Article Publication:

1. Marius-Mihai Zaharia, Florin Bucatariu, Ana-Lavinia Vasiliu, Marcela Mihai. Versatile Zwitterionic Beads for Heavy Metal Ion Removal from Aqueous Media and Soils by Sorption and Catalysis Processes, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5, 8183-8193, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01375     

2. Radu Necula, Marius Zaharia*, Alina Butnariu, Maria-Magdalena Zamfirache, Andriana Surleva, Catalina Ionica Ciobanu, Olga Pintilie, Carmen Iacoban, Gabi Drochioiu. Heavy metals and arsenic in an abandoned barite mining area: ecological risk assessment using biomarkers, Environ. Forensics, 24, 164-175, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/15275922.2021.1976315 

3. Marius-Mihai Zaharia, Claudiu-Augustin Ghiorghita, Marin-Aurel Trofin, Florica Doroftei, Irina Rosca, Marcela Mihai. Multifunctional composites of zwitterionic resins and silver nanoparticle for point-of-demand antimicrobial applications, Mater. Chem. Phys., 275, 125225, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125225

4. Marius-Mihai Zaharia, Florin Bucatariu, Ana-Lavinia Vasiliu, Marcela Mihai. Stable and reusable acrylic ion-exchangers. From HMIs highly polluted tailing pond to safe and clean water, Chemosphere, 304, 135383, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135383

Conference:

1. M.-M. Zaharia, F. Bucatariu, A.-L. Vasiliu, M. Mihai, Decontamination of heavy metal ions polluted waters using acrylic resins: synthetic vs. Tarnita area waters, 20th Symposium POLYMERS 2022 Open to International Participatio, Velingrad, Bulgaria, 5-8 Iulie 2022 (Oral communication).

2.  M.-M. Zaharia, A.-L. Vasiliu, F. Bucatariu, M. Mihai, Ionic exchange resins with high affinity in sorption of heavy metal ions, 12th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering Edition (Bramat 2022), Brasov, Romania, 9-12 March 2022 (Oral communication).

Wastewater Heavy ion metals decontamination with Ion

Exchange Resins: TARNiţa closed mine pollution case

Acronym: WHIERTARN