Awards

ICPAM-13 Awards

The Awards are offered for the most original contributions of young scientists:

• Sponsor’s Prize (500 EUR) offered by APL Materials for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Laurianne WENDLING for the presentation with the title: Ferroelectric oxides for photovoltaic applications;
• Sponsor’s Prize (500 EUR) offered by Nanomaterials for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Cecile MARSAL for the presentation with the title: Nanostructured layers fabricated by oblique–angle deposition (OAD) for optimizing optical performances in the extended visible range;
• Dan Dascalu Prize (400 EUR) offered by National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies – IMT – Bucharest for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Zouhour BEN JABRA for the presentation with the title: Hydrogen-Mediated CVD Epitaxy of Graphene on SiC: Implications for Microelectronic Applications;
• Sponsor’s prize (200 EUR) offered by Materials for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Marius SOROCEANU for the presentation with the title: Investigation of some conjugated push-pull naphthalene-based imines for potential use in optoelectronic applications;
• Sponsor’s prize (200 EUR) offered by Materials for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Kyriakos MOURATIS for the presentation with the title: Fabrication and properties of WO₃ films grown by spray pyrolysis for smart windows applications;
• Sponsor’s prize (200 EUR) offered by Coatings for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Julius BÜRGER for the presentation with the title: Analytical high-resolution STEM investigations of interfacial widths and line-edge roughnesses in microphase separated cylindrical block copolymer thin films;
• Sponsor’s prize (200 EUR) offered by Coatings for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Cosmin ROMANITAN for the presentation with the title: Non-destructive investigation of the edge and screw threading dislocations in GaN layers;
• Ilie Bursuc Prize (300 EUR) offered by Cristina David for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Stefan IRIMICIUC for the presentations with the titles: 1. Analysis of laser produced plasma on various metals: ion current interpterion by floating probe approach 2. Angle- and time-resolved in situ investigation of pulsed laser deposition of Cu_xO_y semiconductors;
• Augustin Maior Prize (200 EUR) offered by SRF Cluj-Napoca for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Kata SASZET for the presentation with the title: TiO₂ P25/Fe₃O₄/g-Fe₂O₃ photocatalytically active nanocomposites and the ecotoxicological effects of TiO₂ P25 on the Lasius Niger ant species;
• Ioan Ursu Prize (200 EUR) offered by the ICPAMS Association for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist, was received by Marco MOREIRA for the presentation with the title: Deposition and characterisation of off-stoichiometric Cu-Cr-O thin films on flexible substrates;
• Organizing Committee’s prize (200 EUR) for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Martin HRUSKA for the presentation with the title: Nanostructured metals as active layers for gas sensors;
• Organizing Committee’s prize (200 EUR) for the best oral presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Nicoleta ENEA for the presentation with the title: The role of strain engineering on ferroelectric perovskites thin films obtained by laser techniques;
• SRF Iasi prize (100 Euro) for the best poster presentation was received by Roman ATANASOV for the presentation with the title: Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect in La_0.7-xEu_xBa_0.3MnO₃ and La_0.7-xH_xBa_0.3MnO₃ nanoparticles.

PAMS-4 Awards
The Awards are offered for the most original contributions of young scientists:

• Sponsor’s prize (400 EUR) offered by American Elements for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Levente MATHE for the presentation with the title: Andreev conductance through a quantum dot-Majorana ring structure;
• Neculai Sulițanu prize (300 EUR) offered by Alina Sulițanu for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Yehor KOSIACHKIN for the presentation with the title: Neutron reflectometry in applied research of interfaces with liquid and soft media at the IBR-2 reactor;
• Organizing Committee prize (200 EUR) offered for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Veronica ANASTASOAIE for the presentation with the title: Metasurface for sensing applications;
• SRF Iasi prize (100 EUR) offered for the best poster presentation delivered by a young scientist was received by Victor VINTELER for the presentation with the title: Structural and magnetic properties GdCo_2-xTi_x compounds.