MONDAY, 8 June 2026
Congress Hall
09:00OPENING
09:15 – 10:00Invited Plenary Lecture A
ELECTRONIC, MOLECULAR AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
Congress HallChairman: S. D. Zarić
09:15 – 10:00B. B. Iversen (Denmark)
In Situ and In Operando X-ray Scattering Studies in Materials Chemistry
10:00 – 11:30Plenary Lectures A
ELECTRONIC, MOLECULAR AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
Congress HallChairman: S. D. Zarić
10:00 – 10:30M. B. Hall (USA)
How Geometric Constraints Control the Hydride Position and Activity in [NiFe]-Hydrogenases and Their Biomimetic Complexes
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30M. Shongwe (Oman)
Unusual Spin-Crossover Behaviour within the Iron(III) Salicylaldimine System
14:00 – 16:30Section Lectures A
ELECTRONIC, MOLECULAR AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES
Congress HallChairman: B. B. Iversen
14:00 – 14:15I. Jelemenská (Slovakia)
The CuAAC Catalytic Effect of Copper Complexes. DFT study
14:15 – 14:30J. Moncoľ (Slovakia)
Quantum-Crystallographic and Topological Study of Copper(II) Salicylate(2-) Complexes
14:30 – 14:45P. I. da Silva Maia (Brazil)
Zirconium(IV)-Based Metallacages from Aroylbis(N,N-Alkylthiourea) Ligands: An Efficient Route for Structural Diversification
14:45 – 15:00B. O. Owaga (South Africa)
Ru-NHC Complexes as Antimicrobial Agents
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
Congress HallChairman: M. B. Hall
15:30 – 15:45J. Pavlik (Slovakia)
A Novel Mechanism of cis-trans Ligand Photoisomerization at High-Spin Fe(II) Centre
15:45 – 16:00I. Potočňák (Slovakia)
Crystal Structures of Palladium Complexes with 8-Hydroxyquinolines Prepared by a Ligand Exchange
16:00 – 16:15R. Varga (Slovakia)
To Bond or not to Bond? A Quantum Crystallographic Study of Cu···S and Cu···Se Interactions
16:15 – 16:30S. D. Zarić (Serbia)
Strong CH/O Interactions of Metal Complexes
TUESDAY, 9 June 2026
09:00 – 09:45Invited Plenary Lecture D
COMPLEXES IN HUMAN MEDICINE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Congress HallChairman: P. Baran
09:00 – 09:45K. D. Karlin (USA)
Metalloenzyme Inspired CuI-O2 Coordination Chemistry
09:45 – 10:15Plenary Lecture D
COMPLEXES IN HUMAN MEDICINE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Congress HallChairman: P. Baran
09:45 – 10:15T. Marzo (Italy)
Human Serum Albumin and Anticancer Metallodrugs: Friend, Foe, or Game Changer?
10:15 – 16:30Section Lectures D
COMPLEXES IN HUMAN MEDICINE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Congress HallChairman: K. D. Karlin
10:15 – 10:30A. Ahmedova (Bulgaria)
Diverse Anticancer Activity of Pt(IV) Complexes with Pyrene-Butyric Substituents
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:15Z. Baranová (USA)
Importance of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding for The Molecular Geometry of Oxovanadium Complexes with Pyrazoles
11:15 – 11:30F. Jozefíková (Slovakia)
Iron Dominance and Copper Constraint in Biology: A Geochemical Legacy of Early Earth
11:30 – 11:45M. Štekláč (Slovakia)
Copper-Flavonoid Complexes: Antioxidant Activity and Biomolecular Interactions
Congress HallChairman: T. Marzo
14:00 – 14:15P. Kopel (Czech Republic)
Copper(II) Bisbenzimidazole Complexes
14:15 – 14:30R. Křikavová (Czech Republic)
A Critical Re-Evaluation of Ta(V) Half-Sandwich Complexes: Hydrolytic Behavior and Selective Cytotoxicity
14:30 – 14:45Y. Liu (China)
Targeting Intrinsically Disordered Proteins via Metallodrug Coordination
14:45 – 15:00M. Onani (South Africa)
Design, Synthesis and Anticancer Evaluation of Palladium(II) Complexes Incorporating Thiophene and Furan Scaffolds
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
Congress HallChairman: P. Kopel
15:30 – 15:45M. Piroš (Slovakia)
Effect of Ligand Azo-Functionalization on DNA Interaction in Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes
15:45 – 16:00R. Šípoš (Slovakia)
Photocatalytic Degradation of Diclofenac Using Modified g-C3N4: A Comparative Study
16:00 – 16:15J. Švorec (Slovakia)
Coordination Compounds of Copper(II) with Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxamide and Pyridine-2,6-Bisimine-Based Ligands
16:15 – 16:30J. Valentová (Slovakia)
Schiff Bases Copper(II) Complexes with Hetero-cyclic Ligands: Study of their Anticancer Properties
WEDNESDAY, 10 June 2026
08:45 – 09:30Invited Plenary Lecture B
SOLUTION AND SOLID STATE REACTIVITY
Congress HallChairman: I. Guralskyi
08:45 – 09:30R. Podgajny (Poland)
Compositional Diversity, Site Selectivity, Spin-Phase Transitions, and Core-Shell Assembling of [M(CN)8]-Bridged Coordination Clusters
09:30 – 10:00Plenary Lecture B
SOLUTION AND SOLID STATE REACTIVITY
Congress HallChairman: I. Guralskyi
09:30 – 10:00B.-M. Kukovec (Croatia)
2D and 3D Heterometallic Sodium-Palladium(II) Coordination Polymers with Substituted Nicotinate Ligands
10:00 – 11:45Section Lectures B
SOLUTION AND SOLID STATE REACTIVITY
Congress HallChairman: R. Podgajny
10:00 – 10:15B. Kutus (Hungary)
Conversion of Lithium Carbonate to Lithium Hydroxide with Barium Hydroxide
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:00K. Choroba (Poland)
Engineering Long-Lived Triplet States in Iridium(III) Photosensitizers via Pyrenyl Imidazophenanthroline Ligands
11:00 – 11:15O. Drosik (Poland)
Iridium(III) Complexes of 4-Aryl-2,6-Bis(Thiazol-2-yl)Pyridines: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties
11:15 – 11:30I. N. Pantcheva (Bulgaria)
Ternary Co(II) Complexes of Monensinate A with Amino Acids
11:30 – 11:45I. A. Yakushev (Russia)
Platinum Bimetallics: a Way from Crystal Structure to Functional Materials
14:00 – 17:30Excursion to Manor and Medolandia DOLNÁ KRUPÁ
19:00 – 20:30Poster Session
1R. Bajcura (Slovakia)
Redox Behavior and Asymmetric Structural Changes Activated by Temperature in Hexacoordinate Cu(II) Complex
2Z. Bielková (Slovakia)
Dinuclear Ce(III)-Zn(II) and Ce(III)-Cu(II) Complexes Stabilized by μ2-Phenolate Bridges: Synthesis and Characterization
3M. Biskupičová (Slovakia)
Preparation of Manganese(II) Complexes with Fenamates: Characterization and Potential Bioactivity
4L. Chekrain Valappil (Germany)
Bis-Guanidinium Salts for the Efficient Removal of Perrhenate (ReO4) as a Non-Radioactive Substitute for Pertechnetate (TcO4) from Media with High Chloride and Nitrate Content
5L. S. Harutyunyan (Armenia)
Nitric Oxide Oxygenation Reaction at Cobalt Nitrosyl Complex
6A. A. Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Organo-Bentonites Synthesized via Quaternary Ammonium Intercalation
7L. Hudecová (Slovakia)
Protective Role of Galangin in Copper-Induced Oxidative Stress
8D. Kendrová (Slovakia)
Tetranuclear [Ni2Ln2] Complexes (Ln = Dy, Er) with a Defect-Dicubane Core
9J. Kurjan (Slovakia)
Beyond Intercalation: Viscometric Revelation of Mixed DNA Binding in Anticancer Copper(II) Coumarin Complexes
10L. Lintnerová (Slovakia)
Schiff Base and Reduced Schiff Base Copper(II) Complexes Derived from Short Linear Amino Acids and their Structural, Cytotoxic and SOD-mimetic Properties
11J. I. Long (Germany)
Coordination Behaviour of Phosphorylated Amino Acids toward Lanthanides
12M. Matiková Maľarová (Slovakia)
Quinoline-Derived Vanadium(IV) Complexes as Promising Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Agents
13K. Micheľová (Slovakia)
Exploring Chromophore-Dependent Coordination and DNA-Binding in Copper(II) Complexes
14D. A. Paixão (Brazil)
Synthesis of Copper(II) Metallopeptides Containing the RGD Motif and their Potential for DNA Cleavage
15K. Petrželová (Czech Republic)
Ru(II), Os(II), Rh(III) and Ir(III) Complexes with β-Carbolines for the Study of Antitumor Activity
16M. Puchoňová (Slovakia)
Benzoatocopper(II) Complexes – Isomers and Polymorphs
17R. Rusová (Slovakia)
Mononuclear Copper(II) Complexes with Square Pyramidal Geometry
18D. Schlettová (Slovakia)
Antimicrobial Activity of Novel Synthesized Metal Complexes
19R. Smolko (Slovakia)
Crystallochemistry of Ni(II) Complexes with Ligands Based on Selected Schiff Base and 8-Hydroxyquinoline Derivates
20M. Szabó Dózsa (Slovakia)
New Pentacoordinate Co(II) Complex with Field-Supported Slow Magnetic Relaxation
21S. Šterbinská (Czech Republic)
Novel Multicomponent Rh and Ir Compounds as Potential Anticancer Drugs
22M. Timoracká (Slovakia)
The Influence of Redox-Active Copper on the Antioxidant/Prooxidant Behavior of Flavonoids
23M. Valko (Slovakia)
EPR Spectroscopy of Iron(III) Complexes Spin-Crossover (5/2↔1/2) Transition with Hysteresis
24L. Ye (China)
Origin and Periodicity of the Highest Oxidation States
THURSDAY, 11 June 2026
09:00 – 09:45Invited Plenary Lecture C
APPLIED INORGANIC AND COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
Congress HallChairman: B.-M. Kukovec
09:00 – 09:45I. Guralskyi (Ukraine)
Hybrid Perovskites Based on Aziridinium Cation
09:45 – 11:45Plenary Lectures C
APPLIED INORGANIC AND COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
Congress HallChairman: B.-M. Kukovec
09:45 – 10:15P. Baran (USA)
High-Temperature Antiferromagnetism in Copper(II) Complexes
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:15Ch. Duan (China)
Enzyme Grafting with Metal-Organic Hosts for Photocatalytic Conversion
11:15 – 11:45F. Mohr (Germany)
Metal Compounds with Anionic Sulfur Ligands: From Coordination Polymers to Defined Tetranuclear and Hexanuclear Clusters
13:30 – 14:15Section Lectures C
APPLIED INORGANIC AND COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
Congress HallChairman: F. Mohr
13:30 – 13:45M. Malček (Slovakia)
DFT Study of Hydrogen Binding on Graphene-Based Nanomaterials Doped and Decorated with Zr Atoms
13:45 – 14:00M. Malček Šimunková (Slovakia)
Tuning TiO2 Photocatalysis via Salicylic Acid-Based ICT Complexes: Functional Group Effects on Redox Pathways
14:00 – 14:15B. Nowicka (Poland)
Multistable CN-Bridged Coordination Chain in Composite Mats
14:15 – 14:30Special Wiley Lecture
Congress Hall
14:15 – 14:30A. Straube (Germany)
Getting Published - Editorial Insights
14:30 – 17:50Young Scientists Section
Congress HallChairman: I. N. Pantcheva
14:30 – 14:40L. Chiaverini (Italy)
Multifunctional PLGA-PEG Nanoparticles for Platinum-Based Combination Therapy in Prostate Cancer
14:40 – 14:50O. Čierny (Slovakia)
Spin-Crossover Fe(II) Complexes with N-donor Aromatic Ligands and Their Light-Induced Isomerization
14:50 – 15:00S. Dahlhaus (Germany)
Gallium, Lutetium and Terbium Complexes as New Approaches for Cancer Therapy
15:00 – 15:10N. Dratwinski (Germany)
Inspired by Nature: Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidases and their Tungsten and Molybdenum Analogues
15:10 – 15:40 Coffee break
Congress HallChairman: B. Kutus
15:40 – 15:50A. Hlinčík (Slovakia)
Quantum Crystallography Study of Palladium(II) Phenanthroline-Salicylate Complex
15:50 – 16:00M. Jaros (Poland)
Systematic Study on Physicochemical Properties of Nickel(II) Pentafluoropropionate Complexes with Aliphatic Amines
16:00 – 16:10A. Kryczka (Poland)
Impact of Ligand Structural Isomerism on Optical Properties of C,N-Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes
16:10 – 16:20M. Lištiak (Slovakia)
More Than Just a Structure: Unraveling Bioactivity of Salicylatocopper(II) Complexes with 1,10-Phenanthroline
16:20 – 16:30A. D. Maksimova (Russia)
Synthesis of Hybrid Materials Based on CNTs and Palladium Nanoparticles from Acetate Complexes: The Effect of the Ligand Environment on the Structure and Catalytic Activity
16:30 – 16:40S. Müllerová (Slovakia)
Hydrogen Adsorption on Borophene Materials: A Theoretical Study
16:40 – 17:00 Coffee break
Congress HallChairman: Z. Baranová
17:00 – 17:10L. Novotná (Slovakia)
Transition Metal Complexes with Amidrazone Schiff Bases
17:10 – 17:20E. A. Sosunov (Russia)
Mechanochromic Behavior of Pt(II) Carboxylate Based Complexes
17:20 – 17:30K. Šoltésová (Slovakia)
Magnetic Properties and Photoisomerization in Cobalt(II) Single-Molecule Magnets with Azo-Benzimidazole Ligands
17:30 – 17:40O. Tkáč (Slovakia)
Metal Decoration of Silicene Quantum Dots: A DFT Study of their Hydrogen Storage Applications
17:40 – 17:50P. Török (Hungary)
Conversion of Lithium Chloride to Lithium Hydroxide with Tricalcium Aluminate (Ca3Al2O6)
Congress Hall
19:00CLOSING

Important Dates

Registration deadline: 10 April 2026
Abstract deadline: 13 April 2026
Payment deadline: 20 April 2026
Late Payment deadline: 11 May 2026
Conference date: 7–12 June 2026

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