International projects
Projects started in 2025
Renewable Energy via Sustainable Hydrogeny, RESH
2025-2028
Principal investigator: Dr. Matjaž Spreitzer
Principal investigator: Dr. Matjaž Spreitzer
Green Innovative Photocatalytic systems for CO2 Utilization to produce e-fuels, GRIPHUS
2025-2028
Principal investigator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
REvolutionising bone and cartilaGE reconstruction through Novel cell-instructive biomaterial and peptide-Enhanced Stem cell Immobilization Strategy, REGENESIS
2025-2028
Principal investigator: Dr. Marija Vukomanović
Principal investigator: Dr. Marija Vukomanović
HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024
Integrated Process for Seawater, HE-ASTERISK
2025-2027
Principal investigator: Dr. Suraj Gupta
Principal investigator: Dr. Suraj Gupta
IMPACT I
Impact I: Improved Impact Resistance of Lightweight Defense Structures
2025-2028
Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Matjaž Spreitzer
Projects started in 2024
Multilateral international projects
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01 (MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022)
ID: 101130520
Innovative Functional Oxide Materials for Green Hydrogen Energy Production, H-GREEN
2024-2028
Coordinator: prof. dr. Zdravko Kutnjak
Principal investigators: dr. Marjeta M. Kržmanc, prof. dr. Matjaž Spreitzer
M-ERA.NET
Engineering of two-dimensional heterostructural photocatalysts for hydrogen generation; HetCat
2024-2026
Principal investigator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Coordinator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Principal investigator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Coordinator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Projects started in 2023
Multilateral international projects
HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-07
ID: 101119376
ID: 101119376
ANion Exchange Membrane Electrolysis from Low-grade water sources, ANEMEL PROJECT DETAILS
2023-2027
Principal investigator: Dr. Suraj Gupta
Principal investigator: Dr. Suraj Gupta
INNOVATION FUND DENMARK
Recycled materials integrated in bricks, supporting the circular economy in the construction industry; ReMaBrick
ID:
ID:
2023-2026
Principal investigator: Dr. Jakob König
Principal investigator: Dr. Jakob König
Projects started in 2022
Multilateral international projects
European Defence Agency (EDA) Ad Hoc Research & Technology Project
Additive manufacturing of metallic auxetic structures and materials for lightweight armour, AMALIA PROJECT DETAILS
ID: No B-PRJ-RT-797
2022-2025
Principal investigator in Slovenia: Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Coordinator: RINA Consulting - Centro Sviluppo Materiali Spa (CSM), Italy
Quick Challenge-driven, Human-centered Co-Creation mechanism for INDUStry-Academia Collaborations, INDUSAC PROJECT DETAILS
2022-2025Principal investigator in Slovenia: Asst. Prof. Nina DaneuCoordinator: Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation, Jožef Stefan« Institute, Slovenia
Projects started in 2021
Multilateral international projects
H2020 INNOSUP-01-2020 Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chainsID: 101005435
2021-2024Principal investigator in Slovenia: Dr. Jakob KoenigCoordinator: Katharina Goetz, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany
COST ACTION CA20116 PROJECT DETAILSEuropean Network for Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy
2021-2025Member of the Management Committee, MC: Asst. Prof Matjaž Spreitzer
COST ACTION CA20116 PROJECT DETAILS
European Network for Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy
2021-2025
Member of the Management Committee, MC: Asst. Prof Matjaž Spreitzer
Joint Czech - Slovenian research project CEUS, where GAČR (Grantová Agentura České Republiky) acts as the lead agency
N2-0187
Semiconductor - dielectric heterostructures for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution, SeDiHe PROJECT DETAILS
2021-2024
Principal investigator in Slovenia: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Principal investigator in Czech Republic: prof. dr. Jirí Hlinka, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Projects started in 2020
Multilateral international projects
ERA.MIN2 | RESEARCH & INNOVATION PROGRAMME ON RAW MATERIALS TO FOSTER CIRCULAR ECONOMYID: C3330-20-252008Antisolvent precipitation to extract the value from end-of-life Nd-Fe-B magnets, ANTISOLVO PROJECT DETAILS2020-2023
Prinicipal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Prinicipal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Joint Swiss Slovenian project where the Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF acts as a lead agency
N2-0149
Strain and domain structure engineering in epitaxial relaxor ferroelectric thin films PROJECT DETAILS
2020-2023
Principal investigator in Slovenia: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Principal investigator in Switzerland: Prof. Thomas Lippert
N2-0150
Mechano-chromic, voltage-sensitive electrostimulators: innovative piezoelectric biomaterials for electro-stimulated cellular growth PROJECT DETAILS
2020-2023
Principal investigator in Slovenia: Ddr. Marija Vukomanović
Principal investigator in Switzerland: dr. Salvador Pané i Vidal
Completed projects
KET4CLEAN PRODUCTIONID: KET4CP-SME2020-08-No.24 Environmentally friendly antimicrobial material for textile with improved properties2020-2021
Prinicipal investigator: Ddr. Marija Vukomanović
Prinicipal investigator: Ddr. Marija Vukomanović
Joint Austrian Slovenian research project between ARRS and FWF (Der Wissenschaftsfonds, the Lead Agency)
N1-0115 PROJECT DETAILS
Mineral inclusions in garnet from macroscopic to atomic scale: Opening the petrogenetic archive
2019-2022
Principal investigator: Prof. Aleksander Rečnik
Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Nina Daneu
Principal investigator: Prof. Aleksander Rečnik
Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Nina Daneu
Multilateral international projects
M-ERA.NET PROJECT DETAILS
ID: C3330-19-252011
Engineering of perovskite photocatalysts for sunlight-driven hydrogen evolution from water splitting, SUNtoCHEM
2019-2022
Principal investigator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Coordinator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Principal investigator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Coordinator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Bilateral international projects
BI-US/19-21-063
Engineering of stoichiometry of epitaxial thin films PMN-PT
2019-2021
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Multilateral international projects
COST ACTION CA17140 PROJECT DETAILS
NANO2CLINIC: Cancer nanomedicine - from the bench to the bedside
2018-2022
Member of the Management Committee, MC: Ddr. Marija Vukomanović
Multilateral international projects
M-ERA.NET 3330-17-500100 PROJECT DETAILS
ID: C3330-17-500100
Engineering of silicon-oxide interface using the pulsed-laser deposition technique, SIOX
2017-2020
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
2017-2020
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
M-ERA.NET 3330-17-500103
ID: C3330-17-500103
CleanTechBlock - Sustainable Multi-functional Building Block Basics, CTB Basics PROJECT DETAILS
2017-2019
Principal investigator: Dr. Jakob König
Coordinator: Dr. Jakob König
CleanTechBlock - Sustainable Multi-functional Building Block Basics, CTB Basics PROJECT DETAILS
2017-2019
Principal investigator: Dr. Jakob König
Coordinator: Dr. Jakob König
M-ERA.NET 3330-17-500075
ID: C3330-17-500075
Innovative nano-materials and architectures for integrated piezoelectric energy harvesting applications, HarvEnPiez PROJECT DETAILS
2016-2019
Principal investigator: dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Coordinator: dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Innovative nano-materials and architectures for integrated piezoelectric energy harvesting applications, HarvEnPiez PROJECT DETAILS
2016-2019
Principal investigator: dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Coordinator: dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
Seal of Excellence Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions PROJECT DETAILS
Nanoparticle-assisted desiccation of mesenchymal stem cells for the “off-the-shelf” allogeneic cell therapy
2018-2019
Principal investigator: dr. Martin Štefanič
Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EDDP) Denmark EUDP 15-I PROJECT DETAILS
Cleantech Block II - energy- saving cladding 15-I64015-0018
7/2015-6/2018
Principal investigator: Dr. Jakob König
Coordinator: Jacob Bendtsen, Grästen Teglværk A/S, Grästen, Denmark
Cleantech Block II - energy- saving cladding 15-I64015-0018
7/2015-6/2018
Principal investigator: Dr. Jakob König
Coordinator: Jacob Bendtsen, Grästen Teglværk A/S, Grästen, Denmark
M-ERA.NET 3330-14-500197
Enabling technology for high-quality piezoMEMS, ENPIEZO PROJECT DETAILS
2014-2017
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
IZ73Z0_152327
Intelligent scaffolds as a tool for advanced tissue regeneration, SCOPES PROJECT DETAILS
2014-2017
Principal investigator: DDr. Marija Vukomanović
Coordinator: Prof. Ralph Müller, Swiss Federal Institute Of Technology Zurich, ETH Zurich, Swizerland
BI-HR/14-15-018
Biomineralization at the nanoscale: from the natural systems to the laboratory, Slovenian research agency
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
BI-US/14-15-017
3D composite plasmonic metal/semiconductor photo-catalyst for efficient solar to fuel energy conversion
Principal investigators: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar and Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
2012-2013
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Smilja Marković, Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Belgrade, Serbia
BI-BR/11-13-002
The synthesis of dielectric materials by chemical solution deposition and characterisation of their dielectric properties
2011-2013
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Jose Arana Varela, Instituto de Quimica-UNESP, Araraquara, Brazil
BI-SR/10-11-016
Mixed rareearth oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterisation, Applications
2010-2011
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar
Partner: Dr. Bratislav Antić, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
BI-AR/09-11-001
Functional nanostructured ceramic materials
2009-2011
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Noemi Elisabeth Walsöe de Reca, Centro de Investigaciones en Solidos, CITEFA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
BI-UA/09-10-007
Electric-field tunable ferroelectric materials based on Na0.5Bi 0.5TiO3
2009-2010
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Anatolii Belous, SPE »Oxid« of V.I. Vernadskii Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
BI-KR/09-11-001
Synthesis of piezoelectric thin films and magnetoelectric composites by a layer-by-layer self assembly
2009-2011
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Dr. Jae – Ho Jeon, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, Korea
BI-CN/09-11-013
Ultra-low dielectric constant LTCC materials
2009-2011
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Xing Hu, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
BI-HR/09-10-037
Biomimetic preparation of inorganic nanomaterials
2009-2010
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Ivan Sondi, Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
BI-RS/08-10-005
Materials world network: Improved Lanthanide-based filters for mobile telecommunications
2008-2010
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Rick Ubic, Boise State University, Boise, USA
BI-RS/08-09-027
Designing of functional materials on molecular and nano level
2008-2009
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Dragan Uskoković, Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Belgrade, Serbia
BI-HR/04-05-026
The role of enzymes in formation of colloidal particles
2004-2005
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Ivan Sondi, Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
BI-FR/04-06-001
New glass materials based on tellurium oxide for non-linear optics
2004 - 2006
Principal investigator: Dr. Matjaž Valant
Partner: Prof. Philipe Thomas, University of Limoges, Limoges, France
BI-UA/03-04-004
Synthesis of new microwave materials and development of the components based on these materials for communication devices
2003-2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Matjaž Valant
Partner: Dr. Anatolii Belous, Vernadskii Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine
Enabling technology for high-quality piezoMEMS, ENPIEZO PROJECT DETAILS
2014-2017
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Spreitzer
IZ73Z0_152327
Intelligent scaffolds as a tool for advanced tissue regeneration, SCOPES PROJECT DETAILS
2014-2017
Principal investigator: DDr. Marija Vukomanović
Coordinator: Prof. Ralph Müller, Swiss Federal Institute Of Technology Zurich, ETH Zurich, Swizerland
NATO SfP 984091
Microwave tunable materials composites and devices
2009-2015
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar
Coordinator: NATO Public Diplomacy Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Brussels, Belgium
MNT-ERA.NET II 3211-11-000259
Nanostructured ferroelectric films for biosensors, NAFERBIO
2011-2013
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: Prof. Heli Jantunen, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
MATERA-ERA.NET 3211-11-000206
Novel inorganic inks for hybrid printed electronic demonstrators, INNOINKS
2011-2013
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: Prof. Spartak Gevorgian, Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden
7. FP APPLICMA 214407
Development of wear resistant coatings based on complex metalic alloys for functional applications
2008-2011
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Coordinator: Austrian Research Centers GmbH, Seibersdorf, Austria
NATO SfP 980881
Tantalum- free microwave dielectric resonaotrs with enhanced quality factor
2006-2008
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar
Coordinator: NATO public Diplomacy Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Brussels, Belgium
6. FP SAPHIR NMP2-CT-2006-026666
Controlled production of high tech multifunctional products and their recycling
2006-2010
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: CILAS Compagne industrielle des lasers, Orleans, France
EUREKA LOFT-CFC E!2913 3211-05-000128
Materials for LTCC applications made by Electro-phoretic deposition
2004-2006
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Valant
Principal investigator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
5. FP TUF G1RD-CT-2002-00741
Tuneable filters based on dielectric resonators
2002-2005
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: NPL Management, Ltd., National Physical Laboratory, Teddington,UK
COST Action 525 EC 3311-01-837002
Advanced Electronic Ceramics: Grain Boundary Engineering
2000-2005
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: Prof. Robert Freer, University of Manchester, UK
Bilateral International projects
Microwave tunable materials composites and devices
2009-2015
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar
Coordinator: NATO Public Diplomacy Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Brussels, Belgium
MNT-ERA.NET II 3211-11-000259
Nanostructured ferroelectric films for biosensors, NAFERBIO
2011-2013
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: Prof. Heli Jantunen, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
MATERA-ERA.NET 3211-11-000206
Novel inorganic inks for hybrid printed electronic demonstrators, INNOINKS
2011-2013
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: Prof. Spartak Gevorgian, Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden
7. FP APPLICMA 214407
Development of wear resistant coatings based on complex metalic alloys for functional applications
2008-2011
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Coordinator: Austrian Research Centers GmbH, Seibersdorf, Austria
NATO SfP 980881
Tantalum- free microwave dielectric resonaotrs with enhanced quality factor
2006-2008
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar
Coordinator: NATO public Diplomacy Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Brussels, Belgium
6. FP SAPHIR NMP2-CT-2006-026666
Controlled production of high tech multifunctional products and their recycling
2006-2010
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: CILAS Compagne industrielle des lasers, Orleans, France
EUREKA LOFT-CFC E!2913 3211-05-000128
Materials for LTCC applications made by Electro-phoretic deposition
2004-2006
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Matjaž Valant
Principal investigator: Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc
5. FP TUF G1RD-CT-2002-00741
Tuneable filters based on dielectric resonators
2002-2005
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: NPL Management, Ltd., National Physical Laboratory, Teddington,UK
COST Action 525 EC 3311-01-837002
Advanced Electronic Ceramics: Grain Boundary Engineering
2000-2005
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Coordinator: Prof. Robert Freer, University of Manchester, UK
Bilateral International projects
BI-RS/18-19-042
Nanostructured and mesoporous functional materials with accentuated photocatalytic properties under the influence of sunlight
2018-2019
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
BI-RS/18-19-050
Synthesis of R2MoO6:REE luminescent nanopowders and their structural characterization by electron microscopy
2018-2019
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Nina Daneu
BI-FR-PROTEUS/17-18-007
Hydratation defects and twinning in silicates
2017-2018
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Nina Daneu
BI-RS/16-17-050
Gold/Ferrite Nanocomposites: antimicrobial and magnetic properties for the application in biomedicine, Slovenian research agency
Principal investigator: Ddr. Marija Vukomanović
BI-RS/16-17-042
Thermoelectric materials based on layered crystalline structures
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar
BI-UA/13-14-005
Multifunctional ferroelectrics materials based on Ag(Nb, Ta)O3, Slovenian research agency
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Multifunctional ferroelectrics materials based on Ag(Nb, Ta)O3, Slovenian research agency
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
BI-HR/14-15-018
Biomineralization at the nanoscale: from the natural systems to the laboratory, Slovenian research agency
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
BI-US/14-15-017
3D composite plasmonic metal/semiconductor photo-catalyst for efficient solar to fuel energy conversion
Principal investigators: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar and Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
BI-RS/12-13-006
Nanostructural designing of multifunctional and sintered electrical and biological functionally graded materials2012-2013
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Smilja Marković, Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Belgrade, Serbia
BI-BR/11-13-002
The synthesis of dielectric materials by chemical solution deposition and characterisation of their dielectric properties
2011-2013
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Jose Arana Varela, Instituto de Quimica-UNESP, Araraquara, Brazil
BI-SR/10-11-016
Mixed rareearth oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterisation, Applications
2010-2011
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Boštjan Jančar
Partner: Dr. Bratislav Antić, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
BI-AR/09-11-001
Functional nanostructured ceramic materials
2009-2011
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Noemi Elisabeth Walsöe de Reca, Centro de Investigaciones en Solidos, CITEFA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
BI-UA/09-10-007
Electric-field tunable ferroelectric materials based on Na0.5Bi 0.5TiO3
2009-2010
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Anatolii Belous, SPE »Oxid« of V.I. Vernadskii Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
BI-KR/09-11-001
Synthesis of piezoelectric thin films and magnetoelectric composites by a layer-by-layer self assembly
2009-2011
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Dr. Jae – Ho Jeon, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, Korea
BI-CN/09-11-013
Ultra-low dielectric constant LTCC materials
2009-2011
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Xing Hu, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
BI-HR/09-10-037
Biomimetic preparation of inorganic nanomaterials
2009-2010
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Ivan Sondi, Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
BI-RS/08-10-005
Materials world network: Improved Lanthanide-based filters for mobile telecommunications
2008-2010
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Rick Ubic, Boise State University, Boise, USA
BI-RS/08-09-027
Designing of functional materials on molecular and nano level
2008-2009
Principal investigator: Prof. Danilo Suvorov
Partner: Prof. Dragan Uskoković, Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Belgrade, Serbia
BI-HR/04-05-026
The role of enzymes in formation of colloidal particles
2004-2005
Principal investigator: Asst. Prof. Srečo Škapin
Partner: Dr. Ivan Sondi, Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
BI-FR/04-06-001
New glass materials based on tellurium oxide for non-linear optics
2004 - 2006
Principal investigator: Dr. Matjaž Valant
Partner: Prof. Philipe Thomas, University of Limoges, Limoges, France
BI-UA/03-04-004
Synthesis of new microwave materials and development of the components based on these materials for communication devices
2003-2004
Principal investigator: Dr. Matjaž Valant
Partner: Dr. Anatolii Belous, Vernadskii Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine