About the Department
The Department of Materials was founded in 1962. Currently, 35 PhD holders and 17 PhD candidates are employed in the Department.
Research fields
Metals
- Advanced Ceramics
- Composites, Carbon materials and Biomaterials
- Materials for applications in the energy sector
- Removal of pollutants
Besides collaboration with scientific institutions, the Department of Materials has established a collaboration with industry partners, which is predominantly related to testing and characterization of materials which are either final products or starting materials for the manufacturing process of companies such as Grammer System-Aleksinac, Johnson Electrics-Niš, Elixir-Prahovo, Bonavia-Beograd, T1 Abraziv-Ada.
Services offered
- Determination of phase composition of crystal materials by XRD analysis (XRD device Rigaku Ultima IV)
- Measurement of mechanical properties:
- Flexural, tensile and compressive strength (Universal testing machine, Instron 1185)
- Fracture toughness of brittle materials by indentation method (Vickers)
- Macro hardness and micro hardness by indentation method (Vickers)
- Sample preparation and microstructural analysis by optical microscopy
- Measurement of specific surface area of powders by BET analysis
- Thermal treatment at 1500 oC in the air as well as a controlled atmosphere
- Fabrication of alumina (Al2O3) lab ware for application at 1600 oC
Laboratory Employees
- Aleksa Luković, Istraživač pripravnik
- Aleksandar Devečerski, Viši naučni saradnik
- Aleksandra Šaponjić, Viši naučni saradnik
- Ana Kalijadis, Naučni savetnik
- Andrijana Nedeljković, Istraživač pripravnik
- Andrijana Vasić, Istraživač saradnik
- Branko Matović, Naučni savetnik
- Dejan Zagorac, Viši naučni saradnik
- Dimitrije Petrović, Istraživač pripravnik
- Dragana Jordanov, Viši naučni saradnik
- Dušan Bučevac, Naučni savetnik
- Emilija Nidžović, Istraživač pripravnik
- Irina Kandić, Istraživač saradnik
- Ivan Bracanović, Istraživač pripravnik
- Ivana Cvijović-Alagić, Viši naučni saradnik
- Jelena Erčić, Naučni saradnik
- Jelena Gulicovski, Viši naučni saradnik
- Jelena Maletaškić, Viši naučni saradnik
- Jelena Stašić, Naučni savetnik
- Jelena Zagorac, Viši naučni saradnik
- Jovana Ružić, Viši naučni saradnik
- Katarina Nikolić, Istraživač pripravnik
- Ljiljana Kljajević, Viši naučni saradnik
- Ljiljana Matović, Naučni savetnik
- Maria Čebela, Naučni saradnik
- Marija Egerić, Naučni saradnik
- Marija Ivanović, Naučni saradnik
- Marija Prekajski Đorđević, Viši naučni saradnik
- Marija Stojmenović, Viši naučni saradnik
- Marko Simić, Istraživač saradnik
- Mia Omerašević Bučevac, Naučni saradnik
- Milan Kragović, Viši naučni saradnik
- Milan Pejić, Istraživač saradnik
- Milena Rosić, Viši naučni saradnik
- Milica Pošarac Marković, Naučni saradnik
- Miljana Mirković, Viši naučni saradnik
- Miodrag Ristović, Istraživač pripravnik
- Miomir Krsmanović, Istraživač pripravnik
- Nataša Mladenović-Nikolić, Istraživač saradnik
- Neda Nišić, Istraživač pripravnik
- Radmila Lišanin, Istraživač pripravnik
- Radojka Vujasin, Naučni saradnik
- Sanja Knežević, Istraživač pripravnik
- Sanja Krstić, Naučni saradnik
- Slađana Laketić, Istraživač saradnik
- Snežana Nenadović, Naučni savetnik
- Svetlana Butulija, Naučni saradnik
- Svetlana Ilić, Naučni saradnik
- Tamara Minović-Arsić, Naučni saradnik
- Tamara Škundrić, Istraživač saradnik
- Vesna Maksimović, Naučni savetnik
- Vladimir Dodevski, Viši naučni saradnik
- Vladimir Pavkov, Istraživač saradnik