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1. Pasquini, C., Liu, S., Chernev, P., Gonzalez-Flores, D., Mohammadi, M. R., Kubella, P., Jiang, S., Loos, S., Klingan, K., Sikolenko, V., Mebs, S., Haumann, M., Beyer, P., D’Amario, L., Smith, R. D. L., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H. (2021) Operando tracking of oxidation-state changes by coupling electrochemistry with time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy demonstrated for water oxidation by a cobalt-based catalyst film. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. doi: 10.1007/s00216-021-03515-0
2. Menezes, P.W., Walter, C., Chakraborty, B., Hausmann, J.N., Zaharieva, I., Frick, A., Hauff, E., Dau, H., Driess, M. (2021) Combination of highly efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation with selective oxygenation of organic substrates using manganese borophosphates. Adv. Mater. doi: 10.1002/adma.202004098
3. Chernev, P., Fischer, S., Hoffmann, J., Oliver, N., Assunção, R., Yu, B., Burnap, R., Zaharieva, I., Nürnberg, D., Haumann, M., Dau, H. (2020) Light-driven formation of manganese oxide by today's photosystem II supports evolutionarily ancient manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis. Nature communications 11, 6110. doi: 0.1038/s41467-020-19852-0
4. Mohammadi, M.R., Loos, S., Chernev, P., Pasquini, C., Zaharieva, I., González-Flores, D., Kubella, P., Klingan, K., Smith, R.D.L., Dau, H. (2020) Exploring the limits of self-repair in cobalt oxide films for electrocatalytic water oxidation. ACS Catal. 10, 7990–7999. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01944
5. Beltrán-Suito, R., Forstner, V., Hausmann, J.N., Mebs, S., Schmidt, J., Zaharieva, I., Laun, K., Zebger, I., Dau, H., Menezes, P.W., Driess, M. (2020) A soft molecular 2Fe–2As precursor approach to the synthesis of nanostructured FeAs for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation. Chem Sci. 43, 11834-11842. doi: 10.1039/d0sc04384b
6. Pasquini, C., D'Amario, L., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H. (2020) Operando Raman spectroscopy tracks oxidation-state changes in an amorphous Co-oxide material for electrocatalysis of the oxygen evolution reaction. J. Chem. Phys. 152, 194202. doi: 10.1063/5.0006306
7. Mousazadeh, Y., Mohammadi, M.R., Bagheri, R., Bikas, R., Chernev, P., Song, Zh., Lis, T., Siczek, M., Noshiranzadeh, N., Mebs, S., Dau, H., Zaharieva, I., Najafpour, M.M. (2020) A synthetic manganese-calcium cluster similar to the catalyst of Photosystem II: Challenges for biomimetic water oxidation. Dalton Trans. 49, 5597-5605. doi: 10.1039/d0dt00536c
8. Najafpour, M.M., Zaharieva, I., Zand, Z., Hosseini, S.M., Kouzmanova, M., Hołyńska, M., Tranca, I., Larkum, A.W., Shen, J.-R., Allakhverdiev, S.I. Water-oxidizing complex in Photosystem II: Its structure and relation to manganese-oxide based catalysts. (2020) Coord. Chem. Rev. 409, 213183 doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213183
9. Indra, A., Menezes, P.W., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., Driess, M. (2020) Detecting structural transformation of cobalt phosphonate to active bifunctional catalysts for electrochemical water-splitting. J. Mater. Chem. A 8, 2637-2643. doi: 10.1039/c9ta09775a
10. Melder, J., Bogdanoff, P., Zaharieva, I., Fiechter, S., Dau, H., Kurz, P. (2020) Water-oxidation electrocatalysis by manganese oxides: Syntheses, electrode preparations, electrolytes and two fundamental questions. Z. Phys. Chem. 234, 925-978. doi: 10.1515/zpch-2019-1491
11. *Abrashev, M.V., Chernev, P., Kubella, P., Mohammadi, M.R., Pasquini, C., Dau, H., Zaharieva, I. (2019) Origin of the heat-induced improvement of catalytic activity and stability of MnOx electrocatalysts for water oxidation. J. Mater. Chem. A7, 17022-17036. doi: 10.1039/c9ta05108b
12. Assunção, R., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H. (2019) Ammonia as a substrate-water analogue in photosynthetic water oxidation: Influence on activation barrier of the O₂-formation step. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1860, 533-540. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.04.005
13. *Zaharieva, I., Dau, H. (2019) Energetics and kinetics of S-state transitions monitored by delayed chlorophyll fluorescence. Front. Plant Sci. 10, 386. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00386
14. Loos, S., Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P., Lißner, A., Dau, H. (2019) Electromodified NiFe alloys as electrocatalysts for water oxidation: Mechanistic implications of time-resolved UV/Vis tracking of oxidation state changes. ChemSusChem 12, 1966-1976. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201802737
15. Pasquini, C., Zaharieva, I., González-Flores, D., Chernev, P., Mohammadi, M. R., Guidoni, L., Smith, R. D. L., Dau, H. (2019) H/D isotope effects reveal factors controlling catalytic activity in Co-based oxides for water oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 2938-2948. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b10002
16. *Menezes, P. W., Indra, A., Zaharieva, I., Walter, C., Loos, S., Hoffmann, S., Schlögl, R., Dau, H., Driess, M. (2019) Helical cobalt borophosphates master durable overall water-splitting. Energy Environ. Sci. 12, 988-999 doi: 10.1039/c8ee01669k
17. Schuth, N., Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P., Berggren, G., Anderlund, M., Styring, S., Dau, H., Haumann, M., (2018) K_α X-ray emission spectroscopy on the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex supports manganese oxidation and water binding in the S₃ state. Inorg. Chem. 57, 10424–10430. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01674
18. González-Flores, D.,  Klingan, K., Chernev, P.,  Loos, S.,  Mohammadi, M. R.,  Pasquini, C.,  Kubella, P., Zaharieva, I.,  Smith, R. D. L.,  Dau, H. (2018) Nickel-iron catalysts for electrochemical water oxidation – redox synergism investigated by in situ X-ray spectroscopy with millisecond time resolution. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2, 1986-1994. doi: 10.1039/c8se00114f
19. Schuth, N., Liang, Z., Schonborn, M., Kussicke, A., Assuncao, R., Zaharieva, I., Zilliges, Y., Dau, H. (2017) Inhibitory and non-inhibitory NH₃ binding at the water-oxidizing manganese complex of Photosystem II suggests possible sites and a rearrangement mode of substrate water molecules. Biochemistry 56, 6240-6256. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00743
20. Xi, L., Schwanke, C., Xiao, J., Abdi, F., Zaharieva, I., Lange, K. (2017) In situ L-edge XAS study of a manganese oxide water oxidation catalyst. J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 12003-12009. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02331
21. *Frey, C. E., Kwok, F., Gonzales-Flores, D., Ohms, J., Cooley, K. A., Dau, H., Zaharieva, I., Walter, T. N., Simchi, H., Mohney, S. E., Kurz, P. (2017) Evaporated manganese films as a starting point for the preparation of thin-layer MnOx water-oxidation anodes. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 1, 1162-1170. doi: 10.1039/c7se00172j
22. Natali, M., Bazzan, I., Goberna-Ferrón, S., Al-Oweini, R., Ibrahim, M., Bassil, B. S., Dau, H., Scandola, F., Galán-Mascarós, J. R., Kortz, U., Sartorel, A., Zaharieva, I., Bonchio, M. (2017) Photo-assisted water oxidation by high-nuclearity cobalt-oxo cores: tracing the catalyst fate during oxygen evolution turnover. Green Chem. 19, 2416-2426. doi: 10.1039/c7gc00052a
23. Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., Haumann, M. (2016) Sequential and coupled proton and electron transfer events in the S₂→S₃ transition of photosynthetic water oxidation revealed by time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 55, 6996–7004. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01078
24. Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Rossini, E., Galstyan, A., Dau, H., Knapp, E.-W. (2016) Merging structural information from X-ray crystallography, quantum chemistry and EXAFS spectra: The oxygen evolving complex in PSII. J. Phys. Chem. B 120, 10899–10922. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05800
25. *Najafpour, M. M., Sedigh, D. J., Hosseini, S. M., Zaharieva, I. (2016) Treated nanolayered Mn oxide by oxidizable compounds: A strategy to improve the catalytic activity toward water oxidation. Inorg. Chem. 55, 8827–8832. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01334
26. *Zaharieva, I., González-Flores, D., Asfari, B., Pasquini, C., Mohammadi, M.R. Klingan, K. Zizak, I., Loos, S., Chernev, P., Dau, H. (2016) Water oxidation catalysis – role of redox and structural dynamics in biological photosynthesis and inorganic manganese oxides. Energy Environ. Sci. 9, 2433-2443. doi: 10.1039/c6ee01222a
27. Zaharieva I., Chernev, P., Berggren, G., Anderlund, M., Styring, S., Dau, H., Haumann, M. (2016) Room-temperature energy-sampling K_β X-ray emission spectroscopy on the Mn₄Ca complex of photosynthesis reveals three manganese-centered oxidation steps and suggests a coordination change prior to O₂ formation. Biochemistry 55, 4197–4211. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00491
28. González-Flores, D., Zaharieva, I., Heidkamp, J., Chernev, P., Martínez Moreno, E., Pasquini, C., Mohammadi, M. R., Klingan, K., Gernet, U., Fischer, A., Dau, H. (2016) Electrosynthesis of biomimetic manganese-calcium oxides for water-oxidation catalysis – atomic structure and functionality for variation of the calcium content. ChemSusChem 9, 379-387. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201501399
29. Mattioli, G., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., Guidoni, L. (2015) Atomistic texture of amorphous manganese oxides for electrochemical water splitting revealed by ab initio calculations combined with X-ray spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 10254-10267. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b05174
30. Guiet, A., Göbel, C., Klingan, K., Lublow, M., Reier, T., Vainio, U., Krähnert, R., Schlaad, H., Strasser, P., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., Driess, M., Polte, J., Fischer, A. (2015) Hydrophobic nanoreactor templating – A supramolecular approach to yolk@shell materials. Adv. Funct. Mater. 25, 6228-6240. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201502388
31. Fominykh, K., Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Sicklinger, J., Stefanic, G., Döblinger, M., Müller, A., Pokharel, A., Böcklein, S., Scheu, C., Bein, T., Fattakhova-Rohlfing, D. (2015) Iron-doped nickel oxide nanocrystals as highly efficient electrocatalysts for alkaline water splitting. ACS Nano 9, 5180–5188. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00520
32. Prashanth, W. M., Indra, A., González-Flores, D., Sahraie, N. R., Zaharieva, I., Schwarze, M., Strasser, P., Dau, H., Driess, M. (2015) High-performance oxygen redox catalysis with multifunctional cobalt oxide nanochains: morphology dependent activity. ASC Catal. 5, 2017-2027. doi: 10.1021/cs501724v
33. Risch, M., Ringleb, F., Kohlhoff, M., Bogdanoff, P., Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H. (2015) Water oxidation by amorphous cobalt-based oxides: in-situ tracking of redox transitions and mode of catalysis. Energy Environ. Sci. 8, 661-674. doi: 10.1039/c4ee03004d
34. González-Flores, D., Sánchez, I., Zaharieva, I., Klingan, K., Heidkamp, J., Chernev, P., Menezes, P. W., Driess, M., Dau, H., Montero, M. L. (2015) Heterogeneous water-oxidation: surface activity versus amorphisation activation in cobalt phosphate catalysts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 2472-2476. doi: 10.1002/anie.201409333
35. *Lee, S. Y., González Flores, D., Ohms, J., Trost, T., Dau, H., Zaharieva, I., Kurz, P. (2014) Screen-printed Ca-birnessite electrodes for water oxidation at neutral pH and an „electrochemical Harriman series”. ChemSusChem 7, 3442-3451. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201402533
36. *Najafpour, M., Moghaddam, A., Dau, H., Zaharieva, I.(2014) Fragments of layered manganese oxide are the real water-oxidation catalyst after transformation of molecular precursor on clay. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 7245–7248. doi: 10.1021/ja5028716
37. *Shevchenko, D., Anderlund, M. F., Styring, S., Dau, H., Zaharieva, I., Thapper, A. (2014) Water oxidation by manganese oxides formed from tetranuclear precursor complexes: The influence of phosphate on structure and activity. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 11965-11975. doi: 10.1039/c3cp55125c
38. Klingan, K., Ringleb, F., Zaharieva, I., Heidkamp, J., Chernev, P., Gonzalez-Flores, D., Risch, M., Fischer, A., Dau, H. (2014) Water oxidation by amorphous cobalt-based oxides: Volume activity and proton transfer to electrolyte bases. ChemSusChem. 7, 1301-1310. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201301019
39. Schöler, A., Zaharieva, I., Zimmermann, S., Wiechen, M., Manke, A.-M., Kurz, P., Plieth, C., Dau, H. (2014) Biogenic manganese-calcium oxides on the cell walls of the algae Chara corallina: elemental composition, atomic structure and water-oxidation catalysis. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 780-790. doi: 10.1002/ejic.201300697
40. Indra, A., Menezes, P. W., Zaharieva, I., Baktash, E., Pfrommer, J., Schwarze, M., Dau, H., Driess M. (2013) Active mixed-valent MnOx water oxidation catalysts through partial oxidation (“corrosion”) of nanostructured MnO-particles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 13206–13210. doi: 10.1002/anie.201307543
41. *Baktash, E., Zaharieva, I., Schröder, M., Goebel, C., Dau, H., Thomas, A. (2013) Cyanamide route to calcium-manganese oxide foams for water oxidation. Dalton Trans. 42,16920-16929. doi: 10.1039/c3dt51693h
42. *Bergmann, A., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., Strasser, P. (2013) Electrochemical water splitting by layered and 3D cross-linked manganese oxides: correlating structural motifs and catalytic activity. Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 2745-2755. doi:  10.1039/c3ee41194j
43. Kundu, S., Pfaff, F. F., Miceli, E., Zaharieva, I., Herwig, C. Yao, S., Farquhar, E., Kuhlmann, U., Bill, E., Hildebrandt, P., Dau, H., Driess, M., Limberg, C., Ray, K. (2013) A high–valent mixed metal [Cu^III(µ–O)₂Ni^III]²⁺ core with nucleophilic  oxo groups. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 5622–5626. doi: 10.1002/anie.201300861
44. Geshev, J., Gündel, A., Zaharieva,I., Schmidt, J. E. (2012) Edge atoms effects on the perpendicular anisotropy of ultrathin magnetic layers. Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 132407-132407-4. doi: 10.1063/1.4754621
45. Goltsev,V., Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P., Kouzmanova, M., Kalaji, H. M., Yordanov, I., Krasteva, V., Alexandrov, V., Stefanov, D., Allakhverdiev, S. I., Strasser, R. J. (2012) Drought-induced modifications of photosynthetic electron transport in intact leaves: analysis and use of neural networks as a tool for a rapid non-invasive estimation. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1817, 1490-1498. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.04.018
46. Wiechen, M., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., Kurz, P. (2012) Layered manganese oxides for water-oxidation: Alkaline earth cations influence catalytic activity in a Photosystem II-like fashion. Chem. Sci.3, 2330-2339. doi: 10.1039/c2sc20226c
47. *Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P., Risch, M., Klingan, K., Kohlhoff, M., Fischer, A., Dau, H. (2012) Electrosynthesis, functional, and structural characterization of a water-oxidizing manganese oxide. Energy Environ. Sci. 5, 7081-7089. doi: 10.1039/c2ee21191b
48. *Risch, M., Shevchenko, D., Anderlund, M. F., Styring, S., Heidkamp, J., Lange, K. M., Thapper, A., Zaharieva, I.(2012) Atomic structure of cobalt-oxide nanoparticles active in light-driven catalysis of water oxidation. Int. J. Hydr. Energy. 37, 8878-8888. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.138
49. Dau, H., Zaharieva, I., Haumann, M. (2012) Recent developments in research on water oxidation by photosystem II. Curr. Op. Chem. Biol. 16, 3-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.02.011
50. Risch, M., Klingan, K., Ringleb, F., Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Fischer, A., Dau, H. (2012) Water oxidation by electro-deposited cobalt oxides - Role of anions and redox-inert cations for structure and function of the amorphous catalyst. ChemSusChem, 5, 542-549. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201100574
51. Dilbeck, P. L., Hwang, H. J., Zaharieva, I., Gerencser, L., Dau, H., Burnap, R. L. (2012) The mutation D1-D61N in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 allows the observation of pH-sensitive intermediates in the formation and release of O₂ from Photosystem II. Biochemistry, 51, 1079–1091. doi: 10.1021/bi201659f
52. Risch, M., Klingan, K., Heidkamp, J., Ehrenberg, D., Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., (2011) Nickel-oxido structure of a water-oxidizing catalyst film. Chem. Comm. 47, 11912-11914. doi: 10.1039/c1cc15072c
53. Zaharieva, I., Wichmann, J. M., Dau, H. (2011) Thermodynamic limitations of photosynthetic water oxidation at high proton concentrations. J. Biol. Chem. 286, 18222-18228. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.237941
54. Zaharieva, I., Najafpour, M.M., Wiechen, M., Haumann, M., Kurz, P., Dau, H. (2011) Synthetic manganese-calcium oxides mimic the water-oxidizing complex of photosynthesis functionally and structurally. Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 2400-2408. doi: 10.1039/c0ee00815j
55. Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H., Haumann, M. (2011) Carboxylate shifts steer interquinone electron transfer in photosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 286, 5368-5374. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.202879
56. Dau, H., Zaharieva, I.(2009) Principles, efficiency and blueprint character of solar-energy conversion in photosynthetic water-oxidation. Accounts Chem. Res. 42, 1861-1870. doi: 10.1021/ar900225y
57. Risch, M., Khare, V., Zaharieva, I., Gerencser, L., Chernev, P., Dau, H. (2009) Cobalt-oxo core of a water-oxidizing catalyst film. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 6936-6937. doi: 10.1021/ja902121f
58. Goltsev, V., Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P., Strasser, R.J. (2009) Delayed fluorescence in photosynthesis. Photosynth. Res. 101, 217 – 232. doi: 10.1007/s11120-009-9451-1
59. Goltsev, V., Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P., Strasser, R.J. (2009) Delayed chlorophyll fluorescence as a monitor for physiological state of photosynthetic apparatus. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment 23, 542-457. doi: 10.1080/13102818.2009.10818461
60. Gurmanova, M. Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Goltsev, V. (2009) Kinetic model of electron-transport reactions in thylakoid membranes determining chlorophyll fluorescence transients. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment 23, 621-626. doi: 10.1080/13102818.2009.10818501
61. Haumann, M., Grundmeier, A., Zaharieva, I., Dau, H. (2008) Photosynthetic water oxidation at elevated dioxygen partial pressure monitored by time-resolved X-ray absorption measurements. Prog. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 17384–17389. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0802596105
62. Yordanov, I., Goltsev, V., Stefanov, D., Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Kirova, M., Gecheva, V., Strasser, R.J. (2008) Preservation of photosynthetic electron transport from senescence-induced inactivation in primary leaves after decapitation and defoliation of bean plants. J. Plant. Physiol. 165, 1954-1963. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.05.003
63. Chernev, P., Goltsev, V., Zaharieva, I., Strasser, R. J. (2006) A highly restricted model approach quantifying structural and functional parameters of Photosystem II probed by the chlorophyll a fluorescence rise. Ecological Engineering and Environment Protection Journal. 5, 19-29.
64. Goltsev, V., Chernev, P., Zaharieva, I., Lambrev, P. and Strasser, R. J. (2005) Kinetics of delayed chlorophyll a fluorescence registered in milliseconds time range. Photosynth. Res. 84, 209-215. doi: 10.1007/s11120-004-6432-2
65. Parvanova, D., Popova, A., Zaharieva, I., Lambrev, P., Konstantinova, T., Tanеva, S., Atanassov, A., Goltsev, V. and Djilianov, D. (2004) Low temperature tolerance of tobacco plants transformed to accumulate proline, fructans, or glycine betaine. Variable chlorophyll fluorescence evidence. Photosynthetica 42, 179-185. doi: 10.1023/b:phot.0000040588.31318.0f
66. Zahareiva, I.and Goltsev, V. (2003) Advances on photosystem II investigation by measurement of delayed chlorophyll fluorescence by a phosphoroscopic method. Photochem. Photobiol. 77, 292-298. doi: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0770292aopiib2.0.co2
67. Goltsev, V., Zaharieva, I., Lambrev, P., Yordanov, I. and Strasser, R. (2003) Simultaneous analysis of prompt and delayed chlorophyll a fluorescence in leaves during the induction period of dark to light adaptation. J. Theor. Biol. 225, 171-183. doi:10.1016/s0022-5193(03)00236-4
68. Zaharieva, I., Taneva, S. G. and Goltsev, V. (2001) Effect of temperature on the luminescent characteristics in leaves of Arabidopsis mutants with decreased unsaturation of the membrane lipids. Bulg. J. Plant Physiol. 27, 3-19. semantic scholar
69. Zaharieva, I., Taneva, S. and Goltsev V. (1999) Effect of PS II antennae size on the induction kinetics of prompt and delayed chlorophyll fluorescence. Bulg. J. Plant Physiol. 25, 17-30. semantic scholar
70. Dobrikova, A., Tuparev, N. Krasteva, I., Busheva, M. and Velitchkova, M. (1997) Artificial alterations of fluidity of pea thylakoid membranes and its effect on energy distribution between both photosystems, Z. Naturforsch. 52c, 475-480. doi: 10.1515/znc-1997-7-809 

Published contributions to academic conferences

1. Zaharieva I, Grabolle M, Chernev P, and Dau H (2013) Water oxidation in photosystem II: Energetics and kinetics of intermediates formation in S₂->S₃ and S₃‑>S₀ transitions monitored by delayed chlorophyll fluorescence. In: Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and the Future; Advanced Topics in Science and Technology inChina, Vol. 49, pp. 234-238. SpringerBerlinHeidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-642-32033-0. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32034-7_49
2. Goltsev V, Gurmanova M, Kouzmanova M, Yordanov I, Qiang S, Pentland A, Wilson N, Chen S, Zaharieva I, and Strasser R J (2013) Analysis of dark drops, dark-induced changes in chlorophyll fluorescence during the recording of the OJIP transient. In: Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and the Future; Advanced Topics in Science and Technology inChina, Vol. 37, pp. 179-183. SpringerBerlinHeidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-642-32033-0. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32034-7_37
3. Chernev P, Zaharieva I, Dau H, and Haumann M (2013) Coordination changes of carboxyl ligands at the Q_AFeQ_B triad in photosynthetic reaction centers studied by density-function theory. In: Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and the Future; Advanced Topics in Science and Technology inChina, Vol. 21, pp. 95-101. SpringerBerlinHeidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-642-32033-0. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32034-7_21
4. Zaharieva I, Chernev P, Risch M, Gerencser L, Berggren G, Shevchenko D, Anderlund M, Weng T C, Haumann M, and Dau H (2009) Towards a comprehensive X-ray approach for studying the photosynthetic manganese complex—XANES, Kα/Kβ/Κβ−satellite emission lines, RIXS, and comparative computational approaches for selected model complexes. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 190 (2009) 012142. 14th International Conference on X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS14). doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/190/1/012142
5.  Risch M, Ringleb F, Khare V, Chernev P, Zaharieva I, and Dau H (2009) Characterisation of a water-oxidizing Co-film by XAFS. Journal of Physics:Conference Series 190 (2009) 012167. 14th International Conference on X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS14). doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/190/1/012167
6. Goltsev V., Tsimilli-Michael M., Chernev P., Zaharieva I., Kouzmanova M., Strasser R.J. (2008) Electromagnetic frequency spectra of samples placed in a coil that senses the electromagnetic background field: Application for leaves, chloroplasts and mole-cules useful in photosynthesis. In.: J.F. Allen, E. Gantt, J.H. Golbeck & B. Osmond (eds.), Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis, Springer,Dordrecht, pp. 591–595. Springer link
7. Yordanov,I., Goltsev, V., Chernev, P., Zaharieva,I., Stefanov, D., and Strasser, R. (2008) Modulated sink-source interactions preserve the PSII electron transport from senescence-induced inactivation in model system with expanded life span induced by decapitation of bean plants. In: J. Allen, E. Gantt, J.Golbeck & B. Osmond (eds.), Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis, Springer,Dordrecht, pp. 675–679. Springer link
8. Goltsev, V., Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P., Lambrev, P. and R. J. Strasser (2005) Origin of kinetic components of millisecond delayed chlorophyll fluorescence. In: van der Est, A. and Bruce, D. (eds.), Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives. Proceedings of XIII International Congress on Photosynthesis. 29 August –3 September 2004, Montreal, Canada. International Society of Photosynthesis, pp. 211-213.
9. Javorova, J., Alexandrov, V., Stanulov, K., Zaharieva, I.and Chelu, P. (2005) Effect of fluid inertia on the stability of journal bearing. In: Ivkovic, B. (ed.), Proceedings of 5^th International Conference on Tribology and 9^th Yugoslav Conference on Tribology, 15-18 June 2005. Univ, Kragujevac & Yugoslav TribologySociety, Serbia &Montenegro, pp. 521-525. Semantic scholar
10. Zaharieva, I., Goltsev, V., Chernev, P. and Strasser, R. (2004) Temperature effects on parameters of millisecond delayed chlorophyll fluorescence – A mathematical model. In: Zrimec, M., Zrimec, A., Drobne, D. and Milani, M. (eds.), Weak Photon Emission from Living Tissues: Delayed Luminescence – Facts & Perspectives. Institute ofPhysical Biology,Grosuplje,Slovenia, pp. 24-28. ISBN: 961-338-333-2
11. Goltsev, V., Zaharieva, I., Chernev, P. and Strasser, R. (2004) Kinetics of millisecond delayed chlorophyll fluorescence as a probe of photosystem II function. In: Zrimec, M., Zrimec, A., Drobne, D. and Milani, M. (eds.), Weak Photon Emission from Living Tissues: Delayed Luminescence – Facts & Perspectives.Institute ofPhysical Biology,Grosuplje,Slovenia, pp. 18-23. ISBN: 961-338-333-2
12. Goltsev, V., Yordanov, I., Stefanov, D., Zahareiva, I., Lambrev, P. and R. Strasser (2001) Simultaneous analysis of variable and delayed chlorophyll fluorescence during induction period in photosynthetic apparatus. In: PS2001 Proceedings: 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne, Australia. Semantic scholar
13. Zaharieva, I., Velitchkova, M. and Goltsev, V. (1998) Effect of cholesterol and benzyl alcohol on prompt and delayed chlorophyll fluorescence in thylakoid membranes. In: Garab, G. (ed.), Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, Vol. III. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in theNetherlands. pp. 1827-1830. Springer link
14. Zaharieva, I., Markova, Tz. and Velitchkova, M. (1998) Thylakoid membrane fluidity changes the response of isolated pea chloroplasts to high temperature. In: Garab, G. (ed.), Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, Vol. III. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in theNetherlands, pp. 1823-1826. Springer link

Book chapters

1. Risch, M., Klingan, K., Zaharieva, I., Dau, D. (2014) Water oxidation by Co-based oxides with molecular properties. In: Molecular Water Oxidising Catalysis: A Key Topic for New Sustainable Energy Conversion Schemes, Ed. A. Llobet, Wiley, Chapter 9, pp. 163-186. ISBN: 978-1-118-41337-1.