Nanostructures and Thin Films for Multifunctional Applications

The study of thin films by electrochemical impedancespectroscopy.- Nanometer oxide and hydroxide pelliclesby applying electrical discharges inimpulse (EDI).- Graphite films deposited on metal surface by electricaldischarge pulse.- Structural and physical properties of ZnSxSe1-xthin films.- Thin-film photovoltaic devices based on A2B6compounds.- Theory of the anisotropic magnetoelectric effects inmetglas-piezocrystal laminates.- Experimental studies of the direct andconverse magnetoelectric effects in metglas-piezocrystal laminates.- Particularitiesof physical properties of semimagnetic semiconductors and their practicalapplication.- Cobalt/cobaltoxide exchange bias system for diluted ferromagneticalloy films in superconducting spin-valves.- Local ordering at the interface of the TiO2-WO3bi-layers.- Crystalline structure and surface morphology ofAIIIBVI type lamellar semiconductor nanocompositesobtained by heat treatment in Cd andZn vapor.- Optical and photoelectrical properties of GaS, GaSe, GaTe and InSe semiconductorsand nanocomposites obtained by heat treatment in Cd and Zn vapor.- Photoluminescence of nanocomposites obtained by heattreatment of GaS, GaSe, GaTe and InSe single crystals in Cd and Zn vapor.- Nanoreliefsobtained by various manufacturing methods.- Template assisted formation ofmetal nanotubes.- Thermal conductivity of segmentednanowires.- THz devices based on carbonnanomaterials.- Abrasive flow machining.

Ion Tiginyanu received his M.S. degree from theMoscow Institute of Physics and Engineering in 1978. He received his Ph.D.degree in Semiconductor Physics from Lebedev Institute of Physics, Academy ofSciences of U.S.S.R., in 1982, and his Doctor habilitate degree in 1991 fromthe Institute of Applied Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Hebecame full professor in 1993 at the Technical University of Moldova. From 1984to 1998 he worked as senior researcher at the Institute of Applied Physics ofthe Academy of Sciences of Moldova. In 1998 he joined the Technical Universityof Moldova, being appointed vice-Rector, while in October 2004 he was electedvice-president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He serves as Director ofthe National Center for Materials Study and Testing and Professor at the Chairof Microelectronics of the Technical University of Moldova. In 1995-96 and1998-99 he has been a visiting professor at the Institute of High-FrequencyElectronics of the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, while in 2001 - atthe Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the Universityof Michigan, USA. In March 2013 he was elected first vice-president of theAcademy of Sciences of Moldova. Professor Tiginyanu's research interests arerelated to nanotechnologies, 3D hybrid nanomaterials, ultrathin membranes,photonic crystals, random lasing, cost-effective solar cells and new sensortechnologies. He has more than 300 journal publications and 52 technologicalpatents, and edited 5 books in English. His personal Hirsch index equals 31. In 2011 he got the 'Outstanding Inventor' Award from the World Intellectual PropertyOrganization. Along with this, over the last decade he received 17 Gold and Silver Awards at the International Exhibition "Eureka" (Brussels),International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva and at the InternationalExhibition of Inventions and New Products in Pittsburgh (USA). He is member oftheAcademy of Sciences of Moldova, Honorary