Dr. Rada Novakovic

Institute for Energetics and Interphases (IENI-CNR)

National Research Council, Italy

Research Scientist in Materials Science

Email: freewings57@gmail.com, r.novakovic@ge.ieni.cnr.it

Qualifications

1992 Ph.D., University of Nis, Serbia, Technical Sciences (Phase diagrams optimization, thermodynamics)

1984 M.Sc., University of Belgrade, Serbia, Multidisciplinary Studies (Materials Science, Condensed matter, Modelling)

1981 B.S., University of Belgrade, Serbia, Mathematics (Applied Mathematics)

Publications (Selected)

1. Dhungana, A., Yadav, S. K., Mehta, U., Novakovic, R., & Adhikari, D. (2025). Mixing behaviour of Al–Ga–Mg alloys in liquid state at different temperatures. Philosophical Magazine, 1-23.
2. Dhungana, A., Yadav, S. K., Mehta, U., Novakovic, R., & Adhikari, D. (2025). Thermodynamic and surface properties of liquid Al-Cu-Ni alloys. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 34(1), 368-378.
3. Delsante, S., Parodi, N., Novakovic, R., & Borzone, G. (2024). Phase Relations of the Sm–Ni–Al Ternary System at 800° C in the 30–100 at.% Al Region. Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, 45(3), 639-652.
4. Novakovic, R., Giuranno, D., Mohr, M., Brillo, J., & Fecht, H. J. (2024). Viscosity of liquid Ni-based industrial alloys: experiments versus theory. International Materials Reviews, 69(1), 63-79.
5. Mohr, M., Dong, Y., Bracker, G. P., Hyers, R. W., Matson, D. M., Zboray, R., ... & Fecht, H. J. (2023). Electromagnetic levitation containerless processing of metallic materials in microgravity: thermophysical properties. npj Microgravity, 9(1), 34.
6. Novakovic, R., Giuranno, D., Mohr, M., Brillo, J., & Fecht, H. J. (2022). Thermophysical properties of ni-based superalloys. In Metallurgy in Space: Recent Results from ISS (pp. 315-355). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
7. Novakovic, R., Giuranno, D., Lee, J., Mohr, M., Delsante, S., Borzone, G., ... & Fecht, H. J. (2022). Thermophysical properties of Fe-Si and Cu-Pb melts and their effects on solidification related processes. Metals, 12(2), 336.
8. Dobosz, A., Novakovic, R., & Gancarz, T. (2021). Liquid metals: Thermophysical properties of alloys from the Ga-Sn-Zn system. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 343, 117646.
9. Novakovic, R., Delsante, S., & Giuranno, D. (2021). Design of composites by infiltration process: A case study of liquid Ir-Si alloy/SiC systems. Materials, 14(20), 6024.
10. Borzone, G., Delsante, S., Li, D., & Novakovic, R. (2021). New insights into phase equilibria of the Sb-Sn system. Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, 42, 63-76.
11. Novakovic, R., Mohr, M., Giuranno, D., Ricci, E., Brillo, J., Wunderlich, R., ... & Fecht, H. J. (2020). Surface properties of liquid Al-Ni alloys: experiments vs theory. Microgravity science and technology, 32, 1049-1064.
12. Biffi, C. A., Bassani, P., Fiocchi, J., Giuranno, D., Novakovic, R., Tuissi, A., & Ricci, E. (2021). Investigation of high temperature behavior of AlSi10Mg produced by selective laser melting. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 259, 123975.
13. Giuranno, D., Sobczak, N., Bruzda, G., Nowak, R., Polkowski, W., Polkowska, A., ... & Novakovic, R. (2020). Studies of the joining-relevant interfacial properties in the Si-Ti/C and Si-Ti/SiC systems. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 29, 4864-4871.
14. Giuranno, D., Polkowska, A., Polkowski, W., & Novakovic, R. (2020). Wetting behavior and reactivity of liquid Si-10Zr alloy in contact with glassy carbon. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 822, 153643.
15. Giuranno, D., Bruzda, G., Polkowska, A., Nowak, R., Polkowski, W., Kudyba, A., ... & Novakovic, R. (2020). Design of refractory SiC/ZrSi2 composites: Wettability and spreading behavior of liquid Si-10Zr alloy in contact with SiC at high temperatures. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(4), 953-960.
16. Delsante, S., Borzone, G., & Novakovic, R. (2019). Experimental thermodynamics, surface and transport properties of liquid Ag-Ge alloys. Thermochimica Acta, 682, 178432.

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WoS ResearcherID: M-2276-2017