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Thomas Baumgartner

Thomas Baumgartner

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
8064
World Ranking
16372
National Ranking
440

Overview

Thomas Baumgartner is a researcher affiliated with York University in Canada, with a primary focus on materials science and chemistry. Their work spans multiple disciplines, including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, and inorganic chemistry.

The research topics extensively addressed by Baumgartner include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Baumgartner has contributed to a significant body of literature in their main fields of study, which consist of 53 publications in materials science and 30 in chemistry overall. Their subfield concentration includes 41 publications in materials chemistry, 21 in organic chemistry, 20 in electrical and electronic engineering, 10 in polymers and plastics, and 9 in inorganic chemistry.

The researcher has authored numerous papers, some of the recent publications include:

  • Unique Phosphorus-Based Avenues for the Tuning of Functional Materials, 2023, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Fluorescent Lewis Adducts: A Practical Guide to Relative Lewis Acidity, 2020, Organometallics
  • Donor-acceptor-acceptor-type near-infrared fluorophores that contain dithienophosphole oxide and boryl groups: effect of the boryl group on the nonradiative decay, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Phosphoryl- and phosphonium-bridged viologens as stable two- and three-electron acceptors for organic electrodes, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Lewis acids and bases as molecular dopants for organic semiconductors, 2020, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Baumgartner's frequent co-authors include:

  • Joshua R. Gaffen
  • Nayanthara Asok
  • Ekadashi Pradhan
  • Vanessa A. Béland
  • Jesse LeBlanc

Among the publication venues where Baumgartner's research commonly appears are The Cambridge Structural Database with 15 publications, Chemical Science with 4, Canadian Journal of Chemistry with 4, Batteries & Supercaps with 3, and Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry with 2.

In addition to journal articles, Baumgartner has authored at least one book published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich eBooks titled "Heizung / Lüftung / Elektrizität" in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Organophosphorus π-Conjugated Materials

    Thomas Baumgartner;Régis Réau

  • Insights on the design and electron-acceptor properties of conjugated organophosphorus materials.

    Thomas Baumgartner

  • Viologens and Their Application as Functional Materials

    Laura Striepe;Thomas Baumgartner;Thomas Baumgartner

  • The dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]phosphole system: a novel building block for highly luminescent pi-conjugated materials.

    Thomas Baumgartner;Toni Neumann;Bastian Wirges

  • Selective Tuning of the Band Gap of π-Conjugated Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]phospholes toward Different Emission Colors

    Yvonne Dienes;Stefan Durben;Stefan Durben;Tamás Kárpáti;Toni Neumann

  • Combining form with function--the dawn of phosphole-based functional materials.

    Yi Ren;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Design and Development of Functionalized Cyclometalated Ruthenium Chromophores for Light-Harvesting Applications

    Kiyoshi C. D. Robson;Bryan D. Koivisto;Aswani Yella;Barbora Sporinova

  • Conjugated main-group polymers for optoelectronics

    Xiaoming He;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Phosphorus‐Containing Materials for Organic Electronics

    Monika Stolar;Thomas Baumgartner

  • From Model Compounds to Extended π‐Conjugated Systems: Synthesis and Properties of Dithieno[3,2‐b:2′,3′‐d]phospholes

    Thomas Baumgartner;Werner Bergmans;Tamás Kárpáti;Toni Neumann

  • Phosphorus‐Based Heteropentacenes: Efficiently Tunable Materials for Organic n‐Type Semiconductors

    Yvonne Dienes;Matthias Eggenstein;Tamás Kárpáti;Todd C. Sutherland

  • External-stimuli responsive photophysics and liquid crystal properties of self-assembled "phosphole-lipids"

    Yi Ren;Wang Hay Kan;Matthew A Henderson;Paolo G Bomben

  • Synthesis and Tunability of Highly Electron-Accepting, N-Benzylated “Phosphaviologens”

    Monika Stolar;Javier Borau-Garcia;Mark Toonen;Thomas Baumgartner

  • A Convenient N-Arylation Route for Electron-Deficient Pyridines: The Case of π-Extended Electrochromic Phosphaviologens

    Christian Reus;Monika Stolar;Jeffrey Vanderkley;Johannes Nebauer;Johannes Nebauer

  • 3,7‐Diazadibenzophosphole Oxide: A Phosphorus‐Bridged Viologen Analogue with Significantly Lowered Reduction Threshold

    Stefan Durben;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Dually Switchable Heterotetracenes: Addressing the Photophysical Properties and Self-Organization of the P―S System

    Yi Ren;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Recent Developments in Phosphole‐Containing Oligo‐ and Polythiophene Materials

    Matthew G. Hobbs;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Bio‐Inspired Phosphole‐Lipids: From Highly Fluorescent Organogels to Mechanically Responsive FRET

    Yi Ren;Wang Hay Kan;Venkataraman Thangadurai;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Highly sensitive sensory materials for fluoride ions based on the dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]phosphole system.

    Toni Neumann;Yvonne Dienes;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Cationic dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]phospholes: a new building block for luminescent, conjugated polyelectrolytes.

    Stefan Durben;Yvonne Dienes;Thomas Baumgartner

  • A Simple and Effective Method of Determining Lewis Acidity by Using Fluorescence

    Joshua R. Gaffen;Jordan N. Bentley;Lucas C. Torres;Carmen Chu

  • Simple and Efficient Generation of White Light Emission From Organophosphorus Building Blocks

    Carlos Romero-Nieto;Stefan Durben;Ila M. Kormos;Thomas Baumgartner

  • Dithieno[3,2-c:2',3'-e]-2,7-diketophosphepin: a unique building block for multifunctional π-conjugated materials.

    Xiaoming He;Javier Borau-Garcia;Alva Y. Y. Woo;Simon Trudel

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoming He
Xiaoming He Shaanxi Normal University
Curtis P. Berlinguette
Curtis P. Berlinguette University of British Columbia
Martin Nieger
Martin Nieger University of Helsinki
Frieder Jäkle
Frieder Jäkle Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
László Nyulászi
László Nyulászi Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria
Venkataraman Thangadurai
Venkataraman Thangadurai University of St Andrews
Ulli Englert
Ulli Englert RWTH Aachen University
Masood Parvez
Masood Parvez University of Calgary
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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