Floralice Marimona Miroiu  

Affiliation and official address:

“Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions” Laboratory, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Institute of Atomic Physics, P.O. Box MG-36 RO-077125 Magurele, Bucharest V, Romania

Tel: 0040 (0) 21 457 44 91, Fax: 0040 (0) 21 457 42 43, 457 44 67

 e-mail: marimona.miroiu@inflpr.ro . 

Nationality: Romanian

Education (degrees, dates, universities):

- BSc (1995-2000) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Degree in Physics DIPLOMA THESIS: “Hydroxylapatite thin films deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Buffer layers of nitrides and carbides”

- MSc (2001-2002) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics

MASTER THESIS: “Pulsed Laser Depositions of octocalcium phosphate thin films for medical applications”

- October 2002, Admission to Doctorate in Physics, University of Bucharest

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates):

2000 - present: Research Assistant, then Scientific Researcher, “Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions” Laboratory, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Institute of Atomic Physics

Specialization

 (i) main field: Experimental optics, spectroscopy, lasers and plasma

 (ii) current research interest: Pulsed laser ablation, Surface studies with lasers, Surface processing

Working stages, fellowships, trainings:

- November, 2000 – March, 2001, working stage, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries de Strasbourg (ENSAIS, present INSA), France; XRD analysis of thin films;

- July, 15–29, 2001, working stage at National Hellenic Foundation – Institute of Chemistry and Theoretical Physics, Athens, Greece; in the framework of NATO PST.CLG.977325 Contract;

- May, 27-31, 2002, Module d’Enseignement Francophone (Articular Biomechanics ; Electrochemical Corrosion: Applications to metallic biomaterials), Polytechnic University of Bucharest;

- April – June 2003, SOCRATES fellowship in Laboratoire Lasers, Plasmas et Procédés Photoniques LP3 FRE 2165 CNRS - Université de la Méditerranée; Marseille, France, Analysis of the plasma during femtosecond pulsed laser ablation of hydroxyapatite;

- September 08-11, 2003, The 7^th edition of the International Conference in Optics ROMOPTO 2003, Constanta-Romania;

- September 2004 - May 2005, Marie Curie training fellowship in the University Complutense in Madrid, Materials Physics Department, Spain, Scanning Electron Microscopy, atomic force Microscopy, applications on low-dimensional II-VI semiconductor structures;

- September-December 2005, Marie Curie training fellowship in Dublin City University, NCPST, Ireland, Spectroscopic study of calcium phosphates ablation plasma.

Papers and participations to international conferences:

• Specific biofunctional performances of the hydroxyapatite-sodium maleate copolimer hybrid coating nanostructures evaluated by in vitro studies”, L. E. Sima, A. Filimon, R.M. Piticescu, G.C. Chitanu, D.M.Suflet, M. Miroiu, G. Socol, I.N. Mihailescu, J. Neamtu, G. Negroiu, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 20 2305-2316 (2009)
• “Composite biocompatible hydroxyapatite–silk fibroin coatings for medical implants obtained by Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation”, F.M. Miroiu, G. Socol, A. Visan, N. Stefan, D. Craciun, V. Craciun, G. Dorcioman, I.N. Mihailescu, L.E. Sima, S.M. Petrescu, A. Andronie, I. Stamatin, S. Moga, C. Ducu, Materials Science and Engineering: B, 169,  151–158 (2010)
• “Hydroxyapatite thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition and magnetron sputtering on PMMA substrates for medical applications”, G. Socol, F. Miroiu, N. Stefan, L. Duta, G. Dorcioman, I. N. M. Mihailescu, A. M. Macovei, S. M. Petrescu, G. E. Stan, D. A. Marcov, A. Chiriac, I. Poeata, Mater. Sci. Eng. B (2010), (169) 1-3,   159-168 (2010)
• „Pulsed laser deposition of semiconducting crystalline double-doped barium titanate thin films on nickel substrates”, I. Apostol, N. Stefan, C.R. Luculescu, R. Barjega, M. Socol, M. Miroiu and I.N. Mihailescu, Applied Surface Science, 257(8) 3570-3576 (2011)
• "Biocompatibility evaluation of a novel hydroxyapatite-polymer coating for medical implants (in vitro tests)", G. Negroiu, R. M. Piticescu, G. C. Chitanu, I.N. Mihailescu, L. Zdrentu, , M. Miroiu, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 19, 4, 1537 - 1544, 2008
• "In vivo tensile tests of biomimetic titanium implants pulsed laser coated with nanostructured calcium phosphate thin films", I. N. Mihailescu, S. Lamolle, G. Socol, F. Miroiu, H.J. Roenold, A. Bigi, I. Mayer, F. Cuisinier, S.P. Lyngstadaas, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials,  Vol. 2, 6,  P. 337 – 341, 2008
• “Biocompatible nanocrystalline octacalcium phosphate thin films obtained by pulsed laser deposition”, G. Socol, P. Torricelli, B. Bracci, M. Iliescu, F. Miroiu, A. Bigi, J. Werckmann, I. N. Mihailescu, “Biomaterials” Vol 25/13 pp 2539-2545, (2004);
• “Calcium phosphate thin films synthesized by pulsed laser deposition: physico-chemical characterization and in vitro cells response”, I.N. Mihailescu, P. Torricelli, A. Bigi, I. Mayer, M. Iliescu, J. Werckmann, G. Socol, F. Miroiu, F. Cuisinier, R. Elkaim, G. Hildebrand, Applied Surface Science 248, 344-348, (2005);
• “Spectroscopic analyses during femtosecond laser ablation of hydroxyapatite”, F. Miroiu, I. N. Mihailescu, J. Hermann, M. Sentis, Poster presentation, 7^th International Conference on Optics ROMOPTO 2003, September 8-11, 2003, Constanta, Romania, SPIE Proceedings, 5581, 479 – 485, (2004);
• “Fabrication of low dimensional structures of ZnSe and ZnO by thermal and mechanical methods”, F. Miroiu, P. Fernandez and J. Piqueras, Poster presentation, 12th International Conference on II-VI Compounds, September 12 -16, 2005, Warsaw, Poland, i Phys. Stat. Sol. (c), Vol . 3/4/2006, p. 1066-1069;
• “Spectroscopic analysis of calcium phosphate laser ablation plasmas” F. Miroiu, H. Luna, K. Kavanagh, D. Doria, I. N. Mihailescu, J. T. Costello Poster presentation, International Conference Micro- to Nano-Photonics ROMOPTO 2006, Sibiu ,Romania, August 28 - 31, 2006
• “Composite biocompatible hydroxyapatite-polymer coatings for medical implants obtained by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation” G. Socol, F. Sima, F. Miroiu, I. N. Mihailescu, R. Piticescu, M. Popescu, R. Piticescu, G. Negroiu, L. Zdrentu, S. M. Petrescu,G. C. Chitanu Poster presentation, ROMOPTO 2006, Sibiu ,Romania, August 28 - 31, 2006
• “Advanced pulsed laser technologies for depositing nanostructured biomaterial layers: application to the development of cap-coated biomimetic metal implants". Ristoscu, F. Miroiu, C. Cojanu, A. Popescu, A.Bigi, I.Mayer, J.Werckmann, S. P. Lyngstadaas, H. Pelletier, E.Palcevskis, D. Janackovic Oral Presentation, International Conference Advanced Laser Technologies ALT 2006, 8-12 September 2006, Brasov, Romania
• “Matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation technique for biomaterial thin films processing”, R. Cristescu, G. Socol, E. Axente, Grigorescu, C. Ristoscu, I. Stamatin, G. Negroiu, F. Miroiu, N. Stefan, F. Sima, C. Cojanu, A. Popescu, I. N. Mihailescu, D. B. Chrisey, Poster presentation, International Conference Biomaterials and Medical Devices BiomMedD 2006, Iasi, Romania, 9-11 November 2006

Participation in international projects:

-“Surface Improvement of Metal Implants: new preparation methods and new materials - SIMI”, G5RD-CT-2000-00423, 2001-2004 (Fifth Framework Program)

-“Multiwavelength Laser Plasma Investigations for Applications in Thin Film Deposition and Processing”, NATO PST.CLG.977325 (NATO-linkage)

Foreign languages: English, French, Spanish