A green approach in the frame of circular economy: robocasted photocatalysts for wastewater treatment and use of reclaimed water in agriculture

Events

Participation in international conferences

1. Irina ZGURA, Monica ENCULESCU, Liviu NEDELCU, Nicoleta PREDA, Oana RASOGA, Photocatalytic activity of composite materials based on ZnO and CuO commercial powders,  10th International Conference on Advanced Materials, 20 Julie 2024, București, Romania, Poster presentation (S4-PP6), https://water4all.ro/watergreentreat/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-07-20-Abstract-Book-ROCAM2024_FINAL.pdf
2. International Kick-off meeting of the funded projects, 22nd-24th April 2024 – Madrid, Spain, https://www.water4all-partnership.eu/sites/www.water4all-partnership.eu/files/2024-04/booklet_JTC_2022_W4A_17april24_BR.pdf
3. Bogdan Ciprian MITREA, Cornelia NICHITA, Marcela-Elisabeta BARBINTA-PATRASCU, PHYTO-FABRICATED COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT (Poster S4P9), 22st International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics, Constanţa, Romania, July 9-12, 2024, https://ibwap.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/book-of-abstracts-IBWAP-2024_ISSN.pdf (pag. 83).
4. Littorie, F., Cazier, EA. ; Héquet, V. ; Gillon, P.,Poster ,”USING MICROALGAE TO CAPTURE ORGANIC POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER” (Poster), AlgaEurope Conference, Athens, Greece, 10-13 December 2024.
5. Marcela-Elisabeta BARBINTA-PATRASCU, Cornelia NICHITA, Bogdan Ciprian MITREA, Bogdan BITA, Irina ZGURA, Ioan STAMATIN, Eco-toxicological aspects regarding phytogenic copper oxide nanoparticles for wastewater treatment, 23^th International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics and Materials Science, Constanta, Romania 09-12 July 2025

6. I. Zgura, M. Enculescu, N. Preda, L. Nedelcu, O. Rasoga, M. Cercel, M. Dinescu, M.-E. Barbinta-Patrascu, C. Nichita, A. Udaondo, P. Miranda, A. Pajares, “Developing metal oxide-based photocatalysts as powders or robocasted 3D structures for degradation of organic pollutants in water”, ICPAM-17 and PAMS-8, at Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu Campus, Japan, November 16th – 23rd, 2025 –invited lecture

Participation in national conferences

1. A.-E. CIUBOTARU, S. PETROVIC, M.-E. BARBINTA-PATRASCU, Biohybrids based on lipid nanoparticles, plant extracts and metallic nanoparticles: Biophysical aspects, Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2024 Meeting, 24 Mai 2024 – Magurele, (oral presentation) https://ssffb.fizica.unibuc.ro/SSFFB/Abstract.php?AbstractID=2146958618
2. Cornelia NICHITA, Marcela-Elisabeta Barbinta-Patrascu, Antioxidant effect of polyphenolic selective extracts obtained from Coriandrum sativum L. leaves., Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2024 Meeting, 24.05.2024, https://ssffb.fizica.unibuc.ro/SSFFB/Abstract.php?AbstractID=2146958621
3. Bogdan Ciprian MITREA, Cornelia DIAC, Tom Matei IACOB, Bogdan Ionut BITA, Cornelia NICHITA, Marcela-Elisabeta BARBINTA-PATRASCU, Eco-synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles based on plant extract obtained from Mentha piperita L. species., Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2024 Meeting, 24.05.2024, https://ssffb.fizica.unibuc.ro/SSFFB/Abstract.php?AbstractID=2146958622
4. Alexandra SISILICA, Bogdan Ciprian MITREA, Tom Matei IACOB, Cornelia NICHITA, Marcela-Elisabeta BARBINTA-PATRASCU, Ioan STAMATIN: Ecological syntesis of CuONPs based on aqueous herbal extract (https://ssffb.fizica.unibuc.ro/SSFFB/Abstract.php?AbstractID=2146958724),Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2025 Meeting,
5.  Bogdan Ciprian MITREA, Ariana Cornelia NICULESCU, Tom Matei IACOB, Cornelia DIAC, Bogdan Ionuț BITA, Cornelia NICHITA, Marcela-Elisabeta BARBINTA-PATRASCU, Ioan STAMATIN Evolution of chlorophyll content in the species Mentha piperita L. under conditions of localized copper exposure: an examination of physiological responses and environmental implications (https://ssffb.fizica.unibuc.ro/SSFFB/Abstract.php?AbstractID=2146958723), Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2025 Meeting,

Dissemination to the general public

1. Irina Zgura și Marcela Elisabeta Barbinta-Patrascu, Participation at the National Symposium-Education -The driving force of the society’s progress (Simpozionul național ”Educația–Forța Motrică a progresului societății),
2. Irina Zgura, O abordare ecologică în cadrul economiei circulare: fotocatalizatori robocastați pentru tratarea apelor uzate și utilizarea apei regenerate în agricultură, Science for Sustainability Days”  7 noiembrie, București, Romania, prezentare orală,https://magurelesciencepark.ro/events-msp/science-for-sustainability-i-days/

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3. “European Researchers’ Night 2025”, 26-27 Septembre 2025 ( Noaptea cercetatorilor europeni 2025) –The European Researchers’ Night is an event organized under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, which is part of the Horizon 2020 framework program at the European Union level. The aim of this event is to inform the general public about what it means to be a researcher and to highlight the fascinating aspects of research work.