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Thomas Armbruster

Thomas Armbruster

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Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
12175
World Ranking
12957
National Ranking
232

Overview

Thomas Armbruster is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Materials Science, with significant focus on Geophysics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Crystal Structures and Properties, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Product Development and Customization, and Crystallization and Solubility Studies.

Thomas Armbruster has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • The structural state of Finnish Cr- and V-bearing clinozoisite: insights from Raman spectroscopy (2021) published in Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
  • Multi-methodical study of the Ti, Fe2+ and Fe3+ distribution in chevkinite-subgroup minerals: X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and electron-microprobe analyses (2020) published in Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
  • Factory Data Model for Planning Variant Sequences, Expansion Stages and Reconfigurations (2023) published in IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • CCDC 2475054: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination (2025) published in The Cambridge Structural Database
  • On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Josef Zemann's birthday: a tribute to his scientific oeuvre (2023) published in Mineralogy and Petrology

The frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Mineralogy and Petrology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas Armbruster include:

  • Mariko Nagashima
  • Daisuke Nishio-Hamane
  • Boriana Mihailova
  • Masahide Akasaka
  • Asami Sano-Furukawa

Best Publications

  • Crystal chemistry and stability of "Li7La3Zr2O12" garnet: a fast lithium-ion conductor

    Charles A. Geiger;Evgeny Alekseev;Biljana Lazic;Martin Fisch

  • The real structure of tobermorite 11A: normal and anomalous forms, OD character and polytypic modifications

    Stefano Merlino;Elena Bonaccorsi;Thomas Armbruster

  • Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography

    Thomas Armbruster;Rosa Micaela Danisi

  • Recommended nomenclature of epidote-group minerals

    Thomas Armbruster;Paola Bonazzi;Masahide Akasaka;Vladimir Bermanec

  • Hydrogen Bonding and Jahn–Teller Distortion in Groutite,α-MnOOH, and Manganite,γ-MnOOH, and Their Relations to the Manganese Dioxides Ramsdellite and Pyrolusite☆

    Thomas Kohler;Thomas Armbruster;Eugen Libowitzky

  • Crystal Structures of Natural Zeolites

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  • Neutron and X-ray diffraction study of hydrogarnet Ca 3 Al 2 (O 4 H 4 ) 3

    G. A. Lager;Thomas Armbruster;J. Faber

  • Single-crystal X-ray structure study of synthetic pyrope almandine garnets at 100 and 293 K

    Thomas Armbruster;Charles A. Geiger;George A. Lager

  • OH substitution in garnets: X-ray and neutron diffraction, infrared, and geometric-modeling studies

    George A. Lager;Thomas Armbruster;Frank J. Rotella;George R. Rossman

  • Struvite-(K), KMgPO4·6H2O, the potassium equivalent of struvite : a new mineral

    Stefan Graeser;Stefan Graeser;Walter Postl;Hans-Peter Bojar;Peter Berlepsch

  • Clinoptilolite-heulandite: applications and basic research

    Thomas Armbruster

  • Peculiarity and defect structure of the natural and synthetic zeolite mordenite: A single-crystal X-ray study

    Petra Simoncic;Thomas Armbruster

  • Crystal chemistry of lithium; oxygen coordination and bonding

    Marc Wenger;Thomas Armbruster

  • Dehydration mechanism of clinoptilolite and heulandite: Single-crystal X-ray study of Na-poor, Ca-, K-, Mg-rich clinoptilolite at 100 K

    Thomas Armbruster

  • The real structures of clinotobermorite and tobermorite 9 Å: OD character, polytypes, and structural relationships;The real structures of clinotobermorite and tobermorite 9 Å: OD character, polytypes, and structural relationships

    Stefano Merlino;Elena Bonaccorsi;Thomas Armbruster

  • Andradite crystal chemistry, dynamic X-site disorder and structural strain in silicate garnets

    Thomas Armbruster;Charles A. Geiger

  • Stepwise dehydration of heulandite-clinoptilolite from Succor Creek, Oregon, U.S.A.; a single-crystal X-ray study at 100 K

    Thomas Armbruster;Mickey E. Gunter

  • Structure and reactivity of ruthenium half-sandwich compounds: crystal and molecular structure and acetonitrile exchange kinetics and mechanism of tris(acetonitrile)(.eta.6-benzene)ruthenium(2+) and tris(acetonitrile)(.eta.5-cyclopentadienyl)ruthenium(+)

    Werner Luginbuehl;Pascal Zbinden;Pierre A. Pittet;Thomas Armbruster

  • Mn 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 spessartine and Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 grossular garnet; structural dynamic and thermodynamic properties

    Charles A. Geiger;Thomas Armbruster

  • The real structures of clinotobermorite and tobermorite 9 Å OD character, polytypes, and structural relationships

    Stefano Merlino;Elena Bonaccorsi;Thomas Armbruster

  • Crystal chemistry of Ti-bearing andradites

    Thomas Armbruster;Julia Birrer;Eugen Libowitzky;Anton Beran

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergey V. Krivovichev
Sergey V. Krivovichev Russian Academy of Sciences
Joël Brugger
Joël Brugger Monash University
Edwin Gnos
Edwin Gnos Natural History Museum of Geneva
Edward S. Grew
Edward S. Grew University of Maine
George R. Rossman
George R. Rossman California Institute of Technology
Christian Chopin
Christian Chopin École Normale Supérieure
Werner Schreyer
Werner Schreyer Ruhr University Bochum
Peter Ulmer
Peter Ulmer ETH Zurich
Marco Herwegh
Marco Herwegh University of Bern

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