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Croatia

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology Department of Inorganic Chemical Technology and Non-metals

Research of ceramics and nanomaterials

Director : Prof Vilko Mandić, PhD

Email : vmandic@fkit.hr

Phone : +385 1 4597 226

Address : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology Department of Inorganic Chemical Technology and Non-metals Marulićev trg 20, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Research topics :

  • Name: Nanoparticles for catalytic, optical and biomedical applications.
  • Name: Technical ceramics and glass-ceramics with controlled microstructure
  • Name: Advanced synthesis of ceramics (sol-gel, hydrothermal, solvothermal, mechanochemical, combustion etc. synthesis)

Contact information:

Prof Stanislav Kurajica, PhD

Tel : +385 1 4597 200

Email: stankok@fkit.hr

  

  • Name: Bioceramics, biocomposites

Contact information:

Prof Hrvoje Ivanković, PhD

Tel :+385 1 4597 219

Email: hivan@fkit.hr

 

  • Name: Advanced systems (Thin-films, Nanostructured and Porous materials) for energy and environmental application (Solar-cells, Hybrid-OPV, Sensors, (Photo)Catalysts)
  • Name: Preparation (Spark ablation deposition, Wet-chemistry deposition)
  • Name: Characterisation (Optoelectric, (Micro)Structural)

Contact information:

Prof Vilko Mandić, PhD

Tel:+385 1 4597 226

Email:vmandic@fkit.hr

    

  • Name: Mineral binders (lime, gypsum, Portland cement, calcium aluminate cement, calcium sulfoaluminate cement), waste materials reuse/incorporation in special and inorganic cements
  • Name: Cement hydration products characterization, semiisoperibole calorimetry of cement hydration

Contact information:

Prof Juraj Šipušić, PhD

Tel:+385 1 4597 228

Email: jsipusic@fkit.hr

   

  • Name:  Chemical synthesis of functional ceramic materials (sol-gel process, Pechini method, citrate method, coprecipitation, chemical bath deposition etc.)
  • Name:  Perovskite materials for photoactive and ferroelectric applications

Contact information:

Prof Jelena Macan, PhD

Tel : +385 1 4597 236

Email: jmacan@fkit.hr

 

Exceptional facilities :

  • Characterisation highlights: SEM (STEM), AFM (CAFM, EFM), XRD (GIXRD), DTA/TGA (EGA), FTIR (ATR), UV-VIS (DRS), BET analyser (N2 isotherms)
  • Synthesis, deposition, processing highlights: various HT & HP reactors, spark ablation deposition, planetary mill, hydraulic press, spin-coating, tape-coating, tape-casting, atmosphere controlled box and tube furnaces

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding: ESF
  • Regional finding: Bilateral projects
  • National funding: Croatian Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia, Industrial collaborations

Latest news

Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.

Mar 13, 2025
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!

Dear Ceramic Community,

We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!

Mar 12, 2025

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