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Thomas Bürgi is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research expertise lies predominantly within the field of Materials Science, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work spans several main topics in nanomaterials and catalysis. Key areas include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Thomas Bürgi has multiple recent publications demonstrating their activity in cutting-edge research. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Copper nanoclusters: designed synthesis, structural diversity, and multiplatform applications" (2021) in Nanoscale
  • "Ligand exchange reactions on thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters" (2021) in Nanoscale Advances
  • "Chiral Functionalization of an Atomically Precise Noble Metal Cluster: Insights into the Origin of Chirality and Photoluminescence" (2020) in ACS Nano
  • "Visible Light CO2 Reduction to CH4 Using Hierarchical Yolk@shell TiO2-xHx Modified with Plasmonic Au-Pd Nanoparticles" (2020) in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • "Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles" (2023) in Langmuir

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, reflecting sustained research partnerships. Their most frequent collaborators are:

  • Abolfazl Ziarati
  • Arnulf Rosspeintner
  • Xianwei Wang
  • Jiangtao Zhao
  • Michał Swierczewski

Their research output appears prominently in particular journals and publication venues. The most common venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nanoscale

Best Publications

  • First enantioseparation and circular dichroism spectra of Au38 clusters protected by achiral ligands

    Igor Dolamic;Stefan Knoppe;Amala Dass;Thomas Bürgi

  • Chirality in thiolate-protected gold clusters.

    Stefan Knoppe;Thomas Bürgi

  • Chiral gold nanoparticles.

    Cyrille Gautier;Thomas Bürgi

  • Properties of the gold-sulphur interface: from self-assembled monolayers to clusters.

    Thomas Bürgi

  • Heterogeneous enantioselective hydrogenation over cinchona alkaloid modified platinum: Mechanistic insights into a complex reaction

    Thomas Bürgi;Alfons Baiker

  • Chiral N-isobutyryl-cysteine protected gold nanoparticles: preparation, size selection, and optical activity in the UV-vis and infrared.

    Cyrille Gautier;Thomas Bürgi

  • An in situ attenuated total reflection infrared study of a chiral catalytic solid-liquid interface: cinchonidine adsorption on pt.

    Davide Ferri;Thomas BüRGI

  • Intermolecular bonding and vibrations of phenol⋅H2O (D2O)

    Martin Schütz;Thomas Bürgi;Samuel Leutwyler;Thomas Fischer

  • Sensitivity enhancement and dynamic behavior analysis by modulation excitation spectroscopy: Principle and application in heterogeneous catalysis

    Atsushi Urakawa;Thomas Bürgi;Alfons Baiker

  • Copper nanoclusters: designed synthesis, structural diversity, and multiplatform applications.

    Ani Baghdasaryan;Thomas Bürgi

  • Design principles of chiral carbon nanodots help convey chirality from molecular to nanoscale level.

    Luka Ðorđević;Francesca Arcudi;Alessandro D’Urso;Michele Cacioppo

  • Vibrational Properties of Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanoclusters

    Belén Nieto-Ortega;Thomas Bürgi

  • On the thermal conductivity of gold nanoparticle colloids.

    Natallia Shalkevich;Werner Escher;Werner Escher;Thomas Bürgi;Bruno Michel

  • Size exclusion chromatography for semipreparative scale separation of Au38(SR)24 and Au40(SR)24 and larger clusters.

    Stefan Knoppe;Julien Boudon;Igor Dolamic;Amala Dass

  • Chiral inversion of gold nanoparticles.

    Cyrille Gautier;Thomas Bürgi

  • Ligand Exchange Reactions on Au38 and Au40 Clusters: A Combined Circular Dichroism and Mass Spectrometry Study

    Stefan Knoppe;Asantha C. Dharmaratne;Ella Schreiner;Amala Dass

  • On the Role of Oxygen in the Liquid-Phase Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols on Palladium

    Csilla Keresszegi;Thomas Bürgi;Tamas Mallat;Alfons Baiker

  • Asymmetric C(sp3)-H/C(Ar) coupling reactions. Highly enantio-enriched indolines via regiodivergent reaction of a racemic mixture

    Dmitry Katayev;Masafumi Nakanishi;Thomas Bürgi;E. Peter Kündig

  • Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy of solid catalysts functioning in the presence of liquid-phase reactants

    Thomas Bürgi;Alfons Baiker

  • Enantioselective Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids over Cinchonidine Modified Palladium: Nature of Modifier–Reactant Interaction

    K. Borszeky;T. Bürgi;Z. Zhaohui;T. Mallat

  • Heterogeneous Enantioselective Hydrogenation over Cinchona Alkaloid Modified Platinum: Mechanistic Insights into a Complex Reaction

    Thomas Buergi;Alfons Baiker

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfons Baiker
Alfons Baiker ETH Zurich
Carsten Rockstuhl
Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Tamas Mallat
Tamas Mallat École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Samuel Leutwyler
Samuel Leutwyler University of Bern
Jérôme Lacour
Jérôme Lacour University of Geneva
Davide Ferri
Davide Ferri Paul Scherrer Institute
Falk Lederer
Falk Lederer Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Amala Dass
Amala Dass University of Mississippi
Atsushi Urakawa
Atsushi Urakawa Delft University of Technology
Martin Schütz
Martin Schütz University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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