Тековно работно место
Редовен професор на Институтот за хемија, Природно-математички факултет, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј" во Скопје.
Докторска дисертација
„ХЕМИСКА ДЕПОЗИЦИЈА, ОПТИЧКИ И ФОТОЕЛЕКТРИЧНИ СВОЈСТВА НА ТЕНКИ ФИЛМОВИ ОД ПОЛУПРОВОДНИЧКИ НАНОКРИСТАЛНИ МАТЕРИЈАЛИ"
Институт за хемија, Природно-математички факултет, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј", Скопје, јануари 2006.
Постдокторско истражување
Оддел за физика на материјали, Ångström Laboratory, Универзитет во Упсала, Шведска, 2008–2009.
Област на истражување: ВОДОРОД ВО ТЕНКИ ФИЛМОВИ ОД МЕТАЛИ, ЛЕГУРИ И МЕТАЛНИ СУПЕРРЕШЕТКИ (домаќин: професор Björgvin Hjörvarsson).
Визитинг професор
Факултет за природни науки и технологија, Универзитет во Ставангер, Ставангер, Норвешка, 2019–2020.
Образование, претходни работни места и периоди на назначување на Институтот за хемија
(Природно-математички факултет, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј", Скопје)
• Јануари 1998, дипломиран хемиски инженер
• Октомври 1998, вработена како помлад истражувач/асистент
• Октомври 2002, магистер на хемиски науки
• Декември 2006, избор во насловен доцент
• Декември 2011, избор во вонреден професор
• Декември 2016, избор во редовен професор
Награди
• Награда за најдобар научник на Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј" во 2013 година.
• Постдокторска истражувачка стипендија доделена од Шведскиот институт во 2007 година.
• Награда за најдобар студент во генерацијата на Природно-математички факултет по дипломирањето во 1998 година.
Библиометрика (според Web of Science)
• Цитати: 1344 (без самоцитирања, Web of Science, 23.03.2026).
• h-индекс: 23 (Web of Science, 23.03.2026).
Професионални ангажмани
• Член на уредувачки одбор во списанието DISCOVER NANO, Springer Nature
• Рецензент за повеќе високорангирани меѓународни списанија
• Член на Сојузот на хемичари и технолози на Македонија
• Член на Alumni асоцијацијата на Шведскиот институт
• Член (поранешен) на уредувачки одбор на списанието Heliyon (Elsevier)
Проекти
1. NANOMATERIALS WITH CONTROLABLE STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL DISORDER AND TUNABLE PROPERTIES, funded by Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science, 2025–2026.
2. DYNAMICS OF WATER OXIDE SURFACES INTERACTIONS ON ATOMIC SCALE, bilateral UK – North Macedonia project, funded by The Royal Society, 2023-2025.
3. UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE NANOMATERIALS LABORATORY AND INTRODUCING NEW METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SURFACES, funded by Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science, 2021–2023.
4. INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE MORPHOLOGY OF NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILMS BY SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY, bilateral Bulgarian-Macedonian project funded by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and arts (MASA) and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), 2014-2016.
5. THREE-DIMENSIONAL ASSEMBLIES OF SEMICONDUCTING QUANTUM DOTS: STRUCTURE, OPTICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PHOTOELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, Bulgarian–Macedonian bilateral project, funded by Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science 2009–2010.
6. SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS FOR HIGH-TECH APPLICATIONS, funded by Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science, 2010-2012.
7. CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW CHALCOGENIDE MATERIALS WITH SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY, funded by Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2012-2014.
8. CHEMICAL AND SONOCHEMICAL DEPOSITION OF SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS, funded by Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science, 2006-2009.
Научни статии
1. B. Pejova, J. A. do Nascimento, F. Talbi, T. J. Fawcett-Houghton, A. Kerrigan, L. Lari, R. E. Douthwaite, Lj. Pejov, V. K. Lazarov, 2 eV band gap tuning and optical properties of AgIn5S8 quantum dots, Nanoscale, 17, 2025, 17846-17861.
2. B. Pejova, A. Eid, L. Lari, A. Kerrigan, V. K. Lazarov and Lj. Pejov, Noncovalent interactions of surface adsorbed species control the self-assembly of calcinated nickel oxide nanoparticles, Chemistry—A European Journal, 31 (26), 2025, e202404799 (15 pages).
3. B. Pejova, E. Sherif Miftar, Tunable localized surface plasmon resonance absorption in silver-based nanoplasmonics, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in electronics, 36, 2025, 124.
4. D. Jelić, M. Vraneš, S. Zeljković, S. Veličković, F. Veljković, A. Cvetkovski, B. Pejova, S. Papović, Advancing food fortification with kinetics: Stabilizing vitamin D3 through calcium carbonate-based vehicles, Food Chemistry, 487, 2025, 144811 (12 pages).
5. B. Pejova, A. Eid, L. Lari, A. Althumali, L. Šiller, A. Kerrigan, Lj. Pejov and V. K. Lazarov, 3D self-assembled polar vs non-polar NiO nanoparticles nanoengineered from turbostratic Ni3(OH)4(NO3)2 and ordered β-Ni(OH)2 intermediates, Nanoscale, 16, 2024, 19485–19503.
6. B. Pejova, S. Premcheska, E. Sherif Miftar, From Self-Affine Ag to Mounded Ag@Ag2O Core–Shell Nanoplasmonic Surfaces By Sonochemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127 (23) 2023, 11204–11217.
7. K. Smilkov, D. Gjorgjieva Ackova, A. Cvetkovski, N. Geskovski, B. Pejova, B. Boev, P. Makreski, First characterization of functionalized nanoparticles – tandem of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles conjugated with piperine, Chemical Papers, 76 (2022) 1019-1030.
8. T. Zibar Belasic, B. Pejova, H. Otmacic Curkovic, E. Kamenar, B. Cetenovic, S. Spalj, Influence of Intraoral Application of Antiseptics and Fluorides During Orthodontic Treatment on Corrosion and Mechanical Characteristics of Nickel-Titanium Alloy in Orthodontic Appliances, The Angle Orthodontist, 91 (2021) 528-537.
9. B. Pejova, E. Sherif, M. W. Minde, Sonochemically synthesized quantum nanocrystals of cubic CuInS2: Evidence for multifractal surface morphology, size-dependent structure, and particle size distribution, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124 (2020) 20240-20255.
10. B. Pejova, Ultrasound driven mound to self-affine surface structure transition in nanostructured films: one-pot route to cubic CuInS2 quantum dots with controlled structure and tunable band gap energy, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (2019) 12679-12694.
11. I. Musa Trolic, Z. Todoric, D. Pop Acev, P. Makreski, B. Pejova, S. Spalj, Effects of the presence of probiotic bacteria in the aging medium on the surface roughness and chemical composition of two dental alloys, Microscopy Research & Technique, 82 (2019) 1384-1391.
12. I. Bineva, B. Pejova, V. Mihailov, M. Danila, A. Dinescu, S. Karatodorov, Structural and morphological characterization of ternary nanocrystalline Cu-In-S thin films prepared by laser ablation, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 794 (2017) 012019 (1-6).
13.B. Pejova, I. Bineva, Sonochemically-assisted colloidal route to CdSe quantum dot assemblies: An alternative way to further fine-tune the size-dependent properties, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 27 (2016) 10600-10615.
14. R. Koliqi, S. Dimchevska, N. Geskovski, Gj. Petrusevski, M. Chacorovska, B. Pejova, D. R. Hristov, S. Ugarkovic, K. Goracinova, PEO-PPO-PEO/Poly(DL-Lactide-Co-Caprolactone) nanoparticles as carriers for SN-38: Design, optimization and nano-bio interface interactions, Current Drug Delivery 13 (2016) 339-352.
15. T. Hristova-Vasileva, I. Bineva, A. Dinescu, D. Nesheva, D. Arsova, B. Pejova, Influence of the thickness on the morphology and sensing ability of thermally-deposited tellurium films, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 700 (2016) 012037 (1-5).
16. B. Pejova, Thin films built up by 3D assemblies of bismuth(III) sulfide and indium(III) sulfide quantum dots: Charge carrier transport mechanism, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 44 (2016) 57-63.
17. B. Pejova, I. Bineva, Charge carrier transport through 3D assemblies of zincblende CdSe and ZnSe quantum dots in weak-quantization regime, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 26 (2015) 4944-4955.
18. M. M. Ristova, M. Milun and B. Pejova, Surface analysis of electrochromic CuxO films in their colored and bleached states, Materials and Technology 49 (2015) 387-393.
19. B. Pejova, Optical absorption of semiconductor quantum dot solids, Semiconductor Science and Technology 29 (2014) 045007 (15 pages) (Paper selected for inclusion in IOPselect, on the basis of the following criteria: i) substantial advances or significant breakthroughs; ii) a high degree of novelty; iii) significant impact on future research; http://Select.iop.org.).
21. V. Mirceski, A. Aleksovska, B. Pejova, V. Ivanovski, B. Mitrova, N. Mitreska, R. Gulaboski, Thiol anchoring and catalysis of gold nanoparticles at the liquid interface of thin-organic film-modified electrodes, Electrochemistry Communications 39 (2014) 5-8.
22. B. Pejova, Optical phonons in nanostructured thin films composed by zincblende zinc selenide quantum dots in strong size-quantization regime: competition between phonon confinement and strain-related effects, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 213 (2014) 22-31.
23. B. Pejova, Three-dimensional assem¬blies built up by quantum dots in si¬ze-quantization re¬gi¬me: Band gap shifts due to size-dis¬tri¬bu¬ti¬on of cadmium selenide nanoparticles, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 207 (2013) 147-151.
24. B. Pejova, Phonon confinement and related effects in 3D assemblies of cu¬bic cadmium selenide quantum dots synthesized by con¬ven¬ti¬o¬nal chemical and sonochemical routes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 (2013) 19689-19700.
25. B. Pejova, I. Bineva, Sonochemically synthesized 3D assemblies of close-packed In2S3 quantum dots: Structure, size dependent optical and electrical properties, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 (2013) 7303-7314.
26. I. Bineva, D. Nesheva, B. Pejova, M. Mineva, Z. Levi, Z. Aneva, Annealing induced changes in ternary nanostructured ZnxCd1-xSe thin films: structure and morphology, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 398 (2012) 012015 (7 pages).
27. J. Bloch, O. Levy, B. Pejova, J. Jacob, S. Curtarolo, B. Hjörvarsson, Prediction and hydrogen acceleration of ordering in iron-vanadium alloys, Physical Review Letters 108 (2012) 215503 (5 pages).
28. B. Pejova, B. Abay, Nanostructured CdSe films in low size-quantization regime: tem-perature dependence of the band gap energy and sub-band gap absorption tails, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (2011) 23241-23255.
29. B. Pejova, D. Nesheva, Z. Aneva, A. Petrova, Photoconductivity and relaxation dynamics in sonochemically synthesized assemblies of AgBiS2 quantum dots, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (2011) 37-46.
30. J. Bloch, B. Pejova, J. Jacob, B. Hjörvarsson, Hydrogen-vanadium system in thin films: Effect of film thickness, Physical Review B 82 (2010) 245428.
31. B. Pejova, B. Abay, I. Bineva, Temperature dependence of band gap energy and sub-¬band gap absorption tails in strongly quantized ZnSe nanocrystals deposited as thin films, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 (2010) 15280-12291.
32. B. Pejova, The Urbach-Martienssen absorption tails in the optical spectra of semiconducting variable-sized zinc selenide and cadmium selenide quantum dots in thin film form, Materials Chemistry and Physics 119 (2010) 367-376.
33. D. Nesheva, Z. Aneva, M. J. Šćepanović, I. Bineva, Z. Levi, Z. V. Popović, B. Pejova, Composition and structure of ZnCd1-xSe single layers prepared by thermal evaporation of ZnSe and CdSe, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 253 (2010) 012035.
34. B. Pejova, The higher excited electronic states and spin-orbit splitting of the valence band in three-dimensional assemblies of close-packed ZnSe and CdSe quantum dots in thin film form, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181 (2008) 1961-1969.
35. B. Pejova, I. Grozdanov, D. Nesheva, A. Petrova, Size-dependent properties of sonochemically synthesized three-dimensional arrays of close-packed semiconducting AgBiS2 quantum dots, Chemistry of Materials 20 (2008) 2551-2565.
36. B. Pejova, A. Tanuševski, A study of photophysics, photoelectrical properties and photoconductivity relaxation dynamics in the case of nanocrystalline tin(II) selenide thin films, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112 (2008) 3525-3537.
37. B. Pejova, Analysis of the shape of spectral dependence of absorption coefficient and stationary photoconductivity spectral response in nanocrystalline bismuth(III) sulfide thin films, Materials Research Bulletin 43 (2008) 2887-2903.
38. B. Pejova, I. Grozdanov, Chemical synthesis, structural and optical properties of quantum sized semiconducting tin(II) selenide in thin film form, Thin Solid Films 515 (2007) 5203-5211.
39. B. Pejova, A. Tanuševski, I. Grozdanov, Photophysics, photoelectrical properties and photoconductivity relaxation dynamics of quantum sized bismuth(III) sulfide thin films, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 178 (2005) 1786-1798.
40. B. Pejova, A. Tanuševski, I. Grozdanov, Semiconducting thin films of zinc selenide quantum dots, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 177 (2004) 4785-4799.
41. B. Pejova, I. Grozdanov, A. Tanuševski, Optical and thermal band gap energy of chemically deposited bismuth(III) selenide thin films, Materials Chemistry and Physics 83 (2004) 245-249.
42. B. Pejova, A. Tanuševski, I. Grozdanov, Investigation of photoelectrical properties and relaxation dynamics in photoexcited CdSe nanocrystals in thin film form, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 174 (2003) 276-284.
43. B. Pejova, A. Tanuševski, I. Grozdanov, Chemical deposition of semiconducting cadmium selenide quantum dots in thin film form and investigation of their optical and electrical properties, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 172 (2003) 381-388.
44. B. Pejova, I. Grozdanov, Chemical deposition and characterization of glassy bismuth(III) selenide thin films, Thin Solid Films 408 (2002) 6-10.
45. B. Pejova, I. Grozdanov, Chemical deposition and characterization of Cu3Se2 and CuSe thin films, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 158 (2001) 49-54.
46. B. Pejova, I. Grozdanov, Solution growth and characterization of amorphous selenium thin films. Heat transformation to nanocrystalline gray selenium thin films, Applied Surface Science 177 (2001) 152-157.
47. B. Pejova, Ardijana Isahi, M. Najdoski, I. Grozdanov, Fabrication and characterization of nanocrystalline cobalt oxide thin films, Mater. Res. Bull. 36, 2001, 161-170.
48. B. Pejova, T. Kocareva, M. Najdoski, I. Grozdanov, A solution growth route to nanocrystalline nickel oxide thin films, Applied Surface Science 165 (2000) 271-278.
49. B. Pejova, M. Z. Najdoski, I. S. Grozdanov and S. K. Dey, Chemical bath deposition of nanocrystaline (111) textured Ag2Se thin films, Materials Letters, 45, 2000, 269-273.
50. B. Pejova, M. Najdoski, I. S. Grozdanov, A. Isahi, Chemical solution method for fabrication of nanocrystaline -Fe2O3 thin films, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 11, 405-409 (2000).
51. B. Pejova, M. Najdoski, I. Grozdanov, S. K. Dey, Chemical bath deposition of nanocrystalline {111} texured mercury(II) selenide thin layers on transparent polyester sheets, Journal of Materials Chemistry 9 (1999) 22889-2892.