University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Department of Materials Engineering Dr Branka Pilic, associated professor Vice-dean for sience

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University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology,
Department of Materials Engineering Dr Branka
Pilic, associated professorVice-dean for sience

• 17 th Meeting European Network of Materials
  Research Centres
• Monday 2nd December 2013, 1 p.m. London , UK

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HISTORY
The Faculty of Technology in Novi Sad was founded
in 1959. with the aim to provide an academic
education to technological engineering staff in
the field of food engineering. In the academic
year of 1972/73, the Faculty introduced new study
programs in the field of chemical, oil and
petrochemical engineering and material
engineering, and in the academic year of 1978/79
in the field of chemical processing and
pharmaceutical engineering.
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Structure of the DEPARTMENT and study programs
at the bachelor, master and PhD Studies
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• Scientific research at the Faculty includes
  fundamental and applied research in the field of
  food, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnological
  and materials engineering.
• It is organized in a number of multidisciplinary
  research projects.
• The Faculty cooperates successfully with the
  process industries and related scientific and
  development institutions, and also provides
  engineering and other services, such as
  technological design, technology transfer,
  quality control, study/expertise, consultation,
  technological services, and etc.
• The Faculty employs a total of 77 professors
  (assistant, associated and full) and 85
  researchers.

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Activities of the Department of Materials
Engineering Education In the field of
materials engineering. Organisation of workshops
and conferences with regard to modern
developments in materials science.   Research
synthesis, processing and characterisation of
materials for advanced applications.
  Cooperation counselling and consultancy
activities, scientific service, technology
transfer, dissemination of information concerning
new advanced materials and technologies.
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• Expertise on following materials
• Polymers
• Biopolymers and biodegradable polymers
• Polymer nanocomposites
• Hybrid materials
• Novel multifunctional nano-structured materials
• Ceramic materials-traditional ceramic materials
• Cement-based materials
• Materials in cultural heritage

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• Available research infrastructure
• Laboratory for synthesis
• Thermal analysis laboratory
• Malver Zetasizer Nano ZS
• Polymer processing laboratory
• Mechanical testing
• FTIR, microscopy, UV-Vis, GPC
• Portable equipment necessary for the
  examination of the materials in cultural
  heritage drilling resistance system, portable
  optical microscopy, portable FTIR

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• Actual research domains concerning materials
  technology
• The synthesis and characterization of
  polymer/particle blends and nanocomposites
• The influence of different nanoparticles on the
  polymerization kinetics
• Preparation and curing of different resins
• Synthesis of novel polymers for special
  applications (e.g. biodegradable polymers)
• Protection of cultural heritage objects with
  multifunctional advanced materials
• Development of lightweight aggregate from waste
  material
• Multifunctional layers for the protection of
  mineral substrates
• Clean tile development of self-cleaning clay
  roofing tiles
• Development and application of multifunctional
  material using domestic raw materials in upgraded
  production lines
• Nano-composites based on silicate materials used
  for the design of improved and novel ceramic
  materials

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Research Projects (1)

• Funded by The Serbian Ministry of Education,
  Science and Technological development
• III 45008 Development and application of
  multifunctional material using domestic raw
  materials in upgraded production lines
  (2011-2015), leader Dr Jonjaua Ranogajec
• III 45022 Multiscale structure of polymer
  nanocomposites and functional materials using
  different precursors (2011 2015), leader Dr
  Jaroslava Budinski Simendic
• III 45021 Synthesis of nanopowders and
  processing of ceramics and nanocomposites with
  specific electrical and magnetic properties for
  application in integrated passive components
  (2011 2015), leader Dr Vladimir Srdic

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Research Projects (2)

• Other Projects
• FP7 THEME ENV-NMP.2011.3.2.1-1 NMP, Coordinator
  of the project HEROMAT Protection of Cultural
  Heritage Objects with Multifunctional Advanced
  Materials, www.heromat.com, project leader, Dr
  Jonjaua Ranogajec
• FP 7 REGPOT-2007-3, Reinforcement of research
  potential of the Department of Materials
  Engineering in the field of processing and
  characterization of nanostructured materials,
  (2008 2011), project leader, Dr Vladimir Srdic
• Eureka Programe E! 5861 Multifunctional layers
  for the protection of mineral substrates
  (2010-2013), project leader, Dr Jonjaua Ranogajec
• COST Action 540 Photocatalytic technologies and
  novel nanosurfaces materials critical issues
  (Phonasum), project coordinator  Dr František
  Peterka, National Centre for Nanosurfaces
  Engineering Advanced Technology Group, Prague,
  Czech Republic, MC member Dr Jonjaua Ranogajec
• COST Action IC 1208 Intergrading devices and
  materials a challenge for new instrumentations
  MC Member Dr Vladimir Srdic
• COST Action FA0904 Eco Sustainable food
  packaging based on polymer nanomatrials (2010
  2014), MC member Dr Branka Pilic
• COST Action MP1206 Electrospun Nano-fibres for
  bio inspared composite materials and innovative
  industrial applications (2013 2017), MC member
  Dr Branka Pilic

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The most significant results of the polymer group
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Oskar Bera, Branka Pilic, Jelena Pavlicevic,
Mirjana Jovicic, Berta Holló, Katalin Mészáros
Szécsényi, Milena Špirkova, Preparation and
thermal properties of polystyrene/silica
nanocomposites, Thermochimica Acta 515(1-2)
(2011) 1-5.
The synthesis and characterization of
polymer/particle nanocomposites
Jelena Pavlicevic, Milena Špírková, Mirjana
Jovicic, Oskar Bera, Rafal Poreba, Jaroslava
Budinski-Simendic, The structure and thermal
properties of novel polyurethane/organoclay
nanocomposites obtained by pre-polymerization,
Composites Part B Engineering 45 (1) (2013)
232238. Rafal Poreba, Milena Špirková, Jelena
Pavlicevic, Jaroslava Budinski-Simendic, Katalin
Mészáros Szécsényi, Berta Holló, Aliphatic
polycarbonate-based polyurethane nanostructured
materials. The influence of the composition on
thermal stability and degradation, Composites
Part B Engineering, http//dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.c
ompositesb.2013.11.006
Jelena Pavlicevic, Milena Špirková, Oskar Bera,
Mirjana Jovicic, Katalin Mészáros Szécsényi,
Jaroslava Budinski-Simendic, The influence of
bentonite and montmorillonite addition on thermal
decomposition of novel polyurethane/organoclay
nanocomposites, Macedonian Journal of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, 32 (2013) 124.
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The influence of oxide nanoparticles on the
polymerization kinetics
Oskar Bera, Jelena Pavlicevic, Mirjana Jovicic,
Dragoslav Stoiljkovic, Branka Pilic, Radmila
Radicevic , The influence of nanosilica on
styrene free radical polymerization kinetics,
Polymer Composites 33(2) (2012) 262-266.
Oskar Bera, Mirjana Jovicic, Jelena Pavlicevic,
Branka Pilic, The influence of oxide
nanoparticles on the kinetics of free radical
methyl methacrylate polymerization in bulk,
Polymer Composites 34 (2013) 13421348.
Oskar Bera, Radmila Radicevic, Dragoslav
Stoiljkovic, Mirjana Jovicic, Jelena Pavlicevic,
A new approach for kinetic modeling of free
radical bulk polymerization of styrene, Polymer
Journal 43 (2011) 826-831.
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Curing of resins
Resins are very complex systems and their
activation energies change depends on the
conversion degree during the curing process.
Isconversional methods (Ozawa-Flynn-Wall,
Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose and Friedman) reveal
changes in the curing kinetics throughout the
process and have been applied for the cure of
epoxy-amine, epoxy/polyurethane/bentonite
composites, epoxy nanocomposites, alkyd/melamine
and urea-formaldehyde resins
Radmila Radicevic, Mirjana Jovicic, Jaroslava
Budinski-Simendic, Preparation and curing of
alkyd based on ricinoleic acid/melamine coatings,
Progress in Organic Coatings 71 (2011) 256-264.
Mirjana Jovicic, Radmila Radicevic, Jaroslava
Budinski-Simendic, Curing of alkyds based on
semi-drying oils with melamine resin, Journal of
Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 94 (2008)
143-150.
Mirjana Jovicic, Radmila Radicevic, Jelena
Pavlicevic, Oskar Bera, Isoconversional kinetic
analysis of the alkyd/melamine resins curing,
Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering
Quarterly 19 (2013) 253-262
Mlado Popovic, Jaroslava Budinski-Simendic,
Mirjana Jovicic, Joszef Mursics, Milanka
Ðiporovic-Momcilovic, Jelena Pavlicevic, Ivan
Ristic, Curing kinetics of two commercial
urea-formaldehyde adhesives studied by
isoconversional method, Hemijska industrija 65
(2011) 717726. Mirjana Jovicic, Oskar Bera,
Jelena Pavlicevic, Vesna Simendic, Radmila
Radicevic, The influence of montmorillonite
content on the kinetics of curing of epoxy
nanocomposites, Hemijska industrija 66 (6) (2012)
863870
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Different methods for poly(L-lactide) synthesis
from L-lactic acid
Ivan S. Ristic, Lj. Tanasic, Lj. Nikolic, S.
Cakic, O. Ilic, R. Radicevic, J.
Budinski-Simendic, The Properties of
Poly(l-Lactide) Prepared by Different Synthesis
Procedure, Journal of Polymers and the
Environment, 2011, 19 (2) 419-430
Lj. Nikolic, I. Ristic, B. Adnadjevic, V.
Nikolic, J. Jovanovic, M. Stankovic, Novel
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of
Poly(D,L-lactide) The Influence of
Monomer/Initiator Molar Ratio on the Product
Properties. Sensors 2010, 10, 5063-5073.
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Synthesis of poly(l-lactide) initiated by
isosorbide
Ivan S. Ristic, Tanja Radusin, Branka Pilic,
Suzana Cakic, Jaroslava Budinski-Simendic, The
influence of isosorbide on thermal properties of
poly(L-lactide) synthesized by different methods,
Polymer Engineering Science, 53 (7) 13741382
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Synthesis of star-shaped PLA polyester polyol
Ivan S. Ristic, Milena Marinovic-Cincovic, Suzana
Cakic, Ljiljana Tanasic, Jaroslava
Budinski-Simendic, Synthesis and properties of
novel star-shaped polyesters based on l-lactide
and castor oil, Polymer Bulletin, 2013 70 (6)
1723-1738
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Actual research of the Polymer Group

• Development and characterization of PLA
  bionanocomposites in food packaaging application
• The influence of different functionalization
  methods of MWCNT on the properties of PLA based
  nanocomposites
• Improving of PLA properties by blending with
  different polymers
• Modifying protein based polymers by different
  hydrocolloids for the food packaging
  application

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