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Dirk Volkmer is affiliated with the University of Augsburg in Germany and specializes in research within the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work covers a considerable range of topics related to crystallography, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry, with attention to the synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and related materials.

Dirk Volkmer's research spans several subfields of study including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry, and Civil and Structural Engineering. The following main topics have been identified within their work:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications

The scientist has contributed significantly to literature, with publications appearing frequently in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry - A European Journal, Dalton Transactions, and Advanced Materials Interfaces.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Dirk Volkmer include the following:

  • "Anhydrous Solid-State Proton Conduction in Crystalline MOFs, COFs, HOFs, and POMs" (2025), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Cooperative Large-Hysteresis Spin-Crossover Transition in the Iron(II) Triazolate [Fe(ta)2] Metal-Organic Framework" (2020), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "A Zr-Based Metal-Organic Framework with a DUT-52 Structure Containing a Trifluoroacetamido-Functionalized Linker for Aqueous Phase Fluorescence Sensing of the Cyanide Ion and Aerobic Oxidation of Cyclohexane" (2021), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "MOFs for long-term gas storage: exploiting kinetic trapping in ZIF-8 for on-demand and stimuli-controlled gas release" (2023), published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
  • "Critical Perspectives on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Composites for the Adsorptive Removal of Antibiotics from Wastewater Matrices" (2023), published in Crystal Growth & Design

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Dirk Volkmer include Maryana Kraft, Richard Röß-Ohlenroth, Ralph Freund, Katharina Knippen, and Björn Bredenkötter. These collaborations highlight their research network and the interdisciplinary nature of their scientific inquiries.

Best Publications

  • Properties of 3D-printed fiber-reinforced Portland cement paste

    Manuel Hambach;Dirk Volkmer

  • Defibrillation of soft porous metal-organic frameworks with electric fields

    A. Knebel;B. Geppert;K. Volgmann;D. I. Kolokolov;D. I. Kolokolov

  • The 2019 surface acoustic waves roadmap

    Per Delsing;Andrew N. Cleland;Martin J.A. Schuetz;Johannes Knörzer

  • Elucidating gating effects for hydrogen sorption in MFU-4-type triazolate-based metal-organic frameworks featuring different pore sizes.

    Dmytro Denysenko;Maciej Grzywa;Markus Tonigold;Barbara Streppel

  • A Thin-Film Electrochromic Device Based on a Polyoxometalate Cluster

    Shaoqin Liu;Dirk G. Kurth;Helmuth Möhwald;Dirk Volkmer

  • Surfactant-encapsulated clusters (SECs): (DODA)20(NH4)[H3Mo57V6(NO)6O183(H2O)18], a case study.

    Dirk G. Kurth;Pit Lehmann;Dirk Volkmer;Helmut Cölfen

  • The structure of self-assembled multilayers with polyoxometalate nanoclusters.

    Shaoqin Liu;Dirk G. Kurth;Bjoern Bredenkötter;Dirk Volkmer

  • Toward nanodevices: Synthesis and characterization of the nanoporous surfactant-encapsulated keplerate (DODA)(40)(NH4)(2)[(H2O)(n)subset of Mo132O372(CH3COO)(30)(H2O)(72)].

    D. Volkmer;A. Du Chesne;D. G. Kurth;H. Schnablegger

  • Coordination Arrays: Tetranuclear Cobalt(II) Complexes with [2 × 2]-Grid Structure

    Garry S. Hanan;Dirk Volkmer;Ulrich S. Schubert;Jean-Marie Lehn

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

    Markus Tonigold;Ying Lu;Björn Bredenkötter;Bernhard Rieger

  • Enhanced selectivity of CO2 over CH4 in sulphonate-, carboxylate- and iodo-functionalized UiO-66 frameworks

    Shyam Prosad Biswas;Jian Zhang;Zhibao Li;Ying-Ya Liu

  • Scorpionate‐Type Coordination in MFU‐4l Metal–Organic Frameworks: Small‐Molecule Binding and Activation upon the Thermally Activated Formation of Open Metal Sites

    Dmytro Denysenko;Maciej Grzywa;Jelena Jelic;Karsten Reuter

  • Pyrazolate-based cobalt(II)-containing metal-organic frameworks in heterogeneous catalytic oxidation reactions: elucidating the role of entatic states for biomimetic oxidation processes.

    Markus Tonigold;Ying Lu;Andreas Mavrandonakis;Angela Puls

  • Biologically inspired polyoxometalate-surfactant composite materials. Investigations on the structures of discrete, surfactant-encapsulated clusters, monolayers, and Langmuir- Blodgett films of (DODA)(40)(NH4)(2)[(H2O)(n)subset of Mo132O372(CH3CO2)(30)(H2O)(72)].

    Dirk G. Kurth;Pit Lehmann;Dirk Volkmer;Achim Müller

  • Ultrathin Molybdenum Polyoxometalate−Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films

    Frank Caruso;Dirk G. Kurth;Dirk Volkmer;Michael J. Koop

  • MFU‐4 – A Metal‐Organic Framework for Highly Effective H2/D2 Separation

    Julia Teufel;Hyunchul Oh;Michael Hirscher;Mohammad Wahiduzzaman

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

    Dirk Volkmer;Birgit Hommerich;Klaus Griesar;Wolfgang Haase

  • Polyoxometalate-based electro- and photochromic dual-mode devices

    Shaoqin Liu;Helmuth Möhwald;Dirk Volkmer;Dirk G. Kurth

  • Portland cement paste with aligned carbon fibers exhibiting exceptionally high flexural strength (> 100 MPa)

    Manuel Hambach;Hendrik Möller;Thomas Neumann;Dirk Volkmer

  • Reversible gas-phase redox processes catalyzed by Co-exchanged MFU-4l(arge)

    Dmytro Denysenko;Tamas Werner;Maciej Grzywa;Angela Puls

  • Synthesis, structure, and properties of oligo-tridentate ligands; covalently assembled precursors of coordination arrays

    Garry S. Hanan;Ulrich S. Schubert;Dirk Volkmer;Emmanuel Rivière

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk G. Kurth
Dirk G. Kurth University of Würzburg
Pascal Van Der Voort
Pascal Van Der Voort Ghent University
Alois Loidl
Alois Loidl University of Augsburg
Garry S. Hanan
Garry S. Hanan University of Montreal
Michael Hirscher
Michael Hirscher Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg
Helmut Cölfen
Helmut Cölfen University of Konstanz
Peter Lunkenheimer
Peter Lunkenheimer University of Augsburg
Bernhard Rieger
Bernhard Rieger Technical University of Munich
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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