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Wolfgang Schmidt

Wolfgang Schmidt

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Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
12445
World Ranking
9724
National Ranking
699

Overview

Wolfgang Schmidt is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with an emphasis on materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. They have contributed significantly to topics including zeolite catalysis and synthesis, x-ray diffraction in crystallography, chemical synthesis and characterization, catalytic processes in materials science, mesoporous materials and catalysis, catalysis and oxidation reactions, and inorganic chemistry and materials.

Schmidt's most frequent publication venues reflect their specialization in materials and inorganic chemistry research. These venues include:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • ChemCatChem
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Their body of published work includes notable papers such as:

  • "Direct Atomic-Level Imaging of Zeolites: Oxygen, Sodium in Na-LTA and Iron in Fe-MFI" (2020) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Insights into the mechanochemical synthesis of Sn-β: Solid-state metal incorporation in beta zeolite" (2020) in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • "Chemical Affinity of Ag-Exchanged Zeolites for Efficient Hydrogen Isotope Separation" (2022) in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Studies of the Mechanochemical Synthesis of ZnS from its Elements" (2021) in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "In situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction studies monitoring mechanochemical reactions of hard materials: Challenges and limitations" (2021) in Review of Scientific Instruments

Wolfgang Schmidt collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Claudia Weidenthaler, Hilke Petersen, Ferdi Schüth, Pit Losch, and Niklas Stegmann. Their joint work reflects shared interests in zeolite chemistry, materials synthesis, and analytical techniques.

The main fields of study for Schmidt encompass:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Subfields include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The core research topics highlighted in Schmidt's publications are:

  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Chemical Synthesis and Characterization
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Best Publications

  • Nanoengineering of a Magnetically Separable Hydrogenation Catalyst

    An-Hui Lu;Wolfgang Schmidt;Nina Matoussevitch;Helmut Bönnemann

  • Corrosion protection by organic coatings: electrochemical mechanism and novel methods of investigation

    Guido Grundmeier;Wolfgang Schmidt;Martin Stratmann

  • Controllable Synthesis of Mesoporous Peapod-like Co3O4@Carbon Nanotube Arrays for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries†

    Dong Gu;Wei Li;Fei Wang;Hans Bongard

  • Calcination behavior of different surfactant-templated mesostructured silica materials

    Freddy Kleitz;Wolfgang Schmidt;Ferdi Schüth

  • Weakly ferromagnetic ordered mesoporous Co₃O₄ synthesized by nanocasting from vinyl-functionalized cubic Ia3d mesoporous silica

    Yanqin Wang;Chia-Min Yang;Wolfgang Schmidt;Bernd Spliethoff

  • Synthesis of Polyacrylonitrile-Based Ordered Mesoporous Carbon with Tunable Pore Structures

    Anhui Lu;Andreas Kiefer;Wolfgang Schmidt;Ferdi Schüth

  • Highly Ordered Mesoporous Cobalt-Containing Oxides: Structure, Catalytic Properties, and Active Sites in Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide

    Dong Gu;Chunjiang Jia;Chunjiang Jia;Claudia Weidenthaler;Hans-Josef Bongard

  • Morphology-dependent zeolite intergrowth structures leading to distinct internal and outer-surface molecular diffusion barriers.

    Lukasz Karwacki;Marianne H. F. Kox;D. A. Matthijs de Winter;Martyn R. Drury

  • Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon with Bimodal Pore System and High Pore Volume

    An-Hui Lu;Wolfgang Schmidt;Bernd Spliethoff;Ferdi SCHüTH

  • Small-sized HZSM-5 zeolite as highly active catalyst for gas phase dehydration of glycerol to acrolein

    Chun-Jiang Jia;Yong Liu;Wolfgang Schmidt;An-Hui Lu

  • Taking Nanocasting One Step Further: Replicating CMK‐3 as a Silica Material

    An-Hui Lu;Wolfgang Schmidt;Akira Taguchi;Bernd Spliethoff

  • Synthesis and microwave absorbing properties of highly ordered mesoporous crystalline NiFe2O4.

    Xin Gu;Weimo Zhu;Chunjiang Jia;Rui Zhao

  • High-surface-area oxides obtained by an activated carbon route

    Manfred Schwickardi;Thorsten Johann;Wolfgang Schmidt;Ferdi Schüth

  • Stepwise Removal of the Copolymer Template from Mesopores and Micropores in SBA-15

    Chia-Min Yang;Bodo Zibrowius;Wolfgang Schmidt;Ferdi Schüth

  • Co3O4-SiO2 nanocomposite: a very active catalyst for CO oxidation with unusual catalytic behavior

    Chun-Jiang Jia;Manfred Schwickardi;Claudia Weidenthaler;Wolfgang Schmidt

  • Hierarchically structured monolithic silicalite-1 consisting of crystallized nanoparticles and its performance in the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime.

    Wen-Cui Li;An-Hui Lu;Regina Palkovits;Wolfgang Schmidt

  • Easy synthesis of an ordered mesoporous carbon with a hexagonally packed tubular structure

    An-Hui Lu;Wen-Cui Li;Wolfgang Schmidt;Wolfgang Kiefer

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies of PAN-based ordered mesoporous carbons (OMC)

    Claudia Weidenthaler;An-Hui Lu;Wolfgang Schmidt;Ferdi Schüth

  • Nitrogen‐Doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Supported Bimetallic PtCo Nanoparticles for Upgrading of Biophenolics

    Guang-Hui Wang;Zhengwen Cao;Dong Gu;Norbert Pfänder

  • Microporous and mesoporous materials

    Ferdi SCHüTH;Wolfgang Schmidt

  • Nanoengineering of a Magnetically Separable Hydrogenation Catalyst.

    An‐Hui Lu;Wolfgang Schmidt;Nina Matoussevitch;Helmut Boennemann

  • Controllable Synthesis of Mesoporous Peapod-Like Co3O4@Carbon Nanotube Arrays for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries.

    Dong Gu;Wei Li;Fei Wang;Hans Bongard

  • Highly Ordered Mesoporous Cobalt-Containing Oxides: Structure, Catalytic Properties, and Active Sites in Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide.

    Dong Gu;Chun‐Jiang Jia;Claudia Weidenthaler;Hans‐Josef Bongard

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdi Schüth
Ferdi Schüth Max Planck Society
Claudia Weidenthaler
Claudia Weidenthaler Max Planck Society
An-Hui Lu
An-Hui Lu Dalian University of Technology
Bernd Spliethoff
Bernd Spliethoff Max Planck Society
Horst Kunz
Horst Kunz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Jörg Kärger
Jörg Kärger Leipzig University
Dong Gu
Dong Gu Wuhan University
Osamu Terasaki
Osamu Terasaki Stockholm University

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