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Books/Chapters:
Doctoral thesis, published as a book: Ordered Plasmonic Nanostructures: from Fabrication to Relevant Applications in OpticalSpectroscopy and Sensing, GRIN Publishing GmbH Munich, 2015; ISBN (eBook) 978-3-656-91121-0; ISBN (Book) 978-3-656-91122-7.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering: Fundamentals and Biosensing Applications, chapter in Handbook on Enhanced Spectroscopies, (Eds. Pietro Gucciardi, Nathalie Lidgi, Marc Lamy de la Chapelle), Pan Stanford Publishing, 2015, ISBN 9789814613323 - CAT# N11247.
M. Potara, C. Farcau, I. Botiz, S. Astilean, Detection of Environmental Pollutants by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, chapter in Advanced Environmental Analysis: Applications of Nanomaterials, (Eds. C. M. Hussain and B. Kharisov), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017, ISBN 978-1-78262-144-7.
IF journals:
- 2022 -
I. M. Handrea-Dragan, A. Vulpoi, C. Farcău, I. Botiz, Spheres-In-Grating Assemblies with Altered Photoluminescence and Wetting Properties, Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 1084.
A.-S. Tatar, C. Farcau, A. Vulpoi, S. Boca, S. Astilean, Development and evaluation of a gold nanourchin (GNU)-based sandwich architecture for SERS immunosensing in liquid, Spectrochim. Acta A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2022, 273, 121069.
R. Moldovan, E. Vereshchagina, K. Milenko, B.-C. Iacob, A. E. Bodoki, A. Falamas, N. Tosa, C. M. Muntean, C. Farcău, E. Bodoki, Review on combining surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and electrochemistry for analytical applications, Anal. Chim. Acta 2022 in press.
C. Farcau, Silver film over nanospheres (AgFoN) as tri-modal plasmonic sensing platform for Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy, Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, and Surface-Enhanced Fluorescence, J. Mol. Struct. 2022, 1250, 131583.
- 2021 -
N. Nechita, C. Farcau, Tuning plasmons of metal-coated microsphere arrays towards optimized surface-enhanced spectroscopy, Opt. Express 2021, 29, 42238.
R. Moldovan, B.-C. Iacob, C. Farcau, E. Bodoki, R. Oprean, Strategies for SERS detection of organochlorine pesticides, Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 304.
- 2020 -
C. Farcau, A.-M. Craciun, R. A. L. Vallee, Surface-enhanced fluorescence imaging on linear arrays of plasmonic half-shells, J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 153, 164701.
R. Tarcan, M. Handrea-Dragan, O. Todor-Boer, I. Petrovai, C. Farcau, M. Rusu, A. Vulpoi, M. Todea, S. Astilean, I. Botiz, A new, fast and facile synthesis method for reduced graphene oxide in N,N-dimethylformamide, Synth. Met. 2020, 269, 116576.
A M M Gherman, S Boca, A Vulpoi, M V Cristea, C Farcau, V Tosa, Plasmonic photothermal heating of gold nanostars in a real-size container: multiscale modelling and experimental study, Nanotechnology 2020, 31, 125701.
A M M Gherman, A. Vladescu, A. E. Kiss, C. Farcau, Extraordinary optical transmission through titanium nitride-coated microsphere lattice, Phot. Nanostr. Fund. Appl. 2020, 38, 100762.
- 2019 -
C. Farcau, D. Marconi, A. Colnita, I. Brezestean, L. Barbu-Tudoran, Gold Nanopost-Shell Arrays Fabricated by Nanoimprint Lithography as a Flexible Plasmonic Sensing Platform, Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1519.
C. Farcau, Metal-coated microsphere monolayers as surface plasmon resonance sensors operating in both transmission and reflection modes, Sci. Rep. 2019, 9, 3683.
A. Falamas, V. Tosa, C. Farcau, Hybrid architectures made of nonlinear-active and metal nanostructures for plasmon-enhanced harmonic generation, Opt. Mater. 2019, 88, 653.
- 2017 -
C. Tira, I. Ly, R. Vallee, S. Astilean, C. Farcau, Shaping light spectra and field profiles in metal-coated monolayers of etched microspheres, Opt. Mat. Express 2017, 7, 2847.
I. Botiz, M.-A. Codescu, C. Farcau, C. Leordean, S. Astilean, C. Silva, N. Stingelin, Convective self-assembly of pi-conjugated oligomers and polymers, J. Mat. Chem. C 2017, 5, 2513.
D. Zaharie-Butucel, L. Digianantonio, C. Leordean, L. Ressier, S. Astilean, C. Farcau, Flexible transparent sensors from reduced graphene oxide micro-stripes fabricated by convective self-assembly, Carbon 2017, 113, 361.
C. I. Pruncu, M. Braic, K. D. Dearn, C. Farcau, R. Watson, L. R. Constantin, M. Balaceanu, V. Braic, A. Vladescu, Corrosion and tribological performance of quasi-stoichiometric titanium containing carbo-nitride coatings, Arab. J. Chem. 2017, 10, 1015.
- 2016 -
B.-C. Iacob, E. Bodoki, C. Farcau, L. Barbu-Tudoran, R. Oprean, Study of the molecular recognition mechanism of an ultrathin MIP film-based chiral electrochemical sensor, Electrochim. Acta 2016, 217, 195.
L. Constantin, M. Braic, M. Dinu, M. Balaceanu, V. Braic, C. Farcau, A. Vladescu, Effects of Zr, Nb, or Si addition on the microstructural, mechanical, and corrosion resistance of TiCN hard coatings, Mater. Corros. 2016, 67, 929.
D. Ailincai, C. Farcau, E. Paslaru, L. Marin, PDLC composites based on polyvinyl boric acid matrix - a promising pathway towards biomedical engineering, Liq. Cryst. 2016, 43, 1973.
S. Boca, C. Farcau, M. Baia, S. Astilean, Metanephrine neuroendocrine tumor marker detection by SERS using Au nanoparticle / Au film sandwich architecture, Biomed. Microdev. 2016, 18, 12.
- 2015 -
S. Boca, C. Leordean, S. Astilean, C. Farcau, Chemiresistive/ SERS dual sensor based on densely-packed gold nanoparticles, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2498.
C. Farcau, R. A. L. Vallee, S. Boca, S. Astilean, Polarized SERS on linear arrays of silver half-shells: SERS re-radiation modulated by local density of optical states, J. Opt. 2015, 17, 114007. LabTalk IOP.
A. Diac, M. Focsan, C. Socaci, A.-M. Gabudean, C. Farcau, D. Maniu, E. Vasile, A. Terec, L. M. Veca, S. Astilean, Covalent conjugation of carbon dots with Rhodamine B and assesment of their photophysical properties, RSC Advances 2015, 5, 77662.
P. Moutet, N.M. Sangeetha, L. Ressier, N. Vilar-Vidal, M. Comesaña, S. Ravaine, R. A. L. Vallée, A. M. Gabudean, S. Astilean, C. Farcau, Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopy on Plasmonic Oligomers Assembled by AFM nanoxerography, Nanoscale 2015, 7, 2009.
M. Tertiş, O. Hosu, L. Fritea, C. Farcau, R. Săndulescu, C. Cristea, A Novel Label-free Immunosensor Based on Activated Graphene Oxide for Acetaminophen Detection, Electroanalysis 2015, 27, 638.
A. Cernat, E. Bodoki, C. Farcau, S. Aștilean, S. Griveau, F. Bedioui, R. Săndulescu, Surface modeling of nanopatterned polymer films obtained by colloidal templated electropolymerization, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 2015, 15, 3359.
- 2014 -
C. Leordean, M. Potara, S. Boca-Farcau, A. Vulpoi, S. Astilean, C. Farcau, Multiscale Electromagnetic SERS Enhancement on Self-Assembled Micro-Patterned Gold Nanoparticle Films, J. Raman Spectr. 2014, 45, 627.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Periodically Nanostructured Substrates for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, J. Mol. Struct. 2014, 1073, 102.
- 2013 -
P. Benzo, C. Bonafos, M. Bayle, R. Carles, L. Cattaneo, C. Farcau, G. Benassayag, B. Pecassou, D. Muller, Controlled synthesis of buried delta-layers of Ag nanocrystals for near-field plasmonic effects on free surfaces, J. Appl. Phys. 2013, 113, 193505.
V. Saracut, M. Giloan, M. Gabor, S. Astilean, C. Farcau, Polarization-Sensitive Linear Plasmonic Nanostructures via Colloidal Lithography with Uniaxial Colloidal Arrays, ACS Appl. Mat. Interf. 2013, 5, 1362, Cover article of Vol. 5 Iss. 4.
H. Moreira, J. Grisolia, N. M. Sangeetha, N. Decorde, C. Farcau, B. Viallet, K. Chen, G. Viau, L. Ressier, Electron transport in gold colloidal nanoparticle-based strain gauges, Nanotechnology 2013, 24, 095701.
C. Farcau, M. Potara, C. Leordean, S. Boca, S. Astilean, Reliable plasmonic substrates for bioanalytical SERS applications easily prepared by colloidal assembly of gold nanocolloids, Analyst 2013, 138, 546.
- 2012 -
C. Farcau, N. M. Sangeetha, N. Decorde, S. Astilean, L. Ressier, Microarrays of gold nanoparticle clusters fabricated by Stop&Go convective self-assembly for SERS-based sensor chips, Nanoscale 2012, 4, 7870.
A. Cernat, S. Griveau, P. Martin, J. C. Lacroix, C. Farcau, R. Sandulescu, F. Bedioui, Electrografted nanostructured platforms for click chemistry, Electrochem. Comm. 2012, 23, 141.
C. Farcau, M. Giloan, E. Vinteler, S. Astilean, Understanding plasmon resonances of metal-coated colloidal crystal monolayers, Appl. Phys. B 2012, 104, 849.
M. Potara, M. Baia, C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Chitosan-coated anisotropic silver nanoparticles as a SERS substrate for single-molecule detection, Nanotechnology 2012, 23, 055501, highlighted as LabTalk on nanotechweb.org.
Benassayag, C. Farcau, P. Benzo, L. Cattaneao, C. Bonafos, B. Pecassou, A. Zwick, R. Carles, 3D patterning of Ag nanoparticles by ULE ion implantation and stencil soft lithography for plasmonic device applications, Nucl. Inst. Meth. Phys. B 2012, 272, 214.
- 2011 -
R. Carles, C. Farcau, C. Bonafos, G. Benassayag, M. Bayle, P. Benzo, J. Groenen, A. Zwick, Three Dimensional Design of Silver Nanoparticle Assemblies Embedded in Dielectrics for Raman Spectroscopy Enhancement and Dark-field Imaging, ACS Nano 2011, 5, 8774.
C. Farcau, N. M. Sangeetha, H. Moreira, B. Viallet, J. Grisolia, D. Ciuculescu-Pradines, L. Ressier, High-Sensitivity Strain Gauge Based on a Single Wire of Gold Nanoparticles Fabricated by Stop-and-Go Convective Self-Assembly, ACS Nano 2011, 5, 7137.
C. Farcau, H. Moreira, B. Viallet, J. Grisolia, D. Ciuculescu-Pradines, C. Amiens, L. Ressier, Monolayered Wires of Gold Nanoparticles for High-Sensitivity Strain Sensing, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 14494, Cover article of Vol. 115 Iss. 30.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Simple colloidal lithography approach to generate inexpensive stamps for polymer nano-patterning, Mat. Lett. 2011, 65, 2190.
P. Benzo, L. Cattaneo, C. Farcau, A. Andreozzi, M. Perego, G. Benassayag, B. Pecassou, R. Carles, C. Bonafos, Stability of Ag nanocrystals synthesized by ultra-low energy ion implantation in SiO2 matrices, J. Appl. Phys. 2011, 109, 103524.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Evidence of a surface plasmon-mediated mechanism in the generation of the SERS background, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 3861, Chem. Commun. Special issue on SERS
- 2010 -
C. Farcau, H. Moreira, B. Viallet, J. Grisolia, L. Ressier, Tunable Conductive Nanoparticle Wire Arrays Fabricated by Convective Self-assembly on Non-patterned Substrates, ACS Nano 2010, 4, 7275.
C. Farcau, C. Bonafos, P. Benzo, G. Benassayag, R. Carles, Combining elastic and resonant inelastic optical spectroscopies for multiscale probing of embedded nanoparticle architectures, J. Appl. Phys. 2010, 108, 093516.
P. G. Kuzmin, V.V. Bukin, S.V.Garnov, G.A. Shafeev, C. Farcau, R. Carles, B. Warrot-Fontrose, V. Guieu, G. Viau, Silicon nanoparticles produced by femtosecond laser ablation in ethanol: size control, structural characterization and optical properties, J. Phys. Chem. C 2010 114, 15266.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Mapping the SERS Efficiency and Hot-Spots Localization on Gold Film over Nanospheres Substrates, J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 11717.
< 2010
C. Farcau, S. Aştilean, Silver half-shell arrays with controlled plasmonic response for fluorescence enhancement optimization, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 95, 193110.
R. Carles, C. Farcau, C. Bonafos, G. Benassayag, B. Pécassou, A. Zwick, The synthesis of single layers of Ag nanocrystals by ultra-low-energy ion implantation for large-scale plasmonic structures, Nanotechnology2009, 20, 355305.
E. Vinţeler, C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Disorder effects in reflectance spectra of colloidal photonic crystals, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 2009, 267, 393.
S. C. Boca, C. Farcau, S. Astilean, The study of Raman enhancement efficiency as function of nanoparticle size and shape, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B2009, 267, 406.
C. Farcau, E. Vinteler, S. Astilean, Experimental and theoretical investigation of optical properties of colloidal photonic crystal films, J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 2008, 10, 3165.
C. Farcau, V. Canpean, M. Gabor, T. Petrisor Jr., S. Astilean, Periodically nanostructured noble-metal thin films with enhanced optical properties, J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 2008, 10, 809.
E. Vinţeler, C. Farcau, S. Aştilean, Designing the colour of photonic crystals for sensors applications, J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 2008, 10, 2298.
M. Todica, E. Dinte, C.V. Pop, C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Raman investigation of some polymeric gels of pharmaceutical interest, J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 2008, 10, 823.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Probing the unusual optical transmission of silver films deposited on two-dimensional regular arrays of polystyrene microspheres, J. Opt.A: Pure Appl. Opt. 2007, 9, S345.
F. Járai-Szabó, Z. Néda, S. Aştilean, C. Farcau, A. Kuttesch, Shake-induced order in nanosphere systems, Eur. Phys. J. E 2007, 23, 153.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Understanding plasmonic properties and surface-enhanced Raman scattering of silver coated colloidal crystals, J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 2007, 9, 772.
M. Todica, C.V. Pop, E. Dinte, C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Preliminary investigation by Raman spectroscopy of some polymeric matrix with pharmaceutical applications, Mod. Phys. Lett. B 2007, 21, 987.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Optical and structural characterization of periodic silver-polystyrene nanocomposites, J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 2005, 7, 2721.
Non-IF journals
V. Canpean, E. Vinteler, C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Experimental and theoretical investigation of optical properties of periodic monolayers of etched nanospheres, JOAM-Symposia 2 (1), 2010, 78.
C. Farcau, A. Kuttesch, T. Petrisor, L. Barbu-Tudoran, C. Craciun, S. Astilean, Interplay between photonic and plasmonic modes in optical properties of silver-coated two dimensional colloidal crystals, Proc. SPIE, 6785 (2007) 678518.
A. Kuttesch, C. Farcau, Z. Neda, S. Astilean, Controlled deposition of photonic polystyrene-nanosphere films, Proc. SPIE, 6785 (2007) 67850O.
V. Canpean, C. Farcau, E. Vinteler, S. Astilean, Antireflective properties of polystyrene nanosphere self-assembled films, in Progress in Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies, Ed. Acad. Romane, Buc., 2007, p.68-77.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Silver Film Deposited on Colloidal Crystals Template as High Sensitivity SERS Substrate, Asian Journal of Physics, 15 (2006) 159.
C. Farcau, S. Astilean, Noble Metal Nanoarticle Array for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Physica, XLX, 2 (2005) 443.
C. Farcau, Felicia Toderas, S. Astilean, Fabrication and Characterization of Silver-Polystyrene Two-dimensional Composite Nanostructures, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Physica, XLIX, 3 (2004) 251.
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