Research Associate Professor
Milica Počuča-Nešić
Ph.D. in Materials Science
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Research area
- Material science,
- inorganic chemistry,
- solid state physics and chemistry,
- electroceramics,
- magnetic, multiferroic materials.
Specific research interest:
- chemical methods (sol-gel and its modifications) for the synthesis of thin films (LaNiO3, PZT),
- powders and metal oxide ceramic materials (YMnO3, BiMnO3, BiFeO3); mechanochemical and solvothermal synthesis of metal oxide multiferroic and ferroelectric materials.
Current research activities are focused on the synthesis of multiferroic materials, sensor materials (gas, humidity sensors); defining characteristic synthetic parameters, and investigating their influence on structural, magnetic, ferroelectric properties of obtained materials.
Skills
- Professional skills include operability on following instruments: UV-VIS spectrometer (Shimadzu UV-2600),
- viscometer (Haake PK 1000),
- spin coater (Cookson Electronic Equipment, SCS G3P-8),
- hydro/solvothermal reactor (Roth Karlsruhe),
- instruments for electrical characterization (impedance analyzer Hioki LCR HiTester 3532-50 and HP 4192A, source measure unit Keithley 237),
- multiferroic test system (Precision Multiferroic – Radiant Technologies, Precision Materials Analyzer)
- Atomic Force Microscope, AFM (NT-MDT).
Work experience:
- 2017 – Research Fellow, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Department of Materials Science
- 2010 – 2017 Research Assistant, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Department of Materials Science
- 2004 – 2010 Research Trainee, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Department of Materials Science
Education:
- 2016 PhD – Materials science, University of Belgrade; Thesis title: “Chemical and mechanochemical syntheses of yttrium manganite based multiferroics”,
- MSc in Materials Science, University of Belgrade; “Thesis title: Structure and properties of LaNiO3 thin films obtained from polymeric precursors”
- BSC Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
Other professional activities
Memberships:
- Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials, European Ceramic Society
Current:
- 2020 – 2021 „Aluminum brise-soleils with photovoltaic characteristics“, financed by the Innovation fund of Republic of Serbia
- 2020 – 2021. „Nanostructured semiconducting metal-oxides as gas sensors for medical diagnostics by breath analysis“, bilateral cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Germany.
Past:
- 2011 – 2019 “Zero- to Three-Dimensional Nanostructures for Application in Electronics and Renewable Energy Sources: Synthesis, Characterization and Processing”, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia
- 2012 – 2013 “Perovskite-type transition metal oxides with multiferroic properties”, bilateral cooperation with Institute of Matematics, Physics and Mechanics, Ljubljana, Slovenia, financed through Serbian-Slovenian bilateral cooperation
- 2005 – 2010 “Advanced Metal Oxide Electroceramics and Thin Films”, financed by Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia
- 2004 – 2005 “Synthesis of Functional Materials in Accordance with Tetrade »Synthesis-Structure-Properties-Application«”, financed by Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia
- Vukašinović, M. Počuča-Nešić et al., „The structural, electrical and optical properties of spark plasma sintered BaSn1-xSbxO3 ceramics”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(15) (2020) 5566–5575.
- Počuča-Nešić, Z. Marinković-Stanojević, P. Cotič-Smole, A. Dapčević, N. Tasić, G. Branković, Z. Branković, “Processing and properties of pure antiferromagnetic h-YMnO3”, Processing and Application of Ceramics, 13(4) (2019), 427–434.
- Luković Golić, A. Radojković, J. Ćirković, A. Dapčević, D. Pajić, N. Tasić, S.M. Savić, M. Počuča-Nešić, S. Marković, G. Branković, Z. Marinković Stanojević, Z. Branković, „Structural, ferroelectric and magnetic properties of BiFeO3 synthesized by sonochemically assisted hydrothermal and hydro-evaporation chemical methods“, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 36 (2016) 1623–1631.
- Z. Branković, G. Branković, Počuča-Nešić, Z. Marinković Stanojević, M. Žunić, D. Luković Golić, R. Tararam, M. Cilense, M.A. Zaghete, Z. Jagličić, M. Jagodič, J.A. Varela, „Hydrothermally assisted synthesis of YMnO3“, Ceramics International, 41 (2015) 14293–14298.
- Počuča-Nešić, Z. Marinković Stanojević, Z. Branković, P. Cotič, S. Bernik, M. Sousa Góes, B.A. Marinković, J.A. Varela, G. Branković, „Mechanochemical synthesis of yttrium manganite“, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 552 (2013) 451–456.
- Milica Počuča-Nešić, Goran Branković, Slavko Bernik, Aleksander Rečnik, Dana Vasiljević-Radović, Zorica Branković, „TEM and FESEM investigation of lanthanum nickelate thin films obtained by chemical solution deposition“, Processing and Application of Ceramics, 6 (2012) 103–107.
- Luković Golić, G. Branković, M. Počuča-Nešić, K. Vojisavljević, A. Rečnik, N. Daneu, S. Bernik, M. Šćepanović, D. Poleti, Z. Branković, „Structural characterization of self-assembled ZnO nanoparticles obtained by the sol–gel method from Zn(CH3COO)2×2H2O“, Nanotechnology, 22 (2011) 395603.
- Počuča, G. Branković, Z. Branković, D. Vasiljević-Radović, D. Poleti, „Microstructure of LaNiO3 thin films obtained by the spin-on technique from citrate precursors“, Ceramics International, 34 (2008) 299–303.
- Počuča, G. Branković, Z. Branković, D. Vasiljević−Radović, D. Poleti, „Optimization of processing parameters for preparation of LaNiO3 thin films from the citrate precursors“, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 27 (2007) 1083–1086.
- Počuča, G. Branković, Z. Branković, D. Vasiljević-Radović, „Tailoring of morphology and orientation of LaNiO3 films from polymeric precursors“, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 27 (2007) 3819–3822.