LASC-RBI - Dr Krunoslav Užarević

Dr. Sc. Krunoslav Užarević

Head of the group

e-mail: krunoslav.uzarevic@irb.hr
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x0F_usAAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7513-6485
CRORIS: https://www.croris.hr/osobe/profil/2152?lang=en

RBI page: https://www.irb.hr/eng/About-RBI/People/Krunoslav-Uzarevic

Kruno gained his Ph.D. in coordination chemistry in 2009 in the Department of Chemistry, University of Zagreb. After Marie-Curie's NewFelPro FP7 fellowship in the Friščić group (McGill University, Montreal, Canada), he started in 2016 as the Head of the Laboratory for Green Synthesis at RBI in Zagreb. In 2021, he founded the Laboratory for Applied and Sustainable Chemistry. His main scientific focus is on developing mechanochemical and solvent-free procedures for synthesizing various classes of functional materials, from supramolecular receptors and organic compounds to highly porous functional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their nonconventional composites. The part of his research involves designing new and advanced milling reactors and developing new methodologies for in situ monitoring of milling and aging reactions. These include synchrotron X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and thermal methods. He collaborates with scientific groups worldwide (McGill University, Montreal; Northwestern University, Evanston; Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research, Stuttgart; Leibnitz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden; ESRF Grenoble; BAM Berlin; DESY Hamburg; Kemijski Inštitut, Ljubljana).
Kruno loves to spend his free time outdoors climbing, skiing, and hiking, best in the company of his wife Mia and daughter Maura. He is, however, just as happy in the gardens that he makes wherever he goes.
He basically has no better photo than this one taken after finishing a route somewhere in the Julian Alps.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Krunoslav Užarević, Vladimir Stilinović, Mirta Rubčić, Supramolecular Control over Tautomerism in Organic Solids in Tautomerism: Concepts and Applications in Science and Technology, Ed. Antonov, Liudmil, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, 2016, Weinheim, Germany, Pages 295-328.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
2026

88. L. Vujević, G. Talajić, F. MacMillan, A. A. Popov, M. Kveder, B. Karadeniz, K. Užarević, D. Žilić, Enlarging Quantum Coherence of Vanadyl Spin Qubits in Zirconium Porphyrinic MOFs. Inorg. Chem. (2026) 65, 7603–7612; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04870

87. N. Jakupec, E. Uran, M. Jabłońska, K. Užarević, A. Palčić, Thermo-mechanochemical interzeolite conversion in water-deficient systems, Microporous Mesoporous Mater. (2026) 403, 113981; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2025.113981

2025

86. Y. Fu, Y. Han, J. Zhong, Y. Fan, H. Yu, S. Wang, Q. Shi, Q. Liu, K. Užarević, A. Czulak, W. Yang, H. Yang, Q. Wei, Hollow Schottky Heterostructures for Highly Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Zinc-Air Batteries, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng (2025) 13, 19416–19427; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c09889

85. M. R. Hafner, N. Pantalon Juraj, K. Flint, H. Wiltsche, H. Wolinski, H. Amenitsch, C. J. Doonan, K. Užarević, F.Carraro, Vapor-Assisted Mechanochemical Synthesis of Enzyme and Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Biocomposites, Small (2025) 21, 2504744; https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202504744

84. E. V. Shaw, C. Castillo-Blas, T. Lambden, B. de Santos, B. Turner, G. I. Lampronti, J. E. M. Laulainen, G. P. Robertson, A. M. Chester, C. Ye, S. Guan, J. K. G. Karlsson, V. Martinez, I. Brekalo, B. Karadeniz, S. Cabrera, L. N. McHugh, K. Užarević, J. Alemán, A. Fraile, R. C. Evans, P. A. Midgley, D. A. Keen, X. Moya, T. D. Bennett, Structural insights of mechanochemically amorphised MIL-125-NH2, Chem. Commun. (2025) 61, 5019–5022; https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC06320A

83. G. Zgrablić, A. Senkić, N. Vidović, K. Užarević, D. Čapeta, I. Brekalo, M. Rakić, Building a cost-effective mechanochemical Raman system: improved spectral and time resolution for in situ reaction and rheology monitoring, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2025) 27, 5909–5920; https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP04757E

82. M. Duvnjak, N. Vidović, K. Užarević, G. Horvat, V. Tomišić, G. Speranza, N. Cindro, Rapid and Green Anion-Assisted Mechanochemical Peptide Cyclization, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. (2025) 13, 30–35; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03309

81. C. Spula, V. Becker, G. Talajić, S. Grätz, K. Užarević, L. Borchardt, Metal-Free C−X Functionalization in Solid-State via Photochemistry in Ball Mills, ChemSusChem (2024) e202401022; https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202401022

2024

80. T. Grgurić, M. Razum, V. Martinez, G. Zgrablić, A. Senkić, B. Karadeniz, M. Etter, I. Brekalo, M. Arhangelskis, L. Pavić, K. Uzarević, Green and scalable preparation of highly conductive alkali metal-dhta coordination polymers, Inorg. Chem (2024) 63, 24587–24600; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03714

79. T. Stolar, B. K. D. Pearce, M. Etter, K.-N. Truong, T. Ostojić, A. Krajnc, G. Mali, B. Rossi, K. Molčanov, I. Lončarić, E. Meštrović, K. Užarević, L. Grisanti, Base-pairing of uracil and 2, 6-diaminopurine: from cocrystals to photoreactivity, Iscience (2024) 27, 109894; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109894

78. N. Jakupec, K. J. Ardila-Fierro, V. Martinez, I. Halasz, J. Volavšek, G. Algara-Siller, M. Etter, V. Valtchev, K. Užarević, A. Palčić, Mechanochemically Induced OSDA-Free Interzeolite Conversion, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2024) 12, 5220–5228; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c08477

77. C. Ye, G. I. Lampronti, L. N. McHugh, C. Castillo-Blas, A. Kono, C.Chen, G. P. Robertson, L. A. V. Nagle-Cocco, W. Xu, S. D. Stranks, V. Martinez, I. Brekalo, B. Karadeniz, K. Užarević, W. Xue, P. Kolodzeiski, C. Das, P. Chater, D. A. Keen, S. E. Dutton, T. D. Bennett, Mechanochemically-induced glass formation from two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, Chem. Sci. (2024) 15, 7198–7205; https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC00905C

76. J. Alić, I. Lončarić, M. Etter, M. Rubčić, Z. Štefanić, M. Šekutor, K. Užarević, T. Stolar, Direct in situ measurement of polymorphic transition temperatures under thermo-mechanochemical conditions, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2024) 26, 4840–4844; https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP04364A

2023
75. T. Stolar, J. Alić, G. Talajić, N. Cindro, M. Rubčić, K. Molčanov, K. Užarević, J. G. Hernández, Supramolecular intermediates in thermo-mechanochemical direct amidations, Chem. Commun. (2023) 59, 13490–13493; https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC04448C

74. M. Del Campo, K.-N. Truong, R. Buecker, F. White, T. Stolar, K. Uzarevic, L. Grisanti, E. Mestrovic, M. Meyer, M. Jasnowski, A. Yamano, S. Ito, E. Okunishi, Y. Aoyama, J. Ferrara, Xtalab Synergy-ED: To Cryo, Or Not to Cryo, That Is the ED Question, Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation And Advances (2023) 79, A295–A295; http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2053273323097048

73. J. Alić, T. Stolar, Z. Štefanić, K. Užarević, M. Šekutor, Sustainable Synthesis of Diamondoid Ethers by High-Temperature Ball Milling, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2023) 11, 617–624; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05283

72. L. Vujević, B. Karadeniz, N. Cindro, A. Krajnc, G. Mali, M. Mazaj, S. M. Avdoshenko, A. A Popov, D. Žilić, K. Užarević, M. Kveder, Improving the molecular spin qubit performance in zirconium MOF composites by mechanochemical dilution and fullerene encapsulation, Chem. Sci. (2023) 14, 9389–9399; https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC03089J

71. V. Martinez, T. Stolar, B. Karadeniz, I. Brekalo, K. Užarević, Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources, Nat. Rev. Chem. (2023) 7, 51–65; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-022-00442-1

2022

70. I. Brekalo, V. Martinez, B. Karadeniz, P. Orešković, D. Drapanauskaite, H. Vriesema, R. Stenekes, M. Etter, I. Dejanović, J. Baltrusaitis, K. Užarević, Scale-up of agrochemical urea-gypsum cocrystal synthesis using thermally controlled mechanochemistry ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2022) 10, 6743–6754; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00914

69. S. Muratović, V. Martinez, B. Karadeniz, D. Pajic, I. Brekalo, M. Arhangelskis, M. Mazaj, G. Mali, M. Etter, T. Friscic, Y. Krupskaya, V. Kataev, D. Žilić, K. Užarević, Low-Dimensional Magnetism in Multivariate Copper/Zinc MOF-74 Materials Formed via Different Mechanochemical Methods, Inorg. Chem. (2022) 61, 18181–18192; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02898

68. D. Barišić, F. Lešić, M. Tireli Vlašić, K. Užarević, N. Bregović, V. Tomišić, Anion binding by receptors containing NH donating groups–What do anions prefer? Tetrahedron (2022) 120, 132875; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2022.132875

67. F. Puccetti, S. Lukin, K. Užarević, E. Colacino, I. Halasz, C. Bolm, J. G. Hernández, Mechanistic insights on the mechanosynthesis of phenytoin, a WHO essential medicine, Chem. Eur. J. (2022) 28, e202104409; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202104409

66. M. F. Thorne, C. Castillo-Blas, L. N. McHugh, A. M. Bumstead, G. P. Robertson, A. F. Sapnik, C. S. Coates, F. N. Sayed, C. P. Grey, D. A. Keen, M. Etter, I. da Silva, K. Užarević, T. D. Bennett, Formation of new crystalline qtz-[Zn (mIm)2] polymorph from amorphous ZIF-8, Chem. Commun. (2022) 58, 11949–11952; https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC04241J

65. T. Stolar, J. Alić, I. Lončarić, M. Etter, D. Jung, O.K. Farha, I. Đilović, E. Meštrović, K. Užarević, Sustainable solid form screening: mechanochemical control over nucleobase hydrogen-bonded organic framework polymorphism, CrystEngComm (2022) 24, 6505–6511; https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE00668E

64. L. N. McHugh, M. F. Thorne, A. M. Chester, M. Etter, K. Užarević, T. D. Bennett, Mechanochemically synthesised dicyanamide hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, and their melt-quenched glasses, Chem. Commun. (2022) 58, 3949–3952; https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC00278G

2021
63. S. Lukin, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, Raman spectroscopy for real-time and in situ monitoring of mechanochemical milling reactions, Nature Protocols (2021) 16

3492-3521; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00545-x

62. T. Stolar, S. Grubešić, N. Cindro, E. Meštrović, K. Užarević,* J. G. Hernandez,* Mechanochemical Prebiotic Peptide Bond Formation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.(2021) 60, 12727–12731; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100806

61. I. Milanović, N. Biliškov, K. Užarević, S. Lukin, M. Etter, I. Halasz, Mechanochemical Synthesis and Thermal Dehydrogenation of Novel Calcium-Containing Bimetallic Amidoboranes, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 2089–2099; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c06839

60. T. Stolar, A. Prašnikar, V. Martinez, B. Karadeniz, A. Bjelić, G. Mali, T. Friščić, B. Likozar*, K. Užarević* Scalable Mechanochemical Amorphization of Bimetallic Cu−Zn MOF-74 Catalyst for Selective CO2 Reduction Reaction to Methanol, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2021) 13, 3070–3077; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c21265

59. L. Catalano, L. S. Germann, P. A. Julien, M. Arhangelskis, I. Halasz, K. Užarević, M. Etter, R. E. Dinnebier, M. Ursini, M. Cametti, J. Marti-Rujas, T. Friščić, P. Metrangolo, G. Resnati, G. Terraneo, Open Versus Interpenetrated: Switchable Supramolecular Trajectories in Mechanosynthesis of a Halogen-Bonded Borromean Network, Chem, (2021) 7, 1–9; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.10.022

2020
58. V. Martinez, B. Karadeniz, N. Biliškov, I. Lončarić, S. Muratović, D. Žilić, S. M. Avdoshenko, M. Roslova, A. A. Popov, K. Užarević,* Tunable fulleretic sodalite MOFs: highly efficient and controllable entrapment of C60 fullerene via mechanochemistry, Chem. Mater., (2020) 32, 10628–10640.

57. T. Stolar, S. Lukin, M. Etter, Maša Rajić Linarić, Krunoslav Užarević, Ernest Meštrović, Ivan Halasz, DNA-specific selectivity in pairing of model nucleobases in the solid state, Chem. Commun., (2020) 56, 13524–13527; https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC03491F

56. K. J. Ardila-Fierro, S. Lukin, M. Etter, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, C. Bolm, J. G. Hernández, Direct Visualization of a Mechanochemically Induced Molecular Rearrangement, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2020) 59, 13458–13462; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201914921

55. S. Muratović, B. Karadeniz, T. Stolar, S. Lukin, I. Halasz, M. Herak, G. Mali, Y. Krupskaya, V. Kataev, D. Žilić*, K. Užarević*, Impact of dehydration and mechanical amorphization on the magnetic properties of Ni(ii)-MOF-74, J. Mater. Chem. C (2020) 8, 7132–7142; https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TC00844C;

54. T. Stolar, K. Užarević*, Mechanochemistry: an efficient and versatile toolbox for synthesis, transformation, and functionalization of porous metal–organic frameworks, CrystEngComm, (2020), 22, 4511–4525; https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00091D
FRONT COVER.

53. K. Smokrović, S. Muratović, B. Karadeniz, K. Užarević, D. Žilić, I. Đilović, Synthon Robustness and Structural Modularity of Copper(II) 2D-Coordination Polymers with Isomeric Amino Acids and 4,4'-bipyridine, Cryst. Growth Des. (2020) 20, 2415–2423; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01601

52. L. S. Germann, A. D. Katsenis, I. Huskić, P. A. Julien, K. Užarević, M. Etter, O. K. Farha, T. Friščić, R. E. Dinnebier, Real-time in situ monitoring of particle and structure evolution in the mechanochemical synthesis of UiO-66 metal-organic frameworks, Cryst. Growth Des. (2020), 20, 49–54; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01477

2019
51. B. Karadeniz, D. Žilić, I. Huskić, L. Germann, A. M. Fidelli, S. Muratović, I. Lončarić, M. Etter, R. E. Dinnebier, D. Barišić, N. Cindro, T. Islamoglu, O. K. Farha, T. Friščić, K. Užarević*, Controlling the polymorphism and topology transformation in porphyrinic zirconium metal-organic frameworks via mechanochemistry, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2019), 141, 19214; https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b10251

50. N. Cindro, M. Tireli, B. Karadeniz, T. Mrla, K. Užarević,* Investigations of Thermally Controlled Mechanochemical Milling Reactions, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2019), 7, 16301–16309; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b03319

49. G. Ayoub, B. Karadeniz, A. J. Howarth, O. K. Farha, I. Đilović , L. S. Germann, R. E. Dinnebier, K. Užarević,* T. Friščić*, Chem. Mater. (2019), 31, 5494–5501.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01068.

48. S. Huh, Y. Kim, J. Lü, K. Užarević and Y. Yan, Editorial: Functional Metal-Organic Frameworks: Gas Sorption, Separation, and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Front. Mater., (2019), 6, 326; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2019.00326

47. D. Barišić, N. Cindro, M. Juribašić Kulcsár, M. Tireli, K. Užarević, N. Bregović, V. Tomišić, Protonation and anion binding properties of aromatic bis‐urea derivatives – apprehending the proton transfer. Chem. Eur. J. (2019) 25, 4695–4706; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201805633

FRONT COVER.

46. J. You, D. Carić, B. Rakvin, Z. Štefanić, K. Užarević, M. Kveder, Matrix material structure dependence of the embedded electron spin decoherence. J. Chem. Phys. (2019), 150, 164124; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5090215

45. T. Stolar, S. Lukin, M. Tireli, I. Sović, B. Karadeniz, I. Kereković, G. Matijašić, M. Gretić, Z. Katančić, I. Dejanović, M. di Michiel, I. Halasz, K. Užarević*, Control of Pharmaceutical Cocrystal Polymorphism on Various Scales by Mechanochemistry: Transfer from the Laboratory Batch to the Large-Scale Extrusion Processing, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., (2019), 7, 7102–7110; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00043

44. S. Lukin, M. Tireli, T. Stolar, D. Barišić, M. V. Blanco, M. di Michiel, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, Isotope Labeling Reveals Fast Atomic and Molecular Exchange in Mechanochemical Milling Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2019), 141, 1212–1216; https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b12149

2018
43. B. Karadeniz, A. J. Howarth, T. Stolar, T. Islamoglu, I. Dejanović, M. Tireli, M. C. Wasson, S.-Y. Moon, O. K. Farha, T. Friščić, K. Užarević*, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2018), 6, 15841–15849; https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04458.

42. S. Lukin, M. Tireli, I. Lončarić, D. Barišić, P. Šket, D. Vrsaljko, M. di Michiel, J. Plavec; K. Užarević*, I. Halasz Mechanochemical carbon-carbon bond formation that proceeds via a cocrystal intermediate. Chem. Commun. (2018) 54, 13216–13219; https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC07853J

41. A. Bjelopetrović, S. Lukin, I. Halasz, K. Užarević, I. Đilović, D. Barišić, A. Budimir, M. Juribašić Kulcsar, M. Ćurić, Mechanism of Mechanochemical C–H Bond Activation in an Azobenzene Substrate by Pd(II) Catalysts, Chem. Eur. J, (2018), 42, 10672–10682; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802403

40. A. M. Fidelli, B. Karadeniz, A. J. Howarth, I. Huskić, L. S. Germann, I. Halasz, M. Etter, S.-Y. Moon, R. E. Dinnebier, V. Stilinović, O. K. Farha, T. Friščić, Krunoslav Užarević*. Green and rapid mechanosynthesis of high-porosity NU- and UiO-type metal-organic frameworks. Chem. Commun. (2018), 54, 6999–7002; https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC03189D

39. K. Užarević,* N. Ferdelji, T. Mrla, P. A. Julien, B. Halasz, T. Friščić, I. Halasz,* Enthalpy vs. friction: heat flow modeling of unexpected temperature profiles in mechanochemistry of metal-organic frameworks, Chem. Sci., (2018), 9, 2525–2532; https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SC05312F

38. S. Lukin, I. Lončarić, M. Tireli, T. Stolar, M. V. Blanco, P. Lazić, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, Experimental and Theoretical Study of Selectivity in Mechanochemical Cocrystallization of Nicotinamide with Anthranilic and Salicylic Acid, Cryst. Growth. Des. (2018), 18, 1539–1547; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01512

2017
37. M. Tireli, S. Maračić, S. Lukin, M. Juribašić Kulcsar, D. Žilić, M. Cetina, I. Halasz, S. Raić-Malić, K. Užarević, Solvent-free copper-catalyzed click chemistry for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic hybrids based on quinolone and 1,2,3-triazole, Beil. J. Org. Chem. (2017), 13, 2352–2363; https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.232

36. S. Lukin, T. Stolar, M. Tireli, D. Barišić, M. Di Michiel, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, Solid-State Supramolecular Assembly of Salicylic Acid and 2-Pyridone, 3- Hydroxypyridine or 4-Pyridone, Croatica Chemica Acta, (2017), 90, 707–710; https://doi.org/10.5562/cca3339

35. N. Biliškov, A. Borgschulte, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, S. Lukin, S. Milošević, I. Milanović, J. Grbović Novaković, In-Situ and Real-time Monitoring of Mechanochemical Preparation of Li2Mg(NH2BH3)4 and Na2Mg(NH2BH3)4 and Their Thermal Dehydrogenation, Chem. Eur. J. (2017), 23, 16274–16282; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201702665

34. S. Lukin, T. Stolar, M. Tireli, M. Blanco, D. Babić, T. Friščić, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, Tandem in situ monitoring for quantitative assessment of mechanochemical reactions involving structurally unknown phases, Chem. Eur. J. (2017), 23, 13941–13949; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201702489

33. T. Stolar, L. Batzdorf, S. Lukin, D. Žilić, C. Motillo, T. Friščić, F. Emmerling, I. Halasz, K. Užarević, In situ monitoring of mechanosynthesis of the archetypal metal-organic framework HKUST-1: the effect of liquid additives on milling reactivity, Inorg. Chem., (2017), 56, 6599–6608; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00707

32. N. Bregović, N. Cindro, B. Bertoša, D. Barišić, L. Frkanec, K. Užarević, V. Tomišić, Dehydroacetic acid derivatives bearing amide and urea moieties as effective anion receptors, Chem. Eur. J. (2017) 23, 10396; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201701677.

31. M. Juribašić Kulcsár, I. Halasz, A. Budimir, K. Užarević, S. Lukin, F. Emmerling, J. Plavec, M. Ćurić, Reversible Gas-Solid Ammonia N–H Bond Activation Mediated by an Organopalladium Complex, Inorg. Chem., (2017) 56, 5342–5351; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00422

2016
30. A. Monas, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, M. Juribašić Kulcsár, M. Ćurić, Vapour-induced solid-state C–H bond activation for the clean synthesis of an organopalladium biothiol sensor, Chem. Commun. (2016) 52, 12960–12963; https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC06062E

29. T. Stolar, S. Lukin, J. Požar, M. Rubčić, G. M. Day, I. Biljan, D. Šišak Jung, G. Horvat, K. Užarević, E. Meštrović, I. Halasz, Solid-State Chemistry and Polymorphism of the Nucleobase Adenine. Cryst. Growth Des. (2016) 16, 3262–3270; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00243

28. K. Užarević, V. Štrukil, C. Mottillo, P. A. Julien, A. Puškarić, T. Friščić, I. Halasz, Exploring the Effect of Temperature on a Mechanochemical Reaction by In Situ Synchrotron Powder X-ray Diffraction, Cryst. Growth Des. (2016) 16, 2342–2347; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00137

27. I. Huskić, J.-C. Christopherson, K. Užarević, T. Friščić, In situ monitoring of vapour-induced assembly of pharmaceutical cocrystals using a benchtop powder X-ray diffractometer, Chem. Commun. (2016) 52, 5120–5123; https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01583B

26. P. A. Julien, K. Užarević, A. D Katsenis, S. A. J. Kimber, T. C. Wang, O. K. Farha, Y. Zhang, J. Casaban, L. Germann, M. Etter, R. E. Dinnebier, S. L. James, I. Halasz, T. Friščić, In situ monitoring and mechanism of the mechanochemical formation of a microporous MOF-74 framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2016) 138, 2929–2932; https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b13038

25. K. Užarević, T. C. Wang, S.-Y. Moon, A. M. Fidelli, J. T. Hupp, O. K. Farha, T. Friščić, Mechanochemical and Solvent-free Assembly of Zirconium-Based Metal-organic Frameworks, Chem. Commun. (2016) 52, 2133–2136; https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC08972G

2015
24. K. Užarević, I. Halasz, T. Friščić, Real-Time and In Situ Monitoring of Mechanochemical Reactions: A New Playground for All Chemists, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2015) 6, 4129–4140; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01837

23. M. Tireli, M. Juribašić Kulcsár, N. Cindro, M. Borovina, D. Gracin, M. Ćurić, I. Halasz,* K. Užarević*, Mechanochemical reactions studied by in situ Raman spectroscopy: base catalysis in liquid-assisted grinding, Chem. Commun. (2015) 51, 8058–8061; https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC01915J

22. A. D. Katsenis, V. Štrukil, C. Mottillo, P. A. Julien K. Užarević, M-H. Pham, T-O. Do, S. A. J. Kimber, P. Lazić, O. Magdyshyuk, R. E. Dinnebier, I. Halasz, T. Friščić, In situ X-ray diffraction monitoring of a mechanochemical reaction reveals a unique topology metal-organic framework, Nat. Commun., (2015), 6, 6662; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7662.

21. I. Đilović, K. Užarević*, Conformational adaptations of acyclic receptor templated by weakly coordinating anions, CrystEngComm, (2015), 17, 3153–3161; https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CE02413C

2014
20. M. Juribašić, N. Bregović, V. Stilinović, V. Tomišić, M. Cindrić, P. Šket, J. Plavec, M. Rubčić, K. Užarević*, Supramolecular stabilization of metastable tautomers in solution and solid state Chem. Eur. J. (2014) 20, 17333–17345; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201403543

INSIDE COVER

19. D. Gracin, V. Štrukil, T, Friščić, I. Halasz, K. Užarević*, Laboratory real-time and in situ monitoring of mechanochemical milling reactions using Raman spectroscopy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2014) 53, 6193; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201402334

18. M. Juribašić, K. Užarević, D. Gracin, M. Ćurić, Mechanochemical C–H Bond Activation: Rapid and Regioselective Double Cyclopalladation Monitored by in situ Raman Spectroscopy, Chem. Commun. (2014) 50, 10287. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC04423A

17. N. Bregović, N. Cindro, L. Frkanec, K. Užarević V. Tomišić, Thermodynamic Study of Dihydrogen Phosphate Dimerisation and Complexation with Novel Urea- and Thiourea-Based Receptors Chem. Eur. J. (2014) 20, 15863–15871; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201404091

16. I. Halasz, T. Friščić, S. A. Kimber, K. Užarević, A. Puškarić, C. Motillo, P. Julien, V. Štrukil, V. Honkimäki, R. E. Dinnebier, Quantitative in situ and real-time monitoring of mechanochemical reactions, Faraday Discuss., (2014), 170, 203–221; https://doi.org/10.1039/C4FD00013G

2013
15. K. Užarević, I. Halasz, I. Đilović, N. Bregović, M. Rubčić, D. Matković-Čalogović, V. Tomišić, Dynamic molecular recognition in the solid state for separating mixtures of isomeric dicarboxylic acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.(2013), 52, 5504–5508; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201301032

14. K. Užarević, G. Pavlović, M. Cindrić, Mononuclear and polynuclear molybdenum(VI) complexes coordinated by N-4-methoxysalicylidene-2-amino-3-hydroxypyridine, Polyhedron (2013), 52, 294–300; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2012.09.023

13. W. Schilf, B. Kamiénski, K. Užarević, Nitrogen and carbon CPMAS NMR investigations of keto-enol tautomerism in asymmetric o-hydroxy Schiff bases J. Mol. Struct., (2013) 1031, 211–215; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.10.004

12. K. Užarević, Z. Kokan, B. Perić and S. Kirin, Concomitant polymorphism in the pseudo-peptide Me2N-pC6H4C(O)-Phe-OEt J. Mol. Struct., (2013), 1031, 160–167; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.07.026

2012
11. M. Rubčić, K. Užarević, I. Halasz, N. Bregović, M. Mališ, I. Đilović, Z. Kokan, R. S. Stein, R. E. Dinnebier, V. Tomišić, Desmotropy, Polymorphism, and Solid-State Proton Transfer: Four Solid Forms of an Aromatic o-Hydroxy Schiff Base, Chem. Eur. J. (2012) 18, 5620–5631; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201103508

10. V. Stilinović, K. Užarević, I. Cvrtila, B. Kaitner, Bis(morpholine) hydrogen bond pincer – a novel series of heteroleptic Cu(II) coordination compounds as receptors for electron-rich guests CrystEngComm, (2012), 14, 7493–7501; https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CE25848J

2011
9. K. Užarević,* I. Ðilović, N. Bregović, V. Tomišić, D. Matković-Čalogović, M. Cindrić, Anion-Templated Supramolecular C3-Assembly for Efficient Inclusion of Charge- Dispersed Anions into Hydrogen-Bonded Networks, Chem. Eur. J (2011), 17, 10889–10897; https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201101127

8. K. Užarević,* M. Rubčić, M. Radić, A. Puškarić, M. Cindrić, Mechanosensitive metal-ligand bonds in the design of new coordination compounds. CrystEngComm. (2011), 13, 4314–4323; https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CE00807A

7. I. Halasz, M. Rubčić, K. Užarević, I. Ðilović, E. Meštrović, The cocrystal of 4-oxopimelic acid and 4,4’-bipyridine: polymorphism and solid-state transformations, New Journal of Chemistry (2011), 35, 24–27; https://doi.org/10.1039/C0NJ00569J

6. T. Jednačak, P. Novak, K. Užarević, I. Bratoš, J. Marković, M. Cindrić, Bioactive Phenylenediamine Derivatives of Dehydroacetic Acid: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Deuterium Isotope Effects. Croatica chemica acta (2011) 84, 203–209; https://doi.org/10.5562/cca1825

2010
5. K. Užarević*, M. Rubčić, V. Stilinović, B. Kaitner, M. Cindrić, Keto–enol tautomerism in asymmetric Schiff bases derived from p-phenylenediamine, J. Mol. Struct. (2010), 984, 232–239; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.09.034

2009
4. K. Užarević*, M. Rubčić, I. Ðilović, Z. Kokan, D. Matković-Čalogović, M. Cindrić, Concomitant Conformational Polymorphism: Mechanochemical Reactivity and Phase Relationships in the (Methanol)cis-dioxo-(N-salicylidene-2-amino-3-hydroxypyridine) molybdenum(VI) Trimorph, Cryst. Growth. Des. (2009), 9, 5327–5333; https://doi.org/10.1021/cg900824n

2008
3. K. Užarević, I. Ðilović, D. Matković-Čalogović, D. Šišak, M. Cindrić, Anion-Directed Self-Assembly of Flexible Ligands into Anion-Specific and Highly Symmetrical Organic Solids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2008) 47, 7022–7025; https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200802193

2007
2. V. Oreščanin, L. Mikelić, T. Sofilić, A. Rastovčan-Mioč, K. Užarević, G. Medunić, L. Elez, S. Lulić, Leaching Properties of Electric Arc Furnace Dust Prior/Following Alkaline Extraction, J. Environ. Sci. Health A (2007) 42, 323–329; https://doi.org/10.1080/10934520601144576

2005
1. M. Cindrić, T. Kajfež Novak, K. Užarević, Molecular and crystal structures of N, N'-propylene- and N, N'- phenylene-diylbis[3-(1-aminoethyl)-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2, 4(3H)-dione], J. Mol. Struct. (2005) 750, 135–141; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2005.04.024

PROJECTS

2025-2028 Croatian Science Foundation Research Project “Mechanochemical strategies towards complex porous catalysts” 200,000 Euro

2025-2027 - The Royal Society joint research project with the University of York, UK: ‘Oxidation and reduction on atomic scale: In-situ TEM studies of MOFs for catalysis’, (Croatian side PI: Dr. Krunoslav Užarević (RBI, Zagreb); UK side: Dr. Leonardo Lari (University of York, York))

2025-2026 Bilateral project MZO-DAAD “Development of electro-mechanochemical synthetic methodologies for preparation of functional materials” (Croatian side PI: Dr. Krunoslav Užarević (RBI, Zagreb); German side PI: Dr. Lars Borchardt (RUB, Bochum))

2021-2025 Croatian Science Foundation Research Project “The relevance of mechanochemical reactivity in the prebiotic chemical evolution and its transfer to sustainable and low-emission chemical production”, 200,000 Euro

2019-2023 European Social Fund and Croatian Science Foundation Research Project “Mechanochemical and solvent-free strategies towards functional porous materials with advanced physico-chemical and catalytic properties”, 300,000 Euro

2021-2023 Bilateral Project MZO-DAAD “New generation of magnetic MOF composites based on controllable confinement of selected endometallofullerenes” (Croatian side PI: Dr. Krunoslav Užarević (RBI, Zagreb); German side PI: Dr. Alexey Popov (IFW, Dresden))

2021 CERIC-ERIC grant “SS-NMR study of the local node- and framework response to nano-sized guest inclusion in non-conventional metal-organic frameworks“ 240 hours collection at the 600 MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer MAGIC at Slovenian NMR Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2019 Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts grant for the organization of an international scientific meeting Solid-State Science and Research 2019 (SCIRES2019)

2019 DESY synchrotron grant “Real-time and in situ monitoring of the mechanical stress and amorphization processes in relevant metal-organic frameworks“

2016-2019 Croatian Science Foundation Installation Research Projects. “Mechanochemical reactivity under controlled temperature and atmosphere for clean synthesis of functional materials” 150,000 Euro

-funding propositions forbade writing or collaborating with other major projects during this period

2015-2017 Bilateral Project MZO-DAAD “Simultaneous synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and Raman spectroscopy monitoring of mechanochemical reactions in situ and in real-time” (Croatian side PI: Dr. Krunoslav Užarević (RBI, Zagreb); German side PI Dr. Franziska Emmerling (BAM, Berlin)

2014 Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts grant for project “Development of Raman spectroscopic methodology for direct and in situ monitoring of mechanochemical reactions “

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