Dr. Aurelian-Catalin Galca

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Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal Details

Name: Aurelian-Catalin Galca

Address:

Laboratory of Multifunctional Materials and Structures
National Institute of Materials Physics

Atomistilor 105 bis, PO-Box Mg-07

077125 Magurele, Romania

Telephone: +40(0) 749969786

E-mail: ac_galca@infim.ro

web: www.infim.ro/~ac_galca
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-7386-2009

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Date/Place of Birth 26/11/1977, Buzau, Romania

Nationality Romanian

 

Education

 

12/2001 – 12/2005 Ph.D., Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

10/2000 – 02/2002 M. Sc., Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania

10/1996 – 07/2000 B. Sc., Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania

09/1992 – 06/1996 High School B. P. Hasdeu, Buzau, Romania

 

Experience

 

10/2012 – present Head of Complex Heterostructures and Perovskite Oxides Group, National Institute of Materials Physics,                     Laboratory of Multifunctional Materials and Structures

01/2010 – present Senior Researcher, National Institute of Materials Physics, Laboratory of Multifunctional Materials and

                  Structures

10.2011 – 11/2011 Visiting PostDoc, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France

05/2006 – 12/2009 Senior Researcher, National Institute of Materials Physics, Solid State Magnetism Laboratory

09/2006 – 05/2009  Postdoc, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Photonic Processing of Advanced

                   Materials Group

FP6 – 3D-DEMO ‘Single step 3D DEposition of complex nanopatterned Multifunctional Oxides thin films’

12/2001 – 12/2005 Junior researcher, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Enschede, the Netherlands

‘Self-assembly and interfacial aspects of thin colloidal films’

09/2000 – 12/2001 Teacher, High school Horia Hulubei, Bucharest

10/2000 – 02/2002 M. Sc. thesis, University of Bucharest and National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest

‘Sputtered ZnO Thin Films Doped with Transitional Metals: Structural and Optical Properties; Electrical transport’

10/1999 – 05/2000 B. Sc. thesis, University of Bucharest, Solid State Physics Department

‘Pore Size Determination by Mercury Porosimetry’

09/1999 – 05/2000 Teaching practice, High school Ion Barbu, Bucharest

 

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Publications list

ISI papers

 

33. Stoichiometry dependence of the optical properties of amorphous-like Inx−wGawZn1−xO1+0.5x−δ thin films

A.C. Galca, G. Socol, L.M. Trinca, V. Craciun

Appl. Surf. Sci., in press, doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.01.176

 

32. Structural and optical properties of c-axis oriented aluminum nitride thin films prepared at low temperature by reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputtering

A.C. Galca, G.E. Stan, L.M. Trinca, C.C. Negrila, L.C. Nistor

Thin Solid Films 524  2012, 328-333 doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.10.015

 

31. Structural, optical and dielectric properties of Bi1.5-xZn0.92-yNb1.5O6.92-δ thin films grown by PLD on R-plane sapphire and

 LaAlO3 substrates

A. Le Febvrier, A.C. Galca, Y. Corredores, S. Députier, V. Bouquet, V. Demange, X. Castel, R. Sauleau, R. Lefort, Ly. Zhang, G. Tanné, L. Pintilie, M. Guilloux-Viry

ACS Appl. Mat. Interf.  4 (10) 2012, 5227-5233  doi:10.1021/am301152r

 

30. Morphological, optical and electrical properties of samarium oxide thin films

C. Constantinescu, V. Ion, A.C. Galca, M. Dinescu

Thin Solid Films 520 (20) 2012, 6393-6397 doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.06.049

 

29. Structural, optical, and electrical properties of BNT-BT0.08 thin films processed by sol-gel technique

M. Cernea, L. Trupina, C. Dragoi, A.C. Galca,  L. Trinca

J. Mater. Sci. 47 (19) 2012, 6966-6971 doi:10.1007/s10853-012-6646-1

 

28. Double layer structure of ZnO thin films deposited by RF-magnetron sputtering on glass substrate

C. Besleaga, G.E. Stan, A.C. Galca, L. Ion, S. Antohe

Appl. Surf. Sci. 258 (22) 2012, 8819-8824 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.05.097

 

27. Spectroscopic ellipsometry investigations of Eu-doped oxy-fluoride glass and glass-ceramics

A.C. Galca, N. Preda, C.E. Secu, C.R. Luculescu, M. Secu

Opt. Mater. 34 (8) 2012, 1493-1496 doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2012.03.015

 

26. Pulsed Laser Deposition of Transparent Conductive Oxide Thin Films on Flexible Substrates

G. Socol, M. Socol, N. Stefan, E. Axente, G. Popescu-Pelin, D. Craciun, L. Duta, C.N. Mihailescu, I.N. Mihailescu, A. Stanculescu, D. Visan, A.C. Galca, C.R. Luculescu, V. Craciun

Appl. Surf. Sci., 260 2012, 42-46 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.02.148

 

25. Optical properties of amorphous-like indium zinc oxide and indium gallium zinc oxide thin films

A.C. Galca, G. Socol, V. Craciun

Thin Solid Films 520 (14) 2012, 4722-4725 doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.10.194

 

24. Ferroelectric and dielectric multilayer heterostructures based on KTa0.65Nb0.35O3 and Bi1.5-xZn0.92-yNb1.5O6.92–1.5x-y grown by pulsed laser deposition and chemical solution deposition for high frequency tunable devices

A. Le Febvrier, S. Députier, V. Bouquet, V. Demange, S. Ollivier, A.C. Galca, C. Dragoi, R. Radu, L. Pintilie, M. Guilloux-Viry

Thin Solid Films 520 (14) 2012, 4564-4567 doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.10.142

 

23. Tilt c axis crystallite growth of aluminium nitride films by reactive RF-magnetron sputtering

G.E. Stan, I. Pasuk,  L.M. Trinca, A.C. Galca, M. Enculescu, F. Miculescu

Dig. J. Nanomater. Biostruct. 7 (1) 2012, 41-50 link

 

22. Tailoring the optical properties of MgxZn1-xO thin films by nitrogen doping

G. Epurescu, R. Birjega, A.C. Galca

Appl. Phys. A-Mater. Sci. Process. 104 (3) 2011, 889-893 doi:10.1007/s00339-011-6433-x

 

21. High quality amorphous indium zinc oxide thin films synthesized by pulsed laser deposition

G. Socol, D. Craciun, I.N. Mihailescu, N. Stefan, C. Besleaga, L. Ion, S. Antohe, K.W. Kim, D. Norton, S.J. Pearton, A.C. Galca, V. Craciun

Thin Solid Films 520 (4) 2011, 1274-1277 doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.04.196

 

20. Carbon layers cleaning from inside of narrow gaps by a RF glow discharge

C. Stancu, M. Teodorescu, A.C. Galca, G. Dinescu

Surf. Coat. Technol. 205 (2) 2011, S435-S438 doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2011.03.090 

 

19. Piezoelectric BNT-BT0.11 thin films processed by sol-gel technique

M. Cernea, A.C. Galca, M.C. Cioangher, C. Dragoi, G. Ioncea

J. Mater. Sci. 46 (17) 2011, 5621-5627 doi:10.1007/s10853-011-5512-x

 

18. Substrate-target distance dependence of structural and optical properties in case of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 films obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition
A.C. Galca, V. Stancu, M.A. Husanu, C. Dragoi, N.G. Gheorghe, L. Trupina, M. Enculescu, E. Vasile
Appl. Surf. Sci. 257 (14) 2011, 5938-5943 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.01.056

 

17. Tailoring of Optical, Compositional and Electrical Properties of The InxZn1-xO Thin Films Obtained by Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition

G. Socol, A.C. Galca, C.R. Luculescu, A. Stanculescu, M. Socol, N. Stefan, E. Axente, L. Duta, C.M. Mihailescu, V. Craciun, D. Craciun, V. Sava, I.N. Mihailescu

Dig. J. Nanomater. Biostruct. 6 (1) 2011, 107-115 link

 

16. Band-gap correlations in Bi4Ge3O12 amorphous and glass-ceramic materials

S. Polosan, A.C. Galca, M. Secu

Solid State Sci. 13 (1) 2011, 49-53 doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2010.10.007

 

15. Highly Textured (001) AlN Nanostructured Thin Films Synthesized by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering for SAW and FBAR Applications

G.E. Stan, I. Pasuk,  A.C. Galca, A. Dinescu

Dig. J. Nanomater. Biostruct. 5 (4) 2010, 1041-1054 link

 

14. Optical and structural studies on Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3 thin films obtained by radiofrequency assisted pulsed plasma deposition

N.D. Scarisoreanu, A.C. Galca, L. Nedelcu, A. Ioachim, M.I. Toacsan, E. Morintale, S.D. Stoica, M. Dinescu

Appl. Surf. Sci. 256 (22) 2010, 6526-6530 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.04.041

 

13. Optical properties of Zinc Oxide thin films doped with Aluminum and Lithium

A.C. Galca, M. Secu, A. Vlad, J.D. Pedarnig

Thin Solid Films 518 (16) 2010, 4603-4606 doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2009.12.041

 

12. The study of the silicon oxide thickness on crystalline Si by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry

C. Cotirlan, A.C. Galca, C.S. Ciobanu, C. Logofatu

J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater. 12 (5) 2010, 1092-1097 link

 

11. Polymer-like thin films obtained by RF plasma polymerization of pentacyclic monomers

V. Satulu, B. Mitu, A.C. Galca, G.V. Aldica, G. Dinescu

J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater. 12 (3) 2010, 631-636 link

 

10. Nanostructured gold layers. II. Gold deposition onto polystyrene substrate

I. Zgura, T. Beica, S. Frunza, O. Rasoga, A. Galca, L. Frunza, A. Moldovan, M. Dinescu, C. Zaharia

J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater. 12 (2) 2010, 354-359 link

 

9. Pulsed-laser deposition of smooth thin films of Er, Pr, Nd doped glasses

G. Epurescu, A. Vlad, M.A. Bodea, C. Vasiliu, O. Dumitrescu, H. Niciu, M. Elisa, K. Siraj, J.D. Pedarnig, D. Bäuerle, M. Filipescu, A. Nedelcea, A.C. Galca, C.E.A. Grigorescu, M. Dinescu

Appl. Surf. Sci. 255 (10) 2009, 5295-5298 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.10.038

 

8. Radiofrequency plasma beam deposition of various forms of carbon based thin films and their characterization

S. Vizireanu, S.D. Stoica, B. Mitu, M.A. Husanu, A. Galca, L. Nistor, G. Dinescu

Appl. Surf. Sci. 255 (10) 2009, 5378-5381 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.08.042

 

7. Structural investigations of ITO-ZnO films grown by the combinatorial pulsed laser deposition technique

D. Craciun, G. Socol, N. Stefan, M. Miroiu, I.N. Mihailescu, A.C. Galca, V. Craciun

Appl. Surf. Sci. 255 (10) 2009, 5288-5291 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.07.120

 

6. SBN thin films growth by RF plasma beam assisted pulsed laser deposition

N.D. Scarisoreanu, G. Dinescu, R. Birjega, M. Dinescu, D. Pantelica, G. Velisa, N. Scintee, A.C. Galca

Appl. Phys. A-Mater. Sci. Process. 93 (3) 2008, 795-800 doi:10.1007/s00339-008-4753-2

 

5. Field induced phase segregation in ferrofluids

E.S. Kooij, A.C. Galca, B. Poelsema

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 327 (1) 2008, 261-265 doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2008.08.029

 

4. Optical and structural properties of polythiophene-like films deposited by plasma polymerization

A.C. Galca, V. Satulu, M.D. Ionita, M. Bercu, E. Barna, M. Dumitru, B. Mitu, G. Dinescu

J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater. 10 (8) 2008, 2033-2037 link

 

3. Versatile transmission ellipsometry to study linear ferrofluid magneto-optics

E.S. Kooij, A.C. Galca, B. Poelsema

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 304 (1) 2006, 261-270 doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2006.08.062

 

2. Structural and optical characterization of porous anodic aluminum oxide

A.C. Galca, E.S. Kooij, H. Wormeester, C. Salm, V. Leca, J.H. Rector, B. Poelsema

J. Appl. Phys. 94 (7) 2003, 4296-4305 doi:10.1063/1.1604951

 

1. Optical anisotropy and porosity of anodic aluminum oxide characterized by spectroscopic ellipsometry

E.S. Kooij, H. Wormeester, A.C. Galca, B. Poelsema

Electrochem. Solid State Lett. 6 (11) 2003, B52-B54 doi:10.1149/1.1615351

 

·        Books (chapters, articles)

 

5. Optical Probing of Magnetic Field-Induced Phenomena in Magnetite-Based Ferrofluids

E.S. Kooij, A.C. Galca, B. Poelsema

in Magnetite: Structure, Properties and Applications, chapter 14, p. 393-498

edited by D.M. Angrove, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, U.S.A., 2011, ISBN: 978-1-61761-839-0 link

 

4. Nanoporous Anodic Alumina: Structural and Optical Anisotropy

E.S. Kooij, A.C. Galca, H. Wormeester, B. Poelsema

in Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Second Edition), vol. VI, p.2947-2957

edited by C.I. Contescu and K. Putyera, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A., 2009, ISBN: 978‑0‑8493‑9629‑8

doi:10.1081/E-ENN2-120019363

 

3. Field-assisted nanocolloidal self-assembly: electrophoretic and magnetophoretic deposition

E.S. Kooij, E.A.M. Brower, A.C. Galca, B. Poelsema

in Progress in Colloid and Surface Science Research, chapter 4, p.147-180

edited by E.A. Scarpetti, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, U.S.A., 2007, ISBN: 1-60021-599-8 link

 

2. Ellipsometric studies of anisotropic nanoscaled media: Ferrofluids in magnetic fields and anodized aluminium

A.C. Galca

University of Twente, the Netherlands, 2006, ISBN: 90-365-2348-6 linkRO linkNL linkIT

 

1. Structural and optical anisotropy in nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide

E.S. Kooij, A.C. Galca, H. Wormeester, B. Poelsema

in Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , p.3685-3695

edited by J.A. Schwarz, C.I. Contescu and K. Putyera, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, U.S.A., 2004, ISBN: 0-8247-5055-1 (paper) 0-8247-5046-2 (electronic) doi:10.1081/E-ENN-120019363

 

·        Non-ISI papers

 

7. Influence of the deposition conditions on the properties of TiO2 -Ge nanocomposite films synthesized by magnetron co-sputtering

A. Slav, G.E. Stan, A.C. Galca 

in CAS: 2010 INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS   Pages: 337-340   Published: 2010 doi:10.1109/SMICND.2010.5650691

 

6. Polythiophene thin films deposited in various RF plasma polymerization configurations

G. Dinescu, V. Satulu, A.C. Galca, B. Mitu

in Proceedings ISPC 19, Bochum, (2009), edited by A. von Keudell, J. Winter, M. Böke, V. Schulz-von der Gathen

 

5. Removal of carbon residuals from narrow spaces by rf discharges

C. Stancu, A.C. Galca, G. Dinescu, C. Grisolia

in 35th EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. Hersonissos, 9 - 13 June 2008, published by European Physical Society ECA Vol.32D, P-1.167 (2008), ISBN: 2-914771

 

4. Spectroscopic Ellipsometry analysis of polymer-like thiophene thin films grown by plasma deposition

A.C. Galca, V. Satulu, R.E. Pascu, M.D. Ionita, C.S. Petrone, B. Mitu, G. Dinescu

in Proceedings of the Polymer Processing Society 24th Annual Meeting   PPS-24   June 15-19, 2008 Salerno, Italy, 2008

 

3. Combinatorial pulsed laser deposition of thin films

V. Craciun, D. Craciun, I.N. Mihailescu, G. Socol, N. Stefan, M. Miroiu, A.C. Galca, G. Bourne

in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering: High-Power Laser Ablation VII, Taos, NM, USA, 20-24 April 2008, vol.7005, p.7005Y-1-10, 2008 doi:10.1117/12.782589

 

2. Microstructural investigations of Hafnium Aluminium Oxide films

D. Craciun, G. Socol, E. Axente, A.C. Galca, R. Singh, V. Craciun

in Synthesis and Metrology of Nanoscale Oxides and Thin Films, edited by V. Craciun, D. Kumar, S.J. Pennycook, K.K. Singh (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1074E, Warrendale, PA, 2008), vol.1074, p.1074-I03-18, 2008 doi:10.1557/PROC-1074-I03-18

 

1. Spectroscopic Ellipsometry study of amorphous SrxBa1-xNb2O6 thin films obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition

V. Ion, A.C. Galca, N.D. Scarisoreanu, M. Filipescu, M. Dinescu

Physica Status Solidi (c) 5(5) 2008, 1180-1183 doi:10.1002/pssc.200777818

4th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-4),11-15 June 2007, Stockholm SWEDEN

 

 

 

 

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Personal Interests

·        ellipsometry

·        magnetism

·        thin films

 

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Last revised: 11.02.2013