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Pierre Braunstein

Pierre Braunstein

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Chemistry
France
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
30196
World Ranking
3043
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2005 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry
  • 2004 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)

Overview

Pierre Braunstein is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their primary fields of study encompass Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Braunstein has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable publications including:

  • "Rational Design and General Synthesis of Multimetallic Metal-Organic Framework Nano-Octahedra for Enhanced Li-S Battery," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Dual-ligand and hard-soft-acid-base strategies to optimize metal-organic framework nanocrystals for stable electrochemical cycling performance," 2021, National Science Review
  • "MIL-96-Al for Li-S Batteries: Shape or Size?," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Ultrafast Luminescent Light-Up Guest Detection Based on the Lock of the Host Molecular Vibration," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Pillared-layer Ni-MOF nanosheets anchored on Ti3C2 MXene for enhanced electrochemical energy storage," 2022, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Comptes Rendus Chimie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Nature Communications

Collaborations form a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Huan Pang
  • Jian-Ping Lang
  • Fengkai He
  • Christophe Gourlaouen
  • Andreas A. Danopoulos

Among the recognitions received, Braunstein is a member of several academies including the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (since 2005), the European Academy of Sciences (since 2004), Academia Europaea (since 2002), and the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa).

Best Publications

  • Hemilability of Hybrid Ligands and the Coordination Chemistry of Oxazoline‐Based Systems

    Pierre Braunstein;Frédéric Naud

  • Multimetallic catalysis based on heterometallic complexes and clusters.

    Paulin Buchwalter;Jacky Rosé;Pierre Braunstein

  • Metal clusters in chemistry

    P Braunstein;L. A. Oro;P. R. Raithby

  • Reactions of carbon dioxide with carbon-carbon bond formation catalyzed by transition-metal complexes

    Pierre Braunstein;Dominique Matt;Dominique Nobel

  • Intramolecular d10–d10 interactions in heterometallic clusters of the transition metals

    Sabrina Sculfort;Pierre Braunstein

  • Catalytic Ethylene Dimerization and Oligomerization: Recent Developments with Nickel Complexes Containing P,N-Chelating Ligands

    Fredy Speiser;Pierre Braunstein;Lucien Saussine

  • Alkyne-substituted homo- and heterometallic carbonyl clusters of the iron, cobalt and nickel triads

    Enrico Sappa;Antonio Tiripicchio;Pierre Braunstein

  • Large-Scale, Bottom-Up Synthesis of Binary Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets for Efficient Water Oxidation.

    Fei Long Li;Pengtang Wang;Xiaoqing Huang;David James Young

  • Rational Design and General Synthesis of Multimetallic Metal-Organic Framework Nano-Octahedra for Enhanced Li-S Battery.

    Wenting Li;Xiaotian Guo;Pengbiao Geng;Meng Du

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Copper, Nickel, and Cobalt

    Andreas A Danopoulos;Andreas A Danopoulos;Thomas Simler;Pierre Braunstein

  • Dual-ligand and hard-soft-acid-base strategies to optimize metal-organic framework nanocrystals for stable electrochemical cycling performance

    Shasha Zheng;Yan Sun;Huaiguo Xue;Pierre Braunstein

  • MIL-96-Al for Li-S battery: shape or size?

    Pengbiao Geng;Lei Wang;Meng Du;Yang Bai

  • Ultrafast Luminescent Light-Up Guest Detection Based on the Lock of the Host Molecular Vibration.

    Chun-Yu Liu;Chun-Yu Liu;Xu-Ran Chen;Hui-Xian Chen;Zheng Niu

  • Functional ligands and complexes for new structures, homogeneous catalysts and nanomaterials

    Pierre Braunstein

  • Transition-metal-mediated reactions of organic isocyanates

    Pierre Braunstein;Dominique Nobel

  • Metal complexes with oxygen-functionalized NHC ligands: synthesis and applications

    Sophie Hameury;Sophie Hameury;Pierre de Frémont;Pierre Braunstein

  • Recent advances in supramolecular and biological aspects of arene ruthenium(II) complexes

    Ashish Kumar Singh;Daya Shankar Pandey;Qiang Xu;Pierre Braunstein

  • Complexes of functional phosphines. 4. Coordination properties of (diphenylphosphino)acetonitrile, ethyl (diphenylphosphino)acetate and corresponding carbanions. Characterization of a new facile reversible carbon dioxide insertion into palladium(II) complexes

    Pierre Braunstein;Dominique Matt;Yves Dusausoy;Jean Fischer

  • Multidentate N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of the 3d metals: Synthesis, structure, reactivity and catalysis

    Valentine Charra;Pierre de Frémont;Pierre Braunstein

  • Selective metal-ligand interactions in hetero-metallic transition metal clusters

    Enrico Sappa;Antonio Tiripicchio;Pierre Braunstein

  • Intramolecular d10—d10 Ineractions in Heterometallic Clusters of the Transition Metals

    Sabrina Sculfort;Pierre Braunstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Tiripicchio
Antonio Tiripicchio University of Parma
Andreas A. Danopoulos
Andreas A. Danopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dominique Matt
Dominique Matt University of Strasbourg
Jean Fischer
Jean Fischer Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Richard Welter
Richard Welter University of Strasbourg
Jian-Ping Lang
Jian-Ping Lang Soochow University
Peter A. Dowben
Peter A. Dowben University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Franco Ugozzoli
Franco Ugozzoli University of Parma
Paul Kögerler
Paul Kögerler RWTH Aachen University
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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