Position:
Head (Senior Research Associate)
Room number:
301-LK
Phone number:
+37037401824
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Publications
Scientific article
2025
Rodaitė R. [LEI], Kairytė L., Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Giedraitienė A., Šiugždinienė R., Ružauskas M., Čiapienė I., Tatarūnas V., Milčius D. [LEI].
Multifunctional WO3 Nanoparticle-Coated Smart Textiles via Plasma Sputtering: Antibacterial Efficiency and Cellular Safety
In: ACS Applied Nano Materials . Washington: American Chemical Society, 2025, Vol. 8, Iss. 47, p. 22525-22539. ISSN 2574-0970.
Hosney A., Kundrotaitė A., Drapanauskaitė D., Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Ullah S., Barčauskaitė K..
Green Synthesis of Chitosan Silver Nanoparticle Composite Materials: A Comparative Study of Microwave and One-Pot Reduction Methods
In: Polymers. Basel: MDPI, 2025, Vol. 17, Iss. 21, 2960, p. 1-17. ISSN 2073-4360.
Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Tučkutė S. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI], Knoks A., Grinberga L., Sika R., Sprugis E..
Design and evaluation of Fe-Ni nanostructured catalysts via magnetron sputtering for CO₂-free hydrogen production
In: Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews. Taylor & Francis Group, 2025, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2583559, p. 1-17. ISSN 1731-8253, eISSN 1751-7192.
Knoks A., Mezulis A,, Richter Ch., Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI], Meirbekova R., Gunnarsson G., Jurjevs D., Sika R., Kleperis J..
Investigation of Aluminium White Dross for Hydrogen Generation Hydrolysis in Low-Concentration Alkali
In: Applied Sciences. Basel: MDPI, 2025, Vol. 15, Iss. 5, 2640, p. 1-14. ISSN 2076-3417.
2024
Hosney A., Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Ignatjev I., Ullah S., Barčauskaitė K..
Feasibility study on optimizing chitosan extraction and characterization from shrimp biowaste via acidic demineralization
In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefnery. Heidelberg: Springer, 2024, p. 1-15. ISSN 2190-6815.
Drapanauskaitė D., Barčauskaitė K., Bunevičienė K., Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Baltrusaitis J..
Recovery of nutrients from biofuel ash via organic acid-facilitated solid-liquid extraction
In: Chemosphere. Oxford: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 363, 142945, p. 1-10. ISSN 0045-6535.
Sereika R., Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Žaltauskas R., Milčius D. [LEI].
Synthesis and properties of quasi-one-dimensional BiSBr crystals via the Bridgman-Stockbarger technique
In: Journal of Crystal Growth. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 643, 127816, p. 1-6. ISSN 0022-0248.
Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Knoks A., Mezulis A,, Kleperis J., Richter Ch., Meirbekova R., Gunnarsson G., Milčius D. [LEI].
Enhanced Hydrogen Generation through Low-Temperature Plasma Treatment of Waste Aluminum for Hydrolysis Reaction
In: Materials. Basel: MDPI, 2024, Vol. 17, Iss. 11, 2637, p. 1-16. ISSN 1996-1944.
Skvorčinskienė R. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Vorotinskienė L. [LEI], Bašinskas M. [LEI], Zakarauskas K. [LEI], Maziukienė M. [LEI], Striūgas N. [LEI], Buidovas P. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI].
Application of TiH2 dehydrogenation for vapour layer formation under boiling crisis conditions
In: Applied Thermal Engineering. Oxford: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 247, 122935, p. 1-17. ISSN 1359-4311.
2023
Mezulis A,, Richter Ch., Lesnicenoks P., Knoks A., Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI], Kleperis J..
Studies on Water–Aluminum Scrap Reaction Kinetics in Two Steps and the Efficiency of Green Hydrogen Production
In: Energies. Basel: MDPI, 2023, Vol. 16, Iss. 14, 5554, p. 1-17. ISSN 1996-1073.
Conference paper
2025
Stonkutė N., Sriubas M., Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Abakevičienė B., Šalkus T..
Ni/SDC anodų sintezė naudojant porų formuotojus. Synthesis of Ni/SDC anodes using pore formers
In: 46-oji Lietuvos nacionalinė fizikos konferencija, skirta Tarptautinių kvantinių mokslų ir technologijų metams pažymėti, 2025 m. spalio 8-10 d., Kaunas: programa ir pranešimų tezės. Kaunas: Kauno technologijos universitetas, 2025, p. 216-216..
2024
Hosney A., Ignatjev I., Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Barčauskaitė K..
Evaluation of the optimization of acidic demineralization on characterization of chitosan isolated from shrimp shells
In: CYSENI' 2024: 20th international conference of young scientists on energy and natural sciences issues, 21-23 May, 2024 [proceedings]. Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas, 2024, p. 74-74. ISSN 2783-6339.
2023
Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI], Knoks A., Lesnicenoks P..
Utilization of waste aluminum for hydrogen production and material recycling
In: Book of Abstracts/Proceedings 7th International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion 11th International Conference on Nanomaterials and Advanced Energy Storage System 2023. Muğla: Mugla Sıtkı Koçman University, 2023, p. 126-126. ISBN 978-625-00-9198-3.
2022
Lelis M. [LEI], Tučkutė S. [LEI], Demikytė E., Vasiliauskė D., Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Sakalauskaitė S..
Synthesis and repetitive application of nanocrystalline ZnO based floating photocatalyst for the detoxification of water from bacteria and viruses mixtures
In: Proceedings of the Nanotech France 2022 International Conference Paris, France – June 15 – 17, 2022. Paris: 2022, p. 1-5..
2021
Bočkutė K., Demikytė E., Tučkutė S. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Laukaitis G., Lelis M. [LEI].
Photoluminescence and structural defects of ZnO films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering with unconventional Ar-O2 gas mixture formation
In: Book of abstracts 26 - 28 MAY, 2021 Virtual joint conferences. Korea: Graphene Korea 2021 International Conference, 2021, p. 94-94..
Demikytė E., Sakalauskaitė S., Kuliešienė N., Tučkutė S. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Daugelavičius R., Lelis M. [LEI].
Ni underlayer effect for the structure development and visible light photocatalytic efficiency of carbon-doped TiO2 film
In: The Conference of Environmental and Climate Technologies (Connect2021). Riga: Riga Technical University , 2021, Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 1032-1042..
Vasiliauskė D., Sakalauskaitė S., Kuliešienė N., Tučkutė S. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Daugelavičius R., Lelis M. [LEI].
Synergistic generation of reactive oxygen species by visible light activated TiO2 and S.enterica interaction
In: The Conference of Environmental and Climate Technologies (Connect2021). Riga: Riga Technical University, 2021, p. 17-17..
2017
Girdzevičius D., Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI].
Attempt to regenerate MgO to Mg under hydrogen plasma conditions
In: The 14th International Conference of Young Scientists on energy Issues (CYSENI 2017), Kaunas, Lithuania, May 25-26, 2017. Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas, 2017, p. 192-198. ISSN 1822-7554.
Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Girdzevičius D., Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Milčius D. [LEI].
Possible reduction of aluminium hydroxide in hydrogen gas plasma
In: The 14th International Conference of Young Scientists on energy Issues (CYSENI 2017), Kaunas, Lithuania, May 25-26, 2017. Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas, 2017, p. 180-185. ISSN 1822-7554.
Varnagiris Š. [LEI], Urbonavičius M. [LEI], Girdzevičius D., Milčius D. [LEI], Sakalauskaitė S..
Photocatalytic properties of TiO2 deposited on non-expanded polystyrene beads
In: The 14th International Conference of Young Scientists on energy Issues (CYSENI 2017), Kaunas, Lithuania, May 25-26, 2017. Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas, 2017, p. 324-331. ISSN 1822-7554.
International projects
Baltic Research Programme
1
Completed
01.05.2021 - 30.04.2024
The project seeks to develop technological solutions for use of aluminium waste application on electricity generation using hydrogen produced after (waste) aluminium-water reaction. RMore
COST
1
Completed
25.10.2011 - 24.10.2015
This Action deals with the future of energy storage and aims to set up a competitive and coordinated network capable to define new and unexplored ways for Solid State Hydrogen StorageMore
Other international projects
1
According to the Sustainable Development Goal on Energy (SDG7) as well as Green Deal, RePowerEU and other EU initiatives, clean energy solutions are essential to counter climate changMore
Projects in Lithuania
EU Structural Funds
1
Completed
2024.12.05 - 2025.11.30
Project objective - To test the R&D idea and prepare for submitting an application under the "Horizon Europe" program call by implementing an interdisciplinary project. TMore
2
Project objective - To test the R&D idea and to prepare an application for the "European Horizon" programme call through an interdisciplinary project. The HORIZON-CL5-202More
3
UAB Enerstena together with its partner Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) is implementing the project "Multifunctional Biomass Energy TechnolMore
4
Lietuvos energetikos institutas įgyvendina projektą „Kompetencijos centro MTEP veiklų vykdymas, sukuriant ir išbandant inovatyvų dujinių biodegalų gamybos prototipą“ Nr. 01.2.2-CPMore