Jelena Petrović

Research Associate

jpetrovic@vin.bg.ac.rs

Research interests: Spectrochemistry, optical emission spectroscopy, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Physical chemistry of plasma, Plasma diagnostics, Laser and chemical synthesis of nanoparticles, and their applications.

Education:

BSc in Physical Chemistry (2016), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, BSc thesis title: “Band emission of C2 molecule in a plasma obtained by the interaction of a TEA CO2 laser and graphite”.

MSc in Physical Chemistry (2017), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, BSc thesis title: “Determination of barium and manganese in tea samples by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy”.

PhD in Physical Chemistry (2022), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, PhD thesis title: “Spectroscopic investigation of carbon plasma induced by pulsed carbon dioxide laser radiation”.

Career:

2017 – present, Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča

Active projects:

Program topic: Development of laser methods for pollution detection and environmental monitoring (2021- present); participant.

Program topic: Interaction of laser radiation with materials: basic research and application in nanotechnologies (2021- present); participant.

Bilateral project with Hungary. Cooperation between Department for analytical and inorganic chemistry of University of Szeged and Institute of nuclear sciences VINČA: „Performance enhancement of solid sampling laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using composite metallic nanoparticles“ (2021-2023), participant.

Bilateral project with Belorussia. Cooperation between Institute of Physics “B.I. Stepanov”, NAN Belarus, Minsk, Belorussia, and Institute of nuclear sciences VINČA, Belgrade, Serbia. Title for project: “Synthesis of advanced nanoparticles by plasma techniques for the development of new electrochemical sensors””(2022-2024), participant.

List of five selected publications:

  1. S. Zivkovic, J. Savovic, M. Kuzmanovic, J. Petrovic, M. Momcilovic, Alternative analytical method for direct determination of Mn and Ba in peppermint tea based on laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (2018) Microchemical Journal, 137, pp. 410-417., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2017.11.020
  2. M. Kuzmanovic, D. Rankovic, M. Trtica, J. Ciganovic, J. Petrovic, J. Savovic, Optical emission of graphite plasma generated in ambient air using low-irradiance carbon dioxide laser pulses (2019) Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 157, pp. 37-46., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2019.05.006
  3. M. Momcilovic, S. Zivkovic, J. Petrovic, I. Cvijovic-Alagic, J. Ciganovic, An original LIBS system based on TEA CO2 laser as a tool for determination of glass surface hardness (2019) Applied Physics. B: Lasers and Optics, 125, pp. 222., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-019-7329-2
  4. J. Petrović, J. Savovic, D. Rankovic, M. Kuzmanovic, Quantitative Analysis of Coal by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Using TEA CO2 Laser as the Excitation Source (2022) Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 42 pp. 519-533., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-022-10234-6
  5. J. Petrovic, D. Rankovic, M. Kuzmanovic, J. Savovic, V. Kiris, A. Nevar, M. Nedelko and N. V. Tarasenko, Diagnostics of laser-induced plasma on carbon-based polymer material using atomic and molecular emission spectra (2022) Plasma Science and Technology., https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-6272/aca30f