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Frank Hampel is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and primarily works in the field of Materials Science.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Biology

Their main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry

Frank Hampel has published notable recent papers including:

  • "A Family of Superhelicenes: Easily Tunable, Chiral Nanographenes by Merging Helicity with Planar π Systems" (2021) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Heterocyclic Hemithioindigos: Highly Advantageous Properties as Molecular Photoswitches" (2022) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "A Spherically Shielded Triphenylamine and Its Persistent Radical Cation" (2020) in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Diaryl-hemiindigos as visible light, pH, and heat responsive four-state switches and application in photochromic transparent polymers" (2023) in Nature Communications
  • "A Hexabenzocoronene-Based Helical Nanographene" (2020) in Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent publication venues for Hampel include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, such as:

  • Norbert Jux
  • John A. Gladysz
  • Henry Dube
  • Nancy Weisbach
  • Milan Kivala

Best Publications

  • 3,3‘-Bis(trisarylsilyl)-Substituted Binaphtholate Rare Earth Metal Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydroamination

    Denis V. Gribkov;Kai C. Hultzsch;Frank Hampel

  • End-cap stabilized oligoynes: model compounds for the linear sp carbon allotrope carbyne.

    Thomas Gibtner;Frank Hampel;Jean-Paul Gisselbrecht;Andreas Hirsch

  • Template‐Mediated Self Assembly of Six‐ and Eight‐Membered Iron Coronates

    Rolf W. Saalfrank;Ingo Bernt;Eveline Uller;Frank Hampel

  • Unified model for singlet fission within a non-conjugated covalent pentacene dimer

    Bettina S. Basel;Johannes Zirzlmeier;Constantin Hetzer;Brian T. Phelan

  • Copper(I) complexes, copper(I)/O(2) reactivity, and copper(II) complex adducts, with a series of tetradentate tripyridylalkylamine tripodal ligands.

    Markus Schatz;Michael Becker;Florian Thaler;Frank Hampel

  • Synthesis and characterization of new biphenolate and binaphtholate rare-Earth-metal amido complexes: catalysts for asymmetric olefin hydroamination/cyclization.

    Denis V. Gribkov;Kai C. Hultzsch;Frank Hampel

  • Ligand-to-metal ratio controlled assembly of tetra- and hexanuclear clusters towards single-molecule magnets.

    Rolf W. Saalfrank;Ingo Bernt;Mubarik M. Chowdhry;Frank Hampel

  • Regiochemistry of Twofold Additions to [6,6] Bonds in C60: Influence of the Addend‐Independent Cage Distortion in 1,2‐Monoadducts

    Francis Djojo;Andrea Herzog;Iris Lamparth;Frank Hampel

  • Base-catalysed asymmetric hydroamination/cyclisation of aminoalkenes utilising a dimeric chiral diamidobinaphthyl dilithium salt

    Patricia Horrillo Martínez;Kai C. Hultzsch;Frank Hampel

  • Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of sp carbon chains with bis(phosphine) pentafluorophenylplatinum endgroups: butadiynediyl (C4) through hexadecaoctaynediyl (C16) bridges, and beyond.

    Wolfgang Mohr;Jürgen Stahl;Frank Hampel;J. A. Gladysz

  • A synthetic breakthrough into an unanticipated stability regime: a series of isolable complexes in which C6, C8, C10, C12, C16, C20, C24, and C28 polyynediyl chains span two platinum atoms.

    Qinglin Zheng;James C. Bohling;Thomas B. Peters;Anja C. Frisch

  • Molecular gyroscopes: {Fe(CO)3} and {Fe(CO)2(NO)}+ rotators encased in three-spoke stators; facile assembly by alkene metatheses

    Takanori Shima;Frank Hampel;J. A. Gladysz

  • Aromaticity in Silole Dianions: Structural, Energetic, and Magnetic Aspects

    Bernd Goldfuss;and Paul von Ragué Schleyer;Frank Hampel

  • New Yttrium Complexes Bearing Diamidoamine Ligands as Efficient and Diastereoselective Catalysts for the Intramolecular Hydroamination of Alkenes and Alkynes

    Kai C. Hultzsch;Frank Hampel;Thomas Wagner

  • Gyroscope-like molecules consisting of PdX2/PtX2 rotators encased in three-spoke stators: synthesis via alkene metathesis, and facile substitution and demetalation.

    Agnieszka J Nawara;Takanori Shima;Frank Hampel;J A Gladysz

  • Sp carbon chains surrounded by sp3 carbon double helices: a class of molecules that are accessible by self-assembly and models for "insulated" molecular-scale devices.

    Jürgen Stahl;James C. Bohling;Eike B. Bauer;Thomas B. Peters

  • .eta.3 and .eta.6 Bridging cations in the N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine-solvated complexes of benzylpotassium and benzylrubidium: an x-ray, NMR, and MO study

    Daniele Hoffmann;Walter Bauer;Frank Hampel;Nicolaas J. R. Eikema Hommes

  • Rare earth metal complexes based on β-diketiminato and novel linked bis(β-diketiminato) ligands: Synthesis, structural characterization and catalytic application in epoxide/CO2-copolymerization

    Daniela V. Vitanova;Frank Hampel;Kai C. Hultzsch

  • Non-metallocene rare earth metal catalysts for the diastereoselective and enantioselective hydroamination of aminoalkenes

    Kai C. Hultzsch;Denis V. Gribkov;Frank Hampel

  • Magnetic anisotropy of a cyclic octanuclear Fe(III) cluster and magneto-structural correlations in molecular ferric wheels.

    Waldmann O;Koch R;Schromm S;Schülein J

  • Dicyanopolyynes: A Homologuous Series of End‐Capped Linear sp Carbon

    Günther Schermann;Thomas Grösser;Frank Hampel;Andreas Hirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Gladysz
John A. Gladysz Texas A&M University
Rolf W. Saalfrank
Rolf W. Saalfrank University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Rik R. Tykwinski
Rik R. Tykwinski University of Alberta
Andreas Hirsch
Andreas Hirsch University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Frank W. Heinemann
Frank W. Heinemann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Kai C. Hultzsch
Kai C. Hultzsch University of Vienna
Svetlana B. Tsogoeva
Svetlana B. Tsogoeva University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Andreas Görling
Andreas Görling University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Paul v. R. Schleyer
Paul v. R. Schleyer University of Georgia
Karsten Meyer
Karsten Meyer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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