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Oliver S. Wenger

Oliver S. Wenger

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Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
14813
World Ranking
5687
National Ranking
125

Overview

Oliver S. Wenger is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work spans various subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

Recent publications illustrate a breadth of investigation in photochemical processes and metal complex chemistry. Selected recent papers include:

  • Multi-Photon Excitation in Photoredox Catalysis: Concepts, Applications, Methods (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Luminescent First-Row Transition Metal Complexes (2021, JACS Au)
  • Manganese(i) complexes with metal-to-ligand charge transfer luminescence and photoreactivity (2021, Nature Chemistry)
  • Photoactive Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited States in 3d6 Complexes with Cr0, MnI, FeII, and CoIII (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • UV Light Generation and Challenging Photoreactions Enabled by Upconversion in Water (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Oliver S. Wenger frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Björn Pfund, Alessandro Prescimone, Narayan Sinha, Christoph Kerzig, and Lucius Schmid.

The scientist often publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Vapochromism in organometallic and coordination complexes: chemical sensors for volatile organic compounds.

    Oliver S. Wenger

  • Photoactive Complexes with Earth-Abundant Metals

    Oliver S. Wenger

  • Multi-Photon Excitation in Photoredox Catalysis: Concepts, Applications, Methods.

    Felix Glaser;Christoph Kerzig;Oliver S. Wenger

  • Organic mixed valence.

    Jihane Hankache;Oliver S. Wenger

  • Photoredox Catalysis with Metal Complexes Made from Earth-Abundant Elements.

    Christopher B. Larsen;Oliver S. Wenger

  • Is Iron the New Ruthenium

    Oliver S. Wenger

  • Luminescent First-Row Transition Metal Complexes.

    Christina Wegeberg;Oliver S. Wenger

  • How donor-bridge-acceptor energetics influence electron tunneling dynamics and their distance dependences.

    Oliver S. Wenger

  • Charge migration and charge transfer in molecular systems

    Hans Jakob Wörner;Christopher A. Arrell;Natalie Banerji;Andrea Cannizzo

  • Recent progress in the development of transition-metal based photoredox catalysts

    Felix Glaser;Oliver S. Wenger

  • Photoactive Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited States in 3d6 Complexes with Cr0, MnI, FeII, and CoIII

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  • Proton-coupled electron transfer with photoexcited metal complexes.

    Oliver S Wenger

  • Electron Tunneling Through Organic Molecules in Frozen Glasses

    Oliver S. Wenger;Brian S. Leigh;Randy M. Villahermosa;Harry B. Gray

  • Manganese(I) complexes with metal-to-ligand charge transfer luminescence and photoreactivity.

    Patrick Herr;Christoph Kerzig;Christopher B. Larsen;Daniel Häussinger

  • A Tris(diisocyanide)chromium(0) Complex Is a Luminescent Analog of Fe(2,2'-Bipyridine)32+

    Laura A. Büldt;Xingwei Guo;Raphael Vogel;Alessandro Prescimone

  • Unexpected Hydrated Electron Source for Preparative Visible-Light Driven Photoredox Catalysis.

    Christoph Kerzig;Xingwei Guo;Oliver S. Wenger

  • Luminescent cyclometalated gold(III) complexes.

    Catherine Bronner;Oliver S. Wenger

  • Photoswitchable luminescence of rhenium(i) tricarbonyl diimines.

    Oliver S. Wenger;Lawrence M. Henling;Michael W. Day;Jay R. Winkler

  • Long-range electron transfer in artificial systems with d6 and d8 metal photosensitizers

    Oliver S. Wenger

  • A Molybdenum(0) Isocyanide Analogue of Ru(2,2′‐Bipyridine)32+: A Strong Reductant for Photoredox Catalysis

    Laura A. Büldt;Xingwei Guo;Alessandro Prescimone;Oliver S. Wenger

  • Chromium complexes for luminescence, solar cells, photoredox catalysis, upconversion, and phototriggered NO release

    Laura A. Büldt;Oliver S. Wenger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans U. Güdel
Hans U. Güdel University of Bern
Markus Neuburger
Markus Neuburger University of Basel
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Jean-Pierre Sauvage University of Strasbourg
Marcel Mayor
Marcel Mayor University of Basel
Thomas R. Ward
Thomas R. Ward University of Basel
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
Jay R. Winkler
Jay R. Winkler California Institute of Technology
Cornelia G. Palivan
Cornelia G. Palivan University of Basel
Peter Hamm
Peter Hamm University of Zurich

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