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Richard Dronskowski

Richard Dronskowski

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
33189
World Ranking
3928
National Ranking
293

Overview

Richard Dronskowski is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has a significant research output in the field of Materials Science. Their work spans various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics relevant to computational chemistry and material properties. Notable papers include:

  • <scp>LOBSTER</scp>: Local orbital projections, atomic charges, and chemical-bonding analysis from <scp>projector-augmented-wave-based</scp> density-functional theory (2020, Journal of Computational Chemistry)
  • Crystal Orbital Bond Index: Covalent Bond Orders in Solids (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
  • Elemental electrical switch enabling phase segregation-free operation (2021, Science)
  • Redox-Active Metaphosphate-Like Terminals Enable High-Capacity MXene Anodes for Ultrafast Na-Ion Storage (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • Conduction Band Control of Oxyhalides with a Triple-Fluorite Layer for Visible Light Photocatalysis (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Their research frequently appears in several publication venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Inorganic Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry of Materials, and Dalton Transactions.

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including Alex J. Corkett, Jan Hempelmann, Adam Slabon, Peter C. Müller, and Ralf P. Stoffel.

Main topics addressed in Dronskowski's research include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

This broad spectrum of topics aligns with the scientist's strong focus on exploring structural, electronic, and chemical aspects of materials, contributing to advances in both fundamental understanding and applied materials science.

Best Publications

  • Crystal orbital Hamilton populations (COHP): energy-resolved visualization of chemical bonding in solids based on density-functional calculations

    Richard Dronskowski;Peter E. Bloechl

  • LOBSTER: A tool to extract chemical bonding from plane-wave based DFT

    Stefan Maintz;Volker L. Deringer;Andrei L. Tchougréeff;Andrei L. Tchougréeff;Richard Dronskowski

  • Crystal orbital Hamilton population (COHP) analysis as projected from plane-wave basis sets.

    Volker L. Deringer;Andrei L. Tchougréeff;Andrei L. Tchougréeff;Richard Dronskowski

  • Analytic projection from plane-wave and PAW wavefunctions and application to chemical-bonding analysis in solids.

    Stefan Maintz;Volker L. Deringer;Andrei L. Tchougréeff;Richard Dronskowski

  • LOBSTER: Local orbital projections, atomic charges, and chemical-bonding analysis from projector-augmented-wave-based density-functional theory

    Ryky Nelson;Christina Ertural;Janine George;Volker L. Deringer

  • The role of vacancies and local distortions in the design of new phase-change materials.

    Matthias Wuttig;Daniel Lüsebrink;Daniel Wamwangi;Wojciech We lstrok

  • Perovskite-related oxynitrides – Recent developments in synthesis, characterisation and investigations of physical properties

    Stefan G. Ebbinghaus;Hans-Peter Abicht;Richard Dronskowski;Thomas Müller

  • A stable compound of helium and sodium at high pressure

    Xiao Dong;Artem R. Oganov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Elissaios Stavrou;Elissaios Stavrou

  • The Crystal Orbital Hamilton Population (COHP) Method as a Tool to Visualize and Analyze Chemical Bonding in Intermetallic Compounds

    Simon Steinberg;Richard Dronskowski

  • Computational Chemistry of Solid State Materials: A Guide for Materials Scientists, Chemists, Physicists and others

    Richard Dronskowski

  • Crystal Orbital Bond Index: Covalent Bond Orders in Solids

    Peter C. Müller;Christina Ertural;Jan Hempelmann;Richard Dronskowski;Richard Dronskowski

  • Insights into exfoliation possibility of MAX phases to MXenes.

    Mohammad Khazaei;Ahmad Ranjbar;Keivan Esfarjani;Dimitri Bogdanovski

  • The Orbital Origins of Magnetism: From Atoms to Molecules to Ferromagnetic Alloys.

    Gregory A. Landrum;Richard Dronskowski

  • Unique Bond Breaking in Crystalline Phase Change Materials and the Quest for Metavalent Bonding.

    Min Zhu;Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin;Antonio M. Mio;Jens Keutgen

  • Discovery of High-Performance Thermoelectric Chalcogenides through Reliable High-Throughput Material Screening.

    Lili Xi;Shanshan Pan;Xin Li;Yonglin Xu

  • Ab initio thermochemistry of solid-state materials.

    Ralf Peter Stoffel;Claudia Wessel;Marck-Willem Lumey;Richard Dronskowski

  • Electronic structure and magnetic exchange coupling in ferromagnetic full Heusler alloys

    Yasemin Kurtulus;Richard Dronskowski;German D. Samolyuk;Vladimir P. Antropov

  • Synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of MnNCN, the first carbodiimide of a magnetic transition metal.

    Xiaohui Liu;Manuel Krott;Paul Müller;Chunhua Hu

  • Understanding the Structure and Properties of Sesqui-Chalcogenides (i.e., V2VI3 or Pn2Ch3 (Pn = Pnictogen, Ch = Chalcogen) Compounds) from a Bonding Perspective

    Yudong Cheng;Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin;Jens Keutgen;Yuan Yu

  • The extended stability range of phosphorus allotropes.

    Frederik Bachhuber;Jörg von Appen;Richard Dronskowski;Peer Schmidt

  • Hydrogen bonding in the crystal structures of the ionic liquid compounds butyldimethylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate, chloride, and chloroferrate(II,III).

    Philipp Kölle;Richard Dronskowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Wuttig
Matthias Wuttig RWTH Aachen University
Thomas Bredow
Thomas Bredow University of Bonn
Ulli Englert
Ulli Englert RWTH Aachen University
Raphaël P. Hermann
Raphaël P. Hermann Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Joachim Mayer
Joachim Mayer RWTH Aachen University
Moulay Tahar Sougrati
Moulay Tahar Sougrati University of Montpellier
Piotr Kuśtrowski
Piotr Kuśtrowski Jagiellonian University
Lorenzo Stievano
Lorenzo Stievano Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Shinichi Kikkawa
Shinichi Kikkawa Hokkaido University
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang Wuhan University of Science and Technology

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