DANIEL I. BILC

National Institute for Research & Development of Isotopic & Molecular Technologies Cluj-Napoca

Curriculum Vitae

Address:
National Institute for Research & Development of Isotopic & Molecular Technologies Cluj-Napoca
Molecular & Biomolecular Physics Department
Str. Donath 65-103
Cluj-Napoca 400293, Romania
Phone: (+4)0264 584037 Int. 196
E-mail: Daniel.Bilc@itim-cj.ro

• PhD. in Theoretical Physics Michigan State University, June 2005.
  Thesis Title: "Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of narrow band gap chalcogenides".
  Adviser: Dr. S.D Mahanti.

• Masters in Atomic Physics "Babes-Bolyai" University, June 1997.
  Thesis Title: "Analysis of the fragment paths and kinetic energy released from metastable decays of the polyatomic molecules through mass spectroscopy".
  Adviser: Dr. Onuc Cozar.

• B.Sc. Physics "Babes-Bolyai" University, October 1992 - June 1996.

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2000 at Michigan State University.
Teaching Assistant Aug. 1998 - Dec. 1999 at Western Michigan University.

Research Positions:

Research Scientist I at National Institute for Research & Development of Isotopic & Molecular Technologies, Oct. 2011 - Present
Research Associate at University of Liege, August 2006 - Oct. 2011
Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jul. 2005 - Jul. 2006
Research Assistantship at Michigan State University, Jan. 2001 - Jul. 2005
Teaching Assistantship at Michigan State University, Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2000.
Teaching Assistantship at Western Michigan University, Sept. 1998 - Dec. 1999.

Professional Societies and Awards:

Member of the Material Research Society (MRS) and American Physical Society (APS).
Sherwood K. Haynes Award to an Outstanding Ph.D. Student 2005, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University.
David Carley Memorial Award for the 1999-2000 academic year, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University.

Other scientific activities:

Referee for the Physical Review journals, Reviews of Modern Physics and IOP journals.

Personal author (Hirsch) index:

h-index= 14
(41 published articles; 598 citations)

Published Work:

1. “ Electronic and Transport Properties of Novel Thermoelectrics: A First-principle Study ”,
   D. I. Bilc , VDM Publishing House Ltd., 2009.

1. “ First-principles modeling of the thermoelectric properties of SrTiO3/SrRuO3 superlattices ”,
   P. Garcia-Fernandez, M. Verissimo-Alves, D. I. Bilc, P. Ghosez, and J. Junquera , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 86 : 085305 (2012).

2. “ Hydrogen-Saturated Silicon Nanowires Heavily Doped with Interstitial and Substitutional Transition Metals ”,
   E. Drugun, D. I. Bilc, S. Ciraci, and P. Ghosez , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 116 : 15713 (2012).

3. “ Highly Confined Spin-Polarized Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in SrTiO3/SrRuO3 Superlattices ”,
   M. Verissimo-Alves, P. Garcia-Fernandez, D. I. Bilc, P. Ghosez, and J. Junquera , PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 108 : 107003 (2012).

4. “ Electroresistance Effect in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions with Symmetric Electrodes ”,
   D. I. Bilc, F. D. Novaes, J. Iniguez, P. Ordejon, P. Ghosez , ACS NANO 6 (2) : 1473-1478 (2012).

5. “ First-principles calculations of the structural and dynamical properties of ferroelectric YMnO(3) ”,
   A. Prikockyte, D. Bilc, P. Hermet, C. Dubourdieu, P. Ghosez , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 84 (21): 214301 (2011).

6. “ Electronic and thermoelectric properties of Fe(2)VAl: The role of defects and disorder ”,
   D. I. Bilc, P. Ghosez , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 83 (20): 205204 (2011).

7. “ Spontaneous 2-Dimensional Carrier Confinement at the n-Type SrTiO(3)/LaAlO(3) Interface ”,
   P. Delugas, A. Filippetti, V. Fiorentini, D. I. Bilc, D. Fontaine, P. Ghosez , PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 106 (16): 166807 (2011).

8. “ R₃Au_6+xAl₂₆T (R = Ca, Sr, Eu, Yb; T = Early Transition Metal): a Large Family of Compounds with a Stuffed BaHg(11) Structure Type Grown from Aluminum Flux ”,
   S. E. Latturner, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis , INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 48 (4): 1346-1355 (2009).

9. “ Hybrid functional study of prototypical multiferroic bismuth ferrite ”,
   M. Goffinet, P. Hermet, D. I. Bilc, P. Ghosez , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 79 (1): 014403 (2009).

10. “ Hybrid exchange-correlation functional for accurate prediction of the electronic and structural properties of ferroelectric oxides ”,
    D. I. Bilc, R. Orlando, R. Shaltaf, G.-M. Rignanese, J. Iniguez, Ph. Ghosez , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 77 (16): 165107 (2008).

11. “ Ferrimagnetism in EuFe₄Sb₁₂ due to the interplay of f-electron moments and a nearly ferromagnetic host ”,
    V. V. Krishnamurthy, J. C. Lang, D. Haskel, D. J. Keavney, G. Srajer, J. L. Robertson, B. C. Sales, D. G. Mandrus, D. J. Singh, and D. I. Bilc , PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 98 (12): 126403 (2007).

12. “ Local structure and influence of bonding on the phase-change behavior of the chalcogenide compounds K_1-xRb_xSb₅S₈ ”,
    J. B. Wachter, K. Chrissafis, V. Petkov, C. D. Malliakas, D. Bilc, Th. Kyratsi, K. M. Paraskevopoulos, S. D. Mahanti, T. Torbruegge, H. Eckert, and M. G. Kanatzidis , JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY 180 (2): 420 (2007).

13. “ Frustration of tilts and A-site driven ferroelectricity in KNbO₃-LiNbO₃ alloys ”,
    D. Bilc, D. J. Singh , PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 96 (14): 147602 (2006).

14. “ Electronic transport properties of PbTe and AgPb_mSbTe_2+m (LAST-m) systems ”,
    D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 74 (12): 125202 (2006).

15. “ Intermetallic compounds with near zintl phase behavior: RE₂Zn₃Ge₆ (RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd) grown from liquid indium ”,
    J. R. Salvador, D. Bilc, J. R. Gour, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis , INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 44 (24): 8670 (2005) .

16. “On the lamellar compounds CuBiP₂Se₆, AgBiP₂Se₆ and AgBiP₂S₆. Antiferroelectric phase transitions due to cooperative Cu⁺ and Bi³⁺ ion motion ”,
    M. A. Gave, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, J. D. Breshears, M. G. Kanatzidis , INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 44 (15): 5293 (2005) .

17. “ Crystal growth, thermoelectric properties, and electronic structure of AgBi₃S₅ and AgSb_xBi_3-xS₅ (x=0.3) ”,
    J. H. Kim, D. Y. Chung, D. Bilc, S. Loo, J. Short, S. D. Mahanti, T. Hogan, M. G. Kanatzidis , CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 17 (14): 3606 (2005) .

18. “ Tb₄FeGe₈ Grown in Liquid Gallium: Trans-cis chains from the distortion of the Ge square net ”,
    M. A. Zhuravleva, D. Bilc, R. J. Pcionek, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis , INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 441 (7): 2177 (2005) .

19. “ Electronic Structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
    D. Bilc, T. Kyratsi, D. Y. Chung, P. Larson, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 71 (8): 085116 (2005).

20. “ Resonant States in the Electronic Structure of the High Performance Thermoelectrics AgPb_mSbTe_2+m; The Role of Ag-Sb Microstructures ”,
    D. Bilc, E. Quarez, K. F. Hsu, R. Pcionek, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis , PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 93 (14): 146403 (2004).

21. “ Electronic structure of defects and defect clusters in narrow band-gap semiconductor PbTe ”,
    S. D. Mahanti, D. Bilc, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER 16 S5277 (2004).

22. “ V₂Al₅Ge₅: first ternary intermetallic in the V-Al-Ge system accessible in liquid aluminium ”,
    X. U. Wu, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (13): 1506-1507 (2004).

23. “ Intermetallics as zintl phases: Yb₂Ga₄Ge₆ and RE₃Ga₄Ge₆ (RE= Yb, Eu): Structural response of a [Ga₄Ge₆]^4- framework to reduction by two electrons ”,
    M. A. Zhuravleva, J. Salvador, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, J. Ireland, C. R. Kannewurf, M. G. Kanatzidis, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 10 (13): 3197-3208 (2004).

24. “ Yb₈Ge₃Sb₅, a metallic mixed-valent zintl phase containing the polymeric 1(infinity)[Ge₃^4-] anions ”,
    J. R. Salvador, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, T. Hogan, F. Guo, M. G. Kanatzidis, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 126 (14): 4474-4475 (2004).

25. “ Surface effects in layered semiconductors Bi₂Se₃ and Bi₂Te₃ ”,
    S. Urazhdin, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, S. H. Tessmer, T. Kyratsi, M. G. Kanatzidis, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 69 (8): 085313 (2004).

26. “ Stabilization of new forms of the intermetallic phases beta-RENiGe₂ (RE = Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) in liquid indium ”,
    J. R. Salvador, J. R. Gour, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 43 (4): 1403-1410 (2004).

27. “ RE₂MAl₆Si₄ (RE = Gd, Tb, Dy; M = Au, Pt): Layered quaternary intermetallics featuring CaAl₂Si₂-type and YNiAl₄Ge₂-type slabs grown from aluminum flux ”,
    S. E. Latturner, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 42 (24): 7959-7966 (2003).

28. “ Impressive structural diversity and polymorphism in the modular compounds ABi₃Q₅ (A = Rb, Cs; Q = S, Se, Te) ”,
    L. Iordanidis, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 125 (45): 13741-13752 (2003).

29. “ Stabilization of beta-SiB₃ from liquid Ga: A boron-rich binary semiconductor resistant to high-temperature air oxidation ”,
    J. R. Salvador, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 42 (17): 1929-1932 (2003).

30. “ Single crystal X-ray structure investigation and electronic structure studies of La-deficient nickel stannide La_4.87Ni₁₂Sn₂₄ grown from Sn flux ”,
    M. A. Zhuravleva, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANORGANISCHE UND ALLGEMEINE CHEMIE 629 (2): 327-334 (2003).

31. “ REAu₃Al₇ (RE = rare earth): new ternary aluminides grown from aluminum flux ”,
    S. E. Latturner, D. Bilc, J. R. Ireland, C. R. Kannewurf, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY 170 (1): 48-57 (2003).

32. “ Electronic Structure Of (AgSb)_xPb_n-2xTe_n ”,
    D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, MRS PROCEEDINGS, S8.27, Fall (2003).

33. “ Effect of K/Bi Ordering on the Electronic Structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
    D. Bilc, P. Larson, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, MRS PROCEEDINGS, S6.5, Fall (2003).

34. “ Theoretical Study of Electronic Structures of Bi₂Te₃/Sb₂Te₃ Superlattices ”,
    H. Li, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, MRS PROCEEDINGS, S8.37, Fall (2003).

35. “ Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of AgBi₃S₅ ”,
    J. H. Kim, D. Bilc, S. Loo, J. Short, S. D. Mahanti, T. Hogan, M. G. Kanatzidis, MRS PROCEEDINGS, S8.6, Fall (2003).

36. “ Electronic Structure of Complex Bismuth Chalcogenide Systems ”,
    S. D. Mahanti, P. M. Larson, D. Bilc, H. Li, Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials Beyond Bismuth Telluride ed. by M. G. Kanatzidis, S. D. Mahanti and T. Hogan (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers) p 227 (2003).

37. “ Scanning tunneling microscopy of defect states in the semiconductor Bi₂Se₃ ”,
    S. Urazhdin, D. Bilc, S. H. Tessmer, S. D. Mahanti, T. Kyratsi, M. G. Kanatzidis, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 66 (16): 161306 (2002).

38. “ Quaternary intermetallics grown from molten aluminum: The homologous series Th₂(Au_xSi_1-x)[AuAl₂]_nSi₂ (n = 1, 2, 4) ”,
    S. E. Latturner, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 14 (4): 1695-1705 (2002).

39. “ Gallium flux synthesis of Tb_3-xC₂Si₈(B₁₂)₃: A novel quaternary boron-rich phase containing B₁₂ icosahedra ”,
    J. R. Salvador, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 41 (5): 844-+ (2002).

40. “ Yb₉Zn₄Bi₉: Extension of the Zintl concept to the mixed-valent spectator cations ”,
    S. J. Kim, J. R. Salvador, D. Bilc, S. D. Mahanti, M. G. Kanatzidis, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 123 (50): 12704-12705 (2001).

41. “ First nickel(II) complexes containing tetrahedral NiO₂S₂ cores. The molecular structures of Ni[(OPPh₂)(SPR₂)N]₂ (R = Ph, Me) ”,
    A. Silvestru, D. Bilc, R. Rosler, J. E. Drake, I. Haiduc, INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA 305 (1): 106-110 (2000).

Invited Talks:

1. “ Thermoelectric properties of Fe₂YZ (Y=Ti, Zr, Hf; Z= Si, Ge, Sn) full Heusler compounds ”,
   University of Liege, Feb 2012, Liege, Belgium.

2. “ Tunneling across a ferroelectric barrier : a first-principles study ”,
   12-th International Ceramics Congress CIMTEC, Jun 2010, Montecatini Terme.

3. “ Electronic structure and transport properties of high performance thermoelectrics AbPb_mSbTe_2+m (LAST-m) ”,
   Oak Ridge National Laboratory May 2005, Oak Ridge.

Talks:

1. “ Tunneling Across a Ferroelectric Barrier : A First-Principles Study ”,
   7-th International Conference on Advanced Materials, ROCAM 2012, Brasov, Romania.

2. “ First-Principles Modelling of SrTiO3 Based Oxides for Thermoelectric Applications ”,
   European MRS spring Meeting 2012, Strasbourg, France.

3. “ Improved description of Schottky barriers at metal/ferroelectric interfaces ”,
   European Meeting on Ferroelectricity EMF, Jun 2011, Bordeaux, France.

4. “ Electronic structure and transport properties of high performance thermoelectrics LAST-m ”,
   Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar on “Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials” February 2010, Bad Honnef, Germany .

5. “ Tunneling Across a Ferroelectric Barrier : A First-Principles Study ”,
   MRS Fall Meeting 2008, C2.7, Boston.

6. “ Improved Description of Schottky Barrier Heights at Metal/ferroelectric Interfaces ”,
   MRS Fall Meeting 2008, C2.3, Boston.

7. “ A new hybrid exchange-correlation functional for accurate prediction of the electronic and structural properties of ferroelectric oxide bulks and nanostructures ”,
   APS March Meeting 2008, U38, New Orleans.

8. “ First-Principle Study of Au/BaZrO₃ Ferroelectric Tunneling Junctions”,
   International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF) 2007, Bordeaux.

9. “ Comparative study of the properties of BaTiO₃ and PbTiO₃ using DFT (LDA, GGA), HF and hybrid (B3LYP) functionals”,
   APS March Meeting 2007, D20, Denver.

10. “ A-site driven ferroelectricity in K_0.5Li_o.5NbO₃”,
    APS March Meeting 2006, K41, Baltimore.

11. “ Interplay between electronic structure and cage effects in niobate perovskites: (K,Li)NbO₃ and PbMg_1/3Nb_2/3 ”,
    Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics 2006, Williamsburg.

12. “ Electronic structure and effective mass anisotropy of (Bi₂Te₃)_m(Sb₂Te₃)_n multilayers ”,
    APS March Meeting 2003, H25.8, Austin.

13. “ Electronic structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
    APS March Meeting 2003, G25.10, Austin.

14. “ Effect of K/Bi Ordering on the Electronic Structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
    MRS Fall Meeting 2003, S6.5, Boston.

15. “ Electronic structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
    APS March Meeting 2002, T17.2, Indianapolis.

16. “ Ab-initio Electronic Structure Studies of Surface States on Bi₂Se₃ ”,
    APS March Meeting 2002, W18.12, Indianapolis.

17. “ Electronic structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
    MRS Fall Meeting 2001, G13.1, Boston.

18. “ Electronic structure of AgBi₃S₅, a possible high performance thermoelectric”,
    APS March Meeting 2001,Seattle.


Posters:

1. “ First-principle electronic structure and transport properties of Fe₂VAl ”,
   Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar on “Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials”, February 2010, \ Bad Honnef, Germany..

2. “ Tunneling across a ferroelectric barrier: a first-principles study ”,
   International Workshop on Nanoferronics, October 2008, Aachen, Germany.

3. “ Electronic structure calculations on Au/BaZrO₃ interface system ”,
   Symposium on Complex Materials of the Volkswagen Foundation, March 2007 , Holland.

4. “ Comparative study of the properties of BaTiO₃ and PbTiO₃ using DFT (LDA, GGA), HF and hybrid (B3LYP) functionals ”,
   13th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and Force Methods, January 2007 Trieste, Italy.

5. “ Electronic Structure of (AgSb)_xPb_n-2xTe_n ”,
   18th Annual CFMR Symposium, February 2004 East Lansing, USA.

6. “ Electronic Structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
   17th Annual CFMR Symposium, March 2003 East Lansing, USA.

7. “ Electronic Structure Of (AgSb)_xPb_n-2xTe_n ”,
   MRS Fall Meeting (2003), S8.27, Boston, USA.

8. “ Electronic structure of K₂Bi₈Se₁₃ ”,
   Midwest High Temperature and Solid State Chemistry Conference, May 2003 East Lansing, USA.

9. “ Electronic Structure of Novel Thermoelectrics ”,
   16th Annual CFMR Symposium, April 2002 East Lansing, USA.