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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada
  • 2011 - Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Tomislav Friščić is a researcher affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry. Their published research also touches on Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology as notable subfields.

Friščić's research topics include X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Crystallography and Molecular Interactions, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) synthesis and applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, as well as Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

They have contributed extensively to several publication venues, with frequent appearances in the following:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tomislav Friščić include:

  • Hatem M. Titi
  • Mihails Arhangelskis
  • Filip Topić
  • Joseph M. Marrett
  • Tristan H. Borchers

Recent notable publications authored or coauthored by Friščić are:

  • Scalable Mechanochemical Amorphization of Bimetallic Cu−Zn MOF-74 Catalyst for Selective CO2 Reduction Reaction to Methanol, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Enzymatic depolymerization of highly crystalline polyethylene terephthalate enabled in moist-solid reaction mixtures, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Simple, scalable mechanosynthesis of metal-organic frameworks using liquid-assisted resonant acoustic mixing (LA-RAM), 2020, Chemical Science
  • Manometric real-time studies of the mechanochemical synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, 2020, Chemical Science
  • In situ monitoring of mechanochemical covalent organic framework formation reveals templating effect of liquid additive, 2021, Chem

Tomislav Friščić has been recognized with awards such as the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 and the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis

    Stuart L. James;Christopher J. Adams;Carsten Bolm;Dario Braga

  • Mechanochemistry: A Force of Synthesis

    Jean-Louis Do;Tomislav Friščić

  • Mechanochemistry for Synthesis

    Tomislav Friščić;Tomislav Friščić;Cristina Mottillo;Hatem M. Titi

  • Recent Advances in Understanding the Mechanism of Cocrystal Formation via Grinding

    Tomislav Friščić;William Jones

  • Supramolecular control of reactivity in the solid state: from templates to ladderanes to metal-organic frameworks.

    Leonard R. MacGillivray;Giannis S. Papaefstathiou;Tomislav Friščić;Tamara D. Hamilton

  • The role of solvent in mechanochemical and sonochemical cocrystal formation: a solubility-based approach for predicting cocrystallisation outcome

    Tomislav Friščić;Scott L. Childs;Syed A. A. Rizvi;William Jones

  • Real-time and in situ monitoring of mechanochemical milling reactions

    Tomislav Friščić;Tomislav Friščić;Ivan Halasz;Ivan Halasz;Patrick J. Beldon;Ana M. Belenguer

  • Supramolecular concepts and new techniques in mechanochemistry: cocrystals, cages, rotaxanes, open metal–organic frameworks

    Tomislav Friščić

  • Improving Mechanical Properties of Crystalline Solids by Cocrystal Formation: New Compressible Forms of Paracetamol

    Shyam Karki;Tomislav Friščić;László Fábián;Peter R. Laity

  • A Cocrystal Strategy to Tune the Luminescent Properties of Stilbene-Type Organic Solid-State Materials

    Dongpeng Yan;Amit Delori;Gareth O. Lloyd;Tomislav Friščić

  • Rapid Room‐Temperature Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Using Mechanochemistry

    Patrick J. Beldon;László Fábián;Robin S. Stein;A. Thirumurugan

  • Metal–organic frameworks meet scalable and sustainable synthesis

    Patrick A. Julien;Cristina Mottillo;Tomislav Friščić

  • Ion- and Liquid-Assisted Grinding: Improved Mechanochemical Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks Reveals Salt Inclusion and Anion Templating†

    Tomislav Friščić;David G. Reid;Ivan Halasz;Robin S. Stein

  • New opportunities for materials synthesis using mechanochemistry

    Tomislav Friščić

  • Applying hot-stage microscopy to co-crystal screening: a study of nicotinamide with seven active pharmaceutical ingredients

    David J. Berry;Colin C. Seaton;William Clegg;Ross W. Harrington

  • Screening for Inclusion Compounds and Systematic Construction of Three‐Component Solids by Liquid‐Assisted Grinding

    Tomislav Friščić;Andrew V. Trask;William Jones;W. D. Samuel Motherwell

  • Towards medicinal mechanochemistry: evolution of milling from pharmaceutical solid form screening to the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)

    Davin Tan;Leigh Loots;Tomislav Friščić

  • Screening for Pharmaceutical Cocrystal Hydrates via Neat and Liquid-Assisted Grinding

    Shyam Karki;Tomislav Friscić;William Jones;W D Samuel Motherwell

  • In situ X-ray diffraction monitoring of a mechanochemical reaction reveals a unique topology metal-organic framework

    Athanassios D. Katsenis;Andreas Puškarić;Vjekoslav Štrukil;Cristina Mottillo

  • Supramolecular Construction of Molecular Ladders in the Solid State

    Xiuchun Gao;Tomislav Friščić;Leonard R. MacGillivray

  • Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and the quantitative monitoring of mechanochemical cocrystal formation

    K. Lien Nguyen;Tomislav Friščić;Graeme M. Day;Lynn F. Gladden

Frequent Co-Authors

William Jones
William Jones University of Cambridge
Leonard R. MacGillivray
Leonard R. MacGillivray University of Iowa
Robert E. Dinnebier
Robert E. Dinnebier Max Planck Society
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
Graeme M. Day
Graeme M. Day University of Southampton
Christopher J. Barrett
Christopher J. Barrett McGill University
Alexandra Navrotsky
Alexandra Navrotsky Arizona State University
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam University of Hong Kong
Ying-Wei Yang
Ying-Wei Yang Jilin University
Jodie L. Lutkenhaus
Jodie L. Lutkenhaus Texas A&M University

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