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Bratoljub H. Milosavljevic

  • Lecturer in Chemistry
  • Director of Physical Chemistry Instructional Laboratory
331C Whitmore Lab
Email: bhm11@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 865-7481

Research Interests

-  Pedagogically oriented
  • Undergraduate research as a tool for improving the chemistry students' proficiency
  • Designing new experiments that will offer clear illustrations of the concepts and principles of physical chemistry as well as to provide experience with precise experimental measurements

-  Fundamental and applied

  • Photophysics and photochemistry in homogenous and heterogeneous systems
  • Nanoparticles growth, surface characterization and redox properties
  • Kinetics and mechanism of ionizing radiation induced reactions in aqueous solutions, polymers, metal oxides, and biologically relevant systems
  • Sonochemistry of organic and biologically important molecules in aqueous solutions
  • Chemical dosimetry (of ionizing radiation) and actinometry (UV – Vis light).
  • Applied aspects of radiation chemistry, photochemistry and sonochemistry such as radiation processing of polymers, radiation sterilization of pharmaceuticals and food, solar energy storage, water purification, etc.

Teaching

CHEM 450, Physical Chemistry I (Chemical Thermodynamics)
CHEM 457, Experimental Physical Chemistry



Bratoljub H. Milosavljevic
  • BS., University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 1975
  • Ph.D., University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia and University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. 1985

Representative Publications

G. Merga, R. Wilson, G. Lynn, B. H. Milosavljevic, D. Meisel

Redox Catalysis on “Naked” Silver Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 12220-12226 (2007)

 
G. Merga, B. H. Milosavljevic and D. Meisel

Radiolytic Hydrogen Yields in Aqueous Suspensions of Gold Particles

J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 5403-5408 (2006)

 
B. H. Milosavljevic  and  J. A. LaVerne

Pulse Radiolysis of Aqueous Thiocyanate Solutions.

J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 165-168 (2005)

 
B. H. Milosavljevic  and  D. Meisel

Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of Adsorption on Silica Nanoparticles. A Pulse Radiolysis Study.

J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 1827-1830 (2004)

 
B. H. Milosavljevic  and  J. K. Thomas

Reactions of Electrons on the Surface of g-Al2O3. A Pulse Radiolytic Study with 0.4 MeV Electrons

J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 11907-11910 (2003)

 
B. H. Milosavljevic and J. K. Thomas

The Photophysics of 1-Hydroxypyrene, the Acidity of Its Singlet Excited State, and the Nature of Its Photoionization Process in Polar Media

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 1, 100-104 (2002)


M. Vuckovic,  S. V. Mentus,  E. Janata,  and  B. H. Milosavljevic

Fast Dimerisation of the Triparaquat Radical Dication

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 3, 4310-4315 (2001)

 
J. Kuljanin,  G. M. Vujicic,  M. Radojcic  and  B.H. Milosavljevic

The Relations between Absorbed Dose, Molecular Mass Distribution and Viscosity Studied on Aqueous Solution of Ovalbumin Agglomerated by Gamma-Irradiation

J. Polym Sci. Polym. Phys., 38(13), 1729-1733 (2000)

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