Slađana Marić

Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences | VIN · Department of Physical Chemistry

Due to extensive food production, organophosphate pesticides (OPs) are widely utilized for crop protection, leading to their presence in the environment. The focus of this study was the design of an efficient aqueous biphasic system (ABS) strategy for OP removal, namely, malathion (MAL), azinphos-methyl (AZM), and chlorpyrifos (CHP) from water. Dif...

The consistent expansion of the lithium-ion battery (LIB) market, coupled with their relatively brief lifespan, necessitates the development of efficient and sustainable LIB recycling strategies. Recycling is crucial not only for the recovery of critical metals like Co(II) and Li(I) from the cathode material as a secondary resource but also from an...

Polyphenols are natural compounds with enhanced antioxidant properties. They are present in relatively high concentrations in fruit/vegetable by-products. Therefore, there is a need for the development of efficient and cost-effective methods for the separation and purification of these valuable compounds. Traditional extraction with organic solvent...

This study explores the use of a series of cholinium ionic liquids (ILs) or salts in combination with polypropylene glycol 400 to form aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) for extracting various polarity pesticides (dicamba, clomazone, pyraclostrobin, and deltamethrin) from water. We assessed five cholinium-based salting-out agents ([Ch][DHP], [Ch]Cl, [C...

Sage has been used in traditional medicine to prevent and treat many health problems. This study aimed to determine and compare the phytochemical composition and antioxidative activity of sage leaf extracts obtained with 50% methanol (50MSE) and 80% methanol (80MSE). We determined the total phenolic content (TPC), total tannin content (TTC), and to...

This study investigates tetrabutylphosphonium-based ionic liquids for food dye removal via extraction using aqueous biphasic systems with ammonium sulfate. Furthermore, these ionic liquids were used for activated carbon regeneration and employed for dye removal from the water as well. This dual approach achieved high extraction efficiencies (≈ 90%)...

The safety of drinking water is crucial for public health. Industrial and human activities have increased the use of heavy metals (cobalt, nickel, manganese) in water sources. These non-biodegradable, potentially carcinogenic metals pose serious health risks in drinking water. This study developed an efficient aqueous biphasic system (ABS) for remo...

Unused/expired pharmaceuticals can be regarded as a source of valuable compounds. Valorization of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from pharmaceutical waste, as an alternative to widely adopted treatment by incineration, is a big challenge in terms of designing green, efficient, scalable and sustainable separation methods. Concerning these...

Aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) formed by copolymers and ionic liquids (ILs) have demonstrated to be effective separation platforms, but there is still a gap on the complete understanding of the molecular-level mechanisms ruling the two-phase formation for this type of systems. This work addresses the determination of the liquid-liquid equilibrium o...

Despite a large collection of publications dealing with the characterization of ionic liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems (IL-ABS), a gap still exists regarding the impact of functionalized alkyl side branches and IL positional isomers on phase equilibria. Therefore, this work addresses the investigation of the ability of different methyl substit...

The chemotherapeutic parthenolide (PTL) has an excellent potential in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and much attention has been focused to overcome its poor aqueous solubility, which limits PTL bioavailability. The most promising approach is using micellar structures of Pluronics (class of triblock copolymer of poly(ethylene)-poly(p...

Molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V) and tungsten (W) are strategic metals with many applications particullary in steel alloys, catalyst in petrochemical, chemical and aerospace industries. Their coexistence in various resources and similar chemical properties makes their extraction and mutual separation very challenging. Speciation of Mo, V and W in aque...

Four TiO2 electrodes have been investigated for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 2 M NaOH. Anodic oxidation of Ti-foil was used as the final or the first step in the preparation of four electrodes based on TiO2: amorphous (Ti/AM-TiO2), two anatase forms (Ti/A400-TiO2 and Ti/A550-TiO2), and, finally, lithium-anatase form (Ti/A-Li0.25TiO2), all...