07.09.2024.

Our ZEOCOAT team was thrilled to be a part of this year's YUCOMAT conference held in Herceg Novi, Montenegro 02.09-06.09.2024.

20.09.2024.

Our colleague has won Best poster presentation award at the XII Advanced Ceramics and Application conference held in Belgrade (18-20.09.2024.) for the poster ''Adsorbers based on zeolite formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation''.

27.09.2024.

We are excited to share that our project ZEOCOAT has been a part of the Researchers' night festival, celebrating science across Europe (27.09.2024.)! 

 

01.11.2024.

On Friday, November 1, 2024, we had the opportunity to host students from the Požarevac Gymnasium at the Faculty of Physical Chemistry. During their visit, we introduced them to the research and activities within our ZEOCOAT project.

 

 

 

30.11.2024.

We are proud to announce that our new paper has just been published in the journal Coatings.

Our study demonstrates the one-step preparation of efficient photocatalytic coatings incorporating 13X zeolite and CeO₂.

 

Read it here:

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/12/1516

 

 

 

14.12.2024.

It was a great honor and pleasure for us to participate in this year's Science Festival and present our project! The visitors were able to see the photocatalytic decomposition of organic colors and learn about the potential of our materials for improving the water purification process.

 

06.01.2025.

Our newest paper has been published in the Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society!

 

In this study, we investigated an eco-friendly approach for removing ibuprofen, a widely used pharmaceutically active substance, from water using TiO2/ZSM-5 zeolite hybrid photocatalysts.

 

Read it here:

https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC241018098S

 

27.01.2025.

We are proud to announce that our team member dr Kristina Mojsilović has been awarded the Best Young Researcher award at the Faculty of Physics for her outstanding contributions last year along with Dušan Đorđević.

 

 

01.02.2025.

We are thrilled to share some exciting news about our research group!

First, we warmly welcome Marko Dević to our team! We are looking forward to his contributions!

 

At the same time, we are proud to announce that dr Kristina Mojsilović has been awarded a postdoctoral position at Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon in Geesthacht, Germany. We are excited to see her research journey continue.

 

 

04.04.2025.

Our team member Srna Stojanović participated in the 40th Annual Congress of the French Zeolites Association (GFZ) with a poster presentation from 31.03.2025. to 03.04.2025. in Blériot-Plage, France. The event brought together 96 participants from academia, industry, and exhibiting companies.

 

 

12.05.2025.

Another member of our team, Srna Stojanović has successfully defended her PhD thesis on June 12, 2025: “Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposite materials based on titanium(IV) Oxide and zeolites (HEU, MFI, FAU) for the removal of selected organic pollutants from aqueous Media”.
Congratulations!

 

05.09.2025.

Our colleague Marko Dević, member of the ZEOCOAT team, presented a poster titled “Zn-Y zeolite photocatalytic oxide coatings on magnesium” at the Twenty-sixth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2025 (Herceg Novi, Montenegro, September 1–5, 2025). 

 

Following last year’s participation, the ZEOCOAT team once again presented its research at YUCOMAT 2025.

 

 

18.09.2025.

 

Professors Ljiljana Damjanović-Vasilić and Rastko Vasilić presented their research at the 

18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes – FEMS EUROMAT 2025, one of Europe’s leading conferences in the field of materials science in Granada, Spain  14–18 September 2025, through the following posters:

 

 Lanthanide and bi-lanthanide loaded zeolites for wastewater treatment (Lj. Damjanović-Vasilić)

 Multifunctional oxide coatings with zeolites prepared by plasma electrolytic oxidation (R. Vasilić)

 

 

26.09.2025.

 

ZEOCOAT project has once more been a part of the Researchers' night festival, celebrating science across Europe. We thank all our curious visitors!

 

 

21.10.2025.

 

Our colleague Marko Devic has succesfully defended his Master's thesis titled "Photocatalysts and adsorbents obtained by plasma electrolytic oxidation" on October 21, 2025, at Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade. Congratulations!

 

 

03.12.2025.

 

This year’s Young Researchers’ Conference also featured results from the ZEOCOAT project, presented by Marko Dević. The presentation was titled “Zn-ZSM5 zeolite oxide coatings with adsorption properties on aluminum”. The conference was held at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) in Belgrade, December 3–5, 2025.

 

15.04.2026.

 

We are proud to announce that our new paper has just been publised in the journal Minerals!

 

Read it here:

 

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/16/4/406 

 

Our latest review presents recent results focused on immobilization of zeolites onto an inexpensive aluminum substrate using PEO processing in various electrolyte solutions applying different electrical regimes.

 

20.05.2026.

 

ZEOCOAT team is happy to announce that our newest paper has just been published in the journal Molecules! 

 

Our latest study examines how the electrical regime affects particle incorporation and photocatalytic performance. Coatings were produced under a 50% duty cycle in both unipolar mode and during the anodic part of the bipolar mode. A silicate-based electrolyte was modified with zeolites (Y and ZSM5), used in pristine form, Zn-loaded form, and combined with ZnO nanoparticles, to enhance catalytic activity. Photocatalytic performance was evaluated via methyl orange degradation under simulated solar irradiation for 6 h.

 

Read it here:

 

https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules31101752 

 

 

 

30.05.2026.

ZEOCOAT project has  been a part of the Science picnic. We thank all our visitors for inquisitive questions!  

 

01.06.2026.

ZEOCOAT team members have participated at the 11th Serbian-Croatian-Slovenian Symposium on Zeolites, held in Belgrade, Serbia, May 20–22, 2026. 

The resented research focused on the application of rare-earth-modified zeolites for the detection and removal of fluoroquinolone antibiotics from aqueous media. 

 

19.06.2026.

ZEOCOAT team just published a new paper: "Photocatalytic oxide coatings with inertly incorporated zeolite Y and ZnO on AZ31 magnesium alloy" in Journal of Materials Research and Technology.

​We're tackling photocatalytically active oxide coatings synthesized on AZ31 magnesium alloy using plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO). Coatings were formed in a sodium phosphate-potassium hydroxide alkaline electrolyte with additions of Y-zeolite, ZnO, and their combination, and subsequently characterized in terms of morphology, composition, crystal structure, photoluminescence, and photocatalytic performance. 

Check it out to see what we've been working on!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2026.06.126

 

 

24.06.2026.

In June 2026, Prof. Ljubiša Ignjatović represented the ZEOCOAT team at two international scientific conferences, presenting our latest research in analytical and environmental chemistry:

 

RAD 2026 - 14th International Conference on Radiation, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Technology and Ecology
Herceg Novi, Montenegro | June 15–19, 2026

Poster presentation:
Voltammetric and Liquid-Chromatographic Determination of 1,1-Dimethyl-3-phenyltriazene and Its Halogeno Derivatives

 

EnviroChem 2026 - 10th Symposium on Chemistry and Environmental Protection
Bajina Bašta, Serbia | June 21–24, 2026

Oral presentation:
Determination and Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Wastewater Samples

 

 

02.07.2026.

Prof. Ljiljana Damjanović-Vasilić recently represented our team at the 10th Conference of the Federation of the European Zeolite Associations (FEZA 2026, 28.06-02.07.2026.) in Naples, Italy.

 

​She presented the collaborative research paper: "Eu-exchanged zeolites for norfloxacin removal from aqueous solution under simulated solar light," co-authored by Katarina Rondović, Srna Stojanović, Marko Dević, Vladislav Rac, Rastko Vasilić, and Ljubiša Ignjatović.

 

16.07.2026.

Our team recently attended the FEMS Junior Euromat conference in Trikala, Greece (12-16.07.2026). 

 

It was a productive week of sharing our research and engaging with the wider materials science community.

 

​We are pleased to share that two ZEOCOAT team members Dr. Srna Stojanović and Dr. Kristina Mojsilović presented their poster sessions during the event.

 

​Additionally, we would like to congratulate Dr. Srna Stojanović  for receiving the Best Poster Presentation award!

 

16.08.2026.

 

ZEOCOAT team has published a new paper entitled "Mixed oxide coatings with zeolites and Zn species on aluminum formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation: adsorption vs photocatalysis" in Optical Materials.

 

​In this work, we investigated the removal of methyl orange from aqueous solution utilizing combined adsorption and photocatalysis on mixed oxide coatings. The mixed oxide coatings with incorporated zeolites loaded with Zn, as well as codeposited zeolites and ZnO, were formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation on an inexpensive aluminum support. High adsorption efficiency (80-90)% was observed for oxide layers synthesized in an electrolyte to which ZnO powder was added in addition to the zeolite. Oxide layers synthesized in electrolytes that contained Zn-loaded zeolites exhibited higher photocatalytic activity compared to coatings with codeposited ZnO and zeolite.

 

Read it here:

 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2026.118424

 

 

04.09.2026.

 

Our colleague Dr. Nenad Tadić, member of the ZEOCOAT team, presented a poster entitled “Zeolite-based photocatalysts formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation on different substrates” at the Twenty-seventh Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2026 in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 31.08-04.09.2026.

 

 

24.09.2026.

 

Our principal investigator professor Rastko Vasilić presented the results of our team at the 10th Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry - South East Europe organized by Heyrovský Institute of the CAS and held in Prague, Czech Republic, September 20-24, 2026.

 

 

25.09.2026.

 

Our project ZEOCOAT has been a part of the Researchers' night festival, celebrating science across Europe (25.09.2026.). This was the third time our team has presented at this event, and we thank all of our visitors for their interesting questions!