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Awards & Fellowships top

  • 1987- Rumanian Academy Prize Nicolae Teclu for the scientific contributions on the topic : "Sensors for Methanometers and Explosimeters"

  • 1992-1993; 1997-1998; 2003 - Humboldt fellowship at Ulm University

Research Experience top

  • Surface Science: work function/surface potential measurements (adsorption-induced variation on vacuum-deposited metal and alloy films) X-ray photo-electron-spectroscopy, XPS (evidencing the potential induced electrochemical shift of the adsorbed species core level binding energy), low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and Auger electron spectroscopy, AES (studies on the structure and chemical composition of pyrazine adsorbed on Au(111) and Ag(111) electrodes)
  • Heterogeneous catalysis: (design and microproduction of 4 catalytic sensors for measuring the methane and combustible gases concentration in air mixtures)

Recent Publications top

  1. Adsorption of Pyrazine on Au(111) and Ag(111): on the role of the Electronic Factor
    V. Lazarescu
    Surface Science, 335, 227-234, 1995
  2. The Adsorption of Pyrazine on Au(111) and Ag(111) - an ex-situ XPS Study
    U.W. Hamm, V. Lazarescu and D.M. Kolb
    Journal of Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions, 92, 3785-3790, 1996,
  3. Potentiodynamic Behavior of Copper in Alkaline Solutions
    V. Lazarescu and M. Vass
    Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 43, 405-416, 1998
  4. Cyclic Voltammetry - A Sensitive Technique for the Metal Catalyst Surface Characterization
    V. Lazarescu and M. Vass
    Quaterly Reviews, 6 (4), 223-231, 1998
  5. pH Effects on the Potentiodynamic Behavior of the Pt(111) Electrode in Perchlorate Solutions
    V. Lazarescu and J. Clavilier
    Electrochimica Acta 44, 931-941,1998
  6. On the significance of the core level binding energy shifts observed in the XPS investigations on the emersed electrodes
    V. Lazarescu
    Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 104, 39-43, 1999
  7. Electrocatalytic effects in the electrochemical reduction of pyrazine on single crystal MeIB electrodes
    V. Lazarescu, A. Gutu, N. Totir si A. Hamelin
    Electrochimica Acta 486 (1), 16-20, 2000
  8. Materiale semiconductoare monocristaline(Monocristalline Semiconductor Materials)
    M.F. Lazarescu, A.S. Manea, Valentina Lazarescu
    Editura ICPE - Bucuresti (2000)
  9. Initial Stages of Palladium Deposition on Au(hkl). Part III - Pd on Au(110)
    L.A. Kibler, M. Kleinert, V. Lazarescu, D.M. Kolb
    Surface Science 498, 175-185, 2002.
  10. Cyclic Voltammetry at Electrode Surface
    Valentina Lazarescu
    In Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science (Ed. A. Hubbard) Marcel Dekker - New York (2002) p. 1310 -1343 (invited paper)
  11. Cyclic Voltammetry at Electrode Surface
    Valentina Lazarescu
    In Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science (Ed. Ponisseril Somasundaran) Marcel Dekker - New York (2003) p. 1-39(revised version, invited paper)
  12. Electrochemical and optical nonlinear properties of GaAs(111)- A electrodes
    V. Lazarescu, M. F. Lazarescu, R. Scurtu, , M. Anastasescu
    Annals of West Univesity of Timisoara 12, 589-596, 2003
  13. The chloride anions adsorption on Cu(110) electrode - a CV, CDL and STM study
    M. Anastasescu, P. Broekmann, K. Wandelt, V. Lazarescu, N. I. Ionescu
    Annals of West Univesity of Timisoara 12, 429-436, 2003
  14. Carbon Nanotubes Electrodes
    Valentina Lazarescu
    In Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Eds. J. Schwarz, C. Contescu, K. Puteyra)
    Print Published: 03/31/2004 | Online Published: 04/13/2004 Pages: 425 - 434
    Marcel Dekker - New York (invited paper)
  15. Second harmonic generation at the GaAs(111)-B / solution interface
    V. Lazarescu, M.F. Lazarescu, H. Jones, W. Schmickler
    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 567, 257-261, 2004
  16. Second Harmonic and Impedance Spectroscopy at n-GaAs(100)Electrodes
    V. Lazarescu, M.F. Lazarescu, E. Santos, W. Schmickler
    Electrochimica Acta 49, 4231-4238, 2004
  17. Field effects and surface states in second harmonic generation at n-GaAs(hkl) electrodes
    V. Lazarescu, R. Scurtu, M.F. Lazarescu, E. Santos, H. Jones, W. Schmickler
    Electrochimica Acta 50. 4830-4836, 2005
  18. Fermi Level Pinning at n-GaAs(110) Electrodes
    V. Lazarescu, M. Gartner, R. Scurtu, M. Anastasescu, A. Ghita, M. F. Lazarescu, W. Schmickler
    Passivation of Metals and Semiconductors, and Properties of Thin Oxide Layers (Edited by: P. Marcus and V. Maurice)
    Elsevier (2006), p.257-263.
  19. Cyclic Voltammetry at Electrode Surfaces
    Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Second Edition; Taylor -
    Francis: New York, 2006; 3, pp. 1595 - 1632
    Valentina Lazarescu
  20. Reactivity of substituted seven-membered?heterocyclic sulfones:
    Spectroelectrochemistry study and theoretical modeling
    L. Preda, V. Lazarescu, M. Hillebrand, E. Volanschi
    Electrochimica Acta 51 (2006) 5587-5595
  21. Fractal Analysis of the Atomic Force Microscopy Images of Sulfide Covered Surfaces
    V. Lazarescu, G. Dobrescu, M.F. Lazarescu, C. Logofatu, B. Savu, G. Stanciu
    Scanning 28 (2006) 85-86.

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Managerial experience: top

Project director of the following research grants obtained in national and international competitions:
  1. Electronic and structural effects in adsorption and electrocatalysis phenomena at single crystalline electrodes, 1995-1996, Romanian Academy (GAR)
  2. Electronic and structural effects in adsorption and electrocatalysis phenomena at single crystalline electrodes, 1997-1999, Ministry of Research and Technology (MCT)
  3. Electrochemical studies on Pd surfaces structurally well-defined, 1999, ANSTI
  4. Electrochemical and nonlinear optical investigations at semiconductor/solution interface,1999, ANSTI
  5. Electrochemical studies on Pd surfaces structurally well-defined, 2000-2001, ANSTI
  6. Second harmonic generation at single crystalline GaAs(hkl) electrodes interface with aqueous electrolyte solutions,2002-2004, Ministry of Education and Research (MEC)
  7. Optical and electrochemical properties of single crystalline GaAs(hkl) electrodes chemically modified, 2005-2007, CNCSIS
  8. Metal Deposition on Carbon Nano-structures, 2000, IFW-Dresden (Germania
  9. Electrochemical and Nonlinear Properties of the Interface between a Single Crystal GaAs Electrode and an Aqueous Electrolyte 2000, Deutsche Forschung Gemeinschaft (Germania)
  10. Second Harmonic Generation from n-GaAs(110) and p-GaAs(hkl) Electrodes, 2003, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)

International Scientific Colaborations top

  • Topic: Adsorption Phenomena on Cu(hkl) and Pt(hkl) Electrodes
    Partners: Dr. Jean Clavilier, Dr. Antoinette Hamelin, Dr. Jean Lecoeur
    (CNRS-URA 425, Meudon, France)
    Period: 1996-2000
  • Topic: Metal Deposition on Carbom Nanotubes
    Partners: Dr. Lothar Dunsch and Dr. Christine Taeschner (IFW-Dresden, Germany)
    Period: 2000-2001
  • Topic: Electrochemical and Nonlinear Properties of the Interface between a Single-Crystal GaAs Electyrode4 and an Aqueous Electrolyte
    Partner: Prof. Wolfgang Schmickler (Ulm University, Electrochemistry Department, Germany)
    Period: 2000-2007
  • Topic: Cyclic Voltammetry Investigations on Organic Compounds
    Partners: Prof. Alexander Perjessy, (Comenius University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia)
    Period: 2000-2001