2024

Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of the Acetonitrile:Acetylene (1:2) Cocrystal Relevant to Titan, Saturn’s Moon
Morgan J. Kramer, Luke L. Daemen, Rafael Balderas-Xicohtencatl, Yong-qiang Cheng, Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Craig M. Brown, Tomče Runčevski
Submitted.

Integrating Crystallographic and Computational Approaches to Carbon-Capture Materials for the Mitigation of Climate Change
Eric Cockayne, Austin McDannald, Winnie Wong-Ng, Yu-Sheng Chen, Felipe Gándara Barragán, Jason Benedict, Christopher H. Hendon, David A. Keen, Ute Kolb, Lan Li, Shengqian Ma, William Morris, Aditya Nandy, Tomče Runčevski, Mustapha Soukri, Anuroop Sriram, Janice A. Steckel, John Findley, Chris Wilmer, Taner Yildirim, Wei Zhou, Igor Levin, Craig Brown
Submitted.

Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of the Acetylene:Ammonia (1:1) Cocrystal Relevant to Titan, Saturn’s Moon
Morgan J. Kramer, Benjamin A. Trump, Luke L. Daemen, Rafael Balderas-Xicohtencatl, Yong-qiang Cheng, Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Craig M. Brown, Tomče Runčevski
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2024, just accepted.

Transdermal hydrogen sulfide delivery enabled by open metal site metal-organic frameworks
Ruth Mandel, Piyusha Lotlikar, Tomče Runčevski, Jung-Hoon Lee, Joshua Woods, Tristan Pitt, Justin Wilson, Phillip Milner
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, just accepted.

NIST Workshop: Integrating Crystallographic and Computational Approaches to Carbon-Capture Materials for the Mitigation of Climate Change
Winnie Wong-Ng, Eric Cockayne, Austin McDannald, Yu-Sheng Chen, Craig M. Brown, Tomče Runčevski, Igor Levin
Powder Diffraction 2024, just accepted.

Metastable ordered states induced by low temperature annealing of δ-Ag2/3V2O5
T. Kubo, Kazunobu Kojima, Naoyuki Katayama, Tomče Runčevski, Robert E. Dinnebier, Alexandra S. Gibbs, Masahiko Isobe, Hiroshi Sawa
Physical Reviews B 2024, 109, 104115.

2023

Kinetic Trapping of Photoluminescent Frameworks During High-Concentration Synthesis of Nonemissive Metal–Organic Frameworks
Arjun Halder, David C. Bain, Tristan A. Pitt, Zixiao Shi, Julia Oktawiec, Jung-Hoon Lee, Stavrini Tsangari, Marcus Ng, José J. Fuentes-Rivera, Alexander C. Forse, Tomče Runčevski, David A. Muller, Andrew J. Musser, Phillip J. Milner
Chemistry of Materials 2023, 35, 10086.

Soluble Thiabendazolium Salts with Anthelminthic Properties
Lida Aeindartehran, Jonathan B. Lefton, Jewel Burleson, Daniel K. Unruh, Tomče Runčevski
International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2023, 647, 123516.

Handling Fluorinated Gases as Solid Reagents Using Metal–Organic Frameworks
Kaitlyn T. Keasler, Mary E. Zick, Emily E. Stacy, Jaehwan Kim, Jung-Hoon Lee, Lida Aeindartehran, Tomče Runčevski, Phillip J. Milner
Science 2023, 381, 1455.

Synthesis, Structure and Canted Antiferromagnetism of Layered Cobalt Hydroxide Sorbate
Jonathan B. Lefton, Wenhao Liu, Claire McGuire, Bing Lv, Craig M. Brown, Ryan A. Klein, Tomče Runčevski
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 2023, 182, 111568. (Invited contribution)

Emissive Sub‐Stoichiometric Covalent Organic Frameworks for Water Sensing and Harvesting
Sayan Maiti, Jatan K Sharma, Jianheng Ling, Dylan Tietje‐Mckinney, Matthew P Heaney, Tomče Runčevski, Matthew A Addicoat, Francis D'Souza, Phillip J Milner, Anindita Das
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2023, 44, 2200751.

2022

Azo or Not: Continuing the Crystallographic Investigations of β-Naphthol Reds
Matthew P. Heaney, Daniel K. Unruh, Tomče Runčevski
Crystal Growth & Design 2022, 22, 5168. (Featured on the front over, Emerging Investigators collection)

Deep eutectic solvents comprising creatine and citric acid and their hydrated mixtures
Matthew P. Heaney, Laxmi Adhikari, Asher L. Siegel, Kyle B Pekar, Jonathan B Lefton, Claire Lamberti, Pokpong Rungthanaphatsophon, Justin R. Walensky, Gary A. Baker, Tomče Runčevski
Chemical Communications 2022, 58, 2838. (HOT Articles collection, invited Emerging Investigators collection)

2021

Titan in a Test Tube: Organic Co-Crystals and Implications for Titan Mineralogy
Morgan L. Cable,,# Tomče Runčevski,# Helen E. Maynard-Casely, Tuan H. Vu, Robert Hodyss
Accounts of Chemical Research 2021, 54, 3050.

Defects Formation and Amorphization of Zn-MOF-74 Crystals by Post-Synthetic Interactions with Bidentate Adsorbates
Jonathan B Lefton, Kyle B Pekar, Uroob Haris, Mary E. Zick, Phillip J. Milner, Alexander R. Lippert, Lupčo Pejov, Tomče Runčevski
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021, 9, 19698. (HOT Articles collection, invited Emerging Investigators collection)

Mechanosynthesis of a Coamorphous Formulation of Creatine with Citric Acid and Humidity–Mediated Transformation into a Cocrystal
Kyle B Pekar, Jonathan B Lefton, Christina McConville, Jewel Burleson, Daniel Sethio, Elfi Kraka, Tomče Runčevski
Crystal Growth & Design 2021, 21, 1279.

The Rietveld Refinement Method: Half of a Century Anniversary
Tomče Runčevski,# Craig M. Brown#
Crystal Growth & Design 2021, 9, 4821. Editorial

Magnetic Ordering via Itinerant Ferromagnetism in a Metal-Organic Framework
Jesse Park, Brianna Collins, Lucy Darago, Tomče Runčevski, Michael Aubrey, Henry Z. H. Jiang, Ever Velasquez, Mark Green, Jason Goodpaster, Jeffrey R. Long
Nature Chemistry 2021, 13, 594.

2020

Peritectic Phase Transition of Benzene and Acetonitrile into a Cocrystal Relevant to Titan, Saturn’s Moon
Christina McConville, Yunwen Tao, Hayden Evans, Benjamin A Trump, Jonathan B Lefton, Wenqian Xu, Andrey Yakovenko, Elfi Kraka, Craig M Brown, Tomče Runčevski
Chemical Communications 2020, 56, 13520. (Featured on the front cover)

The Crystal Structure of Zineb, Seventy-Five Years Later
Jonathan B. Lefton, Kyle B. Pekar, Tomče Runčevski
Crystal Growth & Design 2020, 20, 851.

Palladium-catalyzed oxidative homocoupling of pyrazole boronic esters to access versatile bipyrazoles and the flexible metal–organic framework Co (4, 4′-bipyrazolate)
Mercedes Taylor, Martin Juhl, Dasol Hwang, Gul Barg Hadaf, Ever Velasquez, Julia Oktawiec, Jonathan B. Lefton, Tomče Runčevski, Jeffrey R. Long, Ji-Woong Lee
Chemical Communications 2020, 56, 1195.

Crystal structure of 1-propanethiol–Co2(dobdc) from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data
Jonathan B. Lefton, Kyle B. Pekar, Daniel Sethio, Elfi Kraka, Tomče Runčevski
Powder Diffraction 2020, 1, 3. (Invited contribution)

2019

Rietveld Refinement Practical Powder Diffraction Pattern Analysis using TOPAS. By R.E. Dinnebier, A. Leineweber and J.S.O. Evans
Tomče Runčevski
Journal of Applied Crystallography 2019, 52, 1238. Book review

2018

Hypervalent Iodine Compounds with Tetrazole Ligands
Rajesh Kumar, Avichal Vaish, Tomče Runčevski, Nicolay V. Tsarevsky
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018, 82, 12496.


Mentored Publications

At UC Berkeley

Influence of Metal Substitution on the Pressure‐Induced Phase Change in Flexible Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks. C.M. McGuirk, Runčevski, T., Oktawiec, J., Turkiewicz, A., Taylor, M.K., Long, J.R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 15924.

Cooperative Adsorption of Carbon Disulfide in Diamine-Appended Metal– Organic Frameworks. C.M. McGuirk, Siegelman, R.L., Drisdell, W.S., Runčevski, T., Milner, P.J., Oktawiec, J., Wan, L.F., Su, G.M., Jiang, H.Z.H., Reed, D.A., Gonzalez, M.I., Prendergast, D., Long, J.R. Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 5133.

Evaluating Metal-Organic Frameworks for High-Pressure H2 Storage: Record High Volumetric H2 Capacity in Ni2(m-dobdc). Kapelewski, M.T., Runčevski, T., Tarver, J.D., Jiang, H.Z.H., Hurst, K.E., Ayala, A., Gennett, T., FitzGerald, S.A., Brown, C.A., Long, J.R. Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 8179.

Separation of Xenon and Krypton in the Metal–Organic Frameworks M2(m-dobdc) (M = Co, Ni). Kapelewski, M.T., Oktawiec, J., Runčevski, T., Gonzalez, M.I, Tarver, J.D., Long, J.R. Israel J. Chem. 2018, 58, 1138.

Near-Perfect CO2/CH4 Selectivity Achieved through Reversible Guest Templating in the Flexible Metal–Organic Framework Co(bdp). Taylor, M.K., Runčevski, T., Oktawiec, J., Bachman, J.E., Siegelman, R.L., Jiang, H.Z.H., Mason, J.A., Tarver, J.D., Long, J. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10324.

Cooperative Spin Transitions for Efficient Carbon Monoxide Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks Featuring Open Metal Sites. Reed, D.A., Keitz, B.K., Oktaweic, J., Mason, J.A., Runčevski, T., Xiao, D.J., Darago, L.E., Crocellà, V., Bordiga, S., Long, J.R. Nature, 2017, 550, 96.

Enantioselective Recognition of Ammonium Carbamates in a Chiral Metal–Organic Framework. Martell, J.D., Porter-Zasada, L.B., Forse, A.C., Siegelman, R.L., Gonzalez, M.I., Oktawiec, J., Runčevski, T., Xu, J., Srebro-Hooper, M., Milner, P.J., Colwell, K.A., Autschbach, J., Reimer, J.A., Long, J.R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 16000.

A Propylenediamine-Appended Metal–Organic Framework with a Mixed CO2 Adsorption Mechanism Enables Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture from Coal Flue Gas. Milner, P.J., Siegelman, R.L., Forse, A.C., Gonzalez, M.I., Runčevski, T., Martell, J.D., Reimer, J.A., Long, J.R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13541.

Calcium Coordination Solids for pH-Triggered Release of Olsalazine. Levine, D.J., Gonzalez, M.I., Legendre, C.M., Runčevski, T., Oktawiec, J., Colwell, K.A., Long, J.R. Chem. Med. Chem. 2017, 12, 1739.

Adsorption of two Hydrogen Molecules at a Single Metal Site in a Metal-Organic Framework. Runčevski, T., Kapelewski, M.T., Torres-Gavosto, R.M., Tarver, J.D., Brown, C.M., Long, J.R. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8251.

Tuning the CH4-Induced Phase Transition of The Flexible Metal-Organic Framework Co(bdp). Taylor, M.K., Runčevski, T., Oktawiec, J., Gonzalez, M.I., Siegelman, R.L., Mason, J.A., Ye, J., Wiers, B.M., Brown, C.M., Long, J.R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15019.

Olsalazine-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks as Biocompatible Platforms for H2 Adsorption and Drug Delivery. Levine, D.J., Runčevski, T., Kapelewski, M.T., Keitz, B.K., Oktawiec, J., Reed, D.A., Mason, J.A., Jiang, H.Z.H., Colwell,K.E., Legendre, C.M., FitzGerald, S.A., Long, J.R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10143.

At the Max Planck Institute

Ceramic Cushioning – Making Brittle Materials Resilient. Knöller, A., Kilper, S., Diem, A.M., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Burghard, Z., Bill, J. Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 2519.

When Glass and Metal Corrode Together, V: Sodium Copper Formate. Fisher, A., Eggert, G., Dinnebier, R.E., Runčevski, T. Stud. Conserv. 2018, 1, 1.

Dinnebier, R.E., Etter, M., Runčevski, T., Laboratory and Synchrotron Powder Diffraction in Handbook of Solid State Chemistry (Eds. Richard Dronskowski, Shinichi Kikkawa, Andreas Stein) Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2017.

Ice-Templating of V2O5 Nanofibres – Towards Artificial Cuttlebone with Ultrahigh Porosity. Knöller, A., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Bill, J., Burghard, Z. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7:42951.

Crystal Structure of the Dietary Supplement Ferrous Glycine Sulphate. Dinnebier, R.E., Runčevski, T., Hinrichsen, B. Zeit. Anorg. Allge. Chem. 2016, 642, 306.

High-Resolution X-ray Powder Diffraction in Conservation Science: Crystal Structure Determination of Corrosion Products on Historic Art Objects. Dinnebier, R.E., Fisher, A., Eggert, G., Runčevski, T., Wahlberg, N. J. Vis. Exp. 2016, 10.3791/54109.

Perpetually Self-Propelling Chiral Single Crystals. Panda, M.K., Runčevski, T., Husain, A., Dinnebier, R.E., Naumov, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 175, 1895.

Surface and Bulk Effects in Photochemical Reactions and Photomechanical Effects in Dynamic Molecular Crystals. Nath, N.K., Runčevski, T., Lai, C-Y., Chiesa, M., Dinnebier, R.E., Naumov, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 175, 1895.

The Crystal Structure of Symplesite. Runčevski, T.,* Makreski, P., Dinnebier, R.E., Jovanovski, G. Zeit. Anorg. Allge. Chem. 2015, 641, 1207.

Rigidified Malononitrile- and Ketone-Merocyanines in Rigid Environments. Runčevski, T.,* Kreß, K.C., Wahlberg, N., Dinnebier, R.E., Laschat, S. Maced. J. Chem. Chem. Eng. 2015, 34, 151.

Crystal Structure of Thecotrichite, an Efflorescent Salt on Calcareous Objects Stored in Wooden Cabinets. Wahlberg, N., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Fischer, A., Eggert, G., Iversen, B.B. Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 2795.

Solid-State Structure of a Degradation Product Frequently Observed on Historic Metal Objects. Dinnebier, R.E., Runčevski, T., Fischer, A., Eggert, G. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2638.

Thiocyanato Coordination Polymers with Isomeric Coordination Networks – Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties. Werner, J., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Ebbinghaus, S.G., Suckert, S., Näther, C. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 20, 3236.

Room Temperature Large-Scale Synthesis of Layered Frameworks al Low-Cost 4 V Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries. Hameed, S.A., Reddy, M.V., Nagarathinam, M., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Adams, S., Chowdari, B.V.R., Vittal, J.J. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5:16270.

Thermodynamically Metastable Thiocyanato Coordination Polymer That Shows Slow Relaxations of the Magnetization. Werner, J., Suckert, S., Rams, M., Tomkowicz, Z., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Näther, C. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2638.

Colossal Positive and Negative Thermal Expansion and Thermosalient Effect in a Pentamorphic Organometallic Martensite. Panda, M.K., Runčevski, T.,* Sahoo, S.C., Belik, A., Nath, N.K., Dinnebier, R.E., Naumov, P. Nature Commun. 2014, 5:4811.

On the Hydrates of Codeine Phosphate: the Remarkable Influence of Hydrogen Bonding on the Crystal Size. Runčevski, T.,* Petruševski, G., Makreski, P., Ugarkovik, S., Dinnebier, R.E. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6970.

Following a Photoinduced Reconstructive Phase Transformation and its Influence to the Crystal Integrity: Powder Diffraction and Theoretical Study. Runčevski, T.,* Blanco-Lomas, M., Marazzi, M., Cejuela, M., Sampedro, D., Dinnebier, R.E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6738.

Dehydration of the Sorel Cement Phase 3Mg(OH)2∙MgCl2∙8H2O Studied by In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction and Thermal Analyses. Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Freyer, D. Zeit. Anorg. Allge. Chem. 2014, 640, 100. 

Synthesis, Structures, Polymorphism and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Thiocyanato Coordination Compounds. Wöhlert, S., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Ebbinghaus, S., Näther, C. Cryst. Growth Des. 2014, 14, 1902.

Single Crystals Popping under UV Light: A Photosalient Effect Triggered by a [2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction. Medishetty, R., Bai, Z., Husain, A., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Naumov, P., Vittal, J.J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5907.

Preparation, Structural, Thermogravimetric and Spectroscopic Study of Magnesium Potassium. Abdija, Z., Najdoski, M., Koleva, V., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Šoptrajanov, B., Stefov, V. Arsenate Hexahydrate. Zeit. Anorg. Allge. Chem. 2014, 640, 3177.

Structural Characterization of a new Magnesium Oxysulphate Hydrate Cement Phase and its Surface Reactions with Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Runčevski, T., Wu, C., Yu, H., Yang, B., Dinnebier, R.E. J. Am. Cer. Soc. 2013, 96, 3609.

Synthesis, Thermal and Magnetic Properties of New Coordination Compounds based on Mn(NCS)2 with 2-Chloropyrazine and 2-Methylpyrazine as neutral Co-Ligand. Wöhlert, S., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Näther, C. Zeit. Anorg. Allge. Chem. 2013, 639, 2648.

Dehydration of Magnesium Bromide Hexahydrate Studied by in situ X-ray Powder Diffraction. Dinnebier, R.E., Runčevski, T., Sugimoto, K., Zeit. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2013, 639, 59.

Infrared and Raman Spectra of Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Hexahydrate (Struvite) and its Isomorphous Analogues. IX. Spectra of Protiated and Partially Deuterated Cubic Magnesium Caesium Phosphate Hexahydrate. Stefov, V., Abdija, Z., Najdoski, M., Koleva, V., Petruševski, V.M., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Šoptrajanov, B. Vib. Spectrosc. 2013, 68, 122.

Crystal Structures of Calcium Hemicarboaluminate and Carbonated Calcium Hemicarboaluminate from Synchrotron Powder Diffraction Data. Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R.E., Magdysyuk, O.V., Pöllmann, H. Acta Crystallog. B 2012, 68, 493.

At Ss. Cyril and Methodius University

Minerals from Macedonia XXVI. Characterization and spectra-structure correlations for grossular and uvarovite. Raman study supported by IR spectroscopy. Makreski, P., Runčevski, T., Jovanovski, G. J. Raman Spectrosc. 2011, 42, 72.

Simple and Efficient Method for Detection of Rare Earth Elements in Traces by Raman Spectroscopy Instrumentation. Makreski, P., Jovanovski, G., Runčevski, T., Jaćimović, R., Maced. J. Chem. Chem. Eng. 2011, 30, 241.

Visualization of a Discrete Solid-State Process with Steady-State X-ray Diffraction: Observation of Hopping of Sulfur Atoms in Single Crystals of Realgar. Naumov, P., Makreski, P., Petruševski, G., Runčevski, T., Jovanovski, G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 123, 11398.