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D-Index
85
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24142
World Ranking
2692
National Ranking
201

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Hans-Peter Steinrück is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, with a strong focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrochemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Hans-Peter Steinrück's recent published papers highlight developments in advanced materials and surface science. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Exceptionally high charge mobility in phthalocyanine-based poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthroline)-ladder-type two-dimensional conjugated polymers," 2023, Nature Materials
  • "Ultrathin ionic liquid films on metal surfaces: adsorption, growth, stability and exchange phenomena," 2020, Advances in Physics X
  • "Poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthroline)-Ladder-Type Two-Dimensional Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework for Fast Proton Storage," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Atomic Force and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Ordered Ionic Liquid Wetting Layers from 110 K up to Room Temperature," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Surface Tension and Viscosity of Binary Mixtures of the Fluorinated and Non-fluorinated Ionic Liquids [PFBMIm][PF6] and [C4C1Im][PF6] by the Pendant Drop Method and Surface Light Scattering," 2020, International Journal of Thermophysics

Collaboration is a significant part of Steinrück's publication record. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Florian Maier
  • Christian Papp
  • Andreas Görling
  • Daniel Hemmeter
  • Ole Lytken

Steinrück has published widely across several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues consist of:

  • ChemPhysChem
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Surface Science
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Recognition within the scientific community includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016 and membership in Academia Europaea since 2012.

Best Publications

  • The Synthesis of Nanostructured Ni5P4 Films and their Use as a Non‐Noble Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Full Water Splitting

    Marc Ledendecker;Sandra Krick Calderón;Christian Papp;Hans-Peter Steinrück

  • Covalent bulk functionalization of graphene

    Jan M. Englert;Christoph Dotzer;Guang Yang;Martin Schmid

  • A generic interface to reduce the efficiency-stability-cost gap of perovskite solar cells

    Yi Hou;Xiaoyan Du;Simon Scheiner;David P. McMeekin

  • Wet Chemical Synthesis of Graphene

    Siegfried Eigler;Michael Enzelberger-Heim;Stefan Grimm;Philipp Hofmann

  • Ionic Liquids in Catalysis

    Hans-Peter Steinrück;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Towards a Molecular Understanding of Cation–Anion Interactions—Probing the Electronic Structure of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids by NMR Spectroscopy, X‐ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations

    Till Cremer;Claudia Kolbeck;Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Natalia Paape

  • Gallium-rich Pd–Ga phases as supported liquid metal catalysts

    N. Taccardi;M. Grabau;J. Debuschewitz;M. Distaso

  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Ionic Liquid-Based Interfaces

    Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Ignacio J. Villar-Garcia;Florian Maier;Hans-Peter Steinrück

  • Thermal stability of Pt films on TiO2(110): evidence for encapsulation

    François Pesty;Hans-Peter Steinrück;Theodore E. Madey

  • Direct Synthesis of a Metalloporphyrin Complex on a Surface

    J. Michael Gottfried;Ken Flechtner;Andreas Kretschmann;Thomas Lukasczyk

  • Nanoporous Au: An Unsupported Pure Gold Catalyst?

    Arne Wittstock;Björn Neumann;Andreas Schaefer;Karifala Dumbuya

  • Density and Surface Tension of Ionic Liquids

    C. Kolbeck;J. Lehmann;K. R. J. Lovelock;T. Cremer

  • The Surface Trans Effect: Influence of Axial Ligands on the Surface Chemical Bonds of Adsorbed Metalloporphyrins

    Wolfgang Hieringer;Ken Flechtner;Andreas Kretschmann;Knud Seufert

  • Coordination and metalation bifunctionality of Cu with 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrin: toward a mixed-valence two-dimensional coordination network.

    Li Y;Xiao J;Shubina Te;Chen M

  • Interaction of Cobalt(II) Tetraarylporphyrins with a Ag(111) Surface Studied with Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    Thomas Lukasczyk;Ken Flechtner;Lindsay R. Merte;Norbert Jux

  • Surface science and model catalysis with ionic liquid-modified materials.

    H.-P. Steinrück;J. Libuda;P. Wasserscheid;T. Cremer

  • Liquid/solid interface of ultrathin ionic liquid films: [C1C1Im][Tf2N] and [C8C1Im][Tf2N] on Au(111).

    T. Cremer;M. Stark;A. Deyko;H.-P. Steinrück

  • Principle and Mechanism of Direct Porphyrin Metalation: Joint Experimental and Theoretical Investigation

    Shubina Te;Marbach H;Flechtner K;Kretschmann A

  • Insights into the surface composition and enrichment effects of ionic liquids and ionic liquid mixtures

    F. Maier;T. Cremer;C. Kolbeck;K. R. J. Lovelock

  • Graphene on Ni(111): Coexistence of Different Surface Structures

    Wei Zhao;Sergey M. Kozlov;Oliver Höfert;Karin Gotterbarm

  • Ionic Liquids in Catalysis

    Hans‐Peter Steinrueck;Peter Wasserscheid

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Wasserscheid
Peter Wasserscheid University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Andreas Görling
Andreas Görling University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
J. Michael Gottfried
J. Michael Gottfried Philipp University of Marburg
Jörg Libuda
Jörg Libuda University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dietrich Menzel
Dietrich Menzel Technical University of Munich
Andreas Hirsch
Andreas Hirsch University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Junfa Zhu
Junfa Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Jie Xiao
Jie Xiao University of Washington
Bernd Meyer
Bernd Meyer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Robert J. Madix
Robert J. Madix Harvard University

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