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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal), Society of German Chemists
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry

Overview

Wolfgang Schnick is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a substantial number of publications related to materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. They have also contributed to the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Schnick has an extensive record of publications and collaborations. Frequent co-authors include Peter J. Schmidt, Philipp Strobel, Oliver Oeckler, Lucien Eisenburger, and Dominique Laniel.

Prominent publication venues where Schnick's work appears include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Schnick are:

  • Electronic and Optical Properties of Eu2+-Activated Narrow-Band Phosphors for Phosphor-Converted Light-Emitting Diode Applications: Insights from a Theoretical Spectroscopy Perspective, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible and Recoverable Carbon Nitrides Featuring CN4 Tetrahedra, 2023, Advanced Materials
  • Nitridophosphate-Based Ultra-Narrow-Band Blue-Emitters: Luminescence Properties of AEP8N14:Eu2+ (AE=Ca, Sr, Ba), 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Illuminating Nitridoberylloaluminates: The Highly Efficient Red-Emitting Phosphor Sr2[BeAl3N5]:Eu2+, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Energy levels of Eu2+ states in the next-generation LED-phosphor SrLi2Al2O2N2:Eu2+, 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Wolfgang Schnick's work in crystallography and materials science is also reflected through numerous contributions to The Cambridge Structural Database, indicating an emphasis on structural determination and analysis. Their research often intersects with luminescence properties and advanced functional materials.

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as the Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal) awarded by the Society of German Chemists in 2018 and election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2009, under the chemistry section.

Best Publications

  • Narrow-band red-emitting Sr[LiAl3N4]:Eu2+ as a next-generation LED-phosphor material

    Philipp Pust;Volker Weiler;Cora Sieglinde Hecht;Andreas Tücks

  • Melem (2,5,8-triamino-tri-s-triazine), an important intermediate during condensation of melamine rings to graphitic carbon nitride: synthesis, structure determination by X-ray powder diffractometry, solid-state NMR, and theoretical studies.

    Barbara Jürgens;Elisabeth Irran;Jürgen Senker;Peter Kroll

  • A revolution in lighting

    Philipp Pust;Peter J. Schmidt;Wolfgang Schnick

  • Functional carbon nitride materials — design strategies for electrochemical devices

    Fabian K. Kessler;Yun Zheng;Dana Schwarz;Christoph Merschjann

  • Unmasking melon by a complementary approach employing electron diffraction, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations: Structural characterization of a carbon nitride polymer

    Bettina V. Lotsch;Markus Döblinger;Jan Sehnert;Lena Seyfarth

  • Luminescence in Eu 2+ -doped Ba 2 Si 5 N 8 : fluorescence, thermoluminescence, and upconversion

    H.A. Höppe;H. Lutz;P. Morys;W. Schnick

  • Highly efficient all‐nitride phosphor‐converted white light emitting diode

    Regina Mueller-Mach;Gerd Mueller;Michael R. Krames;Henning A. Höppe

  • Color Point Tuning for (Sr,Ca,Ba)Si2O2N2:Eu2+ for White Light LEDs

    Volker Bachmann;Cornelis Reinder Ronda;Oliver Oeckler;Wolfgang Schnick

  • Triazine-based Carbon Nitrides for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution†

    Katharina Schwinghammer;Brian Tuffy;Brian Tuffy;Maria B. Mesch;Eva Wirnhier

  • Illumination System Comprising a Radiation Source and a Fluorescent Material

    Peter Schmidt;Thomas Jüstel;Henning Höppe;Wolfgang Schnick

  • Nitridosilicates and oxonitridosilicates: from ceramic materials to structural and functional diversity.

    Martin Zeuner;Sandro Pagano;Wolfgang Schnick

  • Poly(triazine imide) with intercalation of lithium and chloride ions [(C3N3)2(NH(x)Li(1-x))3⋅LiCl]: a crystalline 2D carbon nitride network.

    Eva Wirnhier;Markus Döblinger;Daniel Gunzelmann;Jürgen Senker

  • New light on an old story: formation of melam during thermal condensation of melamine.

    Bettina V. Lotsch;Wolfgang Schnick

  • Nitrido‐silicate. II [1]. Hochtemperatur‐Synthesen und Kristallstrukturen von Sr2Si5N8 und Ba2Si5N8

    T. Schlieper;W. Milius;W. Schnick

  • Ca[LiAl3N4]:Eu2+—A Narrow-Band Red-Emitting Nitridolithoaluminate

    Philipp Pust;Angela S. Wochnik;Elen Baumann;Peter J. Schmidt

  • Toward New Phosphors for Application in Illumination-Grade White pc-LEDs: The Nitridomagnesosilicates Ca[Mg3SiN4]:Ce3+, Sr[Mg3SiN4]:Eu2+, and Eu[Mg3SiN4]

    Sebastian Schmiechen;Hajnalka Schneider;Peter Wagatha;Cora Hecht

  • Solid-State Chemistry with Nonmetal Nitrides

    Wolfgang Schnick

  • From Triazines to Heptazines: Novel Nonmetal Tricyanomelaminates as Precursors for Graphitic Carbon Nitride Materials

    Bettina V. Lotsch;Wolfgang Schnick

  • SrAlSi4N7:Eu2+ − A Nitridoalumosilicate Phosphor for Warm White Light (pc)LEDs with Edge-Sharing Tetrahedra

    Cora Hecht;Florian Stadler;Peter J. Schmidt;Jörn Schmedt Auf Der Günne

  • Nitridosilicates‐A Significant Extension of Silicate Chemistry

    Wolfgang Schnick;Hubert Huppertz

Frequent Co-Authors

Bettina V. Lotsch
Bettina V. Lotsch Max Planck Society
Jürgen Senker
Jürgen Senker University of Bayreuth
Norbert Stock
Norbert Stock Kiel University
Martin Jansen
Martin Jansen Max Planck Society
Rainer Pöttgen
Rainer Pöttgen University of Münster
Dirk Johrendt
Dirk Johrendt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Markus Döblinger
Markus Döblinger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Leonid Dubrovinsky
Leonid Dubrovinsky University of Bayreuth
Natalia Dubrovinskaia
Natalia Dubrovinskaia University of Bayreuth
Michael Hanfland
Michael Hanfland European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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