THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS 2025" WAS HELD
12.09.2025.
The 18th International Scientific Conference "Modern Materials" was held on September 12, 2025 in the Great Hall of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka, starting at 9:00 a.m. The meeting was opened by the Minister, Prof. Dr. Željko Budimir, and the attendees were addressed by the President of ANURS, Academician Dragoljub Mirjanić, Director of the Science Fund of Serbia, Academician Nenad Filipović, Rector of the University of Banja Luka and Corresponding Member of ANURS, Prof. Dr. Radoslav Gajanin, and Vice-Rector of the Technical University of Gabrovo, Prof. Dr. Hristo Hristov.
After the conference, 8 plenary lectures and 100 poster presentations were presented, whose authors come from 14 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain.
The papers in their entirety will, as in previous years, be published in the collection of papers "Contemporary Materials" or the journal "Contemporary Materials" after peer review.
The awarded works of the poster session are:
42. Synthesis, Crystallographic, and in Silico Studies of a New Azidoxime - Ljubica Brenjo, Olivera Klisurić, Jovica Nešić, Niko Radulović, Srđan Bjedov, Aleksandar Oklješa
44. Improving Electrode-Sample Contact Using Graphite Coating: A Study of Frequency-Dependent Admittance on Modified Bentonites - Biljana Pećanin, Slavica Maletić, Ivan Petronijević, Dragana Grujić, Branka Ružičić, Dragana Cerović, Blanka Škipina
63. Structural Effects of Deep Eutectic Solvents on Cellulosic Fibers: A Path Towards Sustainable Biomaterials - Veronika Majová
69. Modulation of Macrophages' Response to the Collagen Membranes by Lipopolysaccharide - Sanja Stojanović, Danica Biberović, Milena Radenković Stošić, Biljana Božić Nedeljković, Jelena M. Živković, Mike Barbeck, Stevo Najman
74. Application and Importance of Masterbatch in Silicone Elastomers - Darko Manjenčić, Zorana Milosavljević, Mladen Nikolić, Predrag Pravdić, Milena Deljanin, Anja Manjenčić, Nevena Vukić, Vladan Mićić
This year's conference was marked by great interest in the wider academic community, but also in the public, which increasingly recognizes the importance and role of this type of research as a basis for improving the quality of people's daily lives, reducing harmful environmental impacts and improving various treatment processes.
