GaN nanoparticles on living cells. We report on growth and characterization of GaN/ZnFe2O4 multifunctional piezoelectric and magnetic nanoparticles as well as on their assimilation and interaction with HUVECs. Thin GaN layers were grown on ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles with sizes up to 100 nm, using Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE). After GaN growth, the sacrificial core of nanoparticles was decomposed at high temperatures in hydrogen flow, the final composition of nanoparticles corresponding to GaN:Fe. The resulted nanoparticles were incubated with human umbilical vein endothelial cells in order to remotely influence the cells activity through nanoparticles. By cultivating cells in medium supplemented with different concentrations of nanoparticles, we show that HUVECs tolerate GaN nanoparticles. The obtained results show that, being uptaken by the cells, the GaN nanoparticles are deposited into vesicles and thus can be used as guiding elements for controlled transportation or designed spatial distribution of cells in a magnetic field, which represent a step forward towards application in cellular therapy.
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    TERAHERTZ SHIELDING PROPERTIES OF AERO-GaN
    (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019) Braniste, Tudor; Dragoman, Mircea; Alyabyeva, Liudmila; Zhukov, Sergey; Ciobanu, Vladimir; Aldrigo, Martino; Raevschi, Simion; Dragoman, Daniela; Iordanescu, Sergiu; Shree, Sindu; Gorshunov, Boris; Adelung, Rainer; Tiginyanu, Ion
    The electrodynamic properties of the first aero-material based on compound semiconductor namely of Aero-GaN, in the terahertz frequency region are experimentally investigated. Spectra of complex dielectric permittivity, refractive index, surface impedance are measured at frequencies 4–100 cm−1 and in the temperature interval 4–300 K. The shielding properties are found based on experimental data. The aero-material shows excellent shielding effectiveness in the frequency range from 0.1 to 1.3 THz, exceeding 40 dB in a huge frequency bandwidth, which is of high interest for industrial applications. These results place the aero-GaN among the best THz shielding materials known today.
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    ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDING IN X-BAND WITH AERO-GaN
    (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019) Raevschi, Simion; Dragoman, Mircea; Braniste, Tudor; Iordanescu, Sergiu; Aldrigo, Martino; Shree, Sindu; Adelung, Rainer; Tiginyanu, Ion
    We investigate the electromagnetic shielding properties of an ultra-porous lightweight nanomaterial named aerogalnite (aero-GaN). Aero-GaN is made up of randomly arranged hollow GaN microtetrapods, which are obtained by direct growth using hydride vapor phase epitaxy of GaN on the sacrificial network of ZnO microtetrapods. A 2 mm thick aero-GaN sample exhibits electromagnetic shielding properties in the X-band similar to solid structures based on metal foams or carbon nanomaterials. Aero-GaN has a weight four to five orders of magnitude lower than the weight of metals.
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    SELF-ORGANIZED AND SELF-PROPELLED AERO-GaN WITH DUAL HYDROPHILIC-HYDROPHOBIC BEHAVIOR
    (Elsevier, 2019) Raevschi, Simion; Tiginyanu, Ion; Braniste, Tudor; Smazna, Daria; Deng, Mao; Schütt, Fabian
    Nature utilizes hydrophilic-hydrophobic biomolecular entities to perform self-organized structural and functional tasks, including the formation of cellular compartments and motion, separation of chemicals or self-healing properties in a highly energy efficient manner. So far, no inorganic artificial micro/nanostructure units are known that self-organize and mimic such functions just by adding liquid. Here we develop the first nanomaterial exhibiting hydrophobic wetting and hydrophilic dewetting. Consisting of gallium nitride nanoscopically thin membranes shaped as hollow microtetrapods, which we term aerogalnite (AGaN), the nanomaterial is extremely porous, mechanically flexible, stretchable, and exhibits hydrophilicity under tension and hydrophobicity when compressed against water. Self-assembling the AGaN tetrapods on water enabled us to develop self-healing waterproof rafts carrying liquid droplets 500-times as heavy as rafts, and to demonstrate self-propelled liquid marbles exhibiting velocity of rotation as high as 750 rot/min. The specific force of the detachment of AGaN from the water surface was experimentally determined equal to 35 mN/cm2. The new developed material aerogalnite and its peculiar characteristics are promising for applications in sensorics, microfluidic devices and microrobotics.