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Paul Simon is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, electrical and electronic engineering, biomaterials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics and appear in prominent journals. Notable papers include:

  • Synthesis of plasmonic Fe/Al nanoparticles in ionic liquids (2020, RSC Advances)
  • Crystal structure, chemical bonding, and electrical and thermal transport in Sc5Rh6Sn18 (2020, Dalton Transactions)
  • Nested Formation of Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs in a Bacterial Surface Membrane with a Graded Nanoconfinement: An Evolutionary Strategy to Ensure Bacterial Survival (2022, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering)
  • Discovery of mammalian collagens I and III within ancient poriferan biopolymer spongin (2025, Nature Communications)
  • Spongin as a Unique 3D Template for the Development of Functional Iron-Based Composites Using Biomimetic Approach In Vitro (2023, Marine Drugs)

Paul Simon has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including W. Carrillo-Cabrera, Yuri Grin, Markus König, Elena V. Sturm, and Iryna Zelenina. The highest number of collaborations is with W. Carrillo-Cabrera, totaling nine joint works.

The primary publication venues where Paul Simon's work appears include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (4 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (2 publications)
  • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2 publications)
  • Communications Materials (2 publications)
  • Nanomaterials (2 publications)

Their research encompasses several key topics within materials science and related fields. These topics include:

  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Physics of superconductivity and magnetism
  • Inorganic chemistry and materials
  • Chalcogenide semiconductor thin films
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Paul Simon's scientific contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach connecting the study of crystal structures with the development and characterization of advanced materials, including biomimetic and nanoscale systems. Their work provides insight into both fundamental physical properties and applied materials engineering across a range of scientific domains.

Best Publications

  • Regularly shaped, single-crystalline ZnO nanorods with Wurtzite structure

    Lin Guo;Yun Liang Ji;Huibin Xu;Paul Simon

  • Discovery of 505-million-year old chitin in the basal demosponge Vauxia gracilenta

    Hermann Ehrlich;J Keith Rigby;Joseph P Botting;Mikhail V Tsurkan

  • Organic p -i- n solar cells

    B. Maennig;J. Drechsel;D. Gebeyehu;P. Simon

  • Monodisperse Platinum Nanospheres with Adjustable Diameters from 10 to 100 nm: Synthesis and Distinct Optical Properties

    Nadja C. Bigall;Thomas Härtling;Markus Klose;Paul Simon

  • Nanosized BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) particles synthesized in reverse microemulsions

    J. Henle;P. Simon;A. Frenzel;S. Scholz

  • Hydrogels and aerogels from noble metal nanoparticles.

    Nadja C. Bigall;Anne-Kristin Herrmann;Maria Vogel;Marcus Rose

  • Controlled p-type doping of polycrystalline and amorphous organic layers: Self-consistent description of conductivity and field-effect mobility by a microscopic percolation model

    B. Maennig;M. Pfeiffer;A. Nollau;X. Zhou

  • One-Dimensional Aggregation of Regioregular Polyalkylthiophenes

    Nataliya Kiriy;Evelin Jähne;† Hans-Juergen Adler;Mareike Schneider

  • Fibrous red phosphorus.

    Michael Ruck;Diana Hoppe;Bernhard Wahl;Paul Simon

  • An NMR Study of Biomimetic Fluorapatite : Gelatine Mesocrystals

    Anastasia Vyalikh;Anastasia Vyalikh;Paul Simon;Elena Rosseeva;Jana Buder

  • First evidence of chitin as a component of the skeletal fibers of marine sponges. Part I. Verongidae (demospongia: Porifera).

    Hermann Ehrlich;Manuel Maldonado;Klaus-dieter Spindler;Carsten Eckert

  • Chitin-Based Organic Networks: An Integral Part of Cell Wall Biosilica in the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

    Eike Brunner;Patrick Richthammer;Hermann Ehrlich;Silvia Paasch

  • One-Dimensional Arrangement of Gold Nanoparticles by Electrospinning

    Gyeong-Man Kim;Andre Wutzler;Hans-Joachim Radusch;Goerg H. Michler

  • Preparation, characterization and in vitro bioactivity of mesoporous bioactive glasses (MBGs) scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

    Yufang Zhu;Chengtie Wu;Yogambha Ramaswamy;Emanuel Kockrick

  • Porous three-dimensional scaffolds made of mineralised collagen: Preparation and properties of a biomimetic nanocomposite material for tissue engineering of bone

    M. Gelinsky;P. B. Welzel;P. Simon;A. Bernhardt

  • Coke location in microporous and hierarchical ZSM-5 and the impact on the MTH reaction

    Franz Schmidt;Claudia Hoffmann;Filippo Giordanino;Silvia Bordiga

  • Synthesis and characterization of transparent luminescent ZnS: Mn/PMMA nanocomposites

    H. Althues;R. Palkovits;A. Rumplecker;P. Simon

  • Electrospun PVA/HAp nanocomposite nanofibers: biomimetics of mineralized hard tissues at a lower level of complexity

    Gyeong-Man Kim;Ashraf Sh Asran;Georg H Michler;Paul Simon

  • Mineralization of the metre-long biosilica structures of glass sponges is templated on hydroxylated collagen

    Hermann Ehrlich;Rainer Deutzmann;Eike Brunner;Enrico Cappellini

  • Electron Holography: Applications to Materials Questions

    Hannes Lichte;Petr Formanek;Andreas Lenk;Martin Linck

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann Ehrlich
Hermann Ehrlich TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Yuri Grin
Yuri Grin Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Stefan Kaskel
Stefan Kaskel TU Dresden
Hartmut Worch
Hartmut Worch TU Dresden
Walter Schnelle
Walter Schnelle Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Ulrich S. Schwarz
Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University
Michael Ruck
Michael Ruck TU Dresden
Eike Brunner
Eike Brunner TU Dresden
Wolfgang Pompe
Wolfgang Pompe TU Dresden

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