Functional nanomaterials have held a steady position at the frontier of
materials science and engineering in the 21st century. "Molecular Designing
of Nanoparticles with Controlled Morphological and Physicochemical
Characteristics and Functional Materials Based on Them? was the title of the
research project funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and
Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia and performed between
2011 and 2019 in the interdisciplinary area of nanoscience and
nanotechnologies. Research activities within this program were divided to
five interrelated topics: (1) From molecules to nanoparticles; (2) Advanced
ceramics with improved functional properties; (3) Electrode materials for
lithium-ion batteries; (4) Nano-calcium phosphate in preventive and
regenerative medicine; (5) Biodegradable micro- and nano-particles for the
controlled delivery of medicaments. This report gives an insight into this
bibliographically most impactful Serbian national project on
nanotechnologies executed within the aforementioned nine-year cycle, 2011 -
2019, focusing here only on the results achieved in the past three years.
The project provided an outstanding and internationally recognized
contribution to synthesis, characterization and functional design of a
number of materials systems, including pure and lanthanide-doped
hydroxyapatite, zinc oxides, sodium cobaltates, lithium iron pyrophosphates,
lithium iron silicates and a number of polymeric systems. [Project of the
Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant
no. III45004: Molecular designing of nanoparticles with controlled
morphological and physicochemical characteristics and functional materials
based on them]