Illia Guralskyi

Illia Guralskyi is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. He holds a PhD in Chemistry (2012) from the same institution and completed post-doctoral research at the University of Toulouse III (2013) and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (2015-2017) under a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship.

Research Interests: His work focuses on spin-crossover (SCO) materials, including the design of chiral SCO complexes with switchable circular dichroism for photonic devices, development of microwave switches using spin-state transitions, and exploration of size effects in SCO nanomaterials. He studies spin-state dependent catalytic activity, enantioselective guest recognition, and polymorphism in Fe(II) complexes.

• Spin-crossover materials
• Switchable catalysts
• Nanomaterials
• Chiral coordination frameworks
• Microwave radiation interaction

Recent Publications span spin-state transitions in heterometallic frameworks, catalytic activity modulation, and chiral nanomaterials. His work integrates experimental techniques like X-ray crystallography with theoretical modeling to analyze structural and electronic properties.

Scientific Awards:

• Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (2015-2017)

Technical Expertise includes coordination compound synthesis, nanomaterial fabrication, and advanced characterization methods such as Mossbauer spectroscopy, UV-Vis, and TEM analysis.