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Zwitterionic Molecules Comprising Zintl Clusters For the first time the introduction of phosphine moieties at tetrel Zintl clusters was achieved and a series of novel mixed-functionalized cluster compounds bearing phosphine substituents is presented. Besides providing a novel class of bulky… [read more]

See in section „Notizen aus der Chemie“ Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 2017, 65, 420. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nadc.20174061548/full [read more]

π–complex or intermetalloid cluster? Zn atoms serve for both. Either covalent coupling of two Zn vertex atoms or Lewis-acid Lewis-base interactions leads to novel intermetalloid clusters with Zn. The reactions of Zn(I) compounds of the type Zn2L2 with solutions of the Zintl phase K4Ge9 in liquid… [read more]

The new Li-Si-P ternary phase compounds Li8SiP4 and Li2SiP2 are the starting point of a large compound class. Both compounds form structures based on SiP4 tetrahedral building blocks and reveal a significant lithium ion mobility. The compounds were characterized by XRD and solid-state NMR, and Li… [read more]

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Nanostructured Group 14 semiconductors attract significant attention because of a broad range of potential applications. We describe a general and controllable fabrication method for Ge nanomorphologies with tunable composition using the controlled reaction of [Ge9]4− Zintl clusters to a solid… [read more]

[Ge2]4– Dumbbell with Very Short Ge-Ge Distances in the Zintl Phase Li3NaGe2 – A Solid State Equivalent to Molecular O2 L. M. Scherf, A. J. Karttunen, O. Pecher, P. C. M. M. Magusin, C. P. Grey, T. F. Fässler Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 55, 1075–1079. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508044  erscheint ein… [read more]

As part of her doctor thesis S. Frischhut will synthesize main group element cluster of the semiconducting elements Si and Ge, which contains low valent Si and Ge atoms. [read more]

The Chemistry department of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Jürgen Manchot Foundation have awarded the chemist, Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis, the 2015 Wilhelm Manchot Research Professorship. With this award, the TUM honors his pioneering work on thermoelectric materials.  More:… [read more]

Dr. Michael Zeilinger wird für seine Doktorarbeit von der Johannes B. Ortner-Stiftung mit einem Preisgeld von 1.000 Euro ausgezeichnet. Die 2005 errichtete Johannes B. Ortner-Stiftung verleiht damit zum zehnten Mal in Folge Preise für herausragende Arbeiten von Nachwuchswissenschaftlern der… [read more]