Dr. Peter Hrobarik

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Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsTheoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation,Inorganic Molecular Chemistry,Organic Molecular Chemistry
Keywordsnonlinear optics, dye-sensitized solar cells, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, relativistic quantum chemistry, transition metal complexes

Current contact address

CountrySlovakia
CityBratislava
InstitutionComenius University
InstituteFaculty of Natural Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Martin KauppInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Martin KauppInstitut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2020Andrew W. Cook, Peter Hrobarik, Peter L. Damon, Guang Wu, Trevor W. Hayton: A Ketimide-Stabilized Palladium Nanocluster with a Hexagonal Aromatic Pd7 Core. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 1471-1480
2019Kimberly C. Mullane, Peter Hrobarik, Thibault Cheisson, Brian C. Manor, Patrick J. Carroll, Eric J. Schelter: 13C NMR Shifts as an Indicator of U?C Bond Covalency in Uranium(VI) Acetylide Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Study. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 4152-4163
2019Julien Fuchs, Elisabeth Irran, Peter Hrobarik, Hendrik F. T. Klare, Martin Oestreich: Si?H Bond Activation with Bullock’s Cationic Tungsten(II) Catalyst: CO as Cooperating Ligand. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 18845-18850
2019Andrew W. Cook, Peter Hrobarik, Peter L. Damon, Daniel Najera, Branislav Horvath, Guang Wu, Trevor W. Hayton: Synthesis and Characterization of a Linear, Two-Coordinate Pt(II) Ketimide Complex. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 15927-15935
2018Wen Wu, David Rehe, Peter Hrobarik,,Anna Y. Kornienko, Thomas J. Emge, John G. Brennan: Molecular Thorium Compounds with Dichalcogenide Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, 77Se NMR Study, and Thermolysis. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 14821-14833
2018Kostas Seintis, Çi?dem ?ahin, Ivica Sigmundova, Elias Stathatos, Peter Hrobarik, Mihalis Fakis: Solvent-Acidity-Driven Change in Photophysics and Significant Efficiency Improvement in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells of a Benzothiazole-Derived Organic Sensitizer. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 20122-20134
2018Marissa Ringgold, David Rehe, Peter Hrobarik, Anna Y. Kornienko, Thomas J. Emge, John G. Brennan: Thorium Cubanes – Synthesis, Solid-State and Solution Structure, Thermolysis, and Chalcogen Exchange Reactions. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 7129-7141
2018Luca Rocchigiani, Julio Fernandez-Cestau, Isabelle Chambrier, Peter Hrobarik, Manfred Bochmann: Unlocking Structural Diversity in Gold(III) Hydrides: Unexpected Interplay of cis/trans-Influence on Stability, Insertion Chemistry and NMR Chemical Shifts. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 8287-8302
2017Francis Forster, Toni T. Metsänen, Elisabeth Irran, Peter Hrobarik, Martin Oestreich: Cooperative Al–H Bond Activation in DIBAL–H: Catalytic Generation of an Alumenium-Ion-Like Lewis Acid for Hydrodefluorinative Friedel–Crafts Alkylation. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 16334-16342
2017Sebastian Gohr, Peter Hrobarik, Martin Kaupp: Four-Component Relativistic Density Functional Calculations of EPR Parameters for Model Complexes of Tungstoenzymes. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2017, 9106-9117
2017Roberto Di Remigio, Michal Repisky, Stanislav Komorovsky, Peter Hrobarik, Luca Frediani, Kenneth Ruud: Four-Component Relativistic Density Functional Theory with the Polarisable Continuum Model: Application to EPR Parameters and Paramagnetic NMR Shifts. In: Molecular Physics, 2017, 214-227
2017Anja H. Greif, Peter Hrobarik, Martin Kaupp: Insights into trans-Ligand and Spin-Orbit Effects on Electronic Structure and Ligand NMR Shifts in Transition-Metal Complexes. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, 9790-9803
2017Danil E. Smiles, Guang Wu, Peter Hrobarik, Trevor W. Hayton: Synthesis, Thermochemistry, Bonding and 13C NMR Shift Analysis of a Phosphorano-Stabilized Carbene of Thorium. In: Organometallics, 2017, 4519-4524
2016Adrian C. Stelzer, Peter Hrobarik, Thomas Braun, Martin Kaupp, Beatrice Braun-Cula: Completing the Heterocubane Family [Cp*AlE]4 (E = O, S, Se, and Te) by Selective Oxygenation and Sulfuration of [Cp*Al]4: Density Functional Theory Calculations of [Cp*AlE]4 and Reactivity of [Cp*AlO]4 toward Hydrolysis. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 4915-4923
2016Anja H. Greif, Peter Hrobarik, Jochen Autschbach, Martin Kaupp: Giant Spin-Orbit Effects on 1H and 13C NMR Shifts for Uranium(VI) Complexes Revisited: Role of the Exchange-Correlation Response Kernel, Bonding Analyses, and New Predictions. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 30462-30474
2016Michael Bühl, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Daniel M. Dawson, Rachel A. Doyle, Peter Hrobarik, Martin Kaupp, Iain A. Smellie: Paramagnetic NMR of Phenolic Oxime Copper Complexes: A Joint Experimental and Density Functional Study. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, 15328-15339
2016Elizabeth A. Pedrick, Peter Hrobarik, Lani A. Seaman, Guang Wu, Trevor W. Hayton: Synthesis, Structure and Bonding of Hexaphenyl Thorium(IV): Observation of a Non-Octahedral Structure. In: Chemical Communications, 2016, 689-692
2016Danil E. Smiles, Guang Wu, Peter Hrobarik, Trevor W. Hayton: Use of 77Se and 125Te NMR Spectroscopy to Probe Covalency of the Actinide-Chalcogen Bonding in [Th(En){N(SiMe3)2}3]- (E = Se, Te; n = 1, 2) and Their Oxo-Uranium(VI) Congeners. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 814-825
2015Anja H. Greif, Peter Hrobarik, Veronika Hrobarikova, Alexei V. Arbuznikov, Jochen Autschbach, Martin Kaupp: A Relativistic Quantum-Chemical Analysis of the trans Influence on 1H NMR Hydride Shifts in Square-Planar Platinum(II) Complexes. In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 7199-7208
2015Sebastian Gohr, Peter Hrobarik, Michal Repisky, Stanislav Komorovsky, Kenneth Ruud, Martin Kaupp: Four-Component Relativistic Density Functional Theory Calculations of EPR g- and Hyperfine Coupling Tensors Using Hybrid Functionals: Validation on Transition-Metal Complexes with Large Tensor Anisotropies and Higher-Order Spin−Orbit Effects. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2015, 12892-12905
2015Timo Stahl, Peter Hrobarik, C. David F. Konigs, Yasuhiro Ohki, Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Sebastian Kemper, Martin Kaupp, Hendrik F. T. Klare, Martin Ostreich: Mechanism of the cooperative silane Si–H bond activation at Ru-S bonds. In: Chemical Science, 2015, 4324-4334
2014Mihalis Fakis, Peter Hrobarik, Oleksandr Yushchenko, Ivica Sigmundova, Marius Koch, Arnulf Rosspeintner, Elias Stathatos, Eric Vauthey: Excited State and Injection Dynamics of Triphenylamine Sensitizers Containing a Benzothiazole Electron-Accepting Group on TiO2 and Al2O3 Thin Films. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 28509-28519
2014Toni T. Metsanen, Peter Hrobarik, Hedrik F. T. Klare, Martin Kaupp, Martin Oestreich: Insight into the Mechanism of Carbonyl Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Brookhart's Cationic Iridium(III) Pincer Complex. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 6912-6915
2014Peter Hrobarik, Veronika Hrobarikova, Vladislav Semak, Peter Kasak, Erik Rakovsky, Ioannis Polyzos, Mihalis Fakis, Peter Persephonis: Quadrupolar Benzobisthiazole-Cored Arylamines as Highly Efficient Two-Photon Absorbing Fluorophores. In: Organic Letters, 2014, 6358-6361
2013Shenglai Yao, Peter Hrobarik, Florian Meier, Robert Rudolph, Eckhard Bill, Elisabeth Irran, Martin Kaupp, Matthias Driess: A Heterobimetallic Approach To Stabilize the Elusive Disulfur Radical Trianion ('Subsulfide') S2(3-). In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013, 1246-1253
2013Lani A. Seaman, Peter Hrobarik, Michael F. Schettini, Skye Fortier, Martin Kaupp, Trevor W. Hayton: A Rare Uranyl(VI)-Alkyl Ate Complex [Li(DME)1.5]2[UO2(CH2SiMe3)4] and Its Comparison with a Homoleptic Uranium(VI)-Hexaalkyl. In: Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2013, 3259-3263
2013Mihalis Fakis, Peter Hrobarik, Elias Stathatos, Vassilis Giannetas, Peter Persephonis: A Time Resolved Fluorescence and Quantum Chemical Study of the Solar Cell Sensitizer D149. In: Dyes and Pigments, 2013, 304-312
2013Kristine Muether, Peter Hrobarik, Veronika Hrobarikova, Martin Kaupp, Martin Oestreich: The Family of Ferrocene-Stabilized Silylium Ions: Synthesis, Si-29 NMR Characterization, Lewis Acidity, Substituent Scrambling, and Quantum-Chemical Analyses. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013, 16579-16594
2012Peter Hrobarik, Veronika Hrobarikova, Anja H. Greif, Martin Kaupp: Giant Spin-Orbit Effects on NMR Shifts in Diamagnetic Actinide Complexes: Guiding the Search of Uranium(VI) Hydride Complexes in the Correct Spectral Range. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 10884-10888
2012Peter Hrobarik, Veronika Hrobarikova, Anja H. Greif, Martin Kaupp: Gigantische Spin-Bahn-Effekte auf NMR-Verschiebungen in diamagnetischen Actinoid-Komplexen: Richtlinien für die Suche nach Uran(VI)-Hydridkomplexen. In: Angewandte Chemie, 2012, 11042-11046
2012Tobias A. Engesser, Peter Hrobarik, Nils Trapp, Philipp Eiden, Harald Scherer, Martin Kaupp, Ingo Krossing: [TeX3]+ Cations Stabilized by the Weakly Coordinating [Al(ORF)4]− Anion: FIR Spectra, Raman Spectra, and Evaluation of an Abnormal Halogen Dependence of the 125Te NMR Chemical Shifts. In: ChemPlusChem, 2012, 643-651
2011Peter Hrobarik, Michal Repisky, Stanislav Komorovsky, Veronika Hrobarikova, Martin Kaupp: Assessment of higher-order spin-orbit effects on electronic g-tensors of d(1) transition-metal complexes by relativistic two- and four-component methods. In: Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2011, 715-725
2011Peter Hrobarik, Veronika Hrobarikova, Ivica Sigmundova, Pavol Zahradnik, Mihalis Fakis, Ioannis Polyzos, Peter Persephonis: Benzothiazoles with Tunable Electron-Withdrawing Strength and Reverse Polarity: A Route to Triphenylamine-Based Chromophores with Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption. In: Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011, 8726-8736
2011Peter Hrobarik, Veronika Hrobarikova, Florian Meier, Michal Repisky, Stanislav Komorovsky, Martin Kaupp: Relativistic Four-Component DFT Calculations of 1H NMR Chemical Shifts in Transition-Metal Hydride Complexes: Unusual High-Field Shifts Beyond the Buckingham-Stephens Model. In: Jornal of Physical Chemistry A, 2011, 5654-5659
2010Veronika Hrobarikova, Peter Hrobarik, Peter Gajdos, Ioannis Fitilis, Mihalis Fakis, Peter Persephonis, Pavol Zahradnik: Benzothiazole-Based Fluorophores of Donor-pi-Acceptor-pi-Donor Type Displaying High Two-Photon Absorption. In: Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010, 3053-3068
2010Peter Hrobarik, Ivica Sigmundova, Pavol Zahradnik, Peter Kasak, Vladimir Arion, Edith Franz, Koen Clays: Molecular Engineering of Benzothiazolium Salts with Large Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities: Can Auxiliary Electron-Withdrawing Groups Enhance Nonlinear Optical Responses?. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 22289-22302
2009Sebastian Kemper, Peter Hrobarik, Martin Kaupp, Nils E. Schlörer: Jacobsen's Catalyst for Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution: Structure Elucidation of Paramagnetic Co(III) Salen Complexes in Solution via Combined NMR and Quantum Chemical Studies. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 4172-4173
2009Peter Hrobarik, Olga L. Malkina, Vladimir G. Malkin, Martin Kaupp: Relativistic Two-Component Calculations of Electronic g-Tensor for Oxo-Molybdenum(V) and Oxo-Tungsten(V) Complexes: The Important Role of Higher-Order Spin-Orbit Contributions. In: Chemical Physics, 2009, 229-235
2008Peter Hrobarik, Martin Kaupp, Sebastian Riedel: Is Allred's [Hg(cyclam)](3+) a True Mercury(III) Complex ?. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2008, 8631-8633