Neutron diffraction and Small angle scattering applications in geosciences (Romanian garnet peridotites, Foltea, Sebeshel formation) and biosciences

TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Neutron diffraction and Small angle scattering applications in geosciences (Romanian garnet peridotites, Foltea, Sebeshel formation) and biosciences
(supramolecular bio-based nanostructures)
THEME: 04-4-1121-2015/2020
YEAR: 2020
LABORATORY IN JINR: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP)
PARTNERS IN ROMANIA: Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest (FFUB)
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS: Lect. Univ. dr. Marcela-Elisabeta Barbinta-Patrascu (FFUB), Senior
Researcher Dr. Tatiana I. Ivankina (FLNP)
OBJECTIVES:
- the implementation and development of innovative strategies of applications of neutron small
angle scattering and neutron diffraction to investigate the bio-based and the inorganic
materials.
ESTIMATED RESULTS:
The main results expected from this investigation are:
• “green” preparation of supramolecular bio-based nanomaterials
• spectral, structural and morphological characterization of hybrid materials
• evaluation of bio-performances of the obtained materials (antioxidant capacity,
antimicrobial activity, haemolytic activity, evaluation of the cytotoxic effects in
normal and cancer cell lines)
• selection and analysis by modern physical methods, of some specimens of
Romanian garnet peridotites (Foltea, Sebeshel formation)