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Lothar Schäfer was affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covered a range of topics related to environmental impacts and treatment technologies. These included Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Research, and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Lothar Schäfer published research in notable scientific venues, including:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Procedia CIRP
  • Angewandte Chemie

Their recent scientific papers illustrated an active engagement with advanced oxidation processes, water treatment, and environmental contaminant control:

  • "Selection of indicator contaminants of emerging concern when reusing reclaimed water for irrigation - A proposed methodology" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Insights into the application of the anodic oxidation process for the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water matrices" (2024, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • "Optimization of the electrolytic production of Caro's acid. Towards industrial production using diamond electrodes" (2023, Separation and Purification Technology)
  • "Application of biological transformation to foster positive urban production" (2020, Procedia CIRP)
  • "Integration of a 3D-printed electrochemical reactor with a tubular membrane photoreactor to promote sulfate-based advanced oxidation processes" (2024, Chemical Engineering Journal)

Frequent collaborators included Jan Gäbler, Vítor J.P. Vilar, Manuel A. Rodrigo, Ana I. Gomes, and Carla S. Santos, with multiple joint research projects contributing to the advancement of environmental science and engineering disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Clay Minerals. 1. Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Pyrophyllite, and Beidellite

    Brian J. Teppen;Kjeld Rasmussen;Paul M. Bertsch;David M. Miller

  • The ab initio gradient revolution in structural chemistry: The importance of local molecular geometries and the efficacy of joint quantum mechanical and experimental procedures

    Lothar Schäfer

  • Investigations concerning the apparent contradiction between the microwave structure and the ab initio calculations of glycine

    Harrell L. Sellers;Lothar Schafer

  • Atomic hydrogen concentration profiles at filaments used for chemical vapor deposition of diamond

    Lothar Schäfer;Claus-Peter Klages;Ulrich Meier;Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus

  • Ab initio studies of structural features not easily amenable to experiment. 23. Molecular structures and conformational analysis of the dipeptide N‐acetyl‐N′‐methyl glycyl amide and the significance of local geometries for peptide structures

    Lothar Schäfer;C. Van Alsenoy;J. N. Scarsdale

  • CH bond length variations due to the intramolecular environment: a comparison of the results obtained by the method of isolated CH stretching frequencies and by ab initio gradient calculations

    Donald C. McKean;James E. Boggs;Lothar Schäfer

  • Estimates for systematic empirical corrections of consistent 4–21G ab initio geometries and their correlations to total energy group increments

    Lothar Schäfer;C. Van Alsenoy;J.N. Scarsdale

  • Electrochemical advanced oxidation process for water treatment using DiaChem® electrodes

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  • MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF SORPTION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AT THE CLAY MINERAL / AQUEOUS SOLUTION INTERFACE

    Brian J. Teppen;Ching-Hsing Yu;David M. Miller;Lothar Schäfer

  • Investigation of intramolecular interactions in n-alkanes. Cooperative energy increments associated with GG and GTG' [G = gauche, T = trans] sequences

    Seiji Tsuzuki;Lothar Schafer;Hitoshi Goto;Eluvathingal D. Jemmis

  • Renormalization of polymer networks and stars

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  • Conformational transitions and geometry differences between low‐energy conformers of N‐acetyl‐N′‐methyl alanineamide: An ab initio study at the 4‐21G level with gradient relaxed geometries

    Lothar Schäfer;V. J. Klimkowski;Frank A. Momany;H. Chuman

  • The case of glycine continued: some contradictory SCF results

    Michael Ramek;Vincent K.W. Cheng;Regina F. Frey;Susan Q. Newton

  • Evaluation of the dipeptide approximation in peptide modeling by ab initio geometry optimizations of oligopeptides

    Lothar Schafer;Susan Q. Newton;Ming Cao;Anik Peeters

  • Ab Initio Geometry Determinations of Proteins. 1. Crambin

    Christian Van Alsenoy;Ching-Hsing Yu;Anik Peeters;Jan M. L. Martin

  • Ab initio studies of structural features not easily amenable to experiment: Part 31. Conformational analysis and molecular structures of ethylene glycol

    C. Van Alsenoy;L. Van Den Enden;Lothar Schäfer

  • Electron-diffraction study of hydrogen isotope effects in cyclohexane

    J.D. Ewbank;G. Kirsch;Lothar Schäfer

  • Ab initio studies of structural features not easily amenable to experiment: Part III. The influence of lone pair orbital interactions on molecular structure

    J.O. Williams;J.N. Scarsdale;Lothar Schäfer;H.J. Geise

  • Investigation of the molecular structure of catechol by combined microwave spectroscopy and AB initio calculations

    Walther Caminati;Salvatore Di Bernardo;Lothar Schäfer;Susan Q. Kulp-Newton

  • Ab initio studies of structural features not easily amenable to experiment

    P. Bowers;Lothar Schäfer

  • Ab initio conformational analysis of alanine

    Ming Cao;Susan Q. Newton;Julianto Pranata;Lothar Schäfer

  • Ab initio studies of structural features not easily amenable to experiment: Part 8. The structural consequences of the anomeric effect in compounds with disubstituted tetrahedral carbon atoms

    Lothar Schäfer;C. Van Alsenoy;J.O. Williams;J.N. Scarsdale

  • Vibrational Spectra of Organometallic Compounds

    Lothar Schäfer

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Van Alsenoy
C. Van Alsenoy University of Antwerp
J. Brunvoll
J. Brunvoll Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Walther Caminati
Walther Caminati University of Bologna
Norman L. Allinger
Norman L. Allinger University of Georgia
Frederick A. Beland
Frederick A. Beland National Center for Toxicological Research
András Perczel
András Perczel Eötvös Loránd University
Alfred D. French
Alfred D. French United States Department of Agriculture
Jan M. L. Martin
Jan M. L. Martin Weizmann Institute of Science
James E. Boggs
James E. Boggs The University of Texas at Austin
Valentin Djonov
Valentin Djonov University of Bern

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