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Chelcea, Ramona I.; Moldovan, Dumitrița; Nicoarǎ, Simona C; Katler, Csilla-Bernadett and Fechete, Radu (2024). Characterization of a Simulated Martian Regolith Ecosystem by Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Relaxometry and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and Visible (VIS)-Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopies. Analytical Letters (Early Access).

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Fechete, Radu; Morar, Iris Adina; Moldovan, Dumitrița; Chelcea, Ramona Ioana; Crainic, Ramona and Nicoarǎ, Simona Cornelia (2021). Fourier and Laplace-like low-field NMR spectroscopy: The perspectives of multivariate and artificial neural networks analyses. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 324 p. 106915.

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Mortimer, James; Anand, Mahesh; Verchovsky, Sasha; Nicoara, Simona; Greenwood, Richard C.; Gibson, Jenny; Franchi, Ian A.; Ahmed, Farah; Strekopytov, Stanislav and Carpenter, James (2017). Preparing and Characterizing Carbonaceous Chondrite Standards for Verification of ESA’S ‘Prospect’ Package. In: 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 20-24 Mar 2017, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas.

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Nicoarǎ, Simona C.; Turner, Nicholas W.; Minnikin, David E.; Lee, Oona Y.-C.; O'Sullivan, Denise M.; McNerney, Ruth; Mutetwa, Reggie; Corbett, Liz E. and Morgan, Geraint (2015). Development of sample clean up methods for the analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis methyl mycocerosate biomarkers in sputum extracts by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B, 986-987 pp. 135–142.

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Nicoara, Simona C.; Minnikin, David E.; Lee, Oona C. Y.; O'Sullivan, Denise M.; McNerney, Ruth; Pillinger, Colin T.; Wright, Ian P. and Morgan, Geraint H. (2013). Development and optimization of a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry method for the analysis of thermochemolytic degradation products of phthiocerol dimycocerosate waxes found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 27(21) pp. 2374–2382.

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O'Sullivan, Denise M.; Nicoara, Simona C.; Mutetwa, Reggie; Mungofa, Stanley; Lee, Oona Y-C.; Minnikin, David E.; Bardwell, Max W.; Corbett, Elizabeth L.; McNerney, Ruth and Morgan, Geraint H. (2012). Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of methyl mycocerosates released by thermochemolysis. PLoS ONE, 7(3), article no. e32836.

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Nicoara, Simona Cornelia; O’Sullivan, Denise M.; McNerney, Ruth; Corbett, Elizabeth L.; Mutetwa, Reggie; Minnikin, David; Gilmour, Mabs A. and Morgan, Geraint (2011). A study of online and offline derivatization methods for tuberculostearic acid - a biomarker for M. Tuberculosis. In: 29th Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry, 15-19 May 2011, Fiera di Primiero, Italy.

Nicoara, Simona (2010). Eficienta energetica si sustenabilitatea [energy efficiency and sustainability]. In: Candea, Dan ed. Ingineria si Managementul Intreprinderii Sustenabile - Manualul Calificarii [The Engineering and Management of the Sustainable Company - Manual of Qualification]. Course Books of MSc Programs, 1. Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Ed. U.T. Press, pp. 393–430.

Nicoara, Simona C.; O'Sullivan, Denise O.; McNerney, Ruth; Corbet, Elizabeth L.; Mutetwa, Reggie; Minnikin, David and Morgan, Geraint H. (2010). Study of methylation and ethylation by thermochemolysis of tuberculostearic acid from Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture and sputum. In: The 26th Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry, 2-6 May 2010, Koszeg, Hungary.

Cosma, Ioan; Culea, Eugen; Fechete, Radu and Nicoarǎ, Simona (2009). Statistics of interatomic Ni-Ni bonds in Ni-based ternary solid solutions with non-magnetic elements and their magnetic behaviour. Modern Physics Letters B, 23(9) pp. 1199–1206.

Nicoara, Simona; Tonidandel, Loris; Traldi, Pietro; Watson, Jonathan; Morgan, Geraint and Popa, Ovidiu (2009). Determining the levels of volatile organic pollutants in urban air using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2009(148527), article no. 148527.

Nicoara, Simona; Turner, Diane; Gilmour, Mabs and Morgan, Geraint (2009). A comparative study of the GC-MS response for qualitative analysis of FAMEs under direct thermal desorption in diffrent types of liners. In: Proceedings of the 27th IMMS Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry, 3-7 May 2009, Retz, Austria.

Nicoara, Simona; Avram, Simona and Matis, Adrian (2009). Monitoring the levels of urban noise pollution from road traffic on a dual carriage way with 2X4 lanes. Environment and Progress, 13(1) pp. 241–245.

Fenesan, Ioan; Nicoara, Simona; Culea, Monica; Hantz, Andrei; Alexandri, Alexandru and Morgan, Geraint (2008). Mass spectral study of molecular cleavage pathways in some newly synthesized esters of amidothiophosphonic acids. In: 6th Conference on Isotopic and Molecular Processes, PIM 2008, 22-24 Sep 2008, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Nicoara, Simona; Tonidandel, Loris; Traldi, Pietro; Watson, Jonathan; Morgan, Geraint and Popa, Ovidiu (2008). Analysis and assessment of urban atmospheric concentration of volatile pollutants. In: Proceedings of the 26th Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry, 4-8 May 2008, Fiera di Primiero, Italy.

Nicoara, Simona; Tonidandel, Loris; Traldi, Pietro; Avram, Simona; Popa, Ovidiu and Palibroda, Nicolae (2008). Sampling and Identification of volatile and particulate air contaminants generated by intense road traffic in an urban area. Studia Universitatis 'Babes-Bolyai', Seria Ambientum, 2008, II(1-2) pp. 186–192.