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
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