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Kay Severin is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and is an active contributor to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work notably spans the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics, including:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Kay Severin has a substantial publication record, having contributed to numerous scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Science

Among their recent papers are:

  • Identification of a Heteroleptic Pd6L6L'6 Coordination Cage by Screening of a Virtual Combinatorial Library (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of protonated merocyanine photoacids in water (2020, Chemical Science)
  • Isolation and characterization of diazoolefins (2021, Nature Chemistry)
  • Alkynyl Triazenes as Fluoroalkyne Surrogates: Regioselective Access to 4-Fluoro-2-pyridones by a Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation-Lossen Rearrangement-Wallach Reaction (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Tuning the Size and Geometry of Heteroleptic Coordination Cages by Varying the Ligand Bent Angle (2021, Chemistry - A European Journal)

Kay Severin often collaborates with several researchers, frequently co-authoring publications with:

  • Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani
  • Rosario Scopelliti
  • Paul Varava
  • Abdusalom A. Suleymanov
  • Zhaowen Dong

Best Publications

  • A self-replicating peptide

    David H. Lee;Juan R. Granja;Jose A. Martinez;Kay Severin

  • Bioorganometallic Chemistry - Transition Metal Complexes with α-Amino Acids and Peptides.

    Kay Severin;Ralph Bergs;Wolfgang Beck

  • Emergence of symbiosis in peptide self-replication through a hypercyclic network

    D H Lee;K Severin;Y Yokobayashi;M R Ghadiri

  • Supramolecular chemistry with organometallic half-sandwich complexes

    Kay Severin

  • Boronic acids as building blocks for molecular nanostructures and polymeric materials

    Kay Severin

  • A Chemosensor Array for the Colorimetric Identification of 20 Natural Amino Acids

    Andrey Buryak;Kay Severin

  • Multicomponent assembly of boronic acid based macrocycles and cages.

    Nicolas Christinat;Rosario Scopelliti;Kay Severin

  • Synthetic chemistry with nitrous oxide

    Kay Severin

  • Transferring the concept of multinuclearity to ruthenium complexes for improvement of anticancer activity.

    Maria G. Mendoza-Ferri;Christian G. Hartinger;Marco A. Mendoza;Michael Groessl

  • Influence of the Spacer Length on the in Vitro Anticancer Activity of Dinuclear Ruthenium−Arene Compounds

    Maria-Grazia Mendoza-Ferri;Christian G. Hartinger;Rene E. Eichinger;Natalya Stolyarova

  • A coordination cage with an adaptable cavity size.

    Sebastian Mirtschin;Adam Slabon-Turski;Rosario Scopelliti;Aldrik H. Velders

  • A self-assembled metallomacrocyclic ionophore with high affinity and selectivity for Li+ and Na+.

    Holger Piotrowski;Kurt Polborn;Gerhard Hilt;Kay Severin

  • A synthetic peptide ligase

    Kay Severin;David H. Lee;Alan J. Kennan;M. Reza Ghadiri

  • Synthesis of molecular nanostructures by multicomponent condensation reactions in a ball mill.

    Burçak Içli;Nicolas Christinat;Justus Tönnemann;Christian Schüttler

  • The advantage of being virtual--target-induced adaptation and selection in dynamic combinatorial libraries.

    Kay Severin

  • Ruthenium Catalysts for the Kharasch Reaction

    Kay Severin

  • Selective recognition of fluoride anion using a Li(+)--metallacrown complex.

    Marie-Line Lehaire;Rosario Scopelliti;Holger Piotrowski;Kay Severin

  • Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries of Dye Complexes as Sensors

    Andrey Buryak;Kay Severin

  • Self-assembled organometallic receptors for small ions

    Kay Severin

  • pH-Triggered Assembly of Organometallic Receptors for Lithium Ions

    Zacharias Grote;Rosario Scopelliti;Kay Severin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosario Scopelliti
Rosario Scopelliti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Euro Solari
Euro Solari École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Wolfgang Beck
Wolfgang Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kurt Polborn
Kurt Polborn Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
M. Reza Ghadiri
M. Reza Ghadiri Scripps Research Institute
Clémence Corminboeuf
Clémence Corminboeuf École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christian G. Hartinger
Christian G. Hartinger University of Auckland
Xuhong Qian
Xuhong Qian East China University of Science and Technology
Michel R. Gagné
Michel R. Gagné University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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