Title: "Electric field and UV light assisted polymerization of 3D printed dental PMMA composite with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride"
Program: Internal call within the Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship Project (SAIGE)
Project duration: 2024. - 2024.
PI: Dr Radmila Panajotović
Title: "Nano-reinforced wood for structural elements"
Program: PoC, Innovation Fund - Republic of Serbia
Project number: 5574
Project duration: 2020 - 2021
PI: Dr Ivana Milošević
Abstract. Existing technologies in the construction and energy sector search for alternative, more environmentally friendly and stronger materials, and one of the best solutions is wood. The idea of this innovation is the reinforcement of natural wood by treatment with graphene-based materials, thus improving physical and mechanical properties of wood and designing of new high-performance wooden structural material in the environmentally friendly procedure. Graphene is known as incredibly lightweight material while being stronger and stiffer than both steel and carbon fibres. The reinforcement of wood with graphene-based material we suggest in this proposal, is based on the procedure of filling the cavities in wooden material with graphene, leading to better stiffness and strength both parallel and perpendicular to the grain. Based on this process, we can enhance the physical and mechanical properties of the natural wood and provide completely new structural material. This process of graphene wood reinforcing joins together traditional structure material and new-century nanomaterials. The resulting material will allow substitution of costly, technologically complex, heavyweight elements with limited availability and negative eco-impact with relatively low cost, technologically simpler, stronger, lightweight, wooden products with almost neutral eco-impact in a broad variety of applications.
Title: "Development of a new type of device for electroporation of cells and tissues using ultra short electric pulses"
Program: Innovation project, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of Serbia
Project number: No. 391-00-16/2017-16/27
Project duration: 01.12.2017. - 30.11.2018.
Principal investigator: Dr Andjelija ILIĆ,
Institute of Physics Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
In collaboration with the company IMTEL Communication a.d., Belgrade, Serbia,
Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia,
and School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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(Selected publication: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac2448 )
Title: "Graphene-impregnated wood with increased biological resistance"
Program: Internal call within the Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship Project (SAIGE)
Project number: 0801-1185/1
Project duration: 01.09.2023.-30.04.2024.
PI: Dr Ivana Milošević
Abstract. Wood is an abundant and eco-friendly natural resource. It has the ability to retain atmospheric carbon dioxide for extended periods, resulting in products with a low carbon footprint. Furthermore, the energy required to manufacture wood-based objects is significantly lower compared to steel or concrete. Therefore, increasing the utilization of wood can actively contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, making it a viable strategy for combatting climate change. However, wood is susceptible to various environmental factors, including climate change, pollutant exposure, and fungal organisms, which can alter its physical and chemical properties. To address these limitations, modern wood applications focus on overcoming/minimizing these shortcomings through eco-friendly modifications. An innovative approach involves the use of nanomaterials, such as graphene, to impregnate wood. Graphene possesses exceptional properties, including anti-fungal characteristics. The impregnation technique utilizing water-based graphene dispersions aims to enhance the durability of wood and inhibit the formation of fungi on its surfaces. Implementing this innovation offers a simple and environmentally acceptable method for modifying wood and enhancing its biological resistance without compromising its essential qualities. Overall, the proposed impregnation technique represents an innovative solution to enhance wood's properties and address its limitations, ultimately promoting sustainability in various sectors.
“Novel approach for designing V2O5-Based graphene nanocomposites: Enhanced energy storage and photocatalytic activity”.
Program: Proof of Concept (PoC), Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia
Project number: ID 5619
Project duration: 2020. – 2021.
PI: Natasa Tomic
The main goal of the proposal was to develop new, simple and cost-effective way of the graphene coupling with the vanadium-oxide layered structure, which was expected to boost both energy storage and photocatalytic applications of oxide materials.