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Stefan Bernhard is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work focuses significantly on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Organic Chemistry, with additional involvement in Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Key topics in Bernhard's research include Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Radical Photochemical Reactions, and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms.

The scientist has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • High-Throughput Screening and Automated Data-Driven Analysis of the Triplet Photophysical Properties of Structurally Diverse, Heteroleptic Iridium(III) Complexes (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Interleukin 8 Elicits Rapid Physiological Changes in Neutrophils That Are Altered by Inflammatory Conditions (2021, Journal of Innate Immunity)
  • High-throughput Synthesis and Screening of Iridium(III) Photocatalysts for the Fast and Chemoselective Dehalogenation of Aryl Bromides (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Understanding Ir(III) Photocatalyst Structure-Activity Relationships: A Highly Parallelized Study of Light-Driven Metal Reduction Processes (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Reinterpreting the Fate of Iridium(III) PhotocatalystsScreening a Combinatorial Library to Explore Light-Driven Side-Reactions (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Bernhard collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, including J. W. Niemantsverdriet, Eric M. Lopato, Velabo Mdluli, Marta Olivares, and Cornelis J. M. van der Ham. These coauthors have appeared repeatedly in joint publications, underscoring ongoing research partnerships.

The scientist's works are often published in established venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Best Publications

  • Single-Layer Electroluminescent Devices and Photoinduced Hydrogen Production from an Ionic Iridium(III) Complex

    Michael S. Lowry;Jonas I. Goldsmith;Jason D. Slinker;Richard Rohl

  • Synthetically Tailored Excited States: Phosphorescent, Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes and Their Applications

    Michael S. Lowry;Stefan Bernhard

  • Efficient Yellow Electroluminescence from a Single Layer of a Cyclometalated Iridium Complex

    Jason D. Slinker;Alon A. Gorodetsky;Michael S. Lowry;Jingjing Wang

  • Cyclometalated iridium(III) Aquo complexes: efficient and tunable catalysts for the homogeneous oxidation of water.

    Neal D McDaniel;Frederick J Coughlin;Leonard L Tinker;Stefan Bernhard

  • Fast water oxidation using iron.

    W. Chadwick Ellis;Neal D. McDaniel;Stefan Bernhard;Terrence J. Collins

  • Polyoxometalate Embedding of a Tetraruthenium(IV)-oxo-core by Template-Directed Metalation of [γ-SiW10O36]8−: A Totally Inorganic Oxygen-Evolving Catalyst

    Andrea Sartorel;Mauro Carraro;Gianfranco Scorrano;Rita De Zorzi

  • Discovery and High-Throughput Screening of Heteroleptic Iridium Complexes for Photoinduced Hydrogen Production

    Jonas I. Goldsmith;William R. Hudson;Michael S. Lowry;Timothy H. Anderson

  • Accelerated luminophore discovery through combinatorial synthesis.

    Michael S. Lowry;William R. Hudson;Robert A. Pascal;Stefan Bernhard

  • Visible Light and Sunlight Photoinduced ATRP with ppm of Cu Catalyst

    Dominik Konkolewicz;Kristin Schröder;Johannes Buback;Stefan Bernhard

  • Water Oxidation Catalyzed by Strong Carbene‐Type Donor‐Ligand Complexes of Iridium

    Ralte Lalrempuia;Neal Donald McDaniel;Helge Müller-Bunz;Stefan Bernhard

  • Electroluminescent devices from ionic transition metal complexes

    Jason D. Slinker;Jonathan Rivnay;Joshua S. Moskowitz;Jeffrey B. Parker

  • How are radicals (re)generated in photochemical ATRP

    Thomas G. Ribelli;Dominik Konkolewicz;Stefan Bernhard;Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Homogeneous catalytic system for photoinduced hydrogen production utilizing iridium and rhodium complexes.

    Eric D. Cline;Samantha E. Adamson;Stefan Bernhard

  • Solid-state electroluminescent devices based on transition metal complexes.

    Jason Slinker;Dan Bernards;Paul L. Houston;Héctor D. Abruña

  • Improved Turn-on Times of Iridium Electroluminescent Devices by Use of Ionic Liquids

    Sara T. Parker;Jason D. Slinker;Michael S. Lowry;Marshall P. Cox

  • Visible light induced catalytic water reduction without an electron relay.

    Leonard L. Tinker;Neal D. McDaniel;Peter N. Curtin;Courtney K. Smith

  • Nonconjugated Hydrocarbons as Rigid‐Linear Motifs: Isosteres for Material Sciences and Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry

    Gemma M. Locke;Stefan S. R. Bernhard;Mathias O. Senge

  • Electroluminescence in ruthenium(II) complexes.

    Stefan Bernhard;Jason A Barron;Paul L Houston;Héctor D Abruña

  • Structure-activity correlations among iridium(III) photosensitizers in a robust water-reducing system.

    Peter N. Curtin;Leonard L. Tinker;Christine M. Burgess;Eric D. Cline

  • Progress towards solar-powered homogeneous water photolysis

    Leonard L. Tinker;Neal D. McDaniel;Stefan Bernhard

  • Judicious Design of Cationic, Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes for Photochemical Energy Conversion and Optoelectronics

    Isaac N. Mills;Jonathan A. Porras;Stefan Bernhard

  • Orchestrated photocatalytic water reduction using surface-adsorbing iridium photosensitizers.

    Brian F. DiSalle;Brian F. DiSalle;Stefan Bernhard

Frequent Co-Authors

Héctor D. Abruña
Héctor D. Abruña Cornell University
Martin Albrecht
Martin Albrecht University of Bern
George G. Malliaras
George G. Malliaras University of Cambridge
Helge Müller-Bunz
Helge Müller-Bunz University College Dublin
Mathias O. Senge
Mathias O. Senge Trinity College Dublin
Peter Belser
Peter Belser University of Fribourg
Jon R. Schoonover
Jon R. Schoonover Los Alamos National Laboratory
Marcel Mayor
Marcel Mayor University of Basel
Paul L. Houston
Paul L. Houston Cornell University
Peter C. Ford
Peter C. Ford University of California, Santa Barbara

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