Publications

2026

• Spatially Resolving the Cone of Reaction for a Single Molecule.
  M. J. Timm, A. Matěj, I. Gazizullin, Q. Chen, S. Hecht, P. Jelínek, L. Grill. Science, (2026). DOI
• POET: A Software Suite for Mapping the Site-Specific Electronic Origins of Magnetic Anisotropy.
  J. Navrátil and P. Błoński. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 130, 24, (2026). DOI
• Cluster-Enabled Control of Single-Electron Photoredox Catalysis in Reticular Frameworks.
  C. Chinchilla-Garzón, E. Rivera-Chao, M. Gomez-Mendoza, B. J. C. Vieira, N. Almora-Barrios, P. Gimeno-Fonquernie, J. Castells-Gil, R. Vismara, J. Navrátil, P. Błoński, V. A. de la Peña O’Shea, J. C. Waerenborgh, C. Martí-Gastaldo, N. M. Padial. Chem, 130, 24, (2026). DOI
• Designing Pancake-Bonded Heterodimers for Scanning Probe Microscopy.
  A. Matěj and M. Kertesz. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 130, 18, (2026). DOI
• Non Thermal-Driven Photocatalytic Ammonia Decomposition at Near-Room Temperature on a Plasmonic Nanocone Array.
  T.-L. Bui, S. M. Hossein Hejazi, J. Navrátil, H. Kmentová, P. Bábor, O. Henrotte, L. Mascaretti, M. Bisetto, S. K. Sanders, A. Schirato, M. Otyepka, P. Błoński, T. Montini, R. Zbořil, P. Fornasiero, A. Alabastri, A. Naldoni, Š. Kment. Advanced Functional Materials, 36, 21, (2026). DOI
• Toward Transitioning to Green and Sustainable Supercapacitors.
  I. Dědek, V. Kupka, V. Šedajová, P. Jakubec, M. Navrátil, M. Otyepka. Chemical Engineering Journal, 529, (2026). DOI

2025

• Near-Infrared Plasmonic Activation of Molecular Oxygen for Selective Oxidation of Biomass Derivatives.
  M. Kaur, S. Rej, J. Navrátil, E. Y. Santiago, M. Otyepka, S. Livraghi, L. Mino, Š. Kment, Z. Xu, H. Zhu, P. Fornasiero, A. O. Govorov, P. Błoński, A. Naldoni. Nature Catalysis, 8, (2025). DOI
• Interpretable Machine Learning for Atomic Scale Magnetic Anisotropy in Quantum Materials.
  J. Navrátil, R. Topolnicki, M. Otyepka, P. Błoński. npj Computational Materials, 11, (2025). DOI
• Globally Aromatic Odd-Electron π-Magnetic Macrocycle.
  F. Villalobos, J. Berger, A. Matěj, R Nieman, A. Sánchez-Grande, D. Soler, A. Pinar Solé, H. Lischka, M. Matoušek, J. Brabec, L. Veis, A. Millan, C. Sánchez-Sánchez, A. G. Campaña, J. M. Cuerva, P, Jelínek. Chem, 11, 2, (2025). DOI

2024

• Band Engineering in Iron and Silver Co-Doped Double Perovskite Nanocrystals for Selective Photocatalytic CO₂ reduction.
  R. Ahmad, Y. Zhang, J. Navrátil, P. Błoński, L. Zdražil, S. Kalytchuk, A. Naldoni, A. L. Rogach, M. Otyepka, R. Zboril, Š. Kment. Journal of Material Chemistry A, 12, 34, (2024). DOI
• On-Surface Synthesis of a Radical 2D Supramolecular Organic Framework.
  F. Frezza, A. Matěj, A. Sánchez-Grande, M. Carrera, P. Mutombo, M. Kumar, D. Curiel, P. Jelínek. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 5, (2024). DOI
• The Effect of Water on Gold Supported Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons: Rupture of Conjugation by an Alternating Hydrogenation Pattern.
  A. Berdonces-Layunta, A. Matěj, A. Jiménez-Martín, J. Lawrence, M. S. G. Mohammed, T. Wang, B. Mallada, B. de la Torre, A. Martínez, M. Vilas-Varela, R. Nieman, H. Lischka, D. Nachtigallová, D. Peña, P. Jelínek, D. G. de Oteyza. Nanoscale, 16, 2, (2024). DOI

2023

• Upcycling Natural Limestone Waste for Thermochemical Energy Storage by Utilising Tailored CaZrO₃ Nanoadditives.
  R. Anwar, J. Navrátil, R. K. Vijayaraghavan, P. J. McNally, M. Otyepka, P. Błoński, M. V. Sofianos. Materials Advances, 4, 8, (2023). DOI
• On-Surface Synthesis of Non-Benzenoid Conjugated Polymers by Selective Atomic Rearrangement of Ethynylarenes.
  A. Jiménez-Martín, F. Villalobos, B. Mallada, S. Edalatmanesh, A. Matěj, J. M. Cuerva, P. Jelínek, A. G. Campaña, B. de la Torre. Chemical Science, 14, 6, (2023). DOI
• On-Surface Synthesis of Square-Type Porphyrin Tetramers with Central Antiaromatic Cyclooctatetraene Moiety.
  E. Corral Rascon, A. Riss, A. Matěj, A. Wiengarten, P. Mutombo, D. Soler, P. Jelinek, W. Auwärter. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145, 2, (2023). DOI

2022

• Selective Activation of Aromatic C–H Bonds Catalyzed by Single Gold Atoms at Room Temperature.
  B. Lowe, J. Hellerstedt, A. Matěj, P. Mutombo, D. Kumar, M. Ondráček, P. Jelinek, A. Schiffrin. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 46, (2022). DOI
• Circumventing the Stability Problems of Graphene Nanoribbon Zigzag Edges.
  J. Lawrence, A. Berdonces-Layunta, S. Edalatmanesh, J. Castro-Esteban, T. Wang, A. Jimenez-Martin, B. de la Torre, R. Castrillo-Bodero, P. Angulo-Portugal, M. S. G. Mohammed, A. Matěj, M. Vilas-Varela, F. Schiller, M. Corso, P. Jelinek, D. Peña, D. G. de Oteyza. Nature Chemistry, 14, (2022). DOI
• Interplay Between π‑Conjugation and Exchange Magnetism in One-Dimensional Porphyrinoid Polymers.
  K. Biswas, M. Urbani, A. Sánchez-Grande, D. Soler-Polo, K. Lauwaet, A. Matěj, P. Mutombo, L. Veis, J. Brabec, K. Pernal, J. M. Gallego, R. Miranda, D. Écija, P. Jelínek, T. Torres, J. I. Urgel. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 28, (2022). DOI
• OsPd Bimetallic Dimer Pushes the Limit of Magnetic Anisotropy in Atom-Sized Magnets for Data Storage.
  J. Navrátil, M. Otyepka, P. Błoński. Nanotechnology, 33, 21, (2022). DOI
• Exploiting Cooperative Catalysis for the On-Surface Synthesis of Linear Heteroaromatic Polymers via Selective C–H Activation.
  X. Liu, A. Matěj, T. Kratky, J. I. Mendieta-Moreno, S. Günther, P. Mutombo, S. Decurtins, U. Aschauer, J. Repp, Prof. P. Jelinek, S.-X. Liu, L. L. Patera. Angewandte Chemie, 61, 5, (2022). DOI
• Chemisorption-Induced Formation of Biphenylene Dimer on Ag(111).
  Z. Zeng, D. Guo, T. Wang, Q. Chen, A. Matěj, J. Huang, D. Han, Q. Xu, A. Zhao, P. Jelínek, D. G. de Oteyza, J.-S. McEwen, J. Zhu. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 2, (2022). DOI

2021

• On-Surface Synthesis of a Dicationic Diazahexabenzocoronene Derivative on the Au(111) Surface.
  K. Biswas, J. I. Urgel, K. Xu, J. Ma, A. Sánchez-Grande, P. Mutombo, A. Gallardo, K. Lauwaet, B. Mallada, B. de la Torre, A. Matěj, J. M. Gallego,R. Miranda, P. Jelínek, X. Feng, D. Écija. Angewandte Chemie, 60, 48, (2021). DOI
• On-Surface Strain-Driven Synthesis of Nonalternant Non-Benzenoid Aromatic Compounds Containing Four- to Eight-Membered Rings.
  B. Mallada, B. de la Torre, J. I. Mendieta-Moreno, D. Nachtigallová, A. Matěj, M. Matoušek, P. Mutombo, J. Brabec, L. Veis, T. Cadart, M. Kotora, P. Jelínek. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 36, (2021). DOI
• Large Magnetic Anisotropy in an OsIr Dimer Anchored in Defective Graphene.
  J. Navrátil, P. Błoński, M. Otyepka. Nanotechnology, 32, 23, (2021). DOI
• 1D Coordination π–d Conjugated Polymers with Distinct Structures Defined by the Choice of the Transition Metal: Towards a New Class of Antiaromatic Macrocycles.
  V. M. Santhini, C. Wäckerlin, A. Cahlík, M. Ondráček, S. Pascal, A. Matěj, O. Stetsovych, P. Mutombo, P. Lazar, O. Siri, P. Jelínek. Angewandte Chemie, 60, 1, (2021). DOI

2020

• Tailoring π-Conjugation and Vibrational Modes to Steer On-Surface Synthesis of Pentalene-Bridged Ladder Polymers.
  B. de la Torre, A. Matěj, A. Sánchez-Grande, B. Cirera, B. Mallada, E. Rodríguez-Sánchez, J. Santos, J. I. Mendieta-Moreno, S. Edalatmanesh, K. Lauwaet, M. Otyepka, M. Medveď, Á. Buendía, R. Miranda, N. Martín, P. Jelínek, D. Écija. Nature Communications, 11, (2020). DOI

2016

• Fluorinated Graphenes as Advanced Biosensors – Effect of Fluorine Coverage on Electron Transfer Properties and Adsorption of Biomolecules.
  V. Urbanová, F. Karlický, A. Matěj, F. Šembera, Z. Janoušek, J. A. Perman, V. Ranc, K. Čépe, J. Michl, M. Otyepka, R. Zbořil. Nanoscale, 8, 24, (2016). DOI