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Croatia
Laboratory for Engineering Ceramics - LEC
Research activities on characterization and manufacturing of functional and advanced ceramic materials, recycling of wastes
Director : Prof. Lidija Ćurković, PhD
Email : lidija.curkovic@fsb.unzg.hr
Phone : +385 1 61 68 113
Address : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FAMENA), Departmens of Materials, Ivana Lučića 1, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Website : www.fsb.unizg.hr
Research topics :
- Name: Fabrication and characterization of advanced ceramics for tribological and corrosion applications, conventional and nonconventional sintering of ceramics
Contact information:
Lidija Ćurković, Ph.D.
Tel : +385 1 61 68 183
Email: lidija.curkovic@fsb.unizg.hr
- Name: sol-gel, hydrothermal and microwave-assisted synthesis and application of TiO2 based nanomaterials in form of nano-powder and thin film: application in advanced oxidation processes
Contact information:
Contact name: Lidija Ćurković, Ph.D.
Tel : +385 1 61 68 183
Email: lidija.curkovic@fsb.unizg.hr
- Name: Ceramics foams: Fabrication and characterization of functional ceramics foams
Contact information:
Contact name: Lidija Ćurković, Ph.D.
Tel : +385 1 61 68 183
Email: lidija.curkovic@fsb.unizg.hr
- Name: Recycling of wastes: Study of by-products and ceramic waste as raw materials used for the preparation of ceramics
Contact information:
Contact name: Irena Žmak, Ph.D.
Tel : +385 1 61 68 320
Email: irena.zmak@fsb.hr
Exceptional facilities :
- Colloidal properties and rheology. Specific lab for shaping of ceramics using suspensions
- Mechanical characterization
- Furnaces for conventional and microwave sintering
- Microwave synthesis
- Friction and wear testing
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: YES (Joint PhD Laboratory for New Materials and Inventive Water Treatment Technologies. Harnessing resources effectively through innovation (NOWELTIES)“, project ID: 812880, funded under H-2020-MSCA-ITN 2018.) – Main researcher Lidija Ćurković
- Regional fundings: None (at this moment)
- National fundings: Monolithic and composite advanced ceramics for wear and corrosion protection – WECOR (Croatian Science Foundation, IP-2016-06-6000) – Project leader Lidija Ćurković
- Croatia-Slovenia coorporation in science and technology: “Properties of monolithic and composite advanced ceramics obtained by conventional and non-conventional sintering methods“ (supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia). - Project leader Lidija Ćurković
- The bilateral Croatian-Serbian scientific project: “Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of nanostructured materials based on TiO2” (supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia). - Project leader Lidija Ćurković
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