by Manca Žitnik | Jan 8, 2026 | 2026
Layers of functional materials with thicknesses of several tens of micrometres enable a wide range of useful functions, such as energy conversion and storage, sensing of environmental stimuli, and control or amplification of electrical signals. Due to these...
by Manca Žitnik | Dec 10, 2025 | 2025
The rapid growth of scientific publications makes it difficult to manually review and keep up to date with new research findings. Literature-based discovery (LBD) is a field of artificial intelligence at the intersection of natural language processing and machine...
by Manca Žitnik | Nov 26, 2025 | 2025
Determining the structure-property relationships at multiple length scales is one of the key requirements to enable rational design of new materials. While diffraction techniques offer insight into the long-range structure of solids, many properties are determined by...
by Manca Žitnik | Oct 15, 2025 | 2025
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly versatile materials with diverse functional applications in gas storage and separation, catalysis, water purification and sensing, to name a few. The design of new MOFs is a challenging task, heavily reliant on experimental...
by Manca Žitnik | Sep 17, 2025 | 2025
Polymers are indispensable in modern society, but they have surface properties that often make their use difficult. Namely, they are hydrophobic, have poor wettability and poor adhesion properties. In this lecture, I will reveal how plasma treatment of polymer...
