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Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký

Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14259
World Ranking
7003
National Ranking
3

Overview

Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký is affiliated with the University of Split in Croatia and conducts research primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their work spans various subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Molecular Biology, Catalysis, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

Their research focuses on topics such as Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications, and Catalysts for Methane Reforming.

Recent publications by Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký include the following:

  • "Nanotechnology in Tumor Biomarker Detection: The Potential of Liganded Nanoclusters as Nonlinear Optical Contrast Agents for Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer" (2021), published in Cancers
  • "Predicting fluorescence quantum yields for molecules in solution: A critical assessment of the harmonic approximation and the choice of the lineshape function" (2020), published in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Gold-Doping Effect on Two-Photon Absorption and Luminescence of Atomically Precise Silver Ligated Nanoclusters" (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "CO2 Methanation on Cu-Cluster Decorated Zirconia Supports with Different Morphology: A Combined Experimental In Situ GIXANES/GISAXS, Ex Situ XPS and Theoretical DFT Study" (2021), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Tailoring the NIR-II Photoluminescence of Single Thiolated Au25 Nanoclusters by Selective Binding to Proteins**" (2022), published in Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Rodolphe Antoine (15 collaborations)
  • Martina Perić Bakulić (14 collaborations)
  • Željka Sanader Maršić (12 collaborations)
  • Antonija Mravak (8 collaborations)
  • Dušica Maysinger (7 collaborations)

Bonačić-Koutecký publishes regularly in several scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Nanoscale (4 publications)
  • Communications Chemistry (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics (2 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Electronic aspects of organic photochemistry

    Josef Michl;Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký

  • Quantum chemistry of small clusters of elements of groups Ia, Ib, and IIa: fundamental concepts, predictions, and interpretation of experiments

    Vlasta. Bonacic-Koutecky;Piercarlo. Fantucci;Jaroslav. Koutecky

  • Neutral and Charged Biradicals, Zwitterions, Funnels in S1, and Proton Translocation: Their Role in Photochemistry, Photophysics, and Vision

    Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký;Jaroslav Koutecký;Josef Michl

  • Density functional study of structural and electronic properties of bimetallic silver–gold clusters: Comparison with pure gold and silver clusters

    Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký;Jaroslav Burda;Roland Mitrić;Maofa Ge

  • Effective core potential‐configuration interaction study of electronic structure and geometry of small neutral and cationic Agn clusters: Predictions and interpretation of measured properties

    V. Bonačić‐Koutecký;L. Češpiva;P. Fantucci;J. Koutecký

  • Reactivity of atomic gold anions toward oxygen and the oxidation of CO: experiment and theory.

    Kimble Ml;Castleman Aw;Mitrić R;Bürgel C

  • Ab initio study of the absorption spectra of Agn (n=5–8) clusters

    Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecky;Vincent Veyret;Roland Mitrić

  • Theoretical and experimental consideration of the reactions between VxOy+ and ethylene

    Dina R. Justes;Roland Mitrić;Nelly A. Moore;Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký

  • An accurate relativistic effective core potential for excited states of Ag atom: An application for studying the absorption spectra of Agn and Agn+ clusters

    Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký;Jiřı́ Pittner;Marc Boiron;Piercarlo Fantucci

  • Sudden Polarization in the Zwitterionic Z1 Excited States of Organic Intermediates. Photochemical Implications

    Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký;Peter Bruckmann;Philippe Hiberty;Jaroslav Koutecký

  • Evolution of the electronic structure of lithium clusters between four and eight atoms

    J. Blanc;V. Bonačić‐Koutecký;M. Broyer;J. Chevaleyre

  • Nonadiabatic dynamics within the time dependent density functional theory: Ultrafast photodynamics in pyrazine

    Ute Werner;Roland Mitrić;Toshinori Suzuki;Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký

  • Clusters as model systems for investigating nanoscale oxidation catalysis

    Grant E. Johnson;Roland Mitrić;Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký;A.W. Castleman

  • Theoretical exploration of ultrafast dynamics in atomic clusters: analysis and control.

    Bonacić-Koutecký;Mitrić R

  • Theoretical interpretation of the photoelectron detachment spectra of Na−2–5 and of the absorption spectra of Na3, Na4, and Na8 clusters

    Vlasta Bonačić‐Koutecký;Piercarlo Fantucci;Jaroslav Koutecký

  • Effective core potential‐configuration interaction study of electronic structure and geometry of small anionic Agn clusters: Predictions and interpretation of photodetachment spectra

    V. Bonačić‐Koutecký;L. Češpiva;P. Fantucci;J. Pittner

  • Influence of charge state on the mechanism of CO oxidation on gold clusters.

    Christian Bürgel;Nelly M. Reilly;Grant E. Johnson;Roland Mitrić

  • Non-adiabatic dynamics of pyrrole: Dependence of deactivation mechanisms on the excitation energy

    Mario Barbatti;Jiří Pittner;Marek Pederzoli;Ute Werner

  • Laser-field-induced surface-hopping method for the simulation and control of ultrafast photodynamics

    Roland Mitric;Jens Petersen;Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky

  • Photophysics of Internal Twisting

    E. Lippert;W. Rettig;V. Bonačić‐Koutecký;F. Heisel

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Mitrić
Roland Mitrić University of Würzburg
Rodolphe Antoine
Rodolphe Antoine Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jiří Pittner
Jiří Pittner Czech Academy of Sciences
Philippe Dugourd
Philippe Dugourd Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Piercarlo Fantucci
Piercarlo Fantucci University of Milano-Bicocca
Michel Broyer
Michel Broyer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Richard A. J. O'Hair
Richard A. J. O'Hair University of Melbourne
Ludger Wöste
Ludger Wöste Freie Universität Berlin
A. W. Castleman
A. W. Castleman Pennsylvania State University
Joshua Jortner
Joshua Jortner Tel Aviv University

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