A5003860239- Polymer composites and self-healing
- Heavy metals in environment
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Concrete and Cement Materials Research
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
- Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
- Polymer crystallization and properties
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
National Institute of Chemistry
2020-2024
Jožef Stefan Institute
2016-2018
Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
2016-2018
University of Montenegro
2016
Acidolysis is emerging as a promising method for recycling polyurethane foam (PUF) waste. Here, we present highly efficient acidolysis of PUFs with adipic acid (AA) by heating the reaction mixtures microwaves. The influence experimental conditions, such temperature, time, and amount degradation reagent, on polyol functionality, molecular weight characteristics, presence side products, degree remaining PUF hard segments was studied matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight...
Polyurethane foams (PUFs) are widely used commodity materials, but most of them end up in landfills at the their life, which is not line with circular economy approach. Here, we introduce microwave-assisted aminolysis amine reagents that contain primary and tertiary amino groups structure. These enable complete degradation urethane structure flexible PUFs a much lower amount reagent than typically required for solvolysis reactions. The purified, recovered polyols close equivalents to...
During a sampling campaign in September 2015, elevated chromium (Cr) concentrations were observed sediments of industrially exposed sites the Sava River (stainless steel production and impact metallurgic industry). To verify if also contained hazardous hexavalent Cr (Cr(VI)), there was need to develop sensitive reliable analytical procedure for its determination. In determination Cr(VI) environmental samples, it is necessary evaluate suitability applied methodology each individual sample...
River ecosystems are under pressure from several different stressors. Among these, inorganic pollutants contribute to multiple stressor situations and the overall degradation of ecological status aquatic environments. The main sources pollution include industrial activities, untreated effluents municipal waste waters intensive agriculture. In present study, water, suspended particulate matter (SPM) sediments Sava were studied in order assess this river system. Sampling was performed during...
A fast, robust, and convenient method for quantitative determination of polyamide-6 (PA6) polyamide-66 (PA66) in plastic wastes is presented. The includes a straightforward procedure complete hydrolysis polyamides (PAs) into the constituent monomers their hydrolyzates by high-performance liquid chromatography on mixed-mode column, from which contents particular PA are determined. was developed neat PA6 PA66 as well mixture further utilized PA-based composites postconsumer (carpet fishing net...
The outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted importance developing antiviral surface coatings that are capable repelling pathogens and neutralizing them through self-sanitizing properties. In this study, a novel coating design based on few-layer graphene (FLG) is proposed silver-decorated micro copper flakes (CuMF) exhibit both antibacterial role sacrificial anode surfaces intrinsic defects in enhancing release metal ions from CuMF embedded water-based...
Flay ash, cement and electric arc furnace (EAF) dust are frequently mixed in building composites.
This work presents a study on the optical and mechanical degradation of parabolic trough collector absorber coatings produced through spray coating application technique in-house developed paint. The main aim this investigation is to prepare, cure, load, analyze substrate under conditions that mimic on-field thermal properties. research incorporates predicted isothermal cyclic loads for systems as stresses. Biweekly inspections loaded, identical samples monitored process. We further used...
Abstract Polyurethane foams are widely used commodity materials, but most of them end up in landfills at the their life, which is not line with circular economy approach. Here we introduce microwave-assisted aminolysis as an efficient chemical recycling process for polyurethane foams. Amino reagents containing primary and tertiary amino groups structure, act both a reagent catalyst, shown to be particularly effective degrading urethane foam structure. The recycled polyols have structural...