The European Ceramic Society
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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
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 50th ICACC (International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites) that will be held from 25th to 30th January 2026 in Daytona Beach - Florida - United States!
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 30th November 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-February 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 30th November 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-March 2026.
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