NAME OF ORGANIZATION: National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics, Iasi
Contact details:
Prof. Dr. Horia Chiriac, General Director
Dr. Nicoleta Lupu
NIRDTP Iasi, 47 Mangeron Boulevard, 700050 Iasi, Romania
Tel.: +40 232 430680 / +40 232 233897
Fax: +40 232 231132
E-mail: hchiriac@phys-iasi.ro, Nicole@phys-iasi.ro http://www.phys-iasi.ro
FIELD(S) OF ACTIVITY:
NIRDTP Iaşi develops fundamental and applied research activities, mainly in the field of magnetism, magnetic materials and their applications.
The main S&T research activities are focusing on:
fundamental research: new models and phenomena, new theoretical aspects;
applied research: new materials and applications, new R&D equipments;
technological research: novel technologies for manufacturing new materials, including nanomaterials and nanostructured/nanocomposite materials; design and fabrication of new devices and technological equipments;
laboratory-scale production: materials, devices, systems and equipments for both laboratory research and small-scale production activities.
The main high-tech domains approached by the scientists at NIRDTP Iaşi are:
Advanced magnetic materials with special physical properties and structures: crystalline, amorphous, nanostructured/nanocomposite, and nanodimensional materials;
Applications based on advanced materials: sensors, transducers, actuators, measuring systems;
Applications based on new magnetic phenomena: nondestructive testing methods, magnetometry, magnetic separation.
RESEARCH PRIORITIES:
Considering the new challenges and opportunities opened up by the European investments in general, and Romanian ones in particular, in scientific and technological research and development activities, the National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics of Iasi is devoting tremendous efforts (involving both financial and human resources) to continue the S&T directions introduced and developed in the last few years, but also to initiate new ones.
This goal will be achieved through involving both fundamental and applicative research activities, and when and where will be the case even manufacturing activities. We are focussing mainly on the following aspects:
synthesis and/or preparation of new nanocomposite and nanostructured magnetic and magnetoelectric materials, hydrogen storage materials, materials with superior catalytic properties, new synthetic clays with catalytic, magnetic and/or biomagnetic properties, new magnetic and non-magnetic biomaterials, including rheometric fluids;
design and development of novel applications or the enhancement of the existent ones, using as active materials the ones mentioned above; tremendous efforts will be devoted to the development of various sensors, transducers, actuators, electronic microdevices, biosensors, magnetic carriers, selective drug delivery carriers, catalysts, etc.;
development of novel techniques and equipments for electronic surveillance, magnetic separation (including high-tech biomedical applications), nondestructive control;
new, improved, smart and fast solutions to the life problems.
INNOVATIVE RTD ASPECTS:
Most of the current S&T research activities at NIRDTP Iasi focus on developing an understanding of the magnetic behavior of low dimensional systems, as in systems wherein one or more characteristic dimensions have been reduced to nanometer sizes, such as:
new fundamental and advanced researches focused on nanostructured spintronic systems in multilayer and ‘non-local’ geometries, including multilayered thin films and nanowires, such as: (i) spin-valves with giant magnetoresistance (GMR-CPP); (ii) magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ); (iii) lateral spin valves, with ‘non-local’ geometry;
magnetic nanowires prepared by electrochemical deposition into the nanopores of different supportive membranes (alumina, polycarbonates, TiO2), and particularly the magnetostrictive ones (i.e., those changing their dimensions when subjected to an external magnetic field) have unique electrical and magnetic properties which can be exploited for the use in implants or medical imaging;
using the nanotechology support for the preparation and manipulation of nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanotubes or nanowires), new and sometimes unique opportunities for realization of many medical purposes are opened up, e.g. sensors based on nanometric detection elements for nano-medicine applications;
anioinic clays with magnetic substitutions for different applications, including medicine, agriculture, civil building, etc.
COOPERATION INTERESTS:
the development of inter- and multidisciplinary research activities covering aspects from physics, chemistry, electronics, biology, medicine and agricultural sciences, which should answer competitively and successfully to those domains and research areas established by the national research politics and programmes, EC programmes for research, development and innovation (e.g. FP7), other international S&T programmes;
the integration of the S&T activities, both the current ones and those to be implemented and developed in the immediate future, in the technological platforms promoted by the national and the European Commission R&D programmes;
formation of new consortia and the consolidation of the existent ones (at the regional, national or European level) consisting of universities, research institutes, governmental and private companies, because this might bring the desired added-value demanded nowadays.
REQUESTED PARTNER PROFILE:
experience in structural and physical characterization of novel nanomaterials and nanostructured/nanocomposite materials;
experience in design and realization of sensor applications for multidisciplinary applications, including biomedical ones;
experience in design of sensor arrays for ICT applications;
experience in designing systems to monitor the climate changes;
experience in using new nanomaterials for agricultural purposes.
