Research within physics of surface physics includes experimental and theoretical investigations.
Main domains of research include:
- Investigations of structural and electronic properties of clean surfaces, ultra thin films and assisted nanostructures.
- Investigations of effects of electronic confinement in small metal particles and low dimension systems – quantum well states.
- Structure and electronic properties of stepped (vicinal) surfaces and nanostructures built on them.
- Structural and electronic properties of graphene on well defined surfaces.
Theoretical investigations are focused on:
- Dynamics of electronic excitations on femtosecond time scale.
- Dynamics of atomic and molecular degrees of freedom in nanosystems.
- Interactions between excited degrees of freedom in nanosystems and decoherence of nanosystems quantum states caused by intrinsic interactions or interactions with neighbourhood.
Scientific projects
2D Nano Hybrid Systems: interfacing biomolecular motors with nanopores in 2D materials (2D-NanoHyb)
HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02-10118057801.09.2024. - 31.08.2026.Leader: Martina Lihter
Associates: Marko Kralj
Research areas: Surface physics, Biological physics
Overturning Size Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films (OSE-Ferroelectrics)
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-10110617601.03.2024. - 01.03.2026.Leader: Nives Štrkalj
Associates: Marko Kralj
Research areas: Solid state physics, Surface physics
Nanoscale interaction of light and atomically thin structures
HrZZ - IP-2022-10-472401.02.2024. - 31.01.2028.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Iva Šrut Rakić, Marin Petrović, Nataša Vujičić, Ana Senkić, Sabina Špoljar, Christian Teichert (Universität Leoben), Marko Spasenović (IHTM Beograd)
Research areas: Solid state physics, Surface physics
Novi katalitički materijali za proizvodnju zelenog vodika
Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost14.12.2023. - 30.06.2025.Leader: Vesna Mikšić Trontl
Silvije Vdović
Associates: Mario Rakić, Vedran Brusar
Research areas: Solid state physics, Surface physics
AI & GAMING EDIH
Digital Europe Programme (grant 101083963) & Ministarstvo gospodarstva i održivog razvoja01.12.2022. - 30.11.2025.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Dino Novko, Neven Šantić, Elinor Trogrlić, Damir Aumiler, Ticijana Ban, Danijela Grivičić
Research areas: Atomic and molecular physics, Solid state physics, Surface physics
Boron-based 2D materials
HrZZ - UIP-2020-02-173201.01.2021. - 31.12.2025.Leader: Marin Petrović
Associates: Borna Radatović, Patrick Seleš, Sherif Kamal
Research areas: Solid state physics, Surface physics
Functionalized two-dimensional Materials
HrZZ - UIP-2020-02-889101.01.2021. - 31.12.2025.Leader: Ida Delač
Associates: Antun Lovro Brkić, Šimun Mandić, Iva Šrut Rakić, Martina Lihter, Mihael Brezak, Cosme Gonzalez Ayani, Atiđa Selmani (IRB)
Research areas: Solid state physics, Surface physics
Publications
Completed scientific projects
Study of phonon-assisted processes in quasi-two-dimensional materials
HrZZ UIP-2019-04-686915.01.2020. - 14.01.2025.Leader: Dino Novko
Associates: Fabio Caruso (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics
Organic semiconductor nanostructures on two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide substrates
Austria-MZO, bilateralni projekt01.01.2020. - 31.12.2022.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Antonio Supina, Valentino Jadriško, Borna Radatović, Iva Šrut Rakić, Ida Delač, Ana Senkić, Christian Teichert, Caterina Czibula, Aleksandar Matković, Markus Kratzer, Institut für Physik, Montanuniversität Leoben, Muhammad Awais Aslam
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics
Synthesis of novel low-dimensional materials for information applications and the characterization of their magnetic and optical properties
Kina-MZO, bilateralni projekt01.01.2020. - 31.12.2021.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Marin Petrović, Antonio Supina, Borna Radatović, Yeliang Wang, Teng Zhang, Liwer Liu, Yanhui Hou, Beijing Institute of Technology
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics
Photoexcitations in 2D semicondictors
HrZZ-UIP-2017-05-386901.03.2018. - 28.02.2023.Leader: Nataša Vujičić
Associates: Valentino Jadriško, Borna Pielić, Ana Senkić, Luca Moretti (Department of Physics, Politechnico di Milano)
Research areas: Surface physics, Atomic and molecular physics
Two-dimensional metals
DAAD-MZO, bilateralni projekt01.01.2018. - 31.12.2019.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Marin Petrović, Antonio Supina, Borna Pielić, Borna Radatović, Carsten Busse, Jiaqi Cai, Caio Silva, Daniela Dombrowski, Fakultät IV - Physik, Universität Siegen
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics
Optical Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures
HrZZ - IP-2016-06-321101.03.2017. - 30.09.2021.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Nataša Vujičić, Iva Šrut Rakić, Borna Pielić, Davor Čapeta, Sheikh Muhammad Obaidulla
Research areas: Solid state physics, Surface physics
NanoporeArray: Ion-beam patterned nanopore arrays in polymer supported 2D materials
Provjera inovativnog koncepta PoC01.06.2016. - 31.05.2017.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Tomislav Vuletić, Mihovil Jurdana,
Research areas: Surface physics, Biological physics
QuartzNano: Senzori za kvarcnu mikrovagu unaprijeđeni na nanoskali
Provjera inovativnog koncepta PoC01.06.2016. - 31.05.2017.Leader: Tomislav Vuletić
Associates: Marko Kralj, Borna Pielić,
Research areas: Biological physics, Surface physics
Tuning many-body interactions in graphene by cesium intercalation
MZOS-Srbija, bilateralni projekt01.04.2016. - 31.12.2017.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Iva Šrut Rakić, Borna Radatović, Valentino Jadriško, Marko Spasenović*, Radoš Gajić*, Borislav Vasić*, Aleksandar Matković*, Milenko Musić*, *Institut za fiziku, Beograd
Research areas: Surface physics
Growth and characterization of functional 2D materials based on graphene and dichalcogenides
MZOS-Slovenija, bilateralni projekt01.04.2016. - 31.12.2017.Leader: Nataša Vujičić
Associates: Marko Kralj, Iva Šrut Rakić, Damir Aumiler, Davor Čapeta, Tomaž Mertelj*, Jure Strle*, Christoph Gadermeier*, Tetiana Borzda*, Miloš Borovšak*, *Institut Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana
Research areas: Surface physics
Intercalation of epitaxial dichalcogenides
DAAD-MZOS, bilateralni projekt01.01.2016. - 31.12.2017.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Marin Petrović, Borna Pielić, Borna Radatović, Valentino Jadriško, Carsten Busse*, Jiaqi Cai*, Caio Silva*, Wouter Joilie*, Daniela Dombrowski*, *Institut für Materialphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics
Large-scale synthesis and characterization of novel 2D materials
Kina-MZOS, bilateralni projekt01.09.2015. - 01.09.2017.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Marin Petrović, Iva Šrut Rakić, Nataša Vujičić, Davor Čapeta, Bin Wu*, Junqi Liu*, Wei Guo*, Li Yongtao*, *Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics
Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices,
Research unit: Science of Graphene and Related 2D Structures
MZOS / EU strukturni fondovi10.11.2014. - 01.12.2023.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Damir Aumiler, Ticijana Ban, Antonio Šiber, Nataša Vujičić, Tomislav Vuletić, Borna Pielić, Valentino Jadriško, Iva Šrut Rakić, Marin Petrović, Borna Radatović, Dino Novko, Manisha Chhikara, Antonio Supina, Ida Delač, Antun Lovro Brkić, Sheikh Muhammad Obaidulla, Sherif Kamal, Ana Senkić, Šimun Mandić, Iva Bogdanović Radović (IRB), Hrvoje Buljan (PMF), Maja Buljan (IRB), Andreja Gajović (IRB), Ivan Halasz (IRB), Predrag Lazić (IRB)
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics, Biological physics, Atomic and molecular physics
Periodically strained graphene, structural and electronic properties
HrZZ - IP-11-2013-272701.07.2014. - 30.06.2016.Leader: Petar Pervan
Associates: Ivo Pletikosić, Iva Šrut Rakić, Valla, M.C. Asensio, V. M. Trontl
Research areas: Surface physics
Two-dimensional materials with novel properties
DAAD-MZOS, bilateralni projekt01.01.2014. - 31.12.2015.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Iva Šrut Rakić, Marin Petrović, Ida Delač, Borna Pielić, Davor Čapeta, Carsten Busse*, Thomas Michely*, Fabian Craes*, Charlotte Herbig*, Wouter Joilie*, *Universität zu Köln
Research areas: Surface physics
Electrons in two dimensions: Graphene and topological insulators
DAAD-MZOS, bilateralni projekt01.01.2012. - 31.12.2013.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Iva Šrut Rakić, Marin Petrović, Ida Delač, Carsten Busse*, Thomas Michely*, Sven Runte*, Fabian Craes*, *Universität zu Köln
Research areas: Surface physics
Photolithographic synthesis and electronic properties of graphene-based devices and related structures
UKF projekt (66/10)15.06.2010. - 15.06.2012.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Tonica Valla, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
Research areas: Surface physics
Electronic properties of graphene-cluster hybrids
DAAD-MZOS, bilateralni projekt01.01.2010. - 31.12.2011.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: Ivo Pletikosić, Marin Petrović, Ida Delač, Maja Vojnić Kortmiš, Carsten Busse*, Daniel Foerster*, Timm Gerber*, Sven Runte*, *Universität zu Köln
Research areas: Surface physics
Metamaterijali s promjenjivim svojstvima bazirani na epitaksijalnom grafenu
NSF projekt21.10.2009. - 20.10.2012.Leader: Marko Kralj
Associates: R. M. Osgood, Columbia University, New York, USA
Research areas: Surface physics
Kvantna stanja, ultrabrza dinamika i dekoherencija u nanostrukturnim sistemima
MZOS - 035-0352828-283901.01.2007. - 31.12.2013.Leader: Branko Gumhalter
Research areas: Surface physics
Elektronska i kristalna struktura poduprtih samoorganiziranih nano-sistema
MZOS - 035-0352828-284001.01.2007. - 31.12.2014.Leader: Petar Pervan
Research areas: Surface physics
Electronic properties of manganese nanostructures at surfaces
MZOŠ - DAAD01.01.2006. - 31.12.2007.Leader: Petar Pervan
Associates: Milorad Milun, Marko Kralj
Research areas: Surface physics
Nano-znanosti: put u nove tehnologije
MZOŠ- kolaborativni projekt01.01.2004. - 31.12.2005.Leader: Milorad Milun
Research areas: Surface physics, Solid state physics
Rekonstrukcija metalnih površina
MZT -Hrvatsko-Slovenska suradnja01.01.2003. - 31.12.2014.Leader: Petar Pervan
Associates: Dj. Mandrino (voditelj), IMT, Ljubljana
Research areas: Surface physics
Utjecaj segregata i adsorbata na strukturna i elektronska svojstva metalnih površina
MZT Bilateralni projekt Hrvatska-Slovenija01.01.2001. - 31.12.2003.Leader: Petar Pervan
Associates: Đ. Mandrino, Inštitut za kovinske materijale in tehnologije
Research areas: Surface physics
Investigations of multiple excitation processes in dynamical interactions of atomic particles and radiation with solid surfaces
National Science Foundation Joint Fund Project JF 13301.01.2001. - 31.12.2001.Leader: Branko Gumhalter
Associates: Prof. D.C. Langreth (voditelj), Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Research areas: Surface physics
Dynamik der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Molekuelen und Oberflaechen
HRV 97/007: Ruhr Universitaet Bochum01.01.2000. - 31.12.2001.Leader: Branko Gumhalter
Associates: Prof. Ch. Woell (voditelj)
Research areas: Surface physics
Površinska stanja i stanja kvantnih jama te njihova uloga u nano-strukturama
Bilaterarni projekt Hrvatska-Velika Britanija ALIS01.01.1999. - 31.12.2001.Leader: Petar Pervan
Associates: D.P.Woodruff, Physics Department, University of Warwick
Research areas: Surface physics
Fizika površina i adsorbiranih slojeva
MZT (00350108)01.01.1997. - 31.12.2001.Leader: Branko Gumhalter
Associates: Milorad Milun, Petar Pervan, Antonio Šiber, Marko Kralj
Research areas: Surface physics