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Werner Kaminsky

Werner Kaminsky

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Chemistry
Germany
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
38096
World Ranking
1166
National Ranking
90

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Werner Kaminsky is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany, where the focus of their research centers on chemistry, particularly in the areas of organic chemistry and process chemistry and technology. Their work spans several interdisciplinary subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics addressed in Kaminsky's research include:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Kaminsky has contributed to a range of publications mainly appearing in the following venues:

  • Catalysis from A to Z
  • Fuel Communications
  • Annals of Advances in Chemistry

Recent published papers include:

  • Chemical recycling of plastics by fluidized bed pyrolysis, 2021, Fuel Communications
  • Polyolefin nanocomposites based on metallocene catalysts, 2021, Annals of Advances in Chemistry
  • Ziegler-Natta catalysts, 2020, Catalysis from A to Z
  • Telomerization, 2020, Catalysis from A to Z

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors such as Mattia Bartoli, Marco Frediani, Luca Rosi, Yıldırım İsmail, and Rajeev Kumar, each contributing to at least one joint publication.

In addition to journal articles, Kaminsky has authored book chapters, including contributions to an IntechOpen publication titled Carbon-Based Material for Environmental Protection and Remediation in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Ziegler-Natta Catalysis

    Hansjörg Sinn;Walter Kaminsky

  • Polymerization of Propene and Butene with a Chiral Zirconocene and Methylalumoxane as Cocatalyst

    Walter Kaminsky;Klaus Külper;Hans H. Brintzinger;Ferdinand R. W. P. Wild

  • New polymers by metallocene catalysis

    Walter Kaminsky

  • “Living Polymers” on Polymerization with Extremely Productive Ziegler Catalysts

    Hansjörg Sinn;Walter Kaminsky;Hans-Jürgen Vollmer;Rüdiger Woldt

  • Process for the preparation of polyolefins

    Walter Kaminsky;Klaus Kulper;Maria Buschermohle;Hartmut Luker

  • Highly active metallocene catalysts for olefin polymerization

    Walter Kaminsky

  • Feedstock recycling and pyrolysis of waste plastics : converting waste plastics into diesel and other fuels

    John Scheirs;Walter Kaminsky

  • Hirshfeld surfaces identify inadequacies in computations of intermolecular interactions in crystals: pentamorphic 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone

    Andrew L. Rohl;Massimo Moret;Werner Kaminsky;Kacey Claborn

  • Achieving 19% Power Conversion Efficiency in Planar‐Mixed Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Using a Pseudosymmetric Electron Acceptor

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  • The discovery of metallocene catalysts and their present state of the art

    Walter Kaminsky

  • Metallocenes for Polymer Catalysis

    Walter Kaminsky;Michael Arndt

  • Feedstock recycling of polymers by pyrolysis in a fluidised bed

    W Kaminsky;M Predel;A Sadiki

  • Polymerisation von Propen und Buten mit einem chiralen Zirconocen und Methylaluminoxan als Cokatalysator

    Walter Kaminsky;Klaus Külper;Hans-Herbert Brintzinger;Ferdinand R. W. P. Wild

  • New polymers by homogenous zirconocene/aluminoxane catalysts

    W. Kaminsky;A. Bark;M. Arndt

  • Suppressed recombination loss in organic photovoltaics adopting a planar–mixed heterojunction architecture

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  • Halogen‐Free Soluble Ziegler Catalysts for the Polymerization of Ethylene. Control of Molecular Weight by Choice of Temperature

    Arne Andresen;Hans‐Günther Cordes;Jens Herwig;Walter Kaminsky

  • A Non-fullerene Acceptor with Enhanced Intermolecular π-Core Interaction for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells.

    Francis Lin;Francis Lin;Kui Jiang;Werner Kaminsky;Zonglong Zhu

  • Bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirkon‐verbindungen und aluminoxan als Ziegler‐Katalysatoren für die polymerisation und copolymerisation von olefinen

    Walter Kaminsky;Massoud Miri;Hansjörg Sinn;Rüdiger Woldt

  • Discovery of Methylaluminoxane as Cocatalyst for Olefin Polymerization

    Walter Kaminsky

  • Up-Cycling of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) to the Biodegradable Plastic PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate)

    Shane T. Kenny;Jasmina Nikodinovic Runic;Walter Kaminsky;Trevor Woods

  • „Lebende Polymere”︁ bei Ziegler‐Katalysatoren extremer Produktivität

    Hansjörg Sinn;Walter Kaminsky;Hans-Jürgen Vollmer;Rüdiger Woldt

  • Polypropylene carbon nanotube composites by in situ polymerization

    Andreas Funck;Walter Kaminsky

  • Metalorganic Catalysts for Synthesis and Polymerization

    Walter Kaminsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen I. Goldberg
Karen I. Goldberg University of Pennsylvania
Bart Kahr
Bart Kahr New York University
James M. Mayer
James M. Mayer Yale University
D. Michael Heinekey
D. Michael Heinekey University of Washington
Larry R. Dalton
Larry R. Dalton University of Washington
A. M. Glazer
A. M. Glazer University of Oxford
Florian J. Stadler
Florian J. Stadler Shenzhen University
Helmut Münstedt
Helmut Münstedt University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Herbert Schumann
Herbert Schumann Technical University of Berlin
PJ Piet Lemstra
PJ Piet Lemstra Eindhoven University of Technology

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