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  • 2011 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Bernhard Rieger is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within the broader disciplines of Materials Science and Chemistry, focusing particularly on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, along with Process Chemistry and Technology, Biomaterials, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their work addresses several main topics including carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography. Additional areas encompass biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, synthetic organic chemistry methods, and advanced polymer synthesis and characterization.

Bernhard Rieger has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with frequent publications in journals such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Macromolecules, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and Advanced Materials.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Molecular Design of Chemically Fueled Peptide-Polyelectrolyte Coacervate-Based Assemblies" (2021), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Maximizing PHB content in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: a new metabolic engineering strategy based on the regulator PirC" (2020), Microbial Cell Factories
  • "Host-Guest Interactions in a Metal-Organic Framework Isoreticular Series for Molecular Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction" (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Entrapped Molecular Photocatalyst and Photosensitizer in Metal-Organic Framework Nanoreactors for Enhanced Solar CO2Reduction" (2021), ACS Catalysis
  • "The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science" (2020), Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Frequent collaborators in Bernhard Rieger's research include Moritz Kränzlein, Sergei I. Vagin, Lucas Stieglitz, Shigeyoshi Inoue, and Andreas Saurwein.

Recognition in their field includes membership in the European Academy of Sciences since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Stereospecific Olefin Polymerization with Chiral Metallocene Catalysts

    Hans-Herbert Brintzinger;David Fischer;Rolf Mülhaupt;Bernhard Rieger

  • Transformation of Carbon Dioxide with Homogeneous Transition-Metal Catalysts: A Molecular Solution to a Global Challenge?

    Mirza Cokoja;Christian Bruckmeier;Bernhard Rieger;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Recent advances in CO2/epoxide copolymerization—New strategies and cooperative mechanisms

    Stephan Klaus;Maximilian W. Lehenmeier;Carly E. Anderson;Bernhard Rieger

  • Stereospezifische Olefinpolymerisation mit chiralen Metallocenkatalysatoren

    Hans-Herbert Brintzinger;David Fischer;Rolf Mülhaupt;Bernhard Rieger

  • Ortho-phosphinobenzenesulfonate: a superb ligand for palladium-catalyzed coordination-insertion copolymerization of polar vinyl monomers.

    Akifumi Nakamura;Timo M. J. Anselment;Jerome Claverie;Brian Goodall

  • Umwandlung von Kohlendioxid mit Übergangsmetall-Homogenkatalysatoren: eine molekulare Lösung für ein globales Problem?

    Mirza Cokoja;Christian Bruckmeier;Bernhard Rieger;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

  • Molecular tweezers for hydrogen: synthesis, characterization, and reactivity.

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Michiko Atsumi;Cong Wang

  • Facile heterolytic H2 activation by amines and B(C6F5)3.

    Victor Sumerin;Felix Schulz;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Bio-based polycarbonate from limonene oxide and CO2 with high molecular weight, excellent thermal resistance, hardness and transparency

    Oliver Hauenstein;M. Reiter;Seema Agarwal;B. Rieger

  • New nickel(II) diimine complexes and the control of polyethylene microstructure by catalyst design.

    Dieter Meinhard;Marcus Wegner;Georgy Kipiani;Andrew Hearley

  • Biobased Polyamides: Recent Advances in Basic and Applied Research

    Malte Winnacker;Bernhard Rieger

  • On the formation of aliphatic polycarbonates from epoxides with chromium(III) and aluminum(III) metal-salen complexes.

    Gerrit A. Luinstra;Gerhard R. Haas;Ferenc Molnar;Volker Bernhart

  • New C2v- and Chiral C2-Symmetric Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Based on Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Diimine Complexes Bearing 2,6-Diphenyl Aniline Moieties: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and First Insight into Polymerization Properties

    Markus Schmid;Robert Eberhardt;Martti Klinga;and Markku Leskelä

  • DMAP/Cr(III) Catalyst Ratio: The Decisive Factor for Poly(propylene carbonate) Formation in the Coupling of CO2 and Propylene Oxide

    Robert Eberhardt;Markus Allmendinger;Bernhard Rieger

  • Silicon Nanocrystals and Silicon-Polymer Hybrids: Synthesis, Surface Engineering, and Applications.

    Mita Dasog;Julian Kehrle;Bernhard Rieger;Jonathan G. C. Veinot

  • Control of Stereoerror Formation with High-Activity “Dual-Side” Zirconocene Catalysts: A Novel Strategy To Design the Properties of Thermoplastic Elastic Polypropenes

    Ulf Dietrich;Martijn Hackmann;Bernhard Rieger;and Martti Klinga

  • Photoinduced electron transfer in DNA matrix from intercalated ethidium to condensed methylviologen

    Peter. Fromherz;Bernhard. Rieger

  • Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation by MFU‐1: A Cobalt(II)‐Containing Metal–Organic Framework

    Markus Tonigold;Ying Lu;Björn Bredenkötter;Bernhard Rieger

  • Highly Active Metal-Free Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Nitrogen-Containing Compounds

    Victor Sumerin;Konstantin Chernichenko;Martin Nieger;Markku Leskelä

  • Synthetic biodegradable polymers

    Bernhard Rieger;Andreas Künkel;Geoffrey W. Coates;Robert Reichardt

  • Stereospecific Olefin Polymerization with Chiral Metallocene Catalysts

    H.‐H. Brintzinger;D. Fischer;R. Muelhaupt;B. Rieger

  • Transformation of Carbon Dioxide with Homogeneous Transition‐Metal Catalysts: A Molecular Solution to a Global Challenge?

    Mirza Cokoja;Christian Bruckmeier;Bernhard Rieger;Wolfgang A. Herrmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Markku Leskelä
Markku Leskelä University of Helsinki
Timo Repo
Timo Repo University of Helsinki
Jonathan G. C. Veinot
Jonathan G. C. Veinot University of Alberta
Paolo Lugli
Paolo Lugli Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Eberhardt Herdtweck
Eberhardt Herdtweck Technical University of Munich
Roland A. Fischer
Roland A. Fischer Technical University of Munich
Hans-Herbert Brintzinger
Hans-Herbert Brintzinger University of Konstanz
Thomas F. Fässler
Thomas F. Fässler Technical University of Munich
Othmar Marti
Othmar Marti University of Ulm
Christoph Janiak
Christoph Janiak Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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