Miloš Momčilović

Head of department, Senior Research Associate

milos@vin.bg.ac.rs

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

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.

International project Italia-Serbia “Grande Rilevanza”. Cooperation between Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, Pisa, Italy and Institute of nuclear sciences VINČA, Belgrade, Serbia. Title of project: “Micro LIBS Scan Elemental Mapping: a powerful tool for Cultural Heritage studies“, (2019-2023); Project leader of Serbian side.

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 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.

List of five selected publications:

  1. M. Momčilović, J. Petrović, J. Ciganović, I. Cvijović-Alagić, F. Koldžić , S. Živković, Laser-Induced Plasma as a Method for the Metallic Materials Hardness Estimation: An Alternative Approach, Plasma Chem Plasma P. 700 (2020) 499-510, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-020-10063-5
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. M. Momčilović, M. Kuzmanović, D. Ranković, J. Ciganović, M. Stoiljković, J. Savović, M. Trtica, Optical Emission Studies of Copper Plasma Induced Using Infrared Transversely Excited Atmospheric (IR TEA) Carbon Dioxide Laser Pulses, Appl. Spectrosc. 69 (2015) 419-429., https://doi.org/10.1366/14-07584
  5. M. Momčilović, M. Trtica, J. Ciganović, J. Savović, J. Stašić, M. Kuzmanović, Analysis of Copper Surface Features Obtained Using TEA CO2 Laser at Reduced Air Pressure, Appl. Surf. Sci. 270 (2013) 486-494., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.01.067