Crina Anastasescu

858 total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 650 citations indexed

About

Crina Anastasescu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Crina Anastasescu has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 650 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Materials Chemistry, 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Crina Anastasescu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (13 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). Crina Anastasescu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (13 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). Crina Anastasescu collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Belgium and Japan. Crina Anastasescu's co-authors include Ioan Balint, Vasile I. Pârvulescu, Bao‐Lian Su, Florica Papa, Razvan State, Anca Vasile, Pavel Afanasiev, Maria Zaharescu, Mihai Anastasescu and M. Gärtner and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Molecules and Catalysis Today.

In The Last Decade

Crina Anastasescu

31 papers receiving 640 citations

Hit Papers

Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic and Inorganic Pollu... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 50 100 150 200
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  1. Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants to Harmless End Products: Assessment of Practical Application Potential for Water and Air Cleaning
    2023 218 citations Pavel Afanasiev, Crina Anastasescu et al. Catalysts profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Crina Anastasescu Romania 13 431 297 118 87 86 33 650
Rimzhim Gupta India 12 382 0.9× 350 1.2× 131 1.1× 78 0.9× 88 1.0× 14 569
Jiajie Wang China 16 325 0.8× 278 0.9× 140 1.2× 51 0.6× 142 1.7× 25 586
X. Bokhimi Mexico 9 519 1.2× 386 1.3× 101 0.9× 61 0.7× 71 0.8× 11 733
Minoru Sohmiya Japan 16 434 1.0× 239 0.8× 93 0.8× 38 0.4× 45 0.5× 26 644
Laura A. Achola United States 14 307 0.7× 318 1.1× 135 1.1× 70 0.8× 137 1.6× 24 633
Heba M. Gobara Egypt 17 372 0.9× 207 0.7× 68 0.6× 85 1.0× 107 1.2× 33 564
Haiwang Wang China 17 482 1.1× 396 1.3× 255 2.2× 90 1.0× 81 0.9× 47 765
Yulu Zhan China 13 270 0.6× 181 0.6× 155 1.3× 138 1.6× 112 1.3× 31 604
Zixiang Huang China 11 381 0.9× 494 1.7× 114 1.0× 64 0.7× 120 1.4× 20 675
Xuan He China 14 567 1.3× 432 1.5× 179 1.5× 64 0.7× 154 1.8× 32 818

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Crina Anastasescu

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All Works

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Predoană, Luminița, Crina Anastasescu, Silviu Preda, et al.. (2025). Layered Perovskite La2Ti2O7 Obtained by Sol–Gel Method with Photocatalytic Activity. Applied Sciences. 15(14). 7665–7665.
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Anastasescu, Crina, Silviu Preda, Oana Cǎtǎlina Mocioiu, et al.. (2024). Mn-doped ZnO nanopowders prepared by sol–gel and microwave-assisted sol–gel methods and their photocatalytic properties. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 15. 1283–1296. 1 indexed citations
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Afanasiev, Pavel, Crina Anastasescu, Razvan State, et al.. (2023). Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants to Harmless End Products: Assessment of Practical Application Potential for Water and Air Cleaning. Catalysts. 13(2). 380–380. 218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morjan, I., C. Fleaca, Florian Dumitrache, et al.. (2023). Titania nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of ethanol under simulated solar light. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 14. 616–630. 3 indexed citations
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Anastasescu, Crina, Silviu Preda, Daniela C. Culiţă, et al.. (2023). Antibacterial Activity of ZnSe, ZnSe-TiO2 and TiO2 Particles Tailored by Lysozyme Loading and Visible Light Irradiation. Antioxidants. 12(3). 691–691. 1 indexed citations
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Pelinescu, Diana, Mihai Anastasescu, Veronica Brătan, et al.. (2023). Antibacterial Activity of PVA Hydrogels Embedding Oxide Nanostructures Sensitized by Noble Metals and Ruthenium Dye. Gels. 9(8). 650–650. 1 indexed citations
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Anastasescu, Crina, Florica Papa, Irina Atkinson, et al.. (2022). Band-Gap Engineering of Layered Perovskites by Cu Spacer Insertion as Photocatalysts for Depollution Reaction. Catalysts. 12(12). 1529–1529. 5 indexed citations
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Preda, Silviu, Polona Umek, M. Zaharescu, et al.. (2022). Iron-Modified Titanate Nanorods for Oxidation of Aqueous Ammonia Using Combined Treatment with Ozone and Solar Light Irradiation. Catalysts. 12(6). 666–666. 5 indexed citations
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Anastasescu, Crina, José Maria Calderón-Moreno, Veronica Brătan, et al.. (2022). Bioactive Coatings Based on Nanostructured TiO2 Modified with Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Lysozyme for Ti Dental Implants. Nanomaterials. 12(18). 3186–3186. 7 indexed citations
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Anastasescu, Crina, Silviu Preda, Adriana Rusu, et al.. (2018). Tubular and Spherical SiO2 Obtained by Sol Gel Method for Lipase Immobilization and Enzymatic Activity. Molecules. 23(6). 1362–1362. 13 indexed citations
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Predoană, Luminița, Irina Atkinson, Elena Maria Anghel, et al.. (2017). Fe3+-doped TiO2 nanopowders for photocatalytic mineralization of oxalic acid under solar light irradiation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 356. 18–28. 27 indexed citations
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Spătaru, Tanţa, Takeshi Kondo, Crina Anastasescu, et al.. (2016). Silica veils-conductive diamond powder composite as a new propitious substrate for platinum electrocatalysts. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. 21(4). 1007–1014. 5 indexed citations
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Morosanu, C., A. Slav, T. Stoïca, et al.. (2008). Hydroxyapatite films obtained by sol–gel and sputtering. Thin Solid Films. 516(22). 8112–8116. 37 indexed citations
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Trapalis, Christos, T. Giannakopoulou, N. Todorova, et al.. (2007). Optical and Microstructural Properties of Sol-Gel TiO<inf>x</inf>N<inf>y</inf> Thin Films. 72. 303–306. 1 indexed citations
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Trapalis, Christos, Γ. Κορδάς, Petre Osiceanu, et al.. (2006). Surface Stoichiometry and Structural Properties of Copper‐Containing Sol–Gel SiO2 Films. Plasma Processes and Polymers. 3(2). 192–196. 2 indexed citations
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Pârvulescu, Vasile I., et al.. (2004). Activity and stability of bimetallic Co (V, Nb, La)-modified MCM-41 catalysts. Catalysis Today. 93-95. 307–313. 19 indexed citations
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Pârvulescu, Vasile I., Crina Anastasescu, & Bao‐Lian Su. (2003). Vanadium incorporated mesoporous silicates as catalysts for oxidation of alcohols and aromatics. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 198(1-2). 249–261. 48 indexed citations
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