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Overview

Ralf Thomann is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and specializes in Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's primary research topics focus on supramolecular self-assembly in materials, chemical synthesis and analysis, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, bone tissue engineering materials, catalytic processes in materials science, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Frequent publication venues for Thomann's work include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Small
  • Advanced Engineering Materials

They have collaborated often with the following coauthors:

  • Yi Thomann
  • Mahesh D. Pol
  • Charalampos G. Pappas
  • Kun Dai
  • Lenard Saile

Selected recent papers by Ralf Thomann include:

  • The articular cartilage surface is impaired by a loss of thick collagen fibers and formation of type I collagen in early osteoarthritis, 2022, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Spontaneous and Selective Peptide Elongation in Water Driven by Aminoacyl Phosphate Esters and Phase Changes, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nanoconfined Crosslinked Poly(ionic liquid)s with Unprecedented Selective Swelling Properties Obtained by Alkylation in Nanophase-Separated Poly(1-vinylimidazole)-l-poly(tetrahydrofuran) Conetworks, 2020, Polymers
  • Ultrasmall and Highly Dispersed Pt Entities Deposited on Mesoporous N-doped Carbon Nanospheres by Pulsed CVD for Improved HER, 2024, Small
  • An Artificial SEI Layer Based on an Inorganic Coordination Polymer with Self-Healing Ability for Long-Lived Rechargeable Lithium-Metal Batteries, 2021, Batteries & Supercaps

Best Publications

  • Functionalized Graphenes and Thermoplastic Nanocomposites Based upon Expanded Graphite Oxide

    Peter Steurer;Rainer Wissert;Ralf Thomann;Rolf Mülhaupt

  • Synthesis and thermal behaviour of layered silicate-EVA nanocomposites

    M. Zanetti;Giovanni Camino;R. Thomann;R. Mülhaupt

  • Poly(propylene)/organoclay nanocomposite formation: Influence of compatibilizer functionality and organoclay modification

    Peter Reichert;Hansjörg Nitz;Stefan Klinke;Rainer Brandsch

  • Hybrids of silver nanoparticles with amphiphilic hyperbranched macromolecules exhibiting antimicrobial properties.

    Cyril Aymonier;Ulf Schlotterbeck;Lydie Antonietti;Philipp Zacharias

  • EPR and photoluminescence spectroscopy studies on the defect structure of ZnO nanocrystals

    Hülya Kaftelen;Kasim Ocakoglu;Ralf Thomann;Suyan Tu

  • A four-color colloidal multiplexing nanoparticle system.

    Oliver Ehlert;Ralf Thomann;Masih Darbandi;Thomas Nann

  • Polyolefin nanocomposites formed by melt compounding and transition metal catalyzed ethene homo- and copolymerization in the presence of layered silicates

    Johannes Heinemann;Peter Reichert;Ralf Thomann;Rolf Mülhaupt

  • Polyurethane Nanocomposites Containing Laminated Anisotropic Nanoparticles Derived from Organophilic Layered Silicates

    Carsten Zilg;Ralf Thomann;Rolf Mülhaupt;Jürgen Finter

  • Morphology and rheology of polystyrene nanocomposites based upon organoclay

    Botho Hoffmann;Christoph Dietrich;Ralf Thomann;Christian Friedrich

  • Semicrystalline morphology in thin films of poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    S. Hugger;R. Thomann;T. Heinzel;T. Thurn-Albrecht

  • Nanoseparated polymeric networks with multiple antimicrobial properties

    Chau Hon Ho;Jan Tobis;Christina Sprich;Ralf Thomann

  • Melt compounding of syndiotactic polypropylene nanocomposites containing organophilic layered silicates and in situ formed core/shell nanoparticles

    Dirk Kaempfer;Ralf Thomann;Rolf Mülhaupt

  • Phase behavior, crystallization, and hierarchical nanostructures in self-organized thermoset blends of epoxy resin and amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers

    Qipeng Guo;Ralf Thomann;Wolfram Gronski;Thomas Thurn-Albrecht

  • Modification of electrical properties and performance of EVA and PP insulation through nanostructure by organophilic silicates

    G.C. Montanari;D. Fabiani;F. Palmieri;D. Kaempfer

  • Microwave irradiation for the facile synthesis of transition-metal nanoparticles (NPs) in ionic liquids (ILs) from metal-carbonyl precursors and Ru-, Rh-, and Ir-NP/IL dispersions as biphasic liquid-liquid hydrogenation nanocatalysts for cyclohexene.

    Christian Vollmer;Engelbert Redel;Khalid Abu-Shandi;Khalid Abu-Shandi;Ralf Thomann

  • Epoxy-layered silicate nanocomposites as matrix in glass fibre-reinforced composites

    X. Kornmann;M. Rees;Y. Thomann;A. Necola

  • Use of ionic liquids (ILs) for the IL-anion size-dependent formation of Cr, Mo and W nanoparticles from metal carbonyl M(CO)6 precursors

    Engelbert Redel;Ralf Thomann;Christoph Janiak

  • On the γ-Phase of Isotactic Polypropylene

    Ralf Thomann;Chun Wang;Jörg Kressler;Rolf Mülhaupt

  • Synergetic effects of Fe3+ doped spinel Li4Ti5O12 nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for high surface electrode hybrid supercapacitors

    Sergej Repp;Ersan Harputlu;Seda Gurgen;Seda Gurgen;Mike Castellano

  • First correlation of nanoparticle size-dependent formation with the ionic liquid anion molecular volume.

    Engelbert Redel;Ralf Thomann;Christoph Janiak

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Mülhaupt
Rolf Mülhaupt University of Freiburg
Jörg Kressler
Jörg Kressler Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
József Karger-Kocsis
József Karger-Kocsis Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Stefan Mecking
Stefan Mecking University of Konstanz
Christoph Janiak
Christoph Janiak Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Béla Iván
Béla Iván Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Holger Frey
Holger Frey Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Qipeng Guo
Qipeng Guo Deakin University
Joerg C. Tiller
Joerg C. Tiller TU Dortmund University
Walter Richtering
Walter Richtering RWTH Aachen University

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