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Author: search.filters.author.Braniște, TudorStart date: 2021

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    Aero-TiO2 prepared on the basis of networks of ZnO tetrapods [Articol]
    (2022) Ciobanu, Vladimir; Ursachi, Veaceslav; Lehmann, Sebastian; Braniște, Tudor; Raevschi, Simion; Zamalai, Victor V.; Monaico, Eduard V.; Colpo, Pascal; Nielsch, Kornelius; Tighineanu, Ion
    In this paper, new aeromaterials are proposed on the basis of titania thin films deposited using atomic layer deposition (ALD) on a sacrificial network of ZnO microtetrapods. The technol-ogy consists of two technological steps applied after ALD, namely, thermal treatment at different temperatures and etching of the sacrificial template. Two procedures are applied for etching, one of which is wet etching in a citric acid aqua solution, while the other one is etching in a hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) system with HCl and hydrogen chemicals. The morphology, composition, and crystal structure of the produced aeromaterials are investigated depending on the temperature of annealing and the sequence of the technological steps. The performed photoluminescence analysis suggests that the developed aeromaterials are potential candidates for photocatalytic applications.
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    Self-propelled aero-gan based liquid marbles exhibiting pulsed rotation on the water surface [Articol]
    (2021) Braniște, Tudor; Ciobanu, Vladimir; Schűtt, Fabian; Mimura, Hidenori; Raevschi, Simion; Adelung, Rainer; Pugno, Nicola M.; Tighineanu, Ion
    We report on self-propelled rotating liquid marbles fabricated using droplets of alcoholic solution encapsulated in hollow microtetrapods of GaN with hydrophilic free ends of their arms and hydrophobic lateral walls. Apart from stationary rotation, elongated-spheroid-like liquid marbles were found, for the first time, to exhibit pulsed rotation on water surfaces characterized by a threshold speed of rotation, which increased with the weight of the liquid marble while the frequency of pulses proved to decrease. To throw light upon the unusual behavior of the developed self-propelled liquid marbles, we propose a model which takes into account skimming of the liquid marbles over the water surface similar to that inherent to flying water lily beetle and the so-called helicopter effect, causing a liquid marble to rise above the level of the water surface when rotating.