Former members

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis of polynuclear spin crossover complexes

RESEARCH TOPIC

Sythesis of multifunctional spin crossover complexes

RESEARCH TOPIC

Towards new functional 3d transition metal organic framework

PUBLICATIONS

C. Lochenie, A. Gebauer, O. Klimm, F. Puchtler, B. Weber, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 4687-4695.

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• NMR measurements
• IR measurements
• Schlenk techniques
• SQUID magnetic measurements

BACHELOR WORK

"Synthesis and characterisation of Iron(II) spin crossover coordination polymers with pi-extended systems" (Prof. Dr. Birgit Weber's group, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 2013)

RESEARCH TOPIC

Cytotoxic 3d metal complexes as anticancer drugs

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• X-ray diffraction on single crystals
• Cyclic voltammetrie
• UV/Vis spectroscopy
• SQUID magnetic measurements
• NMR spectroscopy
• IR spectroscopy
• Mass spectrometry
• Elemental analysis

PUBLICATIONS

• K. Dankhoff, C Lochenie, B. Weber, Molecules 2020, 25, 581.
• K.Dankhoff, M. Gold, L. Kober, F. Schmitt, L. Pfeifer, A. Dürrmann, H. Kostrhunova, M. Rothemund, V. Brabec, R. Schobert, B. Weber, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 15220-15230.
• K. Dankhoff, B. Weber, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 15376-15380.
• K. Dankhoff, A. Ahmad, B. Weber, B. Biersack, R. Schobert, J. Inorg. Biochem. 2019, 194, 1-6.
• P. M. Schäfer, K. Dankhoff, M. Rothemund, A. N. Ksiazkiewicz, A. Pich, R. Schobert, B. Weber, S. Herres-Pawlis, ChemistryOpen 2019, 8, 1020-1026.
• K. Dankhoff, S. Schneider, R. Nowak, B. Weber, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2018, 644, 1839–1848.
• K. Dankhoff, B. Weber, CrystEngComm 2018, 20, 818-828.
• B. Weber, E. Kaps, Eike, K. Dankhoff, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2017, 643, 1593-1599.
• K. Dankhoff, C. Lochenie, F. Puchtler, B. Weber, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 2136–2143.
• S. Schlamp, K. Dankhoff, B. Weber, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 1965-1972.

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis of new dinuclear and polymer spin crossover complexes

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterisation of spin crossover nanoparticles in polymer matrix

PUBLICATIONS

• O. Klimm, C. Göbel, S. Rosenfeldt, F. Puchtler, N. Miyajima, K. Marquardt, M. Drechsler, J. Breu, S. Förster, B. Weber, Nanoscale, 2016, 19058-19065. open access
• C. Lochenie, A. Gebauer, O. Klimm, F. Puchtler, B. Weber, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 4687-4695.

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• SQUID magnetic measurements
• Mössbauer spectroscopy
• TEM measurements
• SEM measurements
• Elemental analysis
• IR spectrscopy
• DLS measurements
• Powder X-Ray diffraction

DIPLOMA THESIS

"Neue Koordinationsverbindungen des Silbers mit Stickstoff- und Schwefelliganden", workgroup Prof. Meyer, University of Cologne, Cologne, 2013

RESEARCH TOPIC: Synthesis and characterisation of fluorescent phenazine-based complexes. 

PUBLICATIONS

• H. Kurz, C. Hils, J. Timm, G. Hörner, A. Greiner, R. Marschall, H. Schmalz, B. Weber*, Angew. Chem., 2022, e202117570. 10.1002/ange.202117570
• H. Kurz, C. Hils, J. Timm, G. Hörner, A. Greiner, R. Marschall, H. Schmalz, B. Weber*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202117570. 10.1002/anie.202117570
• T. K. Ekanayaka, H. Kurz, K. A. McElveen, G. Hao, E. Mishra, A. T. N’Diaye, R. Y. Lai, B. Weber, P. A. Dowben*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 883−894. 10.1039/D1CP04243B
• H. Kurz, G. Hörner, O. Weser, G. Li Manni, B. Weber, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 15159−15171. 10.1002/chem.202102086
• C. Simon, A. Blösser, M. Eckardt, H. Kurz, B. Weber, M. Zobel, R. Marschall, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2021, 647, 2061−2072. 10.1002/zaac.202100190
• C. Simon, M. B. Zakaria, H. Kurz, D. Tetzlaff, A. Blösser, M. Weiss, J. Timm, B. Weber, U. Apfel, R. Marschall, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 16990−17001. 10.1002/chem.202101716
• H. Kurz, K. Schötz, I. Papadopoulos, F. Heinemann, H. Maid, D. Guldi, A. Köhler, G. Hörner, B. Weber, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 3466−3480. 10.1021/jacs.0c12568
• A. Viard, H. Kurz, A. Lale, L. Heymann, B. Weber, S. Bernard, M. Knauer, G. Motz, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 8745–8753. 10.1021/acsami.0c20885
• T. Ekanayaka, H. Kurz, A. Dale, G. Hao, A. Mosey, E. Mishra, A. N’Diaye, R. Cheng, B. Weber, P. Dowben, Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 760–768. 10.1039/D0MA00612B
• H. Kurz, G. Hörner, B. Weber, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2021, 647, 896–904. 10.1002/zaac.202000407
• A. Bloesser, H. Kurz, J. Timm, F. Wittkamp, C. Simon, S. Hayama, B. Weber, U. Apfel, R. Marschall, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2020, 3, 11587−11599. 10.1021/acsanm.0c02705
• A. Bloesser, J. Timm, H. Kurz, W. Milius, S. Hayama, J. Breu, B. Weber, R. Marschall, Sol. RRL, 2020, 1900570. 10.1002/solr.201900570
• H. Kurz, C. Lochenie, K. G. Wagner, S. Schneider, M. Karg, B. Weber, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 5100–5111. 10.1002/chem.201704632
• C. Lochenie, K. Schötz, F. Panzer, H. Kurz, B. Maier, F. Puchtler, S. Agarwal, A. Köhler, B. Weber, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 700–709. 10.1021/jacs.7b10571

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• SQUID magnetic measurements
• Mössbauer spectrometry
• Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis
• UV-Vis spectroscopy
• Fluorescence spectroscopy

TALKS

• 09/2021:                      2B Switch Symposium virtual symposium (Invited talk)
• 07/2021:                      International Conference on Photochemistry virtual conference
• 12/2019:                      Fellow meeting of the “Fonds der Chemischen Industrie” (FCI) in Munich, Germany

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• 09/2018 – 08/2020:     Kekulé-Fellowship for PhD candidates of the “Fonds der Chemischen Industrie” (FCI)
  
• 07/2018:                      Poster prize at the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC) in Sendai,  Japan
  
• 07/2018:                      Prize for best Master’s degree “Materialchemie und Katalyse” 2017, University of Bayreuth
  
• 10/2016 – 02/2017:     Research Internship with an Erasmus Scholarship in the workgroup of Prof. Dr. Grace Morgan at the University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland

RESEARCH TOPIC

Ligand design for new multifunctional spin crossover networks

PUBLICATIONS

• S. Herres-Pawlis, U. Herber, K. Hegner, D. Wolters, R. Siris, K. Wrobel, A. Hoffmann, C. Lochenie, B. Weber, D. Kuckling, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2016, accepted, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201601345.
• C. Lochenie, A. Gebauer, O. Klimm, F. Puchtler, B. Weber, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 4687-4695.
• K. Dankhoff, C. Lochenie, F. Puchtler, B. Weber, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2016, 2136-2143.
• C. Schliebe, U. Pfaff, T. Gemming, C. Lochenie, B. Weber, H. Lang, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, 3850-3860.
• C. Lochenie, J. Heinz, W. Milius, B. Weber, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 18065-18077.
• C. Lochenie, K. G. Wagner, M. Karg, B. Weber, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 7925-7935.
• D. Adner, M. Korb, C. Lochenie, B. Weber, H. Lang, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2015, 641, 1243-1246.
• S. Schönfeld, C. Lochenie, P. Thoma, B. Weber, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 5389-5395.
• S. Schlamp, C. Lochenie, T. Bauer, R. Kempe, B. Weber, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, 408-413.
• U. Herber, A. Hoffmann, C. Lochenie, B. Weber, S. Herres-Pawlis, Z. Naturforsch., 2014, 69b, 1206-1214.
• C. Lochenie, W. Bauer, A. P. Railliet, S. Schlamp, Y. Garcia, B. Weber, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 11563-11572.
• Z. Fang, J. P. Dürholt, M. Kauer, W. Zhang, C. Lochenie, B. Jee, H. B. Albada, N. Metzler-Nolte, A. Pöppl, B. Weber, M. Muhler, Y. Wang, R. Schmid, R. A. Fischer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 9627-9636.
• C. Lochenie, S. Schlamp, A. P. Railliet, K. Robeyns, B. Weber, Y. Garcia, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 2014, 16, 6213-6218.
• C. Göbel, T. Palamarciuc, C. Lochenie, B. Weber, Chem. Asian J., 2014, 9, 2232-2238.
• W. Bauer, C. Lochenie, B. Weber, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 1990-1999.
• C. Lochenie, W. Bauer, S. Schlamp, P. Thoma, B. Weber, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2012, 638, 98-102.

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• SQUID magnetic measurements
• X-Ray diffraction on crystals
• DSC - TGA
• Mössbauer spectrometry

Research Topic:

Study on exchange interactions in mixed-metal complexes.

RESEARCH TOPIC

Ship-in-a-Bottle Complexes with Spin-Crossover Properties - Novel Approaches For the Design of Smart Contrast Agents

PUBLICATIONS

• R. Nowak, E. A. Prasetyanto, L. De Cola, B. Bojer, R. Siegel, J. Senker, E. Rössler, B. Weber, Chem. Comm., 2017, 53, 971-974.
• R. Nowak, W. Bauer, T. Ossiander, B. Weber, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2013, 975-983.

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• SQUID magnetic measurements
• Mössbauer spectroscopy
• DLS measurements
• TGA/DSC measurements
• UV-Vis spectroscopy
• IR spectroscopy
• (SS-)NMR spectroscopy
• Powder X-Ray diffraction
• Elemental analysis

ERASMUS INTERNSHIP

"Novel biocompatible and magnetic composite materials for early cancer diagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging", workgroup Prof. De Cola, I.S.I.S., University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 2014

MASTER THESIS

"Ship-in-a-bottle complexes with spin crossover properties - Novel approaches for the design of smart constrast agents", workgroup Prof. Weber, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 2014

Bachelor thesis:

"Synthesis and characterisation of spin crossover nanoparticles", workgroup Prof. Weber, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 2012

Research Topic:

Synthesis of new modifications of the equatorial ligands

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis of amphiphilic hexadentate N4O2 ligands and corresponding Iron(II) spin crossover complexes

PUBLICATIONS

• M. D. Revenco, O. V. Palamarciuc, P. N. Bourosh, J. Lipkowski, M. Gdaniec, Y. A. Simonov, R. Clérac, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 368, 157-164.
• O. V. Palamarciuc, P. N. Bourosh, M. D. Revenco, J. Lipkowski, Y. A. Simonov, R. Clérac, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 363, 2561-2566.
• M. Revenco, P. Bourosh, O. Palamarciuc, Y. Lipkovsky, Yu. Simonov, Rus. J. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 54, 1581-1589.
• O. Palamarciuc, M. Revenco, Scientific journal of the Moldova State University, 2007, 7, 54-57.

Characterisation methods:

• X-ray diffraction on single crystal
• Magnetic measurements
• Optical measurements

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis of Iron(II) spin crossover nanoparticles from inverse-micelles method and in polymeric matrix

PUBLICATIONS

• Z. Xin, T. Palamarciuc, P. Rosa, J.-F. Létard, B. Doudin, Z. Zhang, J. Wang, P. A. Dowben, J. Phys. Chem., 2012, C116,23291-23296.
• T. Palamarciuc, J. C. Oberg, F. El Hallak, C. F. Hirjibehedin, M. Serri, S. Heutz, J.-F. Létard, P. Rosa, J. Mat. Chem., 2012, 22, 9690-9695.
• H. J. Shepherd, T. Palamarciuc, P. Rosa, P. Guionneau, G. Molnar, J.-F. Létard, A. Bousseksou, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2012, 51, 3910-3914.

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• SQUID magnetic measurements
• TEM

RESEARCH TOPIC

Amphiphilic Spin Crossover Complexes

PUBLICATIONS

• S. Schlamp, C. Lochenie, T. Bauer, R. Kempe, B. Weber, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, 408-413.
• C. Lochenie, W. Bauer, A. P. Railliet, S. Schlamp, Y. Garcia, B. Weber, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 11563-11572.
• C. Lochenie, S. Schlamp, A. P. Railliet, K. Robeyns, B. Weber, Y. Garcia, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 2014, 16, 6213-6218.
• S. Schlamp, P. Thoma, B. Weber, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 6462-6473.
• S. Schlamp, K. Dankhoff, B. Weber, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 1965-1972.
• S. Schlamp, P. Thoma, T. Bauer, R. Kempe, B. Weber, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2013, 639, 1763-1767.
• S. Heider, H. Petzold, G. Chastenet, S. Schlamp, T. Rüffer, B. Weber, J.-F. Létard, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 8575-8584.
• C. Lochenie, W. Bauer,S. Schlamp, P. Thoma, B. Weber, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2012, 638, 98-102.
• S. Schlamp, J. Schulten, R. Betz, T. Bauch, A. V. Mudring, B. Weber, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2012, 638, 1093-1102.
• S. Schlamp, P. Thoma, B. Weber, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 2759-2768.
• W. Bauer, S. Schlamp, B. Weber, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 10222-10224.
• S. Schlamp, B. Weber, A. D. Naik, Y. Garcia, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7152-7154.
• B. Weber, R. Betz, W. Bauer, S. Schlamp, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2011, 637, 102-107.

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• SQUID magnetic measurements
• TGA - DSC
• X-Ray diffraction on single crystal
• Polarisation microscope

SELECTED ATTENDED CONFERENCES

• KC-Treffen 2013 (Universität Bayreuth): oral presentation "Spin-Crossover-Komplexe mit lipidähnlicher Struktur".

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis of redox-active complexes with spin-crossover properties 

PUBLICATIONS

• S. Schönfeld, W. Bauer, S. Thallmair, g. Hörner, B. Weber, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und allgemeine Chemie Bd. 647 (2021), 8, 905-914
• S. Schönfeld, F. Baier, J. Jungklaus, G. Hörner, S. Winterstein, A. Enders, J. Senker, B. Weber, Journal of Applied Physics Bd. 129 (2021) Heft 8
• S. Schönfeld, G. Hörner, F. W. Heinemann, A. Hofmann, R. Marschall, B. Weber, Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie Bd. 647 (2021) Heft 4, 295-305
• S. Schönfeld, K. Dankhoff, D. Baabe, M.-K. Zaretzke, M. Bröring, K. Schötz, A. Köhler, G. Hörner, B. Weber, Inorganic Chemistry Bd. 59 (2020) Heft 12, 8320-8333
• L. Zappe, S. Schönfeld, G. Hörner, K. A. Zenere, C. F. Leong, C. Kepert, D. M. D'Alessandro, B. Weber, S. M. Neville, Chemical Communications (2020)
• S. Schönfeld, C. Lochenie, G. Hörner, B. Weber, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Bd. 31 (2019)
• S. Schönfeld, C. Lochenie, P. Thoma, B. Weber, CrystEngComm Bd. 17 (2015) Heft 29, 5389-5395

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterisation of [N3O] and [N3O2] Schiff base-like ligands for 3d metal complexes

PUBLICATIONS

K. Dankhoff, S. Schneider, R. Nowak, B. Weber, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chemie 2018, 644, 1839-1848.
H. Kurz, C. Lochenie, K. G.Wagner, S. Schneider, M. Karg, B. Weber, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 100-111.

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• Cyclic voltammetry
• UV/Vis spectroscopy
• SQUID magnetic measurements
• Mössbauer spectroscopy
• NMR spectroscopy
• IR spectroscopy
• Mass spectrometry
• Elemental analysis​

RESEARCH TOPIC

• Synthesis of new ligand modifications and multifunctional metal complexes with and without spin crossover behaviour
• Synthesis of micelles and inversen micelles
• Synthese of emulsions

RESEARCH TOPIC

Ligands functionalised with long alkyl chains for spin crossover complexes

PUBLICATIONS

• J. Weihermüller, S. Schlamp, W. Milius, F. Puchtler, J. Breu, P. Ramming, S. Hüttner, S. Agarwal, C. Göbel, M. Hund, G. Papastavrou, B. Weber, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019, 5, 1151-1163.
• J. Weihermüller, S. Schlamp, B. Dittrich, B. Weber, Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 2, 1278-1289.
  
• ​CHARACTERISATION METHODS
• SQUID magnetic measurements
• Mössbauer spectroscopy
• Polarisation microscopy
• Elemental analysis
• X-Ray diffraction on single crystals
• Powder X-Ray diffraction
• TGA/DSC measurements
• SAXS measurements
• NMR measurements
• IR spectrocopy
• AAS measurements
• Mass spectrometry

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and nanostructuring of coordination networks in block-copolymer matrix

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• IR measurements
• Schlenk techniques
• SQUID magnetic measurements
• DLS measurements

RESEARCH TOPIC

Synthesis and characterisation of redoxactive Fe(II) spin crossover coordination polymers with 4,4'-di(pyridin-4-yl)-2,2'-bi(1,3-dithiolylidene)

CHARACTERISATION METHODS

• SQUID magnetic measurements
• Powder X-Ray diffraction
• Mössbauer spectroscopy
• Elemental analysis
• IR spectroscopy
• Cyclic voltammetry