2008. Ph.D. Physics (Solid state physics), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2002. B.Sc. Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

1995. High school, Zagreb

1990. Primary school, Konjic (BiH)

PI of Croatian-German bilateral project (MZO-DAAD) (2019-2021): "Magneto-structural correlations in molecular magnetic complexes studied by electron spin resonance spectroscopy"; PI of German side dr. Yulia Krupskaya (Leibniz IFW-Dresden)

PI of Postdoc project of Croatian Science Foundation (2012-2013): "Study of molecule magnets (polynuclear transition metal complexes) by HF-EPR spectroscopy" at Leibniz IFW-Dresden, Germany (group of dr. Vladislav Kataev)

PI of project supported by "Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts" (2011): "Kristali organskih stabilnih radikala kao EPR probe na površini jednomolekulskog magneta Mn12-acetata"

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Associate at Croatian-German bilateral project (MZO-DAAD) (2021-2022): "New generation of magnetic MOF composites based on controllable confinement of selected endofullerenes"

Associate at HRZZ-project IP-2018-01-3168 (2018-2022): "Elucidating the importance of spin-spin interactions as a tool for new approaches in ESR studies of materials"

Associate at HRZZ-project HrZZ-UIP-2014-09-9775 (2015-2018): "Influence of Magnetic Anisotropy on Quantum Spin Systems"

Associate at HRZZ-project 1108 (2014-2018): "Low-temperature molecular dynamics of systems exhibiting lattice disorder probed by ESR"

Associate at NATO-project The Science for Peace and Security Programme (2016-2019): "Engineering silicon carbide for enhanced borders and ports security"

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2016.-2020. COST Action CA15128 (MC member) "Molecular Spintronics (MOLSPIN)" Principal Investigators: Eugenio Coronado (University of Valencia, Spain)

2014.-2018. COST Action CM1305 (MC member) "Explicit Control Over Spin-states in Technology and Biochemistry (ECOSTBio)" Principal Investigators: Marcel Swart (University of Girona, Spain)

2019. and 2021. Financial support of the Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) for organization scientific meeting "Solid State Science & Research 2019" given to organizers D. Žilić i K. Užarević.

2011. Financial support of the Foundation of HAZU for the project: "Kristali organskih stabilnih radikala kao EPR probe na površini jednomolekulskog magneta Mn12-acetata"

The award for one of the three best student works at the conference PrimMath(2001) (1. znanstveno-stručni skup Programski sustav Mathematica u znanosti, tehnologiji i obrazovanju) 2001., Zagreb

Scholarship of CSF (California).

2018./2019.-  Lecturer for the Doctoral study course “EPR spectroscopy”, at Physical Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

2010./2011. Laboratory Exercises in "Introductory Laboratory Exercises in Physics 2", Undergraduate Study of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2002./2003.-2008./2009. Laboratory Exercises in "Physics and Biophysics" ("Medical physics", "Physics and biophysics for students of veterinary medicine"), Undergraduate Study, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb

Maltar Strmečki, Nadica; Žilić, Dijana; Pavić Grego, Ana. Laboratory Exercises in Physics and Biophysics (with Worksheets) (Manualia Universitatis studiorum Zagrabiensis) Zagreb, Element, 2014

Garg, N., Goriya, Y., Manojveer, S., Muratović, S., Pajić, D., Cetina, M., Petreska, I., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Johnson, M.*, Wendt, O.* & Žilić, D.* Dalton Trans., 51 (6), 2338-2345 (2022).

Muratović, S.; Karadeniz, B.; Stolar, T.; Lukin, S.; Halasz, I.; Herak, M.; Mali, G.; Krupskaya, Y.; Kataev, V.; Žilić, D.*; Užarević, K.* J. Mater. Chem. C 8, 7132-7142 (2020).

Smokrović, K.; Muratović, S.; Karadeniz, B.; Užarević, K.; Žilić, D.*; Đilović, I.* Cryst. Growth Des., 20 (2020), 4;  2415-2423

Karadeniz, B.; Žilić, D.; Huskić, I.; Germann, L. S.; Fidelli, A. M.; Muratović, S.; Lončarić, I.; Etter, M.; Dinnebier, R. E.; Barišić, D.; Cindro, N.; Islamoglu, T.; Farha, O. K.; Friščić, T.; Užarević, K. J.  Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 19214-19120 (2019).

Androš Dubraja, L., Jurić, M., Popović, J., Pajić, D., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Büchner, B., Žilić, D.*, Dalton Trans. 47, 3992-4000 (2018).

Žilić, D.*, Maity D., Cetina M., Molčanov, K., Džolić, Z., Herak M.* ChemPhysChem 18, 2397-2408 (2017).

Žilić, D.*, Molčanov, K., Jurić, M., Habjanič, J., Rakvin, B., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Wurmehl, S., Buechner, B.  Polyhedron. 126, 120-126 (2017).

Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Milić, D., Pajić, D., Đilović, I., Cametti, M., Džolić, Z. Dalton Trans., 43, 11877-11887 (2014).

Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Dalal, N. S. J. Appl. Phys., 110, 093909-1-093909-5 (2011).

Žilić, D.*, Pajić, D., Jurić, M., Molčanov K., Rakvin B., Planinić, P., Zadro, K.  J. Magn. Reson., 207, 34-41 (2010).

Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Muratović, S., Martinez, V., Karadeniz, B., Pajić, D., Brekalo, I., Arhangelskis, M., Mazaj, M., Mali, G., Etter, M., Friščić, T., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Žilić, D. & Užarević, K. (2022) Low-Dimensional Magnetism in Multivariate Copper/Zinc MOF-74 Materials Formed via Different Mechanochemical Methods. Inorganic chemistry, 61 (45), 18181-18192 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02898.

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• Vušak, D., Ležaić, K., Jurec, J., Žilić, D. & Prugovečki, B. (2022) Solvent effects on the crystallization and structure of ternary copper(II) coordination compounds with L-threonine and 1,10-phenanthroline. Heliyon, 8 (6), E09556, 18 doi:https://.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09556.

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• Garg, N., Goriya, Y., Manojveer, S., Muratović, S., Pajić, D., Cetina, M., Petreska, I., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Johnson, M., Wendt, O. & Žilić, D. (2022) A mononuclear iron(III) complex with unusual changes of color and magneto-structural properties with temperature: synthesis, structure, magnetization, multi-frequency ESR and DFT study. Dalton transactions, 51 (6), 2338-2345 doi:10.1039/D1DT03751J.

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• Vušak, D., Smrečki, N., Muratović, S., Žilić, D., Prugovečki, B. & Matković-Čalogović, D. (2021) Structural diversity in the coordination compounds of cobalt, nickel and copper with N-alkylglycinates: crystallographic and ESR study in the solid state. RSC Advances, 11, 23779-23790 doi:10.1039/D1RA04219J.

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• Memišević, M., Zahirović, A., Višnjevac, A., Osmanović, A., Žilić, D., Kralj, M., Muratović, S., Martin-Kleiner, I., Završnik, D. & Kahrović, E. (2021) Copper(II) Salicylideneimine Complexes Revisited: From a Novel Derivative and Extended Characterization of Two Homologues to Interaction with BSA and Antiproliferative Activity. Inorganica chimica acta, 525, 120460, 9 doi:10.1016/j.ica.2021.120460.

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• Androš Dubraja, L., Žilić, D., Olujić, K., Pavić, L., Molčanov, K. & Pajić, D. (2021) Targeted synthesis of a CrIII–O–VV core oxo-bridged complex: spectroscopic, magnetic and electrical properties. New journal of chemistry, 45 (14), 6336-6343 doi:10.1039/D1NJ00430A.

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• Martinez, V., Karadeniz, B., Biliškov, N., Lončarić, I., Muratović, S., Žilić, D., Avdoshenko, S., Roslova, M., Popov, A. & Užarević, K. (2020) Tunable Fulleretic Sodalite MOFs: Highly Efficient and Controllable Entrapment of C60 Fullerene via Mechanochemistry. Chemistry of Materials, 32 (24), 10628-10640 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03796.

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• Muratović, S., Karadeniz, B., Stolar, T., Lukin, S., Halasz, I., Herak, M., Mali, G., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Žilić, D. & Užarević, K. (2020) Impact of dehydration and mechanical amorphization on the magnetic properties of Ni(ii)-MOF-74. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8, 7132-7142 doi:10.1039/D0TC00844C.

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• Smokrović, K., Muratović, S., Karadeniz, B., Užarević, K., Žilić, D. & Đilović, I. (2020) Synthon Robustness and Structural Modularity of Copper(II) Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers with Isomeric Amino Acids and 4,4′-Bipyridine. Crystal growth & design, 20 (4), 2415-2423 doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01601.

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• Pantalon Juraj, N., Muratović, S., Perić, B., Šijaković Vujičić, N., Vianello, R., Žilić, D., Jagličić, Z. & Kirin, S. (2020) Structural variety of isopropyl-bis(2-picolyl)amine complexes with zinc(II) and copper(II). Crystal growth & design, 20 (4), 2440-2453 doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01625.

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• Karadeniz, B., Žilić, D., Huskić, I., Germann, L., Fidelli, A., Muratović, S., Lončarić, I., Etter, M., Dinnebier, R., Barišić, D., Cindro, N., Islamoglu, T., Farha, O., Friščić, T. & Užarević, K. (2019) Controlling the Polymorphism and Topology Transformation in Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal– Organic Frameworks via Mechanochemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (49), 19214-19120 doi:10.1021/jacs.9b10251.

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• Damjanović, V., Kuzman, D., Vrdoljak, V., Muratović, S., Žilić, D., Stilinović, V. & Cindrić, M. (2019) Hydrothermal Reactions of [CoIII(C2O4)(NH3)4]+ and Polyoxomolybdates: Depolymerization of Polyoxomolybdates and in Situ Reduction of Cobalt. Crystal growth & design, 19 (11), 6763-6773 doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01142.

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• Vušak, D., Smrečki, N., Prugovečki, B., Đilović, I., Kirasić, I., Žilić, D., Muratović, S. & Matković-Čalogović, D. (2019) Cobalt, nickel and copper complexes with glycinamide: structural insights and magnetic properties. RSC Advances, 9 (38), 21637-21645 doi:10.1039/C9RA03693H.

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• Zahirović, A., Žilić, D., Kraljević Pavelić, S., Hukić, M., Muratović, S., Harej, A. & Kahrović, E. (2019) Type of complex–BSA binding forces affected by different coordination modes of alliin in novel water-soluble ruthenium complexes. New journal of chemistry, 43, 5791-5804 doi:10.1039/c9nj00826h.

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• Androš Dubraja, L., Jurić, M., Popović, J., Pajić, D., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Bűchner, B. & Žilić, D. (2018) Magneto-structural correlations in oxalate-bridged Sr(II)Cr(III) coordination polymers: structure, magnetization, X-band, and high-field ESR studies. Dalton transactions, 47 (11), 3992-4000 doi:10.1039/C7DT04655C.

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• Tireli, M., Maračić, S., Lukin, S., Juribašić Kulcsar, M., Žilić, D., Cetina, M., Halasz, I., Raić-Malić, S. & Užarević, K. (2017) Solvent-free copper-catalyzed click chemistry for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic hybrids based on quinoline and 1,2,3-triazole. Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 13, 2352-2363 doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.232.

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• Stolar, T., Batzdorf, L., Lukin, S., Žilić, D., Motillo, C., Friščić, T., Emmerling, F., Halasz, I. & Užarević, K. (2017) In Situ Monitoring of the Mechanosynthesis of the Archetypal Metal–Organic Framework HKUST-1 : Effect of Liquid Additives on the Milling Reactivity. Inorganic chemistry, 56 (11), 6599-6608 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00707.

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• Žilić, D., Maity, D., Cetina, M., Molčanov, K., Džolić, Z. & Herak, M. (2017) Magneto-Structural Characterization of Oxalamide Dihalo-Bridged Copper Dimers : Intra- and Interdimer Interactions Studied by Single Crystal ESR Spectroscopy. ChemPhysChem, 18 (17), 2397-2408 doi:10.1002/cphc.201700433.

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• Androš Dubraja, L., Molčanov, K., Žilić, D., Kojić-Prodić, B. & Wenger, E. (2017) Multifunctionality and size of the chloranilate ligand define the topology of transition metal coordination polymers. New journal of chemistry, 41 (14), 6785-6794 doi:10.1039/C7NJ01058C.

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• Žilić, D., Molčanov, K., Jurić, M., Habjanič, J., Rakvin, B., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Wurmehl, S. & Büchner, B. (2017) 3D Oxalate-Based Coordination Polymers: Relationship between Structure, Magnetism and Color, studied by High-Field ESR Spectroscopy. Polyhedron, 126, 120-126 doi:10.1016/j.poly.2017.01.009.

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• Jurić, M., Molčanov, K., Žilić, D. & Kojić-Prodić, B. (2016) From mononuclear to linear one-dimensional coordination species of copper(II)–chloranilate: design and characterization. RSC Advances, 6, 62785-62796 doi:10.1039/C6RA13809H.

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• Jurić, M., Pajić, D., Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Molčanov, K. & Popović, J. (2015) Magnetic order in a novel 3D oxalate-based coordination polymer {; ; ; [Cu(bpy)3] [Mn2(C2O4)3]·H2O}; ; ; n. Dalton transactions, 44, 20626-20635 doi:10.1039/c5dt02933c.

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• Jurić, M., Pajić, D., Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Milić, D. & Planinić, P. (2015) Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties of the oxalate-bridged single CuIICuII and cocrystallized CuIIZnII systems. Three species (CuCu, CuZn, ZnZn) in the crystalline lattice. Polyhedron, 98, 26-34 doi:10.1016/j.poly.2015.05.034.

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• Herak, M., Žilić, D., Matković Čalogović, D. & Berger, H. (2015) Torque magnetometry study of magnetically ordered state and spin reorientation in quasi-1D S = 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet CuSb2O6. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 91, 174436-1 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174436.

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• Žilić, D., Androš, L., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V. & Büchner, B. (2015) Magnetic anisotropy of Cr(III) ions in polymeric oxalate complexes as revealed by HF-ESR spectroscopy. Applied magnetic resonance, 46 (3), 309-321 doi:10.1007/s00723-014-0630-7.

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• Androš, L., Jurić, M., Popović, J., Pajić, D., Zadro, K., Molčanov, K., Žilić, D. & Planinić, P. (2014) 1D Heterometallic Oxalate Compounds as Precursors for Mixed Ca–Cr Oxides – Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Studies. European journal of inorganic chemistry, (33), 5703-5713 doi:10.1002/ejic.201402644.

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• Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Milić, D., Pajić, D., Đilović, I., Cametti, M. & Džolić, Z. (2014) Crystal structures and magnetic properties of a set of dihalo-bridged oxalamidato copper(II) dimers. Dalton transactions, 43 (31), 11877-11887 doi:10.1039/C4DT00925H.

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• Herak, M., Grubišić Čabo, A., Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Salamon, K., Milat, O. & Berger, H. (2014) Magnetic anisotropy of spin tetramer system SeCuO3 studied by torque magnetometry and ESR spectroscopy. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 89 (18), 184411-1 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.184411.

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• Žilić, D., Rakvin, B. & Dalal, N. (2011) Study of the local field distribution on a single-molecule magnet by a single paramagnetic crystal ; a DPPH crystal on the surface of an Mn12-acetate crystal. Journal of applied physics, 110, 093909-1 doi:10.1063/1.3658218.

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• Molčanov, K., Kojić-Prodić, B., Babić, D., Žilić, D. & Rakvin, B. (2011) Stabilisation of tetrabromo- and tetrachlorosemiquinone (bromanil and chloranil) anion radicals in crystals. Crystengcomm, 13 (16), 5170-5178 doi:10.1039/c1ce05513e.

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• Žilić, D., Pajić, D., Jurić, M., Molčanov, K., Rakvin, B., Planinić, P. & Zadro, K. (2010) Single crystals of DPPH grown from diethyl ether and carbon disulfide solutions – Crystal structures, IR, EPR and magnetization studies. Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif.), 207 (1), 34-41 doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2010.08.005.

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• Androš, L., Jurić, M., Planinić, P., Žilić, D., Rakvin, B. & Molčanov, K. (2010) New mononuclear oxalate complexes of copper(II) with 2D and 3D architectures: Synthesis, crystal structures and spectroscopic characterization. Polyhedron, 29 (4), 1291-1298 doi:10.1016/j.poly.2010.01.005.

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• Jurić, M., Planinić, P., Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Prugovečki, B. & Matković-Čalogović, D. (2009) A New Heterometallic (Ni^2+ and Cr^3+) Complex – Crystal Structure and Spectroscopic Characterization. Journal of molecular structure, 924 (SI), 73-80 doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.10.052.

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• Novosel, N., Žilić, D., Pajić, D., Jurić, M., Perić, B., Zadro, K., Rakvin, B. & Planinić, P. (2008) EPR and magnetization studies on single crystals of a heterometallic (Cu|| and Cr|||) complex: zero-field splitting determination. Solid state sciences, 10 (10), 1387-1394 doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2008.01.021.

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• Rakvin, B., Žilić, D., Dalal Naresh S., Harter, A. & Sanakis, Y. (2006) Low-field EPR Studies of Levels near the Top of the Barrier in Mn12-Acetate Reveal a New Magnetization Relaxation Pathway. Solid State Communications, 139, 51-56.

• Rakvin, B., Žilić, D. & Dalal, N. (2005) Spin-echo EPR spin-probe measurement of the microsecond-range magnetic field fluctuations near the surface of crystals of the nanomagnet Mn12-Ac. Solid State Communications, 136, 518-522.

• Rakvin, B., Žilić, D., Dalal Naresh, S., North, J., Cevc, P., Arčon, D. & Zadro, K. (2004) An EPR method for probing surface magnetic fields, dipolar distances, and magnetization fluctuations in single molecule magnets. Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 1241-1245.

• Rakvin, B., Žilić, D., North, J. & Dalal, N. (2003) Probing magnetic fields on crystals of the nanomagnet Mn_12-acetate by electron paramagnetic resonance. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 165, 260-264.

Educational material

Textbook

• Maltar Strmečki, N., Žilić, D. & Pavić Grego, A. (2014) Laboratory Exercises in Physics and Biophysics (with Worksheets). Zagreb. Element.

Theses

Doctoral dissertation

• Žilić, D. (2008) 'Surface magnetic field and energy transition dynamics in single-molecule magnets', doktorska disertacija, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

Croatian Physical Society.

German Physical Society.