University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

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Bojana Simović

PhD student in materials science

Research Associete

Center for Green Technologies, Department of Materials Science

Address: Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Beograd

Telephone: (+381) 11 3303784

E-Mail:

bojanasimovic@imsi.bg.ac.rs

Links:

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-155X

Google Schoolar: Bojana Simovic

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bojana_Simovic

Research area

• Precipitation, hydro- and solvothermal synthesis of photocatalytic active nanomaterials/nanocomposites, adsorbents, humidity sensors, etc.
• Characterization of materials: X-ray Powder Diffraction, Thermal Analysis, UV-Visible Spectroscopy
• Application photocatalysts for the degradation of diverse organic pollutants
• Kinetics of photocatalytic reactions

Skills

• Hydrothermal and mechanochemical processing of nanomaterials (TiO2, titanates, ZnO, Ag/ZnO, CeO2 CeO2/ZnO,etc.)
• X-ray powder diffraction analysis (XRPD) using various crystallographic databases and softwares for qualitative and quantitative analysis of materials such as PowderCell program, MDI Jade 5.0, MDI Jade 6, UnitCell, FindIt
• Thermal analysis TA (TGA/DTA/DSC) using the TA Universal Analysis program
• Monitoring the photodegradation of pollutants and determination of band gap in semiconductors using the UVProbe 2.42 program
• Knowledge of GatanDigitalMicrograph program for micrograph processing.

  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications

1.Work experience:
• 2014–present: Research Assistant, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade
• 2012– 2014: Research Trainee, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade
• 2005–2012: Simovic D.O.O.

2.Education:
• Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Materials Engineering, University of Belgrade
• 2011. M.Sc. in Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade. Thesis title: “The influence of temperature and duration of hydrothermal treatment on the structural, microstructural and photocatalytic characteristics of titanium(IV) oxide”

3.Other professional activities
• Participation in the startup company B-fresh Technologies for the production and sale of active packaging
• Research аssistant at the Center Green Technology.

Courses taught:
• Exercises at the course of Solid State Chemistry at Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy
• Training and education of students of the final year of basic studies at Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy

Memberships:
• Society for Ceramic Materials of Serbia, Serbian Crystallographic Society, Serbian Chemical Society

Past:

  • Member of the project III45007 „Zero- to Three-Dimensional Nanostructures for Application in Electronics and Renewable Energy Sources: Synthesis, Characterization and Processing”, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia
  1. Radovanović , Zdravković J. D., Simović B., Radovanović Ž., Mihajlovski K., Dramićanin M. D., Rogan J. (2020) Zinc oxide nanoparticles prepared by thermal decomposition of zinc benzenepolycarboxylato precursors: photoluminescent, photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties, Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 85, 1–14. (ISSN: 0352-5139, IF:1,097)
  2. Simović, Dapčević A., Zdravković J., Tasić N., Kovač S., Krstić J., Branković G. (2019) From titania to titanates: Phase and morphological transition in less alkaline medium under mild conditions, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 781, 810-819. (ISSN: 0925-8388, IF: 3,779)
  3. Golubović A., Simović B., Gašić S., Mijin D., Matković A., Babić B., Šćepanović M. (2017) Sol-gel Synthesis of Anatase Nanopowders for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Herbicide Clomazone in Aqueous Media, Science of Sintering, 49, 319-33 (ISSN: 0350-820X, IF: 0,781)
  4. Simović B., Poleti D., Golubović A., Matković A., Šćepanović M., Babić B., Branković G. (2017) Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of RO16 dye using Ag modified ZnO nanopowders prepared by the solvothermal method, Processing and application of ceramics, 11, 27-38. (ISSN: 1820-6131, IF: 1,070)
  5. Zdravković J., Simović B., Golubović A., Poleti D., Veljković I., Šćepanović M., Branković G. (2015) Comparative Study of CeO2 Nanopowders Obtained by Hydrothermal Method from Various Precursors, Ceramics International, 41, 1970-1979. (ISSN: 0272-8842, IF: 2,758)
  6. Tomić N., Grujić-Brojčin, M., Finčur N., Abramović B., Simović B., Krstić J., Matović B., Šćepanović M. (2015) Photocatalytic degradation of alprazolam in water suspension of brookite type TiO2 nanopowders prepared using hydrothermal route, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 163, 518-528. (ISSN: 0254-0584, IF: 2,259).
  7. Golubović А., Simović B., Šćepanović M., Mijin D., Matković A., Grujić-Brojčin, M., Babić B. (2015) Synthesis of Anatase Nanopowders by Sol-gel Method and Influence of Temperatures of Calcination to Their Photocatalitic Properties, Science of Sintering, 47, 41-49. (ISSN: 0350-820X, IF: 0,781)
  8. Simović B., Golubović A., Veljković I., Poleti D., Zdravković J., Mijin D., Bjelajac A. (2014) Hydro- and solvothermally-prepared ZnO and its catalytic effect on photodegradation of Reactive Orange 16 dye, Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 79, 1433-1443 (ISSN: 0352-5139, IF: 0,912).
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