Natasa Tomic

Dr Nataša Tomić

Research Associate

Laboratory for Quantum Materials

Room 160B

Center for Solid State Physics and New Materials,
Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade,
Pregrevica 118, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

natasat@ipb.ac.rs

Research field

  • Synthesis of nanopowders (sol-gel, hydrothermal and precipitation method)
  • Synthesis of nanostructured thin films (vacuum methods - RF sputtering, PLD)
  • Characterization and mechanistic understanding of nanomaterials
  • Adsorption and photocatalytic properties of nanopowders and thin films in remediation process of polluted water

Education

2017     PhD Studies, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade
Thesis: Adsorption and photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials based on cerium(IV)-oxide and  titanium(IV)-oxidе

2011      Dipl/M.Sc., Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade
Thesis: Application of electronic spectral band of carbon molecule (C2) for determination of gas temperature in plasma state

Employment

Institute of Physics Belgrade           2011 - 2014        Research Trainee
Institute of Physics Belgrade           2014 - 2018        Research Assistant
Institute of Physics Belgrade           2018 - present    Research Associate

National Projects

Grants

2020 - 2021      Novel approach for designing V2O5-Based graphene nanocomposites: Enhanced energy storage and photocatalytic activity, Proof of Concept (PoC) Innovation Fund Republic of Serbia, PI

Participation in projects

2017 - 2019     Nanostructured multifunctional materials and nanocomposites III45018, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia

2011 - 2017     Physics of nanostructured oxide materials and strong correlated sistems OI 171032 Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic Serbia

International projects

Participation in projects

2024 - 2027    Project with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Study of the interplay between structural features and functional properties in novel and perspective multiferroic materials

2022 - 2024    Bilateral project with Austria (Technishe Universitat Wien), Ferrites from bulk to nanoscale: Magnetic properties and energy-related application

2021 - 2025    COST CA 20116, European Network for Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy (OPERA)

2015 - 2019    Horizon 2020: Designing Advanced Functionalities through controlled NanoElement integration in OXide thin films (DAFNEOX), 645658 Horizon 2020 EU project

2013 - 2015    Bilateral project with Italy. Cooperation with University of L’Aquila-Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, New oxide nanostructured materials for water purifications

Selected publications

  1. Bojana Kuzmanović, Milica Vujković, Bojana Paškaš Mamula, Mirjana Medić Ilić, Katarina Batalović, Benjamin Martinez Perea, Nataša Tomić, Cation-induced structural/morphological control of ZnO under alkaline hydrothermal conditions: Influence on photocatalytic activity, Ceramics International, 51 (2025) 59897 - 59910 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.09.347
    Full text available here: Manuscript-DOI 10.1016j.ceramint.2025.09.347
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  2. Nataša Tomić, Mirjana Grujić-Brojčin, Aleksandar Kremenović, Mirjana Novaković, Vladimir Lazović, Maja Šćepanović, From mixed brookite/anatase TiO2 nanopowder to sodium titanates: Insight into morphology, structure and photacatalytic performance, Ceramics International, 50 (23) (2024) 51465-51475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.10.063
  3. Aleksandar Kremenović, Mirjana Grujić-Brojčin, Nataša Tomić, Vladimir Lazović, Danica Bajuk-Bogdanović, Jugoslav Krstić, Maja Šćepanović Size–strain line-broadening analysis of anatase/brookite (TiO2)-based nanocomposites   with carbon (C): XRPD and Raman spectroscopic analysis, Acta Crystallographica Section B, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520622001731
  4. Tatjana Mitrović, Nataša Tomić, Aleksandra Djukić-Vuković, Zorana Dohčević-Mitrović, Saša Lazović, Atmospheric plasma supported by TiO2 catalyst for decolourisation of Reactive Orange 16 dye in water, Waste and Biomass Valorization (2020) https://doi.org/1007/s12649-019-00928-y
  5. Kuzmanović, M. Vujković, N. Tomić, D. Bajuk-Bogdanović, V. Lazović, B. Šljukić, N. Ivanović, S. Mentus, The influence of oxygen vacancy concentration in nanodispersed non-stoichiometric CeO2-δ oxides on the physico-chemical properties of conducting polyaniline/CeO2 composites, Electrochimica Acta 306 (2019) 506-515 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.03.135
  6. Tomić, M. Grujić-Brojčin, N. Finčur, B. Abramović, B. Simović, J. Krstić, B. Matović, M. Šćepanović, Photocatalytic degradation of alprazolam in water suspension of brookite type TiO2 nanopowders prepared using hydrothermal route, Materials Chemistry and Physics 163 (2015) 518-528 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.08.008
  7. Nataša M. Tomić, Zorana D. Dohčević-Mitrović, Novica M. Paunović, Dušan Ž. Mijin, Nenad D. Radić, Boško V. Grbić, Sonja M. Aškrabić, Biljana M. Babić, and Danica V. Bajuk-Bogdanović, Nanocrystalline CeO2-δ as Effective Adsorbent of Azo Dyes, Langmuir 30 (2014) 11582-11590

Reviewing scientific journals

  • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
  • Springer Nature

Lectures

"The Morphological and structural changes of V2O5 cathode film upon electrochemical cycling",  invited lecture held in May 2025,  Advances in Solid State Physics and New Materials 2025, Belgrade, Serbia

"From brookite-based nanopowder towards titanate nanoribbons: Structure and Application", invited lecture held in September 2023, Advanced Ceramic and Application Conference XI, The Serbian Ceramic Society, Belgrade, September 18th - 20th  

"Nanomaterials", invited lecture held in June 2022 at the Institute of Materials Science in Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), within COST Action OPERA CA20116

"Nanocrystalline CeO2-δ  as effective adsorbent of azo dyes", held in November 2014 at University of L’Aquila-Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, within bilateral project with Italy