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Patrick Weis is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research spans a range of topics within materials science and chemistry, with a total of 44 publications in materials science and 32 in chemistry. Weis's work focuses on several specialized subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their primary research topics encompass areas such as nanocluster synthesis and applications, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, synthesis and applications of gold and silver nanoparticles, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, and advanced nanomaterials in catalysis.

Weis has authored several recent papers, illustrating ongoing contributions to these topics. Notable publications include:

  • "Linear Size Contraction of Ligand Protected Ag29 Clusters by Substituting Ag with Cu" (2020) in ACS Nano
  • "Kinetics of Intercluster Reactions between Atomically Precise Noble Metal Clusters [Ag25(DMBT)18] and [Au25(PET)18] in Room Temperature Solutions" (2021) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "New Photosensitizers Based on Heteroleptic CuI Complexes and CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction with [NiII(cyclam)]Cl2" (2020) in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Cyclic ion mobility of doped [MAu24L18]2− superatoms and their fragments (M = Ni, Pd and Pt; L = alkynyl)" (2024) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "A Synthetic Strategy for Cofacial Porphyrin-Based Homo- and Heterobimetallic Complexes" (2021) in Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent collaborative partners in Weis's research include Manfred M. Kappes, Erik Schneider, Stefan Bräse, Martin Nieger, and Marco Neumaier. These coauthors indicate a network of collaboration primarily within the domains of nanomaterials and chemical synthesis.

In terms of publication venues, Weis commonly publishes in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • The structures of small gold cluster anions as determined by a combination of ion mobility measurements and density functional calculations

    Filipp Furche;Reinhart Ahlrichs;Patrick Weis;Christoph Jacob

  • Structures of small gold cluster cations (Aun+, n<14): Ion mobility measurements versus density functional calculations

    Stefan Gilb;Patrick Weis;Filip Furche;Reinhart Ahlrichs

  • Boron Cluster Cations: Transition from Planar to Cylindrical Structures

    Esther Oger;Nathan R. M. Crawford;Rebecca Kelting;Patrick Weis

  • Direct computation of second-order SCF properties of large molecules on workstation computers with an application to large carbon clusters

    M. Häser;R. Ahlrichs;H. P. Baron;P. Weis

  • STRUCTURES AND ENERGETICS OF VN(C6H6)M+ CLUSTERS : EVIDENCE FOR A QUINTUPLE-DECKER SANDWICH

    Patrick Weis;Paul R. Kemper;Michael T. Bowers

  • Structures of small silver cluster cations (Agn+, n<12): ion mobility measurements versus density functional and MP2 calculations

    Patrick Weis;Thomas Bierweiler;Stefan Gilb;Manfred M. Kappes

  • Fragmentation of C+60 and higher fullerenes by surface impact

    Rainer D. Beck;Jörg Rockenberger;Patrick Weis;Manfred M. Kappes

  • Metastability of isolated platinum and palladium tetrahalide dianions and the role of electron tunneling

    Patrick Weis;Oliver Hampe;Stefan Gilb;Manfred M Kappes

  • Structures of mixed gold-silver cluster cations (AgmAun+,m+n<6): Ion mobility measurements and density-functional calculations

    Patrick Weis;Oliver Welz;Elena Vollmer;Manfred M. Kappes

  • Determining the size-dependent structure of ligand-free gold-cluster ions

    Detlef Schooss;Patrick Weis;Oliver Hampe;Manfred M. Kappes

  • Unusually stable magic number clusters of serine with a surprising preference for homochirality

    Christoph A Schalley;Patrick Weis

  • Poly (ethylene terephthalate) oligomers cationized by alkali ions: Structures, energetics, and their effect on mass spectra and the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization process

    Jennifer Gidden;Thomas Wyttenbach;Joseph J. Batka;Patrick Weis

  • Selecting different complexes from a dynamic combinatorial library of coordination compounds.

    Markus Albrecht;Ingo Janser;Jan Runsink;Gerhard Raabe

  • A New Determination of the Fluoride Ion−Water Bond Energy

    Patrick Weis;and Paul R. Kemper;Michael T. Bowers;Sotiris S. Xantheas

  • Ab initio studies of small sodium–sodium halide clusters, NanCln and NanCln−1 (n≤4)

    Patrick Weis;Christian Ochsenfeld;Reinhart Ahlrichs;Manfred M. Kappes

  • Mn+(H2)n and Zn+(H2)n Clusters: Influence of 3d and 4s Orbitals on Metal−Ligand Bonding

    Patrick Weis;Paul R. Kemper;Michael T. Bowers

  • Selenium-Bridged Gold(I) Complex Cations [Au10Se4(dppm)4]2+ and [Au18Se8(dppe)6]2+

    Dieter Fenske;Timo Langetepe;Manfred M. Kappes;Oliver Hampe

  • Extraction and Chromatographic Elution Behavior of Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Inferences Regarding Effective Dipole Moments

    Dirk Fuchs;Hermann Rietschel;Rudi H. Michel;Achim Fischer

  • Structure determination of gaseous metal and semi-metal cluster ions by ion mobility spectrometry

    Patrick Weis

  • A metallosupramolecular tetrahedron with a huge internal cavity.

    Markus Albrecht;Ingo Janser;Sebastian Meyer;Patrick Weis

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred M. Kappes
Manfred M. Kappes Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Markus Albrecht
Markus Albrecht RWTH Aachen University
Reinhart Ahlrichs
Reinhart Ahlrichs Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Stefan Bräse
Stefan Bräse Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Martin Nieger
Martin Nieger University of Helsinki
Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg
Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Matthias Schneider
Matthias Schneider Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Frank Hennrich
Frank Hennrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christoph A. Schalley
Christoph A. Schalley Freie Universität Berlin

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