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2026

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105
Citations
35744
World Ranking
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76

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2017 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Joachim Sauer is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany, specializing in the field of Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Catalysis, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Journal of Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Joachim Sauer has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most frequently with Laura Gagliardi, Omar M. Yaghi, Saumil Chheda, Nikita Hanikel, and Xiaokun Pei.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Carbon dioxide capture from open air using covalent organic frameworks, 2024, Nature
  • MOF Linker Extension Strategy for Enhanced Atmospheric Water Harvesting, 2023, ACS Central Science
  • Evolution of water structures in metal-organic frameworks for improved atmospheric water harvesting, 2021, Science
  • Interaction of C3-C5 Alkenes with Zeolitic Brønsted Sites: π-Complexes, Alkoxides, and Carbenium Ions in H-FER, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Including dispersion in density functional theory for adsorption on flat oxide surfaces, in metal-organic frameworks and in acidic zeolites, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Joachim Sauer holds recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2018), a Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2017), and a Member of Academia Europaea (2009).

Best Publications

  • Oxygen vacancies in transition metal and rare earth oxides: Current state of understanding and remaining challenges

    M. Verónica Ganduglia-Pirovano;Alexander Hofmann;Joachim Sauer

  • Oxygen defects and surface chemistry of ceria: quantum chemical studies compared to experiment.

    Joachim Paier;Christopher Penschke;Joachim Sauer

  • Molecular models in ab initio studies of solids and surfaces: from ionic crystals and semiconductors to catalysts

    Joachim Sauer

  • Theoretical Study of van der Waals Complexes at Surface Sites in Comparison with the Experiment

    J. Sauer;Piero Ugliengo;E. Garrone;V. R. Saunders

  • Hybrid functionals applied to rare-earth oxides: The example of ceria

    Juarez L. F. Da Silva;M. Verónica Ganduglia-Pirovano;Joachim Sauer;Veronika Bayer

  • Evolution of water structures in metal-organic frameworks for improved atmospheric water harvesting.

    Nikita Hanikel;Xiaokun Pei;Saumil Chheda;Hao Lyu

  • Bridging hydrodyl groups in zeolitic catalysts: a computer simulation of their structure, vibrational properties and acidity in protonated faujasites (HY zeolites)

    Klaus-Peter Schröder;Joachim Sauer;Maurice Leslie;C. Richard

  • Density-functional calculations of the structure of near-surface oxygen vacancies and electron localization on CeO2(111).

    M. Verónica Ganduglia-Pirovano;Juarez L. F. Da Silva;Juarez L. F. Da Silva;Joachim Sauer

  • Acidity Differences between Inorganic Solids Induced by Their Framework Structure. A Combined Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics ab Initio Study on Zeolites

    Martin Brändle† and;Joachim Sauer

  • Molecular mechanics potential for silica and zeolite catalysts based on ab initio calculations. 1. Dense and microporous silica

    Joerg R. Hill;Joachim Sauer

  • 23Na NMR Spectroscopy of Solids: Interpretation of Quadrupole Interaction Parameters and Chemical Shifts

    Hubert Koller;Guenter Engelhardt;Arno P. M. Kentgens;Joachim Sauer

  • Aluminum siting in silicon-rich zeolite frameworks: a combined high-resolution (27)Al NMR spectroscopy and quantum mechanics / molecular mechanics study of ZSM-5.

    Stepan Sklenak;Jirí Dedecek;Chengbin Li;Blanka Wichterlová

  • Application of semiempirical long-range dispersion corrections to periodic systems in density functional theory.

    Torsten Kerber;Marek Sierka;Joachim Sauer

  • Quantum chemical modeling of zeolite-catalyzed methylation reactions: toward chemical accuracy for barriers.

    Stian Svelle;Christian Tuma;Xavier Rozanska;Torsten Kerber

  • Vibrational spectra of alumina- and silica-supported vanadia revisited: An experimental and theoretical model catalyst study

    Norbert Magg;Boonchuan Immaraporn;Javier B. Giorgi;Thomas Schroeder

  • Interaction of methanol with Broensted acid sites of zeolite catalysts: an ab initio study

    Frank Haase;Joachim Sauer

  • Combining quantum mechanics and interatomic potential functions in ab initio studies of extended systems

    Joachim Sauer;Marek Sierka

  • Treating dispersion effects in extended systems by hybrid MP2:DFT calculations--protonation of isobutene in zeolite ferrierite.

    Christian Tuma;Joachim Sauer

  • Ab initio study of hydrogen adsorption in MOF-5.

    Kaido Sillar;Alexander Hofmann;Joachim Sauer

  • Predicting Absolute and Site Specific Acidities for Zeolite Catalysts by a Combined Quantum Mechanics/Interatomic Potential Function Approach†

    Uwe Eichler;and Martin Brändle;Joachim Sauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Marek Sierka
Marek Sierka Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Knut R. Asmis
Knut R. Asmis Leipzig University
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Helmut Schwarz
Helmut Schwarz Technical University of Berlin
Helmut Kuhlenbeck
Helmut Kuhlenbeck Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Niklas Nilius
Niklas Nilius Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Detlef Schröder
Detlef Schröder Czech Academy of Sciences
Dario Stacchiola
Dario Stacchiola Brookhaven National Laboratory

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