• Diplomirani kemijski inženjer, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, Zagreb 2002.
• Doktor prirodnih znanosti, Prirodoslovno matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2008.

• Rektorova nagrada za najbolji studentski rad, 2001.
• Stipendija Fakulteta kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije, 1999-2002.
• postdoktorska stipendija, IOCB, Prag, 2010-2012

Knjige i poglavlja u knjigama

Poglavlja u knjigama

• Barbatti, M., Ruckenbauer, M., Szymczak, Jaroslaw, J., Sellner, B., Vazdar, M., Antol, I., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Lischka, H. (2012) Model systems for dynamics of pi-conjugated biomolecules in excited states. U: Leszczynski, J. (ur.) Handbook of Computational Chemistry. Berlin Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, str. 1175-1213.

• Eckert-Maksić, M., Antol, I., Vazdar, M., Barbatti, M. & Lischka, H. (2010) Formamide as the Model Compound for Photodissociation Studies of the Peptide Bond, Kinetics and Dynamics. U: Paneth, P. & Dybala-Defratyka, A. (ur.) Kinetics and Dynamics: From Nano- to Bio-Scale. Netherlands, Springer, str. 77-107 doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3034-4_3.

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Znanstveni i pregledni radovi

• Škulj, S., Brkljača, Z., Kreiter, J., Pohl, E. & Vazdar, M. (2021) Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2. International journal of molecular sciences, 22(3), 1214, 21 doi:10.3390/ijms22031214.

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• Brock, D., Kondow-McConaghy, H., Allen, J., Brkljača, Z., Kustigian, L., Jiang, M., Zhang, J., Rye, H., Vazdar, M. & Pellois, J. (2020) Mechanism of Cell Penetration by Permeabilization of Late Endosomes: Interplay between a Multivalent TAT Peptide and Bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate. Cell Chemical Biology, 27 (10), 1296-1307 doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.07.015.

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• Mrnjavac, N., Vazdar, M. & Bertoša, B. (2020) Relevant Interdomain and Active Site Interactions in the Autotransporter Esterase EstA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular simulation, 46 (10), 743-756 doi:10.1080/08927022.2020.1770750.

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• Škulj, S., Brkljača, Z. & Vazdar, M. (2020) Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Elusive Matrix‐open State of Mitochondrial ADP/ATP Carrier. Israel journal of chemistry, 60 (7), 735-743 doi:10.1002/ijch.202000011.

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• Škulj, S. & Vazdar, M. (2019) A Computational Insight into Reaction Between Different Amino Acids with Reactive Aldehydes 4- hydroxy-2-nonenal and 4-oxo-2-nonenal. Croatica chemica acta, 92 (2), 229-239 doi:10.5562/cca3579.

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• Jovanović, O., Škulj, S., Pohl, E. & Vazdar, M. (2019) Covalent modification of phosphatidylethanolamine by 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal increases sodium permeability across phospholipid bilayer membranes. Free radical biology & medicine, 143, 433-440 doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.08.027.

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• Bakarić, D., Carić, D., Vazdar, K. & Vazdar, M. (2019) Vibrational spectroscopy combined with molecular dynamics simulations as a tool for studying behavior of reactive aldehydes inserted in phospholipid bilayers. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 225, 104793, 9 doi:10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104793.

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• Škulj, S. & Vazdar, M. (2019) Calculation of Apparent pKa Values of Saturated Fatty Acids with Different Lengths in DOPC Phospholipid Bilayers. PCCP. Physical chemistry chemical physics, 21 (19), 10052-10060 doi:10.1039/C9CP01204D.

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• Škulj, S., Vazdar, K., Margetić, D. & Vazdar, M. (2019) Revisited Mechanism of Reaction between a Model Lysine Amino Acid Side Chain and 4-Hydroxynonenal in Different Solvent Environments. Journal of organic chemistry, 84 (2), 526-535 doi:10.1021/acs.joc.8b02231.

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• Tesei, G., Vazdar, M. & Lund, M. (2018) Coarse-grained model of titrating peptides interacting with lipid bilayers. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 149 (24), 244108, 13 doi:10.1063/1.5058234.

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• Sohora, M., Vazdar, M., Sović, I., Mlinarić-Majerski, K. & Basarić, N. (2018) Photocyclization of tetra- and pentapeptides containing adamantylphthalimide and phenylalanines: reaction efficiency and diastereoselectivity. Journal of organic chemistry, 83, 14905-14922 doi:10.1021/acs.joc.8b01785.

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• Vlahoviček-Kahlina, K., Vazdar, M., Jakas, A., Smrečki, V. & Jerić, I. (2018) Synthesis of Glycomimetics by Diastereoselective Passerini Reaction. Journal of organic chemistry, 83 (21), 13146-13156 doi:10.1021/acs.joc.8b01874.

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• Vazdar, M., Heyda, J., Mason, P., Tesei, G., Allolio, C., Lund, M. & Jungwirth, P. (2018) Arginine “Magic”: Guanidinium Like-Charge Ion Pairing from Aqueous Salts to Cell Penetrating Peptides. Accounts of chemical research, 51 (6), 1455-1464 doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00098.

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• Pashkovskaya, A., Vazdar, M., Zimmermann, L., Jovanovic, O., Pohl, P. & Pohl, E. (2018) Mechanism of Long-Chain Free Fatty Acid Protonation at the Membrane-Water Interface. Biophysical Journal, 114 (9), 2142-2151 doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2018.04.011.

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• Vähäheikkilä, M., Peltomaa, T., Róg, T., Vazdar, M., Pöyry, S. & Vattulainen, I. (2018) How Cardiolipin Peroxidation Alters the Properties of the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane?. Chemistry and physics of lipids, 214, 15-23 doi:10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2018.04.005.

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• Ekholm, V., Vazdar, M., Mason, P., Bialik, E., Walz, M., Öhrwall, G., Werner, J., Rubensson, J., Jungwirth, P. & Björneholm, O. (2018) Anomalous Surface Behavior of Hydrated Guanidinium Ions Due to Ion Pairing. The Journal of chemical physics, 148 (14), 144508, 5 doi:10.1063/1.5024348.

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• Tesei, G., Vazdar, M., Ringkjøbing Jensen, M., Cragnell, C., Mason, P., Heyda, J., Skepö, M., Jungwirth, P. & Lund, M. (2017) Self-association of a highly charged arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (43), 11428-11433 doi:10.1073/pnas.1712078114.

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• Artiglia, L., Edebeli, J., Orlando, F., Chen, S., Lee, M., Corral- Arroyo, P., Gilgen, A., Bartels-Rausch, T., Kleibert, A., Vazdar, M., Carignano, M., Francisco, J., Shepson, P., Gladich, I. & Ammann, M. (2017) A surface-stabilized ozonide triggers bromide oxidation at the aqueous solution-vapor interface. Nature Communications, 8, 700-1 doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00823-x.

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• Pasquier, C., Vazdar, M., Forsman, J., Jungwirth, P. & Lund, M. (2017) Anomalous Protein-Protein Interactions in Multivalent Salt Solution. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 121 (14), 3000-3006 doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01051.

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• Vazdar, K., Vojta, D., Margetić, D. & Vazdar, M. (2017) Reaction Mechanism of Covalent Modification of Phosphatidylethanolamine Lipids by Reactive Aldehydes 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal and 4-oxo-2-nonenal. Chemical research in toxicology, 30 (3), 840-850 doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00443.

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• Kokan, Z., Perić, B., Vazdar, M., Marinić, Ž., Vikić-Topić, D., Meštrović, E. & Kirin, S. (2017) Metal-Induced Supramolecular Chirality Inversion of Small Self-Assembled Molecules in Solution. Chemical communications, 53 (12), 1945-1948 doi:10.1039/c6cc09203a.

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• Riedlova, K., Nekardova, M., Kacer, P., Syslova, K., Vazdar, M., Jungwirth, P., Kudova, E. & Cwiklik, L. (2017) Distributions of Therapeutically Promising Steroids in Cellular Membranes. Chemistry and physics of lipids, 203, 78-86 doi:10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.12.004.

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• Robison, A., Sun, S., Poyton, M., Johnson, G., Pellois, J., Jungwirth, P., Vazdar, M. & Cremer, P. (2016) Polyarginine interacts more strongly and cooperatively than polylysine with phospholipid bilayers. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 120 (45), 9287-9296 doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05604.

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• Vazdar, M., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Lischka, H. (2016) The antiferromagnetic spin coupling in non- Kekulé Acenes–impressive poly-radical character revealed by high level multi-reference methods. ChemPhysChem, 17 (13), 2013-2021 doi:10.1002/cphc.201600103.

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• Vojta, D., Horvat, T., Miljanić, S. & Vazdar, M. (2016) Unraveling the Weak Hydrogen Bonds of Ethynylpyridines and Ethynylbenzene with Trimethylphosphate – A Combined FT-Raman Spectroscopic and Quantum-chemical Study. Journal of molecular liquids, 218, 499-507 doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2016.02.042.

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• Allolio, C., Baxova, K., Vazdar, M. & Jungwirth, P. (2016) Guanidinium Pairing Facilitates Membrane Translocation. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 120 (1), 143-153 doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b10404.

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• Vojta, D., Višnjevac, A., Leka, Z., Kosović, M. & Vazdar, M. (2016) Temperature-induced release of crystal water in the Co, Mo and Pt complexes of N, N- diacetatedithiocarbamate. FTIR spectroscopy and quantum chemical study. Journal of molecular structure, 1103, 245-253 doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.09.038.

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• Vazdar, M. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2015) Multireference Configuration Interaction Methods : An Application to the Valence Isomerism in Cyclobutadieno-p-benzoquinone and its Diprotonated Form. Croatica chemica acta, 88 (4), 495-503 doi:10.5562/cca2770.

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• Vazdar, K. & Vazdar, M. (2015) A computational study of regioselectivity in ß- lactam iminothiazolidinone formation. Tetrahedron letters, 56, 6908-6911 doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.10.101.

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• Jovanović, O., Pashkovskaya, Alina, A., Annibal, A., Vazdar, M., Burchardt, N., Sansone, A., Gille, L., Fedorova, M., Ferreri, C. & Pohl, E. (2015) The molecular mechanism behind reactive aldehyde action on transmembrane translocations of proton and potassium ions. Free radical biology & medicine, 89, 1067-1076 doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.10.422.

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• Dražić, T., Vazdar, K., Vazdar, M., Đaković, M., Mikecin, A., Kralj, M., Malnar, M., Hećimović, S. & Habuš, I. (2015) Synthesis of new 2-aminoimidazolones with antiproliferative activity via base promoted amino-β-lactam rearrangement. Tetrahedron, 71 (49), 9202-9215 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2015.10.048.

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• Kulig, W., Olżyńska, A., Jurkiewicz P., Kantola, A., Komulainen, S., Manna, M., Pourmosa, M., Vazdar, M., Cwiklik, L., Rog, T., Khelashvili, G., Harries, D., Telkki, V., Hof, M., Vattulainen, I. & Jungwirth, P. (2015) Cholesterol under oxidative stress - how lipid membranes sense oxidation as cholesterol is being replaced by oxysterols. Free radical biology & medicine, 84, 30-41 doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.03.006.

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• Vazdar, M., Mitchell, Anthony, S., Warrener, Ronald, N. & Margetić, D. (2015) High pressure promoted exchange of guests from hemicarceplexes. Tetrahedron, 2015 (4), 550-553 doi:10.1016/j.tet.2014.12.040.

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• Vojta, D., Kovačević, G. & Vazdar, M. (2015) The exploration of hydrogen bonding properties of 2, 6- and 3, 5-diethynylpyridine by IR spectroscopy. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 136C (Part C), 1912-1923 doi:10.1016/j.saa.2014.10.107.

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• Gladich, I., Francisco, J., Buszek, R., Vazdar, M., Carignano, M. & Shepson, P. (2015) Ab Initio Study of the Reaction of Ozone with Bromide Ion. Journal of physical chemistry A, 119 (19), 4482-4488 doi:10.1021/jp5101279.

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• Pokorna, S., Jurkiewicz, P., Vazdar, M., Cwiklik, L., Jungwirth, P. & Hof, M. (2014) Does fluoride disrupt hydrogen bond network in cationic lipid bilayer? Time-dependent fluorescence shift of Laurdan and MD simulations. The Journal of chemical physics, 141, 22D516-1 doi:10.1063/1.4898798.

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• Vojta, D. & Vazdar, M. (2014) The study of hydrogen bonding and pi...pi interactions in phenol...ethynylbenzene complex by IR spectroscopy. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 132 (1/2), 6-14 doi:10.1016/j.saa.2014.04.149.

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• Eckert-Maksić, M., Antol, I. & Vazdar, M. (2014) Acetamide as the Model of the Peptide Bond: Nonadiabatic Photodynamical Simulations in the Gas Phase and in the Argon Matrix. Computational and theoretical chemistry, 1040/1041, 136-143 doi:10.1016/j.comptc.2014.02.025.

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• Timr, S., Bondar, A., Cwiklik, L., Stefl, M., Hof, M., Vazdar, M., Lazar, J. & Jungwirth, P. (2014) Accurate Determination of the Orientational Distribution of a Fluorescent Molecule in a Phospholipid Membrane. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 118 (4), 855-863 doi:10.1021/jp4067026.

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• Vazdar, M., Wernersson, E., Khabiri, M., Cwiklik, L., Jurkiewicz, P., Hof, M., Mann, E., Kolusheva, S., Jelinek, R. & Jungwirth, P. (2013) Aggregation of Oligoarginines at Phospholipid Membranes: Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Time- Dependent Fluorescence Shift, and Biomimetic Colorimetric Assays. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 117 (39), 11530-11540 doi:10.1021/jp405451e.

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• Vazdar, M., Jungwirth, P. & Mason, P. (2013) Aqueous Guanidinium-Carbonate Interactions by Molecular Dynamics and Neutron Scattering: Relevance to Ion-Protein Interactions. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 117 (6), 1844-1848 doi:10.1021/jp310719g.

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• Pokorna, S., Jurkiewicz, P., Cwiklik, L., Vazdar, M. & Hof, M. (2013) Interactions of monovalent salts with cationic lipid bilayers. Faraday discussions, 160, 341-358 doi:10.1039/c2fd20098h.

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• Antol, I., Eckert-Maksić, M., Vazdar, M., Ruckenbauer, M. & Lischka, H. (2012) QM/MM nonadiabatic decay dynamics of formamide in polar and nonpolar solvents. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14 (38), 13262-13272 doi:10.1039/C2CP41830D.

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• Vazdar, M., Pluharova, E., Mason, P., Vacha, R. & Jungwirth, P. (2012) Ions at Hydrophobic Aqueous Interfaces: Molecular Dynamics with Effective Polarization. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3 (15), 2087-2091 doi:10.1021/jz300805b.

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• Vazdar, M., Uhlig, F. & Jungwirth, P. (2012) Like-charge Ion Pairing in Water: An ab initio Molecular Dynamics Study of Aqueous Guanidinium Cations. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3 (15), 2021-2024 doi:10.1021/jz3007657.

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• Vazdar, M., Jurkiewicz, P., Hof, M., Jungwirth, P. & Cwiklik, L. (2012) Behavior of 4-Hydroxynonenal in Phospholipid Membranes. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 116 (22), 6411-6415 doi:10.1021/jp3044219.

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• Kubickova, A., Krizek, T., Coufal, P., Vazdar, M., Wernersson, E., Heyda, J. & Jungwirth, P. (2012) Overcharging in biological systems: Reversal of electrophoretic mobility of aqueous polyaspartate by multivalent cations. Physical Review Letters, 108 (18), 186101-1 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.186101.

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• Cwiklik, L., Aquino, A., Vazdar, M., Jurkiewicz, P., Pittner, J., Hof, M. & Lischka, H. (2011) Absorption and Fluorescence of PRODAN in Phospholipid Bilayers: A Combined Quantum Mechanics and Classical Molecular Dynamics Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, 115 (41 (S.I.)), 11428-11437 doi:: 10.1021/jp205966b.

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• Wernersson, E., Heyda, J., Vazdar, M., Lund, M., Mason, P. & Jungwirth, P. (2011) Orientational Dependence of the Affinity of Guanidinium Ions to the Water Surface. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 115 (43), 12521-12526 doi:10.1021/jp207499s.

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• Faraji, S., Vazdar, M., Reddy, S., Eckert- Maksić, M., Lischka, H. & Koeppel, H. (2011) Ab initio quantum dynamical study of the multi-state nonadiabatic photodissociation of pyrrole. The Journal of chemical physics, 135 (15), 154310-1 doi:10.1063/1.3651536.

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• Vazdar, M., Vymetal, J., Heyda, J., Vondrasek, J. & Jungwirth, P. (2011) Like-Charge Guanidinium Pairing from Molecular Dynamics and Ab Initio Calculations. Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, 115 (41), 11193-11201 doi:10.1021/jp203519p.

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• Škorić, I., Pavošević, F., Vazdar, M., Marinić, Ž., Šindler-Kulyk, M., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Margetić, D. (2011) Thermal reaction of [3, 4]-benzo-8-substituted- 3Z, 5Z, 7E-octatetraenes and quantum-chemical study of the (8π, 6π)-electrocyclisation. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 9 (19), 6771-6778 doi:10.1039/c1ob05802a.

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• Eckert-Maksić, M., Vazdar, M., Ruckenbauer, M., Barbatti, M., Müller, T. & Lischka, H. (2010) Matrix-Controlled Photofragmentation of Formamide: Dynamics Simulation in Argon by Nonadiabatic QM/MM Method. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12 (39), 12719-12726 doi:10.1039/C0CP00174K.

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• Glasovac, Z., Antol, I., Vazdar, M. & Margetić, D. (2009) Zwitterionic structures of strained cis-pyramidalised disilenes – Fact or artifact. Theoretical chemistry accounts, 124 (5-6), 421-430 doi:10.1007/s00214-009-0633-x.

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• Eckert-Maksić, M., Lischka, H., Maksić, Z. & Vazdar, M. (2009) The Isomerization Barrier in Cyanocyclobutadienes: An ab Initio Multireference Average Quadratic Coupled Cluster Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113 (29), 8351-8358 doi:10.1021/jp9015273.

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• Vazdar, M., Eckert-Maksić, M., Barbatti, M. & Lischka, H. (2009) Excited-state non-adiabatic dynamics simulations of pyrrole. Molecular physics, 107 (8-12), 845-854 doi:10.1080/00268970802665639.

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• Glasovac, Z., Vazdar, M. & Margetić, D. (2009) Proton affinities of didehydroporphyrin and subporphyrin in ground and excited states obtained by quantum chemical calculations. Croatica Chemica Acta, 82 (1), 63-70.

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• Antol, I., Vazdar, M., Barbatti, M. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2008) The effect of protonation on the photodissociation processes in formamide – an ab initio surface hopping dynamics study. Chemical physics, 349 (1-3), 308-318 doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.01.026.

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• Barbatti, M., Granucci, G., Persico, M., Ruckenbauer, M., Vazdar, M., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Lischka, H. (2007) The on-the-fly surface-hopping program system NEWTON-X: application to ab initio simulation of the nonadiabatic photodynamics of benchmark systems. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 190 (2-3), 228-240.

• Barbatti, M., Vazdar, M., Aquino, J., Eckert-Maksić, M. & Lischka, H. (2006) The nonadiabatic deactivation paths of pyrrole. Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 164323-7.

• Eckert-Maksić, M., Vazdar, M., Barbatti, M., Lischka, H. & Maksić, Z. (2006) Automerization reaction of cyclobutadiene and its barrier height - An ab initio benchmark multireference average-quadratic coupled cluster study. Journal of Chemical Physics, 125 (6).

• Moina, C., de Olivera-Veršić, L. & Vazdar, M. (2004) Magnetic domain states in nano-sized Co nuclei electrodeposited onto monocrystalline silicon. Materials letters, 58 (27-28), 3518-3522 doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2004.06.041.

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• Carlos, M. & Vazdar, M. (2001) Electrodeposition of nano-sized nuclei of magnetic Co-Ni alloys onto n-Si(100). Electrochemistry Communications, 3 (4), 159-163 doi:10.1016/S1388-2481(01)00114-X.

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Znanstveni radovi u zbornicima skupova

• Margetić, D., Vazdar, M. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2004) syn-2, 7-disilatetracyclo[6.2.1.13, 602, 7]dodec-2(7)-ene: Structural Influence of Incorporation of Disilene into Sesquinorbornene Framework: A DFT Study. U: Internet Electronic Conference of Molecular Design : IECMD 2004 ; u: Internet Electronic Journal of Molecular Design 2003.

• Margetić, D., Vazdar, M. & Eckert-Maksić, M. (2004) Syn-2, 7-disilatetracyclo[6.2.1.13, 602, 7]dodec-2(7)-ene: Structural Influence of Incorporation of Disilene into Sesquinorbornene Framework: A DFT Study. U: Proceedings of the Internet Electronic Conference of Molecular Design 2004 : IECMD 2004.

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Doktorske disertacije

• Vazdar, M. (2008) 'Ab initio studij istezne izomerizacije ciklobutadiena i njegovih derivata', doktorska disertacija, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

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