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Professor Wolfgang Schmitt

Professor Wolfgang Schmitt

Professor, Chemistry

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Biography

Wolfgang Schmitt is a Professor in the School of Chemistry and Head of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Division at Trinity College Dublin. He studied Chemistry at the Technical University Darmstadt (TU), Germany and graduated as Dipl. Ing. (Chemistry) in 1999.
From 2002-2003 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and in 2003 he was selected to join the International Centre for Young Scientists at the National Institute for Materials Sciences in Japan as an independent research fellow. During his time at TCD, he received research funding in excess of 6 million Euro as sole PI from the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator and Proof-of-Concept grants), Science Foundation Ireland (Principal Investigator, TIDA, RFP and Challenge grants), the Environmental Protection Agency, the Irish Research Council and Enterprise Ireland.
He published in internationally recognized, journals. Key articles have appeared in Nat. Commun., Angew.Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chem. Sci. He presented his work at many international conferences and seminars and as keynote speaker.
Wolfgang's research focuses on synthetic coordination chemistry and supramolecular chemistry of hybrid organic-inorganic materials aiming to exploit these materials for sustainable energy applications (H2-based energy systems, water splitting) catalysis, gas storage, multifunctional and molecular magnetic systems.
In addition, his research activities are directed towards soft, biocompatible materials for drug delivery, regenerative medicine & sensing.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Chen, Y.H., Zhou, J.F., Mullarkey, D., (...), Coey, M., Zhang, H.Z., Synthesis, characterization and magnetic properties of ultrafine Co3O4 octahedra, AIP Advances, 5, (8), 2015, p087122-Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Tobin G, Comby S, Zhu N, Clérac R, Gunnlaugsson T, Schmitt W, Towards multifunctional lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks, Chemical Communications, 51, (68), 2015, p13313 - 13316Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Lin J.-D, Onet C.I, Schmitt W, Photoluminescent lead(II) coordination polymers stabilised by bifunctional organoarsonate ligands, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 16, (2), 2015, 024803-Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Chen, Yanhui, Zhou, Junfeng, Maguire, Pierce, O'Connell, Robert, Schmitt, Wolfgang, Li, Yonghe, Yan, Zhengguang, Zhang, Yuefei, Zhang, Hongzhou, Enhancing capacitance behaviour of CoOOH nanostructures using transition metal dopants by ambient oxidation, Scientific Reports, 6, 2016, p20704Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Hawes C.S, Byrne K, Schmitt W, Gunnlaugsson T, Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers from Divergent Photoluminescent 4-Oxo-1,8-naphthalimide Ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, 55, (21), 2016, p11570 - 11582Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Shit S, Nandy M, Saha D, Zhang L, Schmitt W, Rizzoli C, Row T.N.G, Synthesis, crystal structure and fluorescence properties of two dinuclear zinc(II) complexes incorporating tridentate (NNO) Schiff bases, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 69, (16), 2016, p2403 - 2414Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
  • Zhu N, Sensharma D, Wix P, Lennox M.J, DÃ"ren T, Wong W.-Y, Schmitt W, Framework Isomerism: Highly Augmented Copper(II)-Paddlewheel-Based MOF with Unusual (3,4)-Net Topology, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, (13-14), 2016, p1939 - 1943Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Chimamkpam T.O, Clérac R, Mitcov D, Twamley B, Venkatesan M, Schmitt W, Structural variation in cation-assisted assembly of high-nuclearity Mn arsonate and phosphonate wheels, Dalton Transactions, 45, (4), 2016, p1349 - 1353Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhang L, Chimamkpam T, Onet C.I, Zhu N, Clérac R, Schmitt W, Anion-directed supramolecular chemistry modulating the magnetic properties of nanoscopic Mn coordination clusters: From polynuclear high-spin complexes to SMMs, Dalton Transactions, 45, (44), 2016, p17705 - 17713Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Shanmugaraju S, Dabadie C, Byrne K, Savyasachi A.J, Umadevi D, Schmitt W, Kitchen J.A, Gunnlaugsson T, A supramolecular Tröger's base derived coordination zinc polymer for fluorescent sensing of phenolic-nitroaromatic explosives in water, Chemical Science, 8, (2), 2017, p1535 - 1546Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Lynes A.D, Hawes C.S, Ward E.N, Haffner B, Möbius M.E, Byrne K, Schmitt W, Pal R, Gunnlaugsson T, Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide n-alkyl ester and carboxylic acid derivatives: tuneable structural, morphological and thermal properties, CrystEngComm, 19, (10), 2017, p1427 - 1438Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Klein-Hitpaà , M. and Lynes, A.D. and Hawes, C.S. and Byrne, K. and Schmitt, W. and Gunnlaugsson, T., A Schiff-base cross-linked supramolecular polymer containing diiminophenol compartments and its interaction with copper(II) ions, Supramolecular Chemistry, 30, (2), 2018, p93-102Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Byrne, K. and Zubair, M. and Zhu, N. and Zhou, X.-P. and Fox, D.S. and Zhang, H. and Twamley, B. and Lennox, M.J. and DÃŒren, T. and Schmitt, W., Ultra-large supramolecular coordination cages composed of endohedral Archimedean and Platonic bodies, Nature Communications, 8, (15268), 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Chen, Y. and Zhou, J. and Vajda, F. and Maguire, P. and O'Connell, R. and Schmitt, W. and Li, Y. and Yan, Z. and Zhang, Y. and Zhang, H., Multi-metallic Hydrate Hollow Structures in Cobalt Hydrate Based Systems, Crystal Growth and Design, 17, (4), 2017, p1568-1573Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Marzec, B. and Zhang, L. and Zhu, N. and Schmitt, W., Bio-inspired synthetic approaches: From hierarchical, hybrid supramolecular assemblies to CaCO3-based microspheres, Dalton Transactions, 46, (19), 2017, p6456-6463Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ako, A.M. and Hawes, C.S. and Twamley, B. and Schmitt, W., Facile adaptation of 1D Mn(ii) chain motifs to form 3D azo-pyridine-based coordination polymers, CrystEngComm, 19, (6), 2017, p994-1000Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Healy, C. and Twamley, B. and Venkatesan, M. and Schmidt, S. and Gunnlaugsson, T. and Schmitt, W., Hetero-metallic, functionalizable polyoxomolybdate clusters: Via a "top-down" synthetic method, Chemical Communications, 53, (77), 2017, p10660-10663Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Soriano-López J.; Schmitt W.; García-Melchor, M., Computational modelling of water oxidation catalysts, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 7, 2018, p22-30Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Shanmugaraju, Sankarasekaran, Umadevi, Deivasigamani, Savyasachi, Aramballi J., Byrne, Kevin, Ruether, Manuel, Schmitt, Wolfgang, Watson, Graeme W., Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur, Reversible adsorption and storage of secondary explosives from water using a Troger's base-functionalised polymer, Journal of Materials Chemistry a, 5, (47), 2017, p25014-25024Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • McCarney, E.P. and Hawes, C.S. and Kitchen, J.A. and Byrne, K. and Schmitt, W. and Gunnlaugsson, T., A Lanthanide luminescent cation exchange material derived from a flexible tricarboxylic acid 2,6-Bis(1,2,3-Triazol-4-yl)pyridine (btp) tecton, Inorganic Chemistry, 57, (7), 2018, p3920-3930Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Malik, S. and Ruddock, F.M. and Dowling, A.H. and Byrne, K. and Schmitt, W. and Khalakhan, I. and Nemoto, Y. and Guo, H. and Shrestha, L.K. and Ariga, K. and Hill, J.P., Graphene composites with dental and biomedical applicability, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 9, (1), 2018, p801-808Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Sensharma Debobroto and Vaesen Sebastien and Healy Colm and Hartmann Jens and Kathalikkattil Amal Cherian and Wix Paul and Steuber Friedrich and Zhu Nianyong and Schmitt Wolfgang, CO2 Adsorption in SIFSIX†14†Cu†i: High Performance, Inflected Isotherms, and Water†Triggered Release via Reversible Structural Transformation, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, (19), 2018, p1993-1997Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Lynes Amy D, Hawes Chris S, Byrne Kevin, Schmitt Wolfgang, Gunnlaugsson Thorfinnur, Coordination chemistry of flexible benzene-1, 3, 5-tricarboxamide derived carboxylates; notable structural resilience and vaguely familiar packing motifs , Dalton Transactions , 47 , (15 ), 2018, p5259 - 5268Journal Article, 2018, TARA - Full Text
  • Hawes, C.S. and Mille, G.M.O. and Byrne, K. and Schmitt, W. and Gunnlaugsson, T., Tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles as versatile and responsive fluorescent linkers in metal-organic frameworks, Dalton Transactions, 47, (30), 2018, p10080-10092Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Dalton, H.L. and Lynes, A.D. and Twamley, B. and Byrne, K. and Schmitt, W. and Hawes, C.S. and Gunnlaugsson, T., Exploring the reversible host-guest chemistry of a crystalline octanuclear Ag(i) metallosupramolecular macrocycle formed from a simple pyrazinylpyridine ligand, Dalton Transactions, 47, (48), 2018, p17266-17275Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Savyasachi, A.J. and Caffrey, D.F. and Byrne, K. and Tobin, G. and D†Agostino, B. and Schmitt, W. and Gunnlaugsson, T., Self-assembled bright luminescent hierarchical materials from a tripodal benzoate antenna and heptadentate Eu(III) and Tb(III) cyclen complexes, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Wolfgang Schmitt, Luana Martins, Lauren Macreadie, Debobroto Sensharma, Sebastien Vaesen, Xia Zhang, John Gough, Mariah O'Doherty, Nianyong Zhu, Manuel Ruether, John E O'Brien and A. Louise Bradley , Light-harvesting, 3rd generation RuII/CoII MOF with large, tubular channel aperture, Chemical Communications, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Craig, M.; Coulter, G. O.; Dolan, E. T.; Soriano-López, J.; Mates-Torres, E.; Schmitt, W.; García-Melchor, M., Universal scaling relations for the rational design of molecular water oxidation catalysts with near-zero overpotential, Nature Communications, 10, 2019, p4993-Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Payne D.T, Webre W.A, Matsushita Y, Zhu N, Futera Z, Labuta J, Jevasuwan W, Fukata N, Fossey J.S, D†Souza F, Ariga K, Schmitt W, Hill J.P, Multimodal switching of a redox-active macrocycle, Nature Communications, 10, (1), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Wen T, Schmitt W, Zhang L, An Fe(iii)-doped coordination polymer of Mn 13 -clusters with improved activity for the oxygen reduction reaction, Dalton Transactions, 48, (15), 2019, p4794 - 4797Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Healy C, Steuber F.W, Wix P, Macreadie L.K, Kathalikkattil A.C, Schmitt W, Assembly, disassembly and reassembly: A "top-down" synthetic strategy towards hybrid, mixed-metal {Mo 10 Co 6 } POM clusters, Dalton Transactions, 48, (9), 2019, p3018 - 3027Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Chevallot-Beroux E, Ako A.M, Schmitt W, Twamley B, Moran J, Corinne B, Ruhlmann L, Mameri S, Synthesis of new Mn 19 analogues and their structural, electrochemical and catalytic properties, Dalton Transactions, 48, (15), 2019, p4830 - 4836Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Healy C, Schmitt W, Multicomponent halide templating: The effect of structure-directing agents on the assembly of molecular and extended coordination compounds, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 371, 2018, p67 - 85Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Sensharma D, Vaesen S, Healy C, Hartmann J, Kathalikkattil A.C, Wix P, Steuber F, Zhu N, Schmitt W, CO2 Adsorption in SIFSIX-14-Cu-i: High Performance, Inflected Isotherms, and Water-Triggered Release via Reversible Structural Transformation, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, (19), 2018, p1993 - 1997Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Wen T, Zhang L, Schmitt W, A Mn 13 -cluster based coordination polymer as a co-catalyst of CdS for enhanced visible-light driven H 2 evolution, Dalton Transactions, 47, (32), 2018, p10857 - 10860Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Hawes C.S, Byrne K, Schmitt W, Gunnlaugsson T, The 4-pyridonyl group as a multifunctional electron donor in 1,8-naphthalimide-based photoluminescent and mechanically interlocked coordination compounds, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2, (7), 2018, p1366 - 1373Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Sensharma D, Wix P, Kathalikkattil A.C, Schmitt W, Passing it up the ranks: hierarchical ion-size dependent supramolecular response in 1D coordination polymers, CrystEngComm, 20, (35), 2018, p5127 - 5131Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Guanghua Jin, Debobroto Sensharma, Nianyong Zhu, Sebastien Vaesen, Wolfgang Schmitt, A highly augmented, (12,3)-connected Zr-MOF containing hydrated coordination sites for the catalytic transformation of gaseous CO2 to cyclic carbonates, Dalton Transactions, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Debobroto Sensharma, Nianyong Zhu, Swetanshu Tandon, Sebastien Vaesen, Graeme W. Watson, Wolfgang Schmitt, Flexible Metal"Organic Frameworks for Light-Switchable CO2 Sorption Using an Auxiliary Ligand Strategy, Inorganic Chemistry, 58, (15), 2019, p9766 - 9772Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Shanmugaraju, S., Umadevi, D., González-Barcia, L.M., Delente, J.M., Byrne, K., Schmitt, W., Watson, G.W., Gunnlaugsson, T., "Turn-on" fluorescence sensing of volatile organic compounds using a 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base functionalised triazine organic polymer, Chemical Communications, 55, (81), 2019, p12140-12143Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Elena Calatrava-Pérez, Stefan Acherman, Lucas Stricker, Gavin McManus, Jason Delente, Amy D. Lynes, Adam F. Henwood, June I. Lovitt, Chris S. Hawes, Kevin Byrne, Wolfgang Schmitt, Oxana Kotova, Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson and Eoin M. Scanlan , Fluorescent supramolecular hierarchical self-assemblies from glycosylated 4-amino- And 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalimides , Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2020, p3475-3480Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Ako, A. M.; Kathalikkattil, A. C.; Elliott, R.; Soriano-López, J.; McKeogh, I. M.; Zubair, M.; Twamley, B.; Zhu, N.; García-Melchor, M.; Kruger, P. E.; Schmitt, W., Synthetic approaches to metallo-supramolecular Co(II) polygons and potential use for H2O oxidation, Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 2020, p14432-Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Friedrich W Steuber, John J Gough, Éadaoin Whelan, Lyubomyr Burtnyak, A Louise Bradley, Wolfgang Schmitt, Node-Dependent Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Third-Generation 2D MOFs Containing Earth-Abundant Metal Ions, Inorganic Chemistry, 59, (23), 2020, p46406-46415Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Swetanshu Tandon, Munuswamy Venkatesan, Wolfgang Schmitt, Graeme W. Watson, Altering the nature of coupling by changing the oxidation state in a {Mn6} cage, Dalton Transactions, 49, 2020, p8086 - 8095Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Jason M. Delente and Deivasigamani Umadevi and Kevin Byrne and Wolfgang Schmitt and Graeme W. Watson and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson and Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju, Hyper-crosslinked 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger"s base containing pyridinium covalent organic polymer (COP) for discriminative fluorescent sensing of chemical explosives, Supramolecular Chemistry, 32, (9), 2020, p508--517Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Tandon, Swetanshu, Soriano-López, Joaquín, Kathalikkattil, Amal C., Jin, Guanghua, Wix, Paul, Venkatesan, Munuswamy, Lundy, Ross, Morris, Michael A., Watson, Graeme W., Schmitt, Wolfgang, A cubane-type manganese complex with H2O oxidation capabilities, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4, (9), 2020, p4464 - 4468Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Setter, C.J. and Price, M.B. and Conte, L. and Schmitt, W. and Batten, S.R. and Richardson, C. and Hill, M.R. and Babarao, R. and MacReadie, L.K., Mixed donor, phenanthroline photoactive MOFs with favourable CO2selectivity, Chemical Communications, 56, (87), 2020, p13377-13380Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Soriano-López, J. and Elliott, R. and Kathalikkattil, A.C. and Ako, A.M. and MulahmetoviÄ , M. and Venkatesan, M. and Schmitt, W., Bioinspired Water Oxidation Using a Mn-Oxo Cluster Stabilized by Non-Innocent Organic Tyrosine Y161 and Plastoquinone Mimics, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8, (36), 2020, p13648-13659Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Healy, C. and Steuber, F.W. and Wix, P. and Macreadie, L.K. and Kathalikkattil, A.C. and Schmitt, W., Assembly, disassembly and reassembly: A "top-down" synthetic strategy towards hybrid, mixed-metal {Mo 10 Co 6 , Dalton Transactions, 48, (9), 2019, p3018-3027Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Gorai, T. and Schmitt, W. and Gunnlaugsson, T., Highlights of the development and application of luminescent lanthanide based coordination polymers, MOFs and functional nanomaterials, Dalton Transactions, 50, (3), 2021, p770-784Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Whelan, à . and Steuber, F.W. and Gunnlaugsson, T. and Schmitt, W., Tuning photoactive metalâ€"organic frameworks for luminescence and photocatalytic applications, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 437, (213757), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Elliott, R. and Ryan, A.A. and Aggarwal, A. and Zhu, N. and Steuber, F.W. and Senge, M.O. and Schmitt, W., 2D porphyrinic metal-organic frameworks featuring rod-shaped secondary building units, Molecules, 26, (10), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Tandon, S. and Steuber, F.W. and Kathalikkattil, A.C. and Venkatesan, M. and Watson, G.W. and Schmitt, W., Modulating Structural and Electronic Properties of Rare Archimedean and Johnson-Type Mn Cages, Inorganic Chemistry, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Hennessey, S. and Burke, C.S. and González-Gómez, R. and Sensharma, D. and Tong, W. and Amal and Kathalikkattil, C. and Cucinotta, F. and Schmitt, W. and Keyes, T.E. and Farràs, P., A Photostable 1D Rutheniumâ^'Zinc Coordination Polymer as a Multimetallic Building Block for Light Harvesting Systems, ChemPhotoChem, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
  • Soriano-López, J. and Elliott, R. and Kathalikkattil, A.C. and Ako, A.M. and Schmitt, W., Tuning the catalytic water oxidation activity through structural modifications of high-nuclearity mn-oxo clusters [mn18m] (M = sr2+, mn2+), Water (Switzerland), 13, (15), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Healy, C. and Steuber, F.W. and Wix, P. and Macreadie, L.K. and Kathalikkattil, A.C. and Schmitt, W., Assembly, disassembly and reassembly: A "top-down" synthetic strategy towards hybrid, mixed-metal {Mo 10 Co 6 , Dalton Transactions, 48, (9), 2019, p3018-3027Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Wen, T. and Zhang, L. and Schmitt, W., A Mn13-cluster based coordination polymer as a co-catalyst of CdS for enhanced visible-light driven H2 evolution, Dalton Transactions, 47, (32), 2018, p10857-10860Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Li K., Zhao J., Zhussupbekova A., Shuck C.E., Hughes L., Dong Y., Barwich S., Vaesen S., Shvets I.V., Mobius M., Schmitt W., Gogotsi Y., Nicolosi V., 4D printing of MXene hydrogels for high-efficiency pseudocapacitive energy storage, Nature Communications, 13, (1), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Pinilla, S. and Ryan, S. and McKeon, L. and Lian, M. and Vaesen, S. and Roy, A. and Schmitt, W. and Coleman, J.N. and Nicolosi, V., Additive Manufacturing of Li-Ion Batteries: A Comparative Study between Electrode Fabrication Processes, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ryan S, Browne M.P, Zhussupbekova A, Spurling D, McKeown L, Douglas-Henry D, Prendeville L, Vaesen S, Schmitt W, Shvets I, Nicolosi V, Single walled carbon nanotube functionalisation in printed supercapacitor devices and shielding effect of Tin(II) Oxide, Electrochimica Acta, 448, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Soriano-López, J. and Steuber, F.W. and MulahmetoviÄ , M. and Besora, M. and Clemente-Juan, J.M. and O'Doherty, M. and Zhu, N.-Y. and Hill, C.L. and Coronado, E. and Poblet, J.M. and Schmitt, W., Accelerating water oxidation - a mixed Co/Fe polyoxometalate with improved turnover characteristics, Chemical Science, 14, (47), 2023, p13722-13733Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
  • Paul Wix, Swetanshu Tandon, Sebastien Vaesen, Kadri Karimu, Jennifer S. Mathieson, Kane Esien, Solveig Felton, Graeme W. Watson & Wolfgang Schmitt, Alkali cation-" interactions in aqueous systems, modulating supramolecular stereoisomerism of nanoscopic metal-organic capsules, Nature Communications, 15, 2024, p10180-Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • A. Mandel, W. Schmitt, T. G. Womack, R. Bhalla, R. K. Henderson, S. L. Heath , A. K. Powell, A bioinspired approach to control over size, shape and function of polynuclear iron compounds, Coordination Chemical Reviews, 190-192, 1999, p1067 - 1083Journal Article, 1999, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, M. Murugesu, J. C. Goodwin, J. P. Hill, A. Mandel, R. Bhalla, C. E. Anson, S. L. Heath, A. K. Powell, Strategies for producing cluster-based magnetic arrays, Polyhedron, 20, (11-14), 2001, p1687 - 1697Journal Article, 2001, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, E. Baissa, A. Mandel, C. E. Anson, A. K. Powell, [Al15(O)4(OH)6(OH)14(hpdta)4]3- - A new Al15 aggregate which forms a supramolecular zeotype (Highlighted on frontispage), Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. Eng., 40, 2001, p3577 - 3581Journal Article, 2001, URL
  • W. Schmitt, P. A. Jordan, R. K. Henderson, G. R. Moore, C.E. Anson, A. K. Powell, Synthesis, structures and properties of hydrolytic Al(III) aggregates and Fe(III) analogues formed with iminodiacetate-based chelating ligands, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 228, (2), 2002, p115 - 126Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, C.E. Anson, R. Sessoli, M.van Veen, A.K. Powell, Biomimetic hydrolytic activation by Fe(III) aggregates - structures, reactivity and properties of novel oxo-bridged iron complexes, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 91, (1), 2002, p173 - 189Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, C. E. Anson, B. Pilawa, A. K. Powell, Investigation of the hydrolytic build-up of iron(III)-oxo-aggregates, Zeitschrift fuer allgemeine und anorganische Chemie, 628, (11), 2002, p2443 - 2452Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, C. E. Anson, J. P. Hill, A. K. Powell, Cation-pi binding of an alkali metal ion by pendant dimethylbenzyl groups within a dinuclear iron(III) structural unit, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125, 2003, p11142 - 11143Journal Article, 2003, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, C. E. Anson, W. Wernsdorfer, A. K. Powell, Formal encapsulation of [Fe(H2O)6]3+ by dinuclear {Fe2(hpdta)} units leads to a nonanuclear S = 13/2 Fe(III) oxo-cluster showing magnetic hysteresis, Chemical Communications, 2005, p2098 - 2100Journal Article, 2005, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • J.P. Hill, W. Schmitt, A.L. McCarthy, P. Karr, M. Zandler, K. Ariga, F. D'Souza, Structures, spectral and electrochemical Properties of N-(Naphth-2-ylmethyl)-appended porphyrinogens (Highlighted on the Cover), European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 14, 2005, p2893 - 2902Journal Article, 2005, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, J.P. Hill, M.P. Juanico, A. Caneschi, F. Costantino, C.E. Anson, A.K. Powell, Supramolecular coordination assemblies of dinuclear FeIII complexes (Highlited on the Cover), Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 44, 2005, p4187 - 4192Journal Article, 2005, DOI , URL
  • W. Schmitt, J. P. Hill, S. Malik, C. Volkert, I. Ichinose, C. E. Anson, A. K. Powell, Thermolysis of a hybrid organic-inorganic supramolecular coordination Assembly: templating the formation of nanostructured fibrous materials and carbon-based microcapsules, Angewandte. Chemie. Int. Ed., 44, 2005, p7048 - 7053Journal Article, 2005, DOI , URL
  • T. Nakanishi, W. Schmitt, D. Kurth, K. Ariga, Hierarchical supramolecular fullerene architectures with controlled dimensionality , Chemical Communications, 2005, p5982 - 5984Journal Article, 2005, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • J.P. Hill, Y. Wakayama, W. Schmitt, T.Tsuruoka, T. Nakanishi, M.L. Zandler, A.L. McCarty, F. D'Souza, L.R. Milgrom, K. Ariga, Regulating the stability of 2D crystal structures using an oxidation state-dependent molecular conformation (Hot Article), Chemical Communications (Hot Article, Cover Picture), 2006, p2320 - 2322Journal Article, 2006, DOI , URL
  • Y.-H. Luo, J. Huang, J. Jin, X. Peng, W. Schmitt, I. Ichinose, Formation of Positively Charged Copper Hydroxide Nanostrands and Their Structural Characterization, Chemistry of Materials, 18, (5), 2006, p1795 - 1802Journal Article, 2006, DOI , URL
  • McKeogh, I. , Hill, J.P. , Collins, E.S. , McCabe, T. , Powell, A.K. , Schmitt, W. , Self-assembly of FeIII complexes via hydrogen bonded water molecules into supramolecular coordination networks, New Journal of Chemistry , 31, (11), 2007, p1882-1886Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
  • La Spina, G. , Cleìrac, R. , Collins, E.S. , McCabe, T. , Venkatesan, M. , Ichinose, I. , Schmitt, W. , Engineering coordination assemblies of dinuclear CuII complexes , Dalton Transactions , 45, 2007, p5248-5252Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
  • Peng XS, Jin J, Kobayashi N, Schmitt W, Ichinose I, Time-dependent growth of zinc hydroxide nanostrands and their crystal structure, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS , 16, (16), 2008, p1904 - 1906Journal Article, 2008, DOI
  • Breen JM, Schmitt W, Hybrid organic-inorganic polyoxometalates: Functionalization of V-IV/V-V nanosized clusters to produce molecular capsules, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION , 47, (36), 2008, p6904 - 6908Journal Article, 2008, DOI
  • Pelleteret D, Clerac R, Mathoniere C, Harte E, Schmitt W, Kruger PE, Asymmetric spin crossover behaviour and evidence of light-induced excited spin state trapping in a dinuclear iron(II) helicate, Chemical Communications, 2, (2), 2009, p221 - 223Journal Article, 2009, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • David P. Walsh, Rodolphe Clérac, Nigel G. R. Hearns, Paul E. Kruger and Wolfgang Schmitt, Modulating topologies and magnetic properties of coordination polymers using 2,2-bipyridine and 5-aminodiacetic isophthalic acid as ligands, CrystEngComm, 11, 2009, p1666-1673Journal Article, 2009, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Schmitt W, Zhang L, Anson CE, Powell AK, Aggregation of dinuclear {Fe2hpdta} units to form polynuclear oxy/hydroxy-bridged Fe(III) coordination complexes., Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 39, (42), 2010, p10279-85Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Vijayakumar C, Tobin G, Schmitt W, Kim MJ, Takeuchi M, Detection of explosive vapors with a charge transfer molecule: self-assembly assisted morphology tuning and enhancement in sensing efficiency., Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 46, (6), 2010, p874-6Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Okuda M, Takeguchi M, Ruairc OO, Tagaya M, Zhu Y, Hashimoto A, Hanagata N, Schmitt W, Ikoma T, Structural analysis of hydroxyapatite coating on magnetite nanoparticles using energy filter imaging and electron tomography., Journal of electron microscopy, 59, (2), 2010, p173-9Journal Article, 2010, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Onat, CI, Zhang, L, Clerac, R, Jean-Denis, JB, Feeney, M, McCabe, T, Schmitt, W, Self-Assembly of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polyoxomolybdates: Solid-State Structures and Investigation of Formation and Core Rearrangements in Solution, Inorganic Chemistry, 50, (2), 2011, p604-613Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Marzec B, Mariyatra MB, McCabe T, Schmitt W, {4,6-Bis[(E)-1-methyl-2-(pyridin-2-yl-methyl-idene-κN)hydrazinyl-κN]pyrimidine-κN}dichloridocopper(II) methanol disolvate monohydrate, Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online, 67, (Pt 8), 2011, pm1073-m1074Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Breen JM, Zhang L, Clement R, Schmitt W, Hybrid Polyoxovanadates: Anion-Influenced Formation of Nanoscopic Cages and Supramolecular Assemblies of Asymmetric Clusters., Inorganic chemistry, 51, (1), 2012, p19 - 21Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Zhang L, Schmitt W, From platonic templates to Archimedean solids: successive construction of nanoscopic {V16As8}, {V16As10}, {V20As8}, and {V24As8} polyoxovanadate cages., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, (29), 2011, p11240-8Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Archer RJ, Hawes CS, Jameson GN, McKee V, Moubaraki B, Chilton NF, Murray KS, Schmitt W, Kruger PE, Partial spin crossover behaviour in a dinuclear iron(ii) triple helicate., Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 40, (45), 2011, p12368-73Journal Article, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Walsh, DP, Zhang, L, Kruger, PE, Schmitt, W, Supramolecular Coordination Assemblies Using 2-Aminodiacetic Terephthalic Acid Ligands: K[Ni-II(Hadta)(H2O)(2)]center dot H2O and K[Cu (1.5) (II) (adta)(H2O)(1.5)]center dot H2O, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 21, (3), 2011, p655-661Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Zhu, NY, Tobin, G, Schmitt, W, Extending the family of Zn-based MOFs: synthetic approaches to chiral framework structures and MOFs with large pores and channels, Chemical Communications, 48, 2012, p3638-3640Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Breen, JM, Clerac, R, Zhang, L, Cloonan, SM, Kennedy, E, Feeney, M, McCabe, T, Williams, DC, Schmitt, W, Self-assembly of hybrid organic-inorganic polyoxovanadates: functionalised mixed-valent clusters and molecular cages, Dalton Transactions, 41, 2012, p2918-2926Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Marzec, B, Mahimaidoss, M, Zhang, L, McCabe, T, Schmitt, W, {4,6-Bis[(E)-1-methyl-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethylidene)hydrazinyl]pyrimidine-kappa N-3,N ',N ''}dichloridomanganese(II), ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-STRUCTURE REPORTS ONLINE, 67, (12), 2011, pm1676Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Zhang L, Marzec B, Clérac R, Chen Y, Zhang H, Schmitt W, Supramolecular approaches to metal-organic gels using 'Chevrel-type' coordination clusters as building units., Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49, (1), 2013, p66-8Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhang L, Clérac R, Onet CI, Venkatesan M, Heijboer P, Schmitt W, Supramolecular approach by using Jahn-Teller sites to construct a {Mn13}-based coordination polymer and modify its magnetic properties., Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 18, (44), 2012, p13984-8Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Zhang L, Clérac R, Heijboer P, Schmitt W, Influencing the symmetry of high-nuclearity and high-spin manganese oxo clusters: supramolecular approaches to manganese-based keplerates and chiral solids., Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 51, (12), 2012, p3007-11Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Duke RM, McCabe T, Schmitt W, Gunnlaugsson T, Recognition and sensing of biologically relevant anions in alcohol and mixed alcohol-aqueous solutions using charge neutral cleft-like glycol-derived pyridyl-amidothiourea receptors., The Journal of organic chemistry, 77, (7), 2012, p3115-26Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Reck L, Schmitt W, catena-Poly[[[dichlorido(pyridin-1-ium-3-yl)arsenic(III)]-"-chlorido] mono-hydrate]., Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online, 68, (Pt 12), 2012, pm1437-8Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • Sanchez-Ballester NM, Shrestha LK, Elsegood MR, Schmitt W, Ariga K, Anson CE, Hill JP, Powell AK, Ligand displacement for fixing manganese: relevance to cellular metal ion transport and synthesis of polymeric coordination complexes., Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 42, (8), 2013, p2779-85Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Reck L, Schmitt W, Tetra-butyl-ammonium hydrogen phenyl-arsonate-phenyl-arsonic acid (1/1)., Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online, 68, (Pt 9), 2012, pm1212-3Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Frimannsson, D.O., McCabe, T., Schmitt, W., Lawler, M., Gunnlaugsson, T., Synthesis and crystallographic analysis of short pyridine-based oligoamides as DNA-targeting supramolecular binders, Supramolecular Chemistry, 22 , (9), 2010, 483-449Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Mahimaidoss, M.B., Krasnikov, S.A., Reck, L., (...), Shvets, I.V., Schmitt, W., Homologous size-extension of hybrid vanadate capsules - Solid state structures, solution stability and surface deposition, Chemical Communications, 50, (18), 2014, 2265-2267Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhu N, Lennox MJ, Düren T, Schmitt W, Polymorphism of metal-organic frameworks: direct comparison of structures and theoretical N2-uptake of topological - and -isomers., Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 50, (32), 2014, p4207-10Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhang L, Onet CI, Clérac R, Rouzières M, Marzec B, Boese M, Venkatesan M, Schmitt W, A facile "bottom-up" approach to prepare free-standing nano-films based on manganese coordination clusters., Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49, (67), 2013, p7400-2Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhu N, Lennox MJ, Tobin G, Goodman L, Düren T, Schmitt W, Hetero-epitaxial approach by using labile coordination sites to prepare catenated metal-organic frameworks with high surface areas., Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 20, (13), 2014, p3595-9Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Houston JE, Patterson AR, Jayasundera AC, Schmitt W, Evans RC, Charge-modulated self-assembly and growth of conjugated polyelectrolyte-polyoxometalate hybrid networks., Chemical Communications, 50, 2014, p5233 - 5235Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhang, L., Clérac, R., Onet, C.I., Healy, C., Schmitt, W, Towards nanoscopic Mn-containing hybrid polyoxomolybdates: Synthesis, structure, magnetic properties, and solution behavior of a {Mn 6Mo10} cluster, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 10-11, 2013, p1654-1658Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • A. R. Patterson, W. Schmitt*, R. C. Evans*, Lighting-Up Two-Dimensional Lanthanide Phosphonates: Tunable Structure-Property Relationships towards Visible and Near-Infrared Emitters., Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 2014, p10291 - 10301Journal Article, 2014, URL
  • Hawes C.S, Lynes A.D, Byrne K, Schmitt W, Ryan G, Mobius M.E, Gunnlaugsson T, A resilient and luminescent stimuli-responsive hydrogel from a heterotopic 1,8-naphthalimide-derived ligand, Chemical Communications, 53, (44), 2017, p5989 - 5992Journal Article, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Wolfgang Schmitt, Hydrolyse von Eisen(III)- und Aluminium(III)salzen in Aminocarbonsäure-stabilisierten, protischen Reaktionssystemen - Strukturen und Eigenschaften mehrkerniger molekularer Komplexe und vernetzter, supramolekularer Aggregate., 1st Ed., Goettingen, Cuvillier, 2002, 316 ppBook
  • W. Schmitt, Organic-inorganic hybrid materials have a bright future, Melting Pot International Edition, 3, 2005, p7 - 8Journal Article
  • W. Schmitt, J. P. Hill, Structural studies on hybrid organic-inorganic coordination assemblies, Synchrotron User Report 2004, KEK, High Energy Facility, Japan, 2005Journal Article
  • W. Schmitt, J. P. Hill, Ligand-stabilized aluminium polycations, Synchrotron User Report 2004, KEK, High Energy Facility, Japan, 2005Journal Article

Research Expertise

Wolfgang Schmitt's research focuses on synthetic coordination chemistry and supramolecular chemistry of hybrid organic-inorganic materials aiming to exploit these materials for sustainable energy applications (H2-based energy systems, water splitting) catalysis, gas storage, multifunctional and molecular magnetic systems.
In addition, his research activities are directed towards soft, biocompatible materials for drug delivery, regenerative medicine & sensing.
His research team is developing methodologies for hybrid organic-inorganic coordination compounds. The concept of hybrid organic-inorganic materials presents a means for customizing physical and chemical properties by reducing the dimensionality and by influencing the devolution pattern of classical inorganic materials within organic matrices. This approach allows a combination of the superior properties of inorganic and organic materials. The investigations include the synthesis, self-assembly and physicochemical characterization of coordination polymers, cluster compounds, biominerals and bioinorganic enzyme models. Key research areas under this purview include energy storage and conversion systems (e.g. for hydrogen), catalysis, separation science and magnetic materials.

Electrical engineering, Chemical Sciences, Condensed matter physics, Nanotechnology,

Recognition

  • ICYS Fellowship, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan 2004
  • Dr.-Anton-Keller-Prize of the University of Darmstadt (TU) 2000
  • Award of the "Fonds der Chemischen Industrie" 1991
  • German Chemical Society (GDCh)