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Date of birth: 28.10.1946, Romania
Education:
- Faculty of Chemistry, Univ. “Al.I. Cuza”, Iasi, section
Organic Chemistry - 1969
- High-school: “M. Sadoveanu”, Pascani-1964
Abroad specialisation: The UNESCO Fellowship in Italy,
Milan (1974), Univ. degli Studi di Milano-Istituto di Chimica Industriale
Foreign languages: English, French, Italian
Marital status: married, a son
Address of home: Berthelot Street, no.4 , 6600-Iasi
Department Phone: 0040-232-278683 / 2156 or 2251
E-mail: [email protected]
Scientific degree: Ph.D. in Chemistry
Professional degree: professor
Department: General Chemistry
PROFESSIONAL (PEDAGOGICAL) ACTIVITY
1.09.1969-1.09.1972: assistant professor of instruction
1.09.1972-15.09.1979: assistant professor
15.09.1979-1.03.1990: lecturer
1.03.1990-1.03.1993: associate professor
1.03.1993-at present: univ. professor at the “Gh. Asachi”
Technical University of Iasi
Disciplines:
Chemistry (Faculty of Mechanical Eng.)
General Chemistry (Faculty of Electrical Eng.,
Faculty of Machines Construction Eng., section of
Economical Eng.)
Educational Methods of Technical and Technological
Disciplines
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY (RESEARCH WORK)
Competence fields: Inclusion compounds, zeolites, thickeners
Research interests:
• obtention and characterisation of the inclusion compounds
of urea, thiourea, cyclodextrins and perhydrotriphenylene
• polymerisation of dienic and vinylic monomers in the
inclusion compounds
• thickeners on the basis of starch esters and ethers
• synthesis, characterisation and testing of the catalytic
activity of zeolites Y, mordenite nd ZSM-5
• adsorption and ionic exchange onto natural and synthetic
zeolites
Scientific portfolio comprise:
* books in central Publishers (ISBN): 1
* courses and laboratory books: 9
* papers published in the foreign periodicals/volumes:
11
* papers published in the Romanian periodicals: 91
* papers published in the proceedings of scientific manifestations
with the referees: 27
* conferences and communications at the national scientific
manifestations: 40
* invention patents: 10
* original technologies delivered to benefactors: 5
* reports of fundamental scientific investigations supported
by different grants: 1
* contracts of scientific investigation: 41 , project
director at 6,
from which contracts of interdisciplinary
fundamental research and grants: 3
Selection of the fundamental research
projections:
• inclusion compounds of urea, thiourea and perhydrotriphenylene
with: n-alkanes, n-alcohols, n-carboxylic acids
• polymerisation of dienic and vinylic monomers in the
inclusion compounds of urea, thiourea and perhydrotriphenylene
• inclusion compounds wihth macromolecules: urea-poly(vinyl-chloride),
urea-polyethene, urea-poly(ethyleneoxid)
• ionic exchange onto indigenous natural zeolites (clinoptilolite-containing
volcanic tuffs)
Selection of the elaborated papers:
1. Luca, C. and Popa, A: "Utilization of the Urea
Polyvinyl Chloride Adducts in the Polyvinyl Chloride Fractionation", Rev.
Roumaine Chim., 21, 1972, p. 231;
2. Luca, C., Popa, A.and Vitan F.: "Determination
of the Optimal Parameters for Photochemical Polymerization of the 2,3-DMB-1,3
Adducted in Thiourea. I. Mathematical Model of the Yield in the Experimental
Region",Bul.Inst.Politeh. Iasi, XXIV (XXVIII), fasc. 1-2, 1978, p. 69;
3. Luca, C., Ababi, V. and Popa, A.: "Synthesis
and fractionating of polymers with inclusion compounds", Mat. Plast.,15,
nr. 3, 1978, p. 143;
4. Luca, C., Popa, A., Bîlba, N. and Mihaila.
Gh.: “Inclusion Compounds of Perhydrotriphenylene with Higer n-Alcohols”,
Rev. Roumaine Chim., 28, nr. 3 1983, p. 211
5. Luca, C., Agherghinei, I and Mihaila,
Gh: "Thermogravimetric Analysis of the Inclusion Compunds of the Perhydrotriphenilene
with Higher n-Alcohols”, J. Thermal. Anal., 26, 1-6, 1983;
6. Luca, C., Bîlba, N. and Mihaila. Gh:
"Inclusion Compunds of the Perhydrotriphenylene with Aliphatic Monocarboxilic
Acids", Rev. Roumaine Chim., 32, 1, 1987, p. 41;
7. Luca, C. and Agherghinei, I.: "Thermogravimetric
Analysis of the Inclusion Compunds of the Perhydrotriphenylene with Aliphatic
Monocarboxilic Acids” Book of Abstracts, 10th Congress International Confederation
for Thermal Analysis, Hatfield-England, 24-28 August, 1992;
8. Luca, C.and Rusa, Cr.: “Urea-Inclusion Compounds
With Polyethylene” Rev. Roumaine Chim., 42, 6, 1997, p. 475;
9. Luca, C. and Rusa, Cr.: “Urea-Inclusion Compounds
With Poly(ethylene oxide)”, Synthetic Polymer Journal, vol. 5(2) 1998
10. Bîlba N., Mihaila Gh., Luca C. and Onu
P.: “Activation and Uses of Clinoptilolite-Rich Vulcanic Tuff”, Proceedings
Zeolite’97 - 5th International Conference on the Occurrence, properties
and utilisation of natural Zeolites, Ischia - Naples, Italy, 21 - 29 sept.
1997, p.53;
11. Rusa, C., Luca, C., Tonelli, A. - Polymer
Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds: Toward New Aspects of Their Inclusion
Mechanism, Macromolecules 2001, 34, 1318 - 1322
12. Rusa, C., Luca, C., Tonelli, A., Rusa, M -
Structural investigations of the poly - ( - caprolactam) - urea inclusion
compound, Polymer 43, 2002, 3969 - 3972
• Gold medal for the invention “Electrolyte for bright
tinplating”, (Sandu, I., Rosca, I., Luca, C., Balsanian, I. si Pintea,
D.), 42nd International Exhibition of Inventions, Brussels, 1993
• Methodical referee for technical and technological
disciplines within reform program in Romania - Phare Programme VET
RO 9405/1997
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
• Romanian Society of Chemistry
• Romanian Association of Zeolites and Molecular Sieves
- ARZESIM
• Romanian Association of Cosmetology
• Academic Association of Engineering and Sustainable
Development
• Romanian Society of Cosmetic Chemists
OTHER ACTIVITIES
• Ph.D. Advisor - Chemistry
• Postgraduate program (improvement of Eng. Professors
by definitivation, second degree and first degree on Methodics)