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Projects

Secure, Antibacterial, Flame-retardant, Enhanced Guard Apparel for Resilient Defense (SAFEGUARD)

The SAFEGUARD project is focused on the development of innovative, sustainable and safe textile coatings with multiple protective functions. The goal is to improve textiles that are used in demanding conditions, especially in the defense sector, so that they provide greater resistance to external threats such as fire, microbiological contamination and harmful UV radiation. The project is carried out by a multidisciplinary team with three institutions: Ruđer Bošković Institute, EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Galen, Switzerland and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Graz, Austria.

Principal investigator/NATO country Project Director (NPD): dr. sc. Nives Matijaković Mlinarić

Microbial ecology of lake ecosystems – a novel approach

Principal investigator: dr. sc. Sandi Orlić

Irradiated Polymer Nano-Coatings for Metal Protection (RadMeNano)

The project  investigates the possibility of using ionizing radiation for crosslinking of self-organized molecular layers on metal surfaces in order to protect the metal and improve its properties. The research objectives of the project are focused on the development process for obtaining polymer nano coatings, characterization of the formed coatings and testing of their properties. The project team gathers a multidisciplinary group of experts from three institutions: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology and Academy of Fine Arts.
Principal investigator: dr. sc. Katarina Marušić

ADRIREEF – Innovative exploitation of Adriatic Reefs in order to strengthen blue economy

Principal investigator: dr. sc. Sandi Orlić

Corals and global warming: the Mediterranean versus the Red Sea CoralWarm

Effect of natural acidic macromolecules on calcium carbonate precipitation

The study of the influence of natural acidic macromolecules, extracted from the skeleton of sea corals, on precipitation of CaCO3 polymorphs, calcite and aragonite.

Principal investigator: dr. sc. Branka Njegić Džakula

Interactions of organic additives with calcite crystals of different morphologies

The objective of the project is to study the interactions of organic additives, particularly phosphonates and

carboxylates, with calcite crystals of different morphologies.

Precipitation mechanisms of inorganic biocompatible and related materials

Principal investigator: dr. sc. Damir Kralj