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Overview

Christof Wöll is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions in subfields such as materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and catalysis.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics within these areas, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) synthesis and applications, catalytic processes in materials science, machine learning in materials science, gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, catalysis and oxidation reactions, covalent organic framework applications, as well as luminescence and fluorescent materials.

Christof Wöll has published extensively in multiple respected scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Christof Wöll include:

  • 25 Years of Reticular Chemistry, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Tracking the formation, fate and consequence for catalytic activity of Pt single sites on CeO2, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • FAIR data enabling new horizons for materials research, 2022, Nature
  • Proximity Effect in Crystalline Framework Materials: Stacking-Induced Functionality in MOFs and COFs, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Interplay of Electronic and Steric Effects to Yield Low-Temperature CO Oxidation at Metal Single Sites in Defect-Engineered HKUST-1, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Christof Wöll's career, with frequent coauthors including Yuemin Wang, Alexei Nefedov, Lars Heinke, Ritesh Haldar, and Stefan Bräse. This collaborative network indicates interdisciplinary connections and shared investigations across various domains within materials and chemical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Step-by-Step Route for the Synthesis of Metal−Organic Frameworks

    Osama Shekhah;Hui Wang;Stefan Kowarik;Frank Schreiber

  • Thin films of metal–organic frameworks

    Denise Zacher;Osama Shekhah;Christof Wöll;Roland A. Fischer

  • The chemistry and physics of zinc oxide surfaces

    Christof Wöll

  • Surface-supported metal–organic framework thin films: fabrication methods, applications, and challenges

    Jinxuan Liu;Christof Wöll

  • Selective Nucleation and Growth of Metal−Organic Open Framework Thin Films on Patterned COOH/CF3-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)

    Stephan Hermes;Felicitas Schröder;Rolf Chelmowski;Christof Wöll

  • Growth of aromatic molecules on solid substrates for applications in organic electronics

    Gregor Witte;Christof Wöll

  • Controlling interpenetration in metal-organic frameworks by liquid-phase epitaxy.

    Osama Shekhah;Hui Wang;Markos Paradinas;Carmen Ocal

  • Structure of the catalytically active copper–ceria interfacial perimeter

    Aling Chen;Xiaojuan Yu;Yan Zhou;Shu Miao

  • Photocatalytic Activity of Bulk TiO 2 Anatase and Rutile Single Crystals Using Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy

    Mingchun Xu;Youkun Gao;Elias Martinez Moreno;Marinus Kunst

  • The identification of hydroxyl groups on ZnO nanoparticles by infrared spectroscopy

    Heshmat Noei;Hengshan Qiu;Yuemin Wang;Elke Löffler

  • Growth Mechanism of Metal–Organic Frameworks: Insights into the Nucleation by Employing a Step-by-Step Route

    Osama Shekhah;Hui Wang;Denise Zacher;Roland A. Fischer

  • Exchangelike Effects for Closed-Shell Adsorbates: Interface Dipole and Work Function

    Paul S. Bagus;Volker Staemmler;Christof Wöll

  • 25 Years of Reticular Chemistry.

    Ralph Freund;Stefano Canossa;Seth M. Cohen;Wei Yan

  • Novel mechanism for molecular self-assembly on metal substrates: unidirectional rows of pentacene on Cu(110) produced by a substrate-mediated repulsion.

    S. Lukas;G. Witte;Ch. Wöll

  • Tracking the formation, fate and consequence for catalytic activity of Pt single sites on CeO2

    Florian Maurer;Jelena Jelic;Junjun Wang;Andreas Gänzler

  • Surface chemistry of metal-organic frameworks at the liquid-solid interface.

    Denise Zacher;Rochus Schmid;Christof Wöll;Roland A. Fischer

  • Charge-transfer-induced structural rearrangements at both sides of organic/metal interfaces

    Tzu-Chun Tseng;Christian Urban;Yang Wang;Roberto Otero;Roberto Otero

  • Partial dissociation of water leads to stable superstructures on the surface of zinc oxide.

    Bernd Meyer;Dominik Marx;Olga Dulub;Ulrike Diebold

  • On the Importance of the Headgroup Substrate Bond in Thiol Monolayers: A Study of Biphenyl-Based Thiols on Gold and Silver

    Hai-Tao Rong,†,‡;Stefan Frey;† Yong-Jie Yang;Michael Zharnikov

  • Vacuum level alignment at organic/metal junctions: “Cushion” effect and the interface dipole

    Gregor Witte;Simon Lukas;Paul S. Bagus;Christof Wöll

  • Thin Films of Metal—Organic Frameworks

    Denise Zacher;Osama Shekhah;Christof Woell;Roland A. Fischer

  • MOF Thin Films: Existing and Future Applications

    O. Shekhah;J. Liu;R. A. Fischer;Ch. Woell

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuemin Wang
Yuemin Wang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Roland A. Fischer
Roland A. Fischer Technical University of Munich
Osama Shekhah
Osama Shekhah King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Lars Heinke
Lars Heinke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Stefan Bräse
Stefan Bräse Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Martin Muhler
Martin Muhler Ruhr University Bochum
Gregor Witte
Gregor Witte Philipp University of Marburg
Ian A. Howard
Ian A. Howard Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Thomas Heine
Thomas Heine TU Dresden
Johannes V. Barth
Johannes V. Barth Technical University of Munich

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