Researchers from the Department of Chemistry Laura Nuić, Barbara Panić, Hrvoj Vančik and Ivana Biljan, former students of the Department of Chemistry Lovorka-Kristina Pereković and Ana Mihanović in collaboration with Iva Šrut Rakić and Marko Kralj from the Institute of Physics have published the study Polymerization of aromatic dinitroso derivatives initiated by nitroso-terminated monolayer on Au(111) surface: Insights from ellipsometry, AFM and nano-FTIR spectroscopy in the Elsevier journal Polymer (IF = 4.432).

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry Tin Klačić and Davor Kovačević, in collaboration with Adam Jugl and Miloslav Pekař (Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic), have published the scientific publication High-Resolution Ultrasonic Spectroscopy: Looking at the Interpolyelectrolyte Neutralization from a Different Perspective in the prestigious journal of the American Chemical Society Macromolecules (IF 6.057).

Katarina Leko, Vinko Nemec, Nikola Bregović and Dominik Cinčić, researchers of the Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with Lavanya Kumar, Damian Trzybiński and Mihails Arhangelskis, researchers of the University of Warsaw, have published an article titled Computational evaluation of halogen-bonded cocrystals enables prediction of their mechanochemical interconversion reactions in the prestigious journal Chemical Science (IF = 9.969).

Due to very positive evaluation by the reviewers, the work has been incorporated into the 2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection. According to Altmetrics, academic interest in the article is in the top 5% of the world's articles.

Researchers from Department of Chemistry Marijana Pocrnić and Nives Galić in colaboration with researchers from Slovenia (Polonca Trebše and Albert T. Lebedev), and from Ruđer Bošković Institute (Krunoslav Bojanić, Ivana Tartaro Bujak and student Karlo Blažek) have published the scientific publication: Radiation-induced degradation of doxazosin: Role of reactive species, toxicity, mineralization and degradation pathways in the prestigious Elsevier Journal of Water Process Engineering (IF = 7.340).

Researchers from Department of Chemistry David Klarić, Marijana Pocrnić and Nives Galić in colaboration with Darko Kontrec from Ruđer Bošković Institute, students and researchers from Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry (Dražen Lež, Saša Polović, Ivan Kosalec and Ana Budimir) have published the scientific publication: Search for new antimicrobials: spectroscopic, spectrometric and in vitro antimicrobial activity investigation of Ga(III) and Fe(III) complexes with aroylhydrazones in the Springer Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (IF = 3.862).

Branimir Bertoša, a researcher from the Chemistry Department, and Ana Petek, a recent student from the Chemistry Department, in collaboration with researchers from the Ruđer Bošković Institute (Ante Bubić, Zoran Štefanić, Marija Luić, Ivana Leščić Ašler), the University of Warsaw (Marta Ilona Wojtyś, Weronika Maksymiuk, Beata Wielgus-Kutrowska, Maria Winiewska-Szajewska, Agnieszka Bzowska) and the University of Graz (Tea Pavkov-Keller) have published the scientific publication: The pursuit of new alternative ways to eradicate Helicobacter pylori continues: detailed characterization of interactions in the adenylosuccinate synthetase active site. The paper was published in the prestigious journal International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (IF = 8,025).

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry Luka Fotović, Nikola Bedeković, Katarina Pičuljan, and Vladimir Stilinović have published the study Order versus Disorder in the Cocrystals of m-Halogenopyridines with m-Halogenobenzoic Acids: The Effects of the I···O Halogen Bond in the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design (IF = 4.076).

Gregor Talajić, Edi Topić and Nikola Cindro, researchers of the Department of Chemistry, and Jerko Meštrović, a former student of the Department of Chemistry, have published a paper titled Total Synthesis of Penicyclone A Using a Double Grignard Reaction in the ACS Journal of Organic Chemistry (IF 4,354).

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry Tin Klačić and Davor Kovačević, in collaboration with Klemen Bohinc from the University of Ljubljana, have published the scientific publication Suppressing the Hofmeister Anion Effect by Thermal Annealing of Thin-Film Multilayers Made of Weak Polyelectrolytes in the prestigious journal of the American Chemical Society Macromolecules (IF 6.057).

Vinko Nemec and Dominik Cinčić, researchers of the Department of Chemistry have published an article titled The Halogen Bonding Proclivity of the sp3 Sulfur Atom as a Halogen Bond Acceptor in Cocrystals of Tetrahydro-4H-thiopyran-4-one and Its Derivatives in the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design (IF 4,010).