Researchers:

Stanislav Čampelj

Ali Tufani

Darko Makovec

Nina Popov

Katja Drobež

Jošt Tručl

Jelena Papan

Alenka Mertelj’s group

Coordinator Darja Lisjak

HYBRID MATERIALS = INORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS + ORGANICS

Interaction inorganic « organic

Chemical stability and assembly of nanoparticles

Multifunctional-magnetic and fluorescent nanoparticles

Applications: sensorics, nanotheranostics, water purification

Selected papers: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04500.x10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02675, 10.1021/acsomega.0c01597, 10.1039/c7dt00529f, 10.1088/2050-6120/ac41ba, 10.1038/s41598-023-28431-4 


LIQUID FERROICS = LIQUID DISPERSIONS OF FERROIC NANOPARTICLES

Development of liquid alternatives to solid-state ferroics:

ferromagnetic liquids, magneto-electric liquids, multiferroic liquids

Colloidal interactions and ferroic coupling

Applications: sensorics, microfluidics, smart-grids, service robotics

Selected papers:  10.1038/nature12863, 10.1038/ncomms10394, 10.1126/sciadv.1701336, 10.1039/C9SM00949C, 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118038


Research projects:  

H2020-FETOPEN, 899285 MAGNELIQ, A Magneto-Electric Liquid – Better Sensing

ARIS, J1-2459, Liquid Magnets: fundamental studies of ferromagnetic order in liquids

ARIS, N2-0118, Multifunctional hybrid materials with controllable ferroic properties

J2-50061, Novel materials based on lignin from biomass with enhanced luminescent activity

JSI-CNR, NanoFer, Nanodriven ferroic coupling in hexaferrites

HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01, 101119614 — MAESTRI, Magnetic soft matter for robotics