Department of Inorganic Chemistry guarantees the studies of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Teaching of Chemistry in bachelor’s, master’s and PhD study programmes. The research at the department focuses on development of new types of biologically active compounds based on transition metal complexes with medicinal application potential (e.g. compounds with anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic activity), on preparation and studies of complexes with industrial application potential in the area of sensors, memory and storage units with high density of information, and also on development of hybrid molecular-crystalline nanostructures applicable in the area of targeted delivery of small molecules, e.g. drugs.
Our teaching activities, as a guarantee of Teaching of Chemistry studies at the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc, are also focused on science popularization for pupils and secondary school students, co-organisation of chemical Olympics and also on extracurricular chemical activities for primary and secondary school students.
The publication entitled "A possible way how to improve in vitro cytotoxicity of half-sandwich Os(II) complexes against A2780 cells" (authors: P. Štarha, Z. Trávníček, R. Herchel, P. Jewula, Z. Dvořák) was published in Dalton Transactions.
The publication entitled "Half-Sandwich Ru(II) and Os(II) Bathophenanthroline Complexes Containing a Releasable Dichloroacetato Ligand" (authors: P. Štarha, Z. Trávníček, J. Vančo, Z. Dvořák) was published in the journal Molecules.
The publication entitled "Two polymorphic Co(II) field-induced single-ion magnets with enormous angular distortion from the ideal octahedron" (authors: I. Nemec, R. Herchel, Z. Trávníček) was published in Dalton Transactions.
The publication entitled "Effect of linear and non-linear pseudohalides on the structural and magnetic properties of Co(II) hexacoordinate single-molecule magnets" (authors: L. Váhovská, S. Vitushkina, I. Potočňák, Z. Trávníček, R. Herchel) was published in Dalton Transactions.
The national patent entitled "Copper complexes with (E)-1-(2´-hydroxyphenyl)-3-phenylprop-2-en-1-one derivatives and their use as drugs in anticancer therapy" (CZ 307046 B6, inventors: Trávníček, Z.; Vančo, J.; Hutyra, J.; Křikavová, R.; Dvořák, Z.) was granted on 1/11/2017.
The publication entitled "Cell-based studies of the first-in-class half-sandwich Ir(III) complex containing histone deacetylase inhibitor 4-phenylbutyrate" (authors: P. Štarha, Z. Trávníček, B. Drahoš, R. Herchel, Z. Dvořák) was published in the journal Applied Organometallic Chemistry.
The publication entitled "Synthesis, crystal structure and anticancer activity of tetrakis(N-isopropylimidazolidine-2-selenone)platinum(II) chloride" (authors: S.S. Massouda, F.R. Louka, G.T. Ducharme, R.C. Fischer, F.A. Mautner, J. Vančo, R. Herchel, Z. Dvořák, Z. Trávníček) was published in Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.
A publication entitled "Impact of substituent variation on the presence of thermal spin crossover in a series of mononuclear iron(III) Schiff base complexes with terminal pseudohalido co-ligands" (authors: L. Pogány, B. Brachňaková, J. Moncol, J. Pavlik, I. Nemec, Z. Trávníček, M. Mazúr, L. Bučinský, L. Suchánek, I. Šalitroš) was published in Chemistry - A European Journal.
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