List of Selected Papers

Isolable ArInH₂: Double Hydroindation Agent

Adam Hochmal, Zdeňka Růžičková, Aleš Růžička, Roman Jambor, Milan Erben, Libor Dostál

Chemistry – A European Journal, 2026; 0:e71528

DOI: 10.1002/chem.71528

Uncover the strength of polyhedral dicarbaboranes as the next generation of superbases in organocatalysis

Jan Vrána, Zuzana Kapustová, Martin Kamlar, Peter Šramel, Petr Vosáhlo, Zdeňka Růžičková, Josef Holub, Jan Veselý, Aleš Růžička 

Nature Communications (2026).

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-77070-6

Highlights

• First boron-based superbase
• Facilitates Lewis base-catalyzed transformations with exceptional efficiency and selectivity
• Tolerance of the catalyst to significant amounts of water as well as to otherwise base-labile groups

The Far Side of Carboranes: Anticancer Active Monocations and Ambiently Stable Dications

Vlastimil Němec, Josef Holub, Maksim A. Samsonov, Zdeňka Růžičková, Josef Cvačka, Ján Vančo, Zdeněk Trávníček, Jan Belza, Zdeněk Dvořák, Jan Vrána, Aleš Růžička

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e21595.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202521595

Photo-induced viscous flow in glasses: effect of d-ions as absorption centres

Zuzana Zmrhalová, Jan Smolík, Roman Yatskiv, Zdeněk Černošek, Eva Černošková, Jiří Schwarz, Petr Knotek

Mater. Chem. Phys. 2026, 351, 132011.

DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2026.132011

Highlights

• Influence of CuO on properties and structure of pyrophosphate glasses.
• Determination of copper ions oxidation state by EPR and photoluminescence.
• Photo-viscous flow measured by modified TMA.
• Effect of Cu²⁺ complex d-d transitions on apparent decrease in T_g by exposure.

Local photo-induced crystallization of Ge-Sb-Se bulk glasses by laser direct writing

P. Kutálek, E. Samsonova, J. Smolík, K. Melánová, P. Knotek*, E. Černošková, Z. Černošek, R. Todorov, R. Yatskiv, J. Vaniš, L.Tichý

Ceram. Int. 2026, 25, 5592–5602.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.12.321

Highlights

• CW laser direct writing induces local surface crystallization in Ge-Sb-Se.
• Phase outcome depends on composition: GeSe₂ or Sb₂Se₃ (Raman, XRD).
• In-situ chip-DSC detects laser-induced crystallization during writing.
• Regular microelement arrays enable light manipulation at 940 nm.

Multi-Talented Bismuthinidenes: Double C(sp³)─I Bond Activation Using Single or Two Bi Centers

Pavel Novák, Martin Hejda, Roman Jambor, Aleš Růžička, Alexandre Gagnon, Libor Dostál*

Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 31, e202500620.

DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500620

Oxidative Addition-Reductive Elimination Supported by a Ligand-Element Cooperation at the Arsinidene and Stibinidene Center
Vít Kremláček, Erik Kertész, Milan Erben, Aleš Růžička, Roman Jambor, Zoltán Benkő*, Libor Dostál*

Chem. Eur. J., 2025, 31, e202404751.

DOI: 10.1002/chem.202404751

Redox Cycling with Tellurium. Si−H Bond Activation by a Lewis Superacidic Tellurenyl Cation
Martin Hejda*, Emanuel Hupf*, Aleš Růžička, Libor Dostál, Jens Beckmann*

Chem. Eur. J., 2025, 31, e202403496.

DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403496

Hydrophobic Thin Layers Based on N-Coordinated Metallaboroxine Polymers
Miroslav Novák*, Michael Srb, Jiří Schwarz, Zdeňka Růžičková, Marek Bouška, Štěpán Podzimek, Pavlína Ruleová, Roman Jambor

J. Polym. Sci., 2025, 63, 920-931.

DOI: 10.1002/pol.20240878

Antimony centre in three different roles: does donor strength or acceptor ability determine the bonding pattern?

Richard Chlebík, Csilla Fekete, Roman Jambor, Aleš Růžička, Zoltán Benkő*, Libor Dostál*

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 17721-17726.

DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02787F

Low-temperature synthesis of GeTe nanoparticles

Marek Bouška, Yaraslava Milasheuskaya*, Miroslav Šlouf, Petr Knotek*, Stanislav Pechev, Lubomír Prokeš, Lukáš Pečinka, Josef Havel, Miroslav Novák, Roman Jambor*, Petr Němec

Chem. Eur. J., 2024, e202402319.

DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402319

Enhanced electrochemical performance of MoSe₂ nanosheets on CoAl- layered double hydroxide for oxygen evolution reaction

Sadik Cogal*, Matej Mičušík, Petr Knotek, Klára Melánová, Vítězslav Zima, Mária Omastová

J. Alloy. Compd., 2024, 987, 174173.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174173

Highlights

• MoSe₂ nanosheets were grown on the surface of CoAl-layered double hydroxide using hydrothermal method.
• Hydrothermal synthesis resulted in the formation of defect sites on MoSe₂@CoAl-LDH.
• The MoSe₂@CoAl-LDH hybrid nanostructure exhibits improved catalytic active sites.
• The MoSe₂@CoAl-LDH catalyst improved the performance of the oxygen evolution reaction in an alkaline solution.

On the parameters influencing the formation of microelements in the Ge-As-S glasses by visible CW laser direct writing

Petr Kutálek, Ekaterina Samsonova, Jan Smolík, Petr Knotek*, Jiří Schwarz, Eva Černošková, Lucie Zárybnická, Ladislav Tichý

Appl. Surf. Sci., 2024, 665, 160297.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160297

Intramolecularly O,N,O-Coordinated Tin(II) Salts: Syntheses, Structures, Cyclization, and Transition Metal Complexation

Hazem Alnasr, David Mroß, André Platzek, Bastian Nayyar, Tomáš Řičica, Dieter Schollmeyer, Roman Jambor*, Alexander Hoffmann*, Klaus Jurkschat*

Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202400580.

DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400580

Thermal mechanism-driven microlens formation in Ge–Sb–S glasses by direct laser writing: composition dependent insight

Jan Smolík, Petr Knotek*, Eva Černošková, Petr Kutálek, Ekaterina Samsonova, Jiří Schwarz, Jana Kašparová, Ladislav Tichý

J. Mater. Sci., 2024

DOI: 10.1007/s10853-024-09353-6

Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) Bis(Stibinidene) Complexes with Intramolecular Hydrogen-Bond Enforced Geometries

Jan Zechovský, Erik Kertész, Milan Erben, Martin Hejda, Roman Jambor, Aleš Růžička, Zoltán Benkő*, Libor Dostál*

ChemPlusChem, 2023, e202300573.

DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300573

N-Coordinated tellurenium(II) and telluronium(IV) cations: synthesis, structure and hydrolysis

Martin Hejda, Lukáš Doležal, Jan Blahut, Emanuel Hupf, Jiří Tydlitát, Roman Jambor, Aleš Růžička, Jens Beckmann*, Libor Dostál* 

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 16235–16248.

DOI: 10.1039/D3DT02404K

The reactivity of antimony and bismuth N,C,N-pincer compounds toward K[BEt₃H] – the formation of heterocyclic compounds vs. element–element bonds vs. stable terminal Sb–H bonds

Pavel Novák, Milan Erben, Roman Jambor, Martin Hejda, Aleš Růžička, Elena Rychagova, Sergey Ketkov*, Libor Dostál* 

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 218–227.

DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03564B

Oxidations of N-coordinated Arsinidene and Stibinidene by Substituted Quinones: A Remarkable Follow-Up Reactivity

Jan Zechovský, Erik Kertész, Milan Erben, Roman Jambor, Aleš Růžička, Zoltán Benkö*, Libor Dostál*

ChemPlusChem, 2023, 88, e202300018.

DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300018

Method for the Synthesis of Ferrocenylhydrazine and Its Properties and Reactivity

Pavel Kozáček, Libor Dostál, Adam Hochmal, Monika Pascucci, Aleš Růžička, Tomáš Mikysek, Milan Erben*

Organometallics, 2023, 42(17), 2405-2414.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00332

Synthesis and reactivity of alkali metal aluminates bearing bis(organoamido)phosphane ligand

Jan Vrána*, Zdeňka Růžičková, Aleš Růžička, Libor Dostál

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 12623–12631.

DOI: 10.1039/D3DT01859H

Synthesis and Exfoliation of Calcium Organophosphonates for Tailoring Rheological Properties of Sodium Alginate Solutions: A Path toward Polysaccharide-Based Bioink

Kateřina Kopecká, Lenka Vítková*, Zuzana Kroneková, Lenka Musilová, Petr Smolka, Filip Mikulka, Klára Melánová, Petr Knotek, Martin Humeník, Antonín Minařík, Aleš Mráček*

Biomacromolecules, 2023, 24(7), 3016–3031.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00081

Microlenses formation on surface of stoichiometric Ge-As-S bulk glasses by CW laser direct writing

Petr Kutálek, Ekaterina Samsonova, Jan Smolík, Petr Knotek*, Jiří Schwarz, Eva Černošková, Petr Janíček, Ladislav Tichý

Appl. Surf. Sci., 2023, 628, 157380.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157380

Tin(II) cations stabilized by non-symmetric N,N′,O-chelating ligands: synthesis and stability

Miroslav Novák*, Jan Turek*, Yaraslava Milasheuskaya, Miriam Syková, Libor Dostál, Jesse Stalmans, Zdeňka Růžičková, Klaus Jurkschat, Roman Jambor

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 2749-2761.

DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03563D 

Preparation of solution-processed thin films of As-S-Se system from As₄₀S₆₀ solution modified by amorphous selenium

Jiří Jemelka, Karel Pálka*, Jiří Jančálek, Michal Kurka, Stanislav Šlang, Miroslav Vlček

J. Non-Cryst. Solids 2023, 605, 122159.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122159

Highlights

• As₄₀S₆₀ chalcogenide glass solution was modified by amorphous selenium.
• Spin-coated thin films of As-S-Se were deposited in specular optical quality.
• The optical properties, structure, and chemical resistance of films were studied.
• The described method allows preparation of films with tailored optical properties.