Nikola Sakač

Department of Geotechnical Engineering

University of Zagreb, Croatia

Associate Professor

Email: nsakac@gfv.unizg.hr

Qualifications

2011 Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia, analytical chemistry/chemical sensors

2006 M.D., Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia, biology and chemistry

Publications (Selected)

1. D Madunić-Čačić, M Sak-Bosnar, O Galović, N Sakač, R Matešić-Puač. "Determination of cationic surfactants in pharmaceutical disinfectants using a new sensitive potentiometric sensor", Talanta 76 (2), 259-264
2. M Sak-Bosnar, N Sakač. "Direct potentiometric determination of diastase activity in honey", Food chemistry 135 (2), 827-831
3. B Della Ventura, N Sakač, R Funari, R Velotta. "Flexible immunosensor for the detection of salivary α-amylase in body fluids", Talanta 174, 52-58
4. N Sakač, M Sak-Bosnar. "A rapid method for the determination of honey diastase activity", Talanta 93, 135-138
5. N Sakač, M Sak-Bosnar, M Horvat, D Madunić-Čačić, A Szechenyi, B Kovacs. "A new potentiometric sensor for the determination of α-amylase activity", Talanta 83 (5), 1606-1612
6. M Sak-Bosnar, D Madunić-Čačić, N Sakač, O Galović, M Samardžić, Z Grabarić. "Potentiometric sensor for polyethoxylated nonionic surfactant determination", Electrochimica acta 55 (2), 528-534
7. D Šubarić, Đ Ačkar, J Babić, N Sakač, A Jozinović. "Modification of wheat starch with succinic acid/acetic anhydride and azelaic acid/acetic anhydride mixtures I. Thermophysical and pasting properties", Journal of food science and technology 51 (10), 2616-2623
8. M Jozanović, M Hajduković, O Galović, G Kralik, Z Kralik, N Sakač, Martina Medvidović-Kosanović, MilanSak-Bosnar. "Determination of anti-oxidative histidine dipeptides in poultry by microchip capillary electrophoresis with contactless conductivity detection", Food chemistry 221, 1658-1665
9. E Kovač-Andrić, T Radanović, I Topalović, B Marković, N Sakač. "Temporal variations in concentrations of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide at Osijek, Croatia", Advances in Meteorology 2013
10. A Minopoli, N Sakač, B Lenyk, R Campanile, D Mayer, A Offenhäusser, Raffaele Velotta, BartolomeoDella Ventura. "LSPR-based colorimetric immunosensor for rapid and sensitive 17β-estradiol detection in tap water", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 308, 127699
11. N Sakač, M Jozanović, M Karnaš, M Sak-Bosnar. "A New Sensor for Determination of Anionic Surfactants in Detergent Products with Carbon Nanotubes as Solid Contact", Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 20 (4), 881-889
12. M Jozanović, N Sakač, M Sak-Bosnar, E Carrilho. "A simple and reliable new microchip electrophoresis method for fast measurements of imidazole dipeptides in meat from different animal species", Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 410 (18), 4359-4369
13. N Sakač. "Novi potenciometrijski amilazni senzor"
14. N Sakač, L Regušić, M Sak-Bosnar, M Jozanović, N Breslauer. "Direct potentiometric determination of ptyalin in saliva", Int. J. Electrochem. Sci 9, 7097-7109
15. N Sakač, V Gvozdić, M Sak-Bosnar. "Determination of the botanical origin of starch using direct potentiometry and PCA", Carbohydrate polymers 87 (4), 2619-2623
16. N Sakač, M Sak-Bosnar. "Potentiometric study of α-amylase kinetics using a platinum redox sensor", Int. J. Electrochem. Sci 7, 3008-3017
17. N Sakač, M Karnaš, M Jozanović, M Medvidović-Kosanović, S Martinez, J Macan, M Sak-Bosnar. "Determination of anionic surfactants in real samples using a low-cost and high sensitive solid contact surfactant sensor with MWCNTs as the ion-to-electron transducer", Analytical Methods 9 (15), 2305-2314
18. M Jozanović, N Sakač, D Jakobović, M Sak-Bosnar. "Analytical characterization and quantification of histidine dipeptides, carnosine and anserine by modeling of potentiometric titration data", Int. J. Electrochem. Sci 10, 5787-5799
19. N Sakač, M Sak-Bosnar, M Horvat. "Direct potentiometric determination of starch using a platinum redox sensor", Food chemistry 138 (1), 9-12
20. M Sak-Bosnar, D Madunić-Čačić, N Sakač, M Samardžić, Ž Kurtanjek. "Estimation and optimization of potentiometric sensor response parameters from surfactant titration data using microsoft excel solver and mathematica", Sensor Letters 9 (2), 491-498