Dr Zoran Zujovic

BSc/MSc/PhD (Belgrade)

Senior Research Fellow

In: Chemical Sciences » Faculty of Science

Research | Current

My current research interests focus on solid-state NMR spectroscopy which is a powerful and versatile non-destructive technique for the elucidation of molecular and supramolecular structures, packing arrangements, and molecular dynamics. My research is interdisciplinary, and it is directed at studying structure and dynamics of a wide range of solid materials and correlation of solid-state NMR data to results obtained by other techniques. For noncrystalline and insoluble solids solid-state NMR may be the only method providing structural information at the atomic-level detail.

I have been engaged in the structural investigations of inorganic and organic solid systems such as polymers, nanomaterials, polymer blends, conducting polymers, minerals, hybrid polymers, pharmaceuticals, plant cell walls, zeolites, geopolymers, glasses etc. Also, I am interested in the self-assembly and the formation mechanisms of nanostructured materials.

For more about solid-state NMR at the University of Auckland, you can find here.

Additional websites:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zoran_Zujovic

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RJu6HiYAAAAJ&hl=en

Current projects

Solid-state NMR of antimicrobial materials
Solid-state NMR of perlites
Structural investigations of eggshells
Solid-state NMR of ultra-hard materials
Fluorinated alumina materials
Solid-state NMR of moxifloxacin (an antibiotic) co-crystals and physical mixtures

Teaching | Current

CHEM 210 – Physical and Materials Chemistry / Chemical Kinetics (Lecturer)
CHEM 750 - Advanced Topics in Chemistry 1 & 2 /Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy (Lecturer and Course Director)
CHEM 710 - Structural and Computational Chemistry/ Quantum Mechanics of NMR (Lecturer and Course Director)

Responsibilities

Senior Research Fellow in Physical Chemistry/Materials Science/Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy
Solid-state NMR spectroscopist in the NMR Centre, Faculty of Science
Lecturer and Course Director

Areas of expertise

Solid-state NMR spectroscopy of inorganic and organic materials
Nanostructured materials - self-assembly

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Zujovic, Z., Wheelwright, W. V. K., Kilmartin, P. A., Hanna, J. V., & Cooney, R. P. (2018). Structural investigations of perlite and expanded perlite using ¹H, ²⁷AI and ²⁹Si solid-state NMR. Ceramics International, 44 (3), 2952-2958. 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.11.047
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43443
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Ralph Cooney, Paul Kilmartin
Wheelwright, W., Cooney, R. P., Ray, S., Zujovic, Z., & De Silva, K. (2017). Ultra-high surface area nano-porous silica from expanded perlite: Formation and characterization. Ceramics International, 43 (14), 11495-11504. 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.05.333
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/35319
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Karnika De Silva, Sudip Ray, Ralph Cooney
Gizdavic Nikolaidis, M. R., Jevremovic, M. M., Milenkovic, M., Allison, M. C., Stanisavljev, D. R., Bowmaker, G. A., & Zujovic, Z. D. (2016). High yield and facile microwave-assisted synthesis of conductive H2SO4 doped polyanilines. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 173, 255-261. 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2016.02.011
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/40580
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Marija Gizdavic Nikolaidis, Graham Bowmaker
Das, O., Sarmah, A. K., Zujovic, Z., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2016). Characterisation of waste derived biochar added biocomposites: Chemical and thermal modifications. Science of the Total Environment, 550, 133-142. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.062
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43234
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Ajit Sarmah, Debes Bhattacharyya
Zujovic, Z., Chen, D., & Melton, L. D. (2016). Comparison of celery (Apium graveolens L.) collenchyma and parenchyma cell wall polysaccharides enabled by solid-state ¹³C NMR. Carbohydrate Research, 420, 51-57. 10.1016/j.carres.2015.11.006
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/42814
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Laurence Melton