Miloš Momčilović

Head of department, Principal Research Fellow
Email: milos@vin.bg.ac.rs

Research interest: Spectrochemistry, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Physical chemistry of plasma, Laser surface modification, Laser synthesis of nanoparticles, Photocatalysis.

Education:

BSc in Physical Chemistry (2005), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, BSc thesis title: “Application of CCD detectors in atomic spectrochemistry”.

PhD in Physical Chemistry (2014). University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, PhD thesis title: “Interaction of impulse TEA CO2 laser radiation with copper target: spectroscopy of plasma and morphological effects”.

Career:

2006 – present, Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča

2020 – present, Head of 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); project leader.

Program topic: Interaction of laser radiation with materials: basic research and application in nanotechnologies (2021- present); 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 fo project: “Synthesis of advanced nanoparticles by plasma techniques for the development of new electrochemical sensors”(2022-2024), Project leader of Serbian side.

Transfer technology program funding by The Innovation Fund of The Republic of Serbia: “Application of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles for Skin and Oral Treatment” (2022-2023), participant.

Proof of concept program funding by The Fund of Science of The Republic of Serbia: „Functional nanocomposite for skin treatment“ (2024 -2025), participant

List of five selected publications:

  1.  M. Momčilović, J. Petrović, M. Nemoda, J. Ciganović, N. Krstulović, M. Ognjanović, S. Živković, Laser ablation in water for silver and gold nanoparticle synthesis and their application for improvement of TEA CO2 LIBS setup Performance, Applied Physics B 129:62 (2023), 10.1007/s00340-023-08007-w 2
  2. J. Petrović, ; Ј. Marinković,  S. Živković, ; M. Radenković, ; M. Momčilović, , The TEA CO2 Laser as a Promising tool for Elemental Analysis of Restored Teeth and Evaluation of Restoration Constituent Penetration into Dental Tissues, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, volume 43, pages 1237–1253 (2023), doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10348-5
  3. M. Momčilović, S. Živković, J. Petrović, I. Cvijović-Alagić, J. Ciganović, An original LIBS system based on TEA CO2 laser as a tool for determination of glass surface hardness, Appl Phys B-Lasers. 80 (2019) 222, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-019-7329-2
  4. Momčilović M, Živković S, Kuzmanović M, Ciganović J, Ranković D, Trtica M, Savović J. The Effect of Background Gas on the Excitation Temperature and Electron Number Density of Basalt Plasma Induced by 10.6 Micron Laser Radiation. Plasma Chem. Plasma Proc. 2019; 39:985.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-09987-4     
  5. S. Živković, J. Savović, M. Kuzmanović, J. Petrović, M. Momčilović, Alternative analytical method for direct determination of Mn and Ba in peppermint tea based on laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, Microchemical Journal 137 (2018) 410, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2017.11.020