Publications

Peer-reviewed work

Thirty-four peer-reviewed articles (2014–2026) spanning bioinorganic reactivity and metalloenzyme mechanisms, cluster and main-group bonding, small-molecule activation, photofunctional dyes, and applied computational chemistry. Full author lists and DOIs below.

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Metrics from Google Scholar, July 2026. Entries are numbered by year of publication and listed most-recent first; my name is highlighted, and an asterisk (*) marks the corresponding author.

2026
34

New materials containing phenothiazine carboxylate salts for dual optical sensing of explosive nitroaromatics

M. E. Gal, C. Cristea, C. Zăgrean-Tuza, A. Turza, A. M. V. Brânzanic, M. Venter, L. Gaina*

Dyes and Pigments, 113717 (2026)
33

No heme–chlorite adduct in the catalytic cycle of chlorite dismutase: insight from QM/MM and dynamics calculations

S.-R. Cosma, D. Gorgan, A. M. V. Brânzanic*, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 113312 (2026)
32

Rationales for the choice of metals for super-reduced biological metal centers: cobalt in cobalamin versus nickel in F₄₃₀

R.-I. Onija, S.-R. Cosma, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Chemistry – A European Journal, e71214 (2026)
31

Can ferric-oxyl excited states explain elongated iron–oxygen bonds in heme peroxidase catalytic intermediates?

L. J. Williams, J. J. A. G. Kamps, A. M. V. Brânzanic, M. Lehene, K. J. M. Lundgren, U. Ryde, K. Chatterjee, M. D. Doyle, P. S. Simon, H. Makita, A. J. Thompson, A. S. Brewster, T. Zhou, M. Lučić, M. T. Wilson, P. Aller, J. Sánchez-Weatherby, L. Gee, S. Dehe, S. Mous, J. Yano, V. K. Yachandra, M. A. Hough*, A. M. Orville*, J. F. Kern*, R. L. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*, J. A. R. Worrall*

Nature Communications 17(1) (2026)
2025
30

Study of Caesalpinia spinosa extracts as a green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel

J. Hidalgo, L. Hidalgo, C. D. Serrano Aguiar, D. B. García Madroñero, I. Galambos, J. E. Vilasó-Cadre, I. A. Reyes, A. M. V. Brânzanic, N. Ignat, G. L. Turdean*

Langmuir 41(14), 9406–9421 (2025)
29

New eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for zinc based on expired Detralex drug: adsorption, electrochemical and computational studies

T. R. Ovari, A. M. V. Brânzanic, G. Katona, G. S. Szabó*, L. M. Mureşan

Materials Today Communications 46, 112739 (2025)
28

Eu(III) complexes derived from a 2-quinolinecarbohydrazide Schiff-base ligand: relations between structure and luminescence properties

V. Lozovan, G. Borodi, I. Perhaiţa, A. Turza*, A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Pîrnău, L. E. Mureşan

Journal of Molecular Structure 1322, 140397 (2025)
27

Photosensitizer activity of phenothiazinium derivatives against melanoma cells and DFT insights into singlet-oxygen generation

B. Stoean (Vasile), R. Pop, D. Rugină, A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Turza, C. Cristea, A. Nicolescu, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, L. Gaina*

Bioorganic Chemistry 163, 108720 (2025)
26

Globin ferryl species: what is the nature of the protonation event at pH < 5?

C. Zăgrean-Tuza, L. Pădurean, M. Lehene, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

JBIC J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 30(1), 61–70 (2025)
25

The chlorite adduct of aquacobalamin: contrast with chlorite dismutase

M. Lehene, C. Zăgrean-Tuza, S. D. Iancu, S.-R. Cosma, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

JBIC J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 30(1), 25–34 (2025)
2024
24

The effect of precipitation conditions on the morpho-structural and optical properties of some zinc-oxidic-based compounds

L. E. Mureşan*, I. Perhaiţa, A. M. V. Brânzanic, C. Saroşi, L. Barbu-Tudoran, G. Borodi, I. Petean

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 109(3), 795–809 (2024)
23

An iron-free nitrogenase? Computational estimation of the ability to bind/activate N₂ in manganese and cobalt complexes

R. Doukeh, D. Crăciun, M. Lehene, A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Lupan, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Journal of Coordination Chemistry 77(12–14), 1597–1606 (2024)
22

A poly(methyl methacrylate)–ibuprofen composite film as an anticorrosive coating of a Ti–6Al–4V surface

J. Hidalgo Viteri*, N. Cotolan, A. Lupan, A. M. V. Brânzanic, G. L. Turdean*

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 28(2), 479–494 (2024)
21

Sonochemical synthesis, optical properties and DFT studies on novel (N-arylamino)phenothiazinium dyes suitable for fluorescence cell imaging

M. Gal, L. Gaina, T. Lovász, E. Gal, A.-M. Crăciun, M. Focşan, A. Turza, D. Rugină, A. M. V. Brânzanic, S. Pesek, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, C. Cristea*

Spectrochimica Acta Part A 322, 124768 (2024)
2023
20

Quale mechanics as a metaphysical Weltanschauung of quantum mechanics

A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu

History of Science and Technology 13(1), 10–33 (2023)
19

Effect of the coordination environment on the ability of iron to bind/activate N₂: a theoretical study with relevance to the nitrogenase mechanism

R. Doukeh, D. Crăciun, A. Lupan, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Polyhedron 243, 116571 (2023)
18

Study of cobalamin adducts with cysteine and its oxidized sulfenic, sulfinic and sulfonic derivatives

A. Gaina-Gardiuta, A. Lupan, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Revue Roumaine de Chimie 68(3–4), 143–152 (2023)
17

A complex of cobalamin with an organic peroxide

M. Lehene, C. Zăgrean-Tuza, N. Hădade, A. Aghion, R. Şeptelean, S. D. Iancu, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

New Journal of Chemistry 47(39), 18178–18185 (2023)
16

The adducts of cyano- and aquacobalamin with hypochlorite

M. Lehene, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

JBIC J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 28(6), 583–589 (2023)
2022
15

New methylene-blue analogues with N-piperidinyl-carbinol units: synthesis, optical properties and in-vitro internalization in human ovarian cancer cells

B. Stoean, L. Gaina, C. Cristea*, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, A. M. V. Brânzanic, M. Focşan, E. Fischer-Fodor, B. Tigu, C. Moldovan, A. D. Cecan, P. Achimaş-Cadariu, S. Aştilean, L. Silaghi-Dumitrescu

Dyes and Pigments 205, 110460 (2022)
14

On the origin of the blue colour in the iodine/iodide/starch supramolecular complex

S. Pesek, M. Lehene, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Molecules 27(24), 8974 (2022)
2021
13

The dynamics of hemerythrin and hemerythrin derivatives

F. Carrascoza, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Studia UBB Chemia 66(4), 397–404 (2021)
12

Polylactic-acid interactions with bioceramic surfaces

I. Irsai, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Studia UBB Chemia 66(3), 107–121 (2021)
11

Formation of hydroxyl radical in aqueous solutions containing selenite and glutathione

I. A. Dereven'kov*, S. V. Makarov, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, P. A. Molodtsov, E. A. Pokrovskaya

Polyhedron 198, 115072 (2021)
10

Adduct of aquacobalamin with hydrogen peroxide

M. Lehene, D. Pleşa, S. Ionescu-Zincă, S. D. Iancu, N. Leopold, S. V. Makarov, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Inorganic Chemistry 60(17), 12681–12684 (2021)
2020
09

Kinetic, spectroscopic and in-silico characterization of the first step of the reaction between glutathione and selenite

I. A. Dereven'kov*, L. Hannibal, P. A. Molodtsov, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, S. V. Makarov

Inorganica Chimica Acta 499, 119215 (2020)
08

Importance of the iron–sulfur component and of the siroheme modification in the resting state of sulfite reductase

A. M. V. Brânzanic, U. Ryde, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 203, 110928 (2020)
2019
07

Cationic gold clusters with eight valence electrons: possible spherical aromatic systems with sigma holes

A. A. A. Attia, A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Muñoz-Castro*, A. Lupan*, R. B. King*

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21(32), 17779–17785 (2019)
06

Why does sulfite reductase employ siroheme?

A. M. V. Brânzanic, U. Ryde, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

Chemical Communications 55(93), 14047–14049 (2019)
2018
05

Heme FeSO₂⁻ intermediates in sulfite reduction: contrasts with FeOO²⁻ species from oxygen–oxygen-bond-activating systems

M. Surducan*, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu*

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 118(19), e25697 (2018)
2016
04

Dimetallaborane analogues of the octaboranes of the type Cp₂M₂B₆H₁₀: structural variations with the skeletal electron count

A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Lupan*, R. B. King*

Dalton Transactions 45(22), 9354–9362 (2016)
2015
03

Dimetallaborane analogues of pentaborane

A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Lupan*, R. B. King*

Dalton Transactions 44(16), 7355–7363 (2015)
02

The Wade–Mingos rules in seven-vertex dimetallaborane chemistry: hydrogen-rich Cp₂M₂B₅H₉ systems of the second- and third-row transition metals

A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Lupan*, R. B. King*

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 792, 74–80 (2015)
2014
01

Six-vertex hydrogen-rich Cp₂M₂B₄H₈ dimetallaboranes of the second- and third-row transition metals: effects of skeletal electron count on preferred structures

A. M. V. Brânzanic, A. Lupan*, R. B. King*

Organometallics 33(22), 6443–6451 (2014)

Book

A. Lupan, A. M. V. Brânzanic, R. Silaghi-Dumitrescu. Elemente de chimie computațională (Elements of Computational Chemistry). Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 2024. ISBN 978-606-37-2255-4. Open access (CC BY 4.0).

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