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Overview

Bernt Krebs is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science, with particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's recent publications include work on polyoxometalates and related inorganic clusters. Notable papers are:

  • Comment on molybdenum polyoxo clusters: from the `Blues' to the `Reds', 2022, published in Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry
  • Nachruf: Achim Müller (1938 - 2024), 2024, published in Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Bernt Krebs frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • E. Diemann
  • Thorsten Glaser

The main publication venues where Krebs's research appears are:

  • Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry
  • Nachrichten aus der Chemie

The research topics span several areas with a focus on synthesis and applications in the domain of advanced materials. These topics include:

  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of a plant catechol oxidase containing a dicopper center.

    Thomas Klabunde;Christoph Eicken;James C. Sacchettini;Bernt Krebs

  • The crystal structure of catechol oxidase : new insight into the function of type-3 copper proteins

    Carsten Gerdemann;Christoph Eicken;Bernt Krebs

  • Two-Metal Ion Catalysis in Enzymatic Acyl- and Phosphoryl-Transfer Reactions

    Norbert Sträter;William N. Lipscomb;Thomas Klabunde;Bernt Krebs

  • Crystal structure of a purple acid phosphatase containing a dinuclear Fe(III)-Zn(II) active site.

    Norbert Sträter;Thomas Klabunde;Paul Tucker;Herbert Witzel

  • Transition‐Metal Thiolates: From Molecular Fragments of Sulfidic Solids to Models for Active Centers in Biomolecules

    Bernt Krebs;Gerald Henkel

  • Metallothioneins: zinc, cadmium, mercury, and copper thiolates and selenolates mimicking protein active site features--structural aspects and biological implications.

    Gerald Henkel;Bernt Krebs

  • Mechanism of Fe III –Zn II purple acid phosphatase based on crystal structures

    Thomas Klabunde;Norbert Sträter;Roland Fröhlich;Herbert Witzel

  • Highly Efficient Catalysts in Directed Oxygen-Transfer Processes: Synthesis, Structures of Novel Manganese-Containing Heteropolyanions, and Applications in Regioselective Epoxidation of Dienes with Hydrogen Peroxide

    Michael Bösing;Andreas Nöh;Ina Loose;Bernt Krebs

  • Thio‐ and Seleno‐Compounds of Main Group Elements—Novel Inorganic Oligomers and Polymers

    Bernt Krebs

  • New Strategies for the Generation of Large Heteropolymetalate Clusters: The β-B-SbW9 Fragment as a Multifunctional Unit

    Michael Bösing;Ina Loose;Heinrich Pohlmann;Bernt Krebs

  • Catechol oxidase - structure and activity.

    Christoph Eicken;Bernt Krebs;James C Sacchettini

  • Synthesis, structure and catecholase activity study of dinuclear copper(II) complexes†

    Jörg Reim;Bernt Krebs

  • Structural and functional studies on model compounds of purple acid phosphatases and catechol oxidases

    Roberto Than;Arnold A. Feldmann;Bernt Krebs

  • Structural and Functional Models for the Dinuclear Copper Active Site in Catechol Oxidases: Syntheses, X-ray Crystal Structures, Magnetic and Spectral Properties, and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies in Solid State and in Solution.

    Frank Zippel;Friedhelm Ahlers;Rüdiger Werner;Wolfgang Haase

  • Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry with additives to 2,5‐dihydroxybenzoic acid

    Michael Karas;Hanno Ehring;Eckhard Nordhoff;Bernd Stahl

  • Nature of the Metal−Ligand Bond in M(CO)5PX3 Complexes (M = Cr, Mo, W; X = H, Me, F, Cl): Synthesis, Molecular Structure, and Quantum-Chemical Calculations

    Gernot Frenking;Karin Wichmann;Nikolaus Fröhlich;Joseph Grobe

  • Biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of catechol oxidase from sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) containing a type-3 dicopper center

    Christoph Eicken;Frank Zippel;Klaudia Büldt-Karentzopoulos;Bernt Krebs

  • Thio‐ und Selenoverbindungen von Hauptgruppenelementen ‐ neue anorganische Oligomere und Polymere

    Bernt Krebs

  • Preparation of highly efficient manganese catalase mimics.

    Michael U. Triller;‡ Wen-Yuan Hsieh;Vincent L. Pecoraro;and Annette Rompel

  • Dinuclear Nickel(II) Complexes as Models for the Active Site of Urease.

    Dirk Volkmer;Birgit Hommerich;Klaus Griesar;Wolfgang Haase

Frequent Co-Authors

Achim Müller
Achim Müller Bielefeld University
Jan Reedijk
Jan Reedijk Leiden University
Annette Rompel
Annette Rompel University of Vienna
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Herbert W. Roesky
Herbert W. Roesky University of Göttingen
Norbert Sträter
Norbert Sträter Leipzig University
Wolfgang Haase
Wolfgang Haase Technical University of Darmstadt
Uwe Karst
Uwe Karst University of Münster
Patrick Gamez
Patrick Gamez University of Barcelona
Niels J. Bjerrum
Niels J. Bjerrum Technical University of Denmark

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