List of publications – Institute of Inorganic Chemistry

J. Bahner, L. Dobler, M. Frisch, L. Vogelsang, H. Cölfen, S. Polarz (2021): Direction-Dependent Properties in Inverted Carbon Nitride Colloidal Glasses with Gradient Porosity, ChemRxiv

J. Bahner, N. Hug, S. Polarz (2021): Anisotropic Magnetism in Gradient Porous Carbon Composite Aerogels, Carbon Composite Aerogels.C 2021, 7, 22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/c7010022

M. L. Frisch, S. Polarz (2021): Molecular fusion of surfactant and Lewis-acid properties for attacking dirt by catalytic bond cleavage, Sci Rep 11, 5131 (2021)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84654-3

N. Klinkenberg, S. Kraft, S. Polarz (2021): Great Location: About Effects of Surface Bound Neighboring Groups for Passive and Active Fine-Tuning of CO2 Adsorption Properties in Model Carbon Capture Materials, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2007734
DOI: 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202007734

S. Bitter, M. Schilling, J. P. Brahm, S. Polarz, R. F. Winter (2021): Voltammetry as a Tool to Monitor the Aggregation Behavior of a Zwitterionic Ferrocene Surfactant, Langmuir 2021, 37, 14, 4183–4191
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00049.

S. Bitter, M. Schlötter M. Schilling R. Winter S. Polarz (2021): Ferro-Self-Assembly: Magnetic and Electrochemical Adaptation of a Multiresponsive Zwitterionic Metalloamphiphile Showing a Shape-Hysteresis Effect, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 270-281
DOI: DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05249C

S. Theiss, M. Voggel, H. Kuper, M. Hoermann, U. Krings, P. Baum, J. A. Becker, V. Wittmann, S. Polarz (2021): Ligand-Programmed Consecutive Symmetry Break(s) in Nanoparticle Based Materials Showing Emergent Phenomena: Transitioning from Sixfold to Threefold Symmetry in Anisotropic ZnO Colloids, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2009104
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202009104

D. Kollofrath, M. Geppert, S. Polarz (2020): Copolymerization of Mesoporous Styrene‐Bridged Organosilica Nanoparticles with Functional Monomers for the Stimuli‐Responsive Remediation of Water, ChemSusChem
DOI: 020 https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001264

Fillafer, N., Seewald, T., Schmidt-Mende, L., Polarz, S. (2020): Interfacial charge transfer processes in 2D and 3D semiconducting hybrid perovskites: azobenzene as photoswitchable ligand, Beilstein J. Nanotech., 11, 466-479
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.11.38

H. Bronner, A. K. Holzer, A. Finke, M. Kunkel, A. Marx, M. Leist, S. Polarz (2020): The influence of structural gradients in large pore organosilica materials on the capabilities for hosting cellular communities, RSC Advances 10.29 (2020): 17327-17335
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00927J

Kunkel, M., Bitter, S., Sailer, F., Winter, R. F., Polarz, S. (2020): Aggregation‐Induced Improvement of Catalytic Activity by Inner‐Aggregate Electronic Communication of Metal‐Fullerene‐Based Surfactants, Chem. Cat. Chem.
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202000412

Lanz, C., Schlötter, M., Klinkenberg, N., Besirske, P., Polarz, S., (2020): Stimuli‐Responsive Particle‐Based Amphiphiles as Active Colloids Prepared by Anisotropic Click Chemistry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 8902-8906
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001423

T. Herzog, N. Weitzel, S. Polarz (2020): Oxygen vacancy injection-induced resistive switching in combined mobile and static gradient doped tin oxide nanorods, Nanoscale, 12 (35), 18322-18332
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR03734F

Bahner, J., Klinkenberg, N., Frisch, M., Brauchle, L., Polarz, S. (2019): Creating Directionality in Nanoporous Carbon Materials: Adjustable Combinations of Structural and Chemical Gradients, Adv. Funct. Mater., 29, 1904058
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201904058

Donner, A., Trepka, B., Theiss, S., Immler, F., Traber, J., Polarz, S. (2019): NCH-Metallosurfactants as Active Polymerization Catalysts, Langmuir, 35, 16514-16520
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02152

Kalb, J., Folger, A., Zimmermann, E., Gerigk, M., Trepka, B., Scheu, C., Polarz, S., Schmidt-Mende, L. (2019): Controlling the density of hydrothermally grown rutile TiO2 nanorods on anatase TiO2 films, Surf. Interfaces, 15, 141-147
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2019.02.010

Klinkenberg, N., Klaiber, A., Müller, M., Polarz, S. (2019): Versatile surface modification of aerogels by click chemistry as an approach to generate model systems for CO2 adsorption features in amine-containing organosilica, Microporous and Mesoporous Mater., 294, 109879
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109879

Kunkel, M., Sutter, S., Polarz, S. (2019): Molecular Semiconductor Surfactants with Fullerenol Head and Colored Tails for Photoconversion of Carbon Dioxide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 15620-15625
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905410

Kunkel, M., Sutter, S., Polarz, S. (2019): Molekulare Halbleiter‐Tenside mit Fullerenol‐Kopfgruppe und Farbstoffketten für die photokatalytische Umwandlung von Kohlenstoffdioxid, Angew. Chem., 131, 15766-15771
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201905410

Kunkel, M., Polarz, S. (2019): Easy, efficient and versatile one-pot synthesis of Janus-type-substituted fullerenols, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 15, 901-905
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.15.87

Schertel, L., Wimmer, I., Besirske, P., Aegerter, C. M., Maret, G., Polarz, S., Aubry, G. J. (2019): Tunable high-index photonic glasses, Phys. Rev. Mater., 3, 015203
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.015203

Sutter, S., Trepka, B., Siroky, S., Hagedorn, K., Theiss, S., Baum, P., Polarz, S. (2019): Light-Triggered Boost of Activity of Catalytic Bola-Type Surfactants by a Plasmonic Metal-Support Interaction Effect, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 11, 15936-15944
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b03727

Theiss, S., Voggel, M., Schlötter, M., Sutter, S., Stöckl, M. T., Polarz, S., (2019): Tolerance in superstructures formed from high-quality colloidal ZnO nanoparticles with hexagonal cross-section, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 21, 5137-5144
DOI: 10.1039/c9ce00811j

Trepka, B., Emminger, Y. H., Schneider, N., Schlotter, M., Theiss, S., Wimmer, I., Fonin, M., Polarz, S. (2019): Sacrificial Templating: A Route to Europium-II Oxide (EuO) Particles with Arbitrary Shape Prepared Indirectly by Hostile Takeover, Cryst. Growth Des., 19, 4234-4238
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00443

Bitter, S., Kunkel, M., Burkart, L., Mang, A., Winter, R. F., Polarz, S. (2018): Organometallic, Nonclassical Surfactant with Gemini Design Comprising pi-Conjugated Constituents Ready for Modification, ACS Omega, 3, 8854-8864
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01405

Boldt, K., Polarz, S. (2018): Formabhängige Eigenschaften und kooperative Effekte, Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 66, 1042-1046
DOI: 10.1002/nadc.20184073205

Kalb, J., Dorman, J. A., Folger, A., Gerigk, M., Knittel, V., Plüisch, C. S., Trepka, B., Lehr, D., Chua, E., Goodge, B. H., Wittemann, A., Polarz, S., Schmidt-Mende, L. (2018): Influence of substrates and rutile seed layers on the assembly of hydrothermally grown rutile TiO2 nanorod arrays

Klaiber, A., Kollek, T., Cardinal, S., Hug, N., Drechsler, M., Polarz, S. (2018): Electron Transfer in Self-Assembled Micelles Built by Conductive Polyoxometalate-Surfactants Showing Battery-Like Behavior, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 5, 1701430
DOI: 10.1002/admi.201701430

Kunkel, M., Schildknecht, S., Boldt, K., Zeyffert, L., Schleheck, D., Leist, M., Polarz, S. (2018): Increasing the Resistance of Living Cells against Oxidative Stress by Nonnatural Surfactants as Membrane Guards, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 23638-23646
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b07032

Pivtsov, A., Wessig, M., Klovak, V., Polarz, S., Drescher, M. (2018): Localization of Guest Molecules in Nanopores by Pulsed EPR Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 5376-5384
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10758

Trepka, B., Erler, P., Selzer, S., Kollek, T., Boldt, K., Fonin, M., Nowak, U., Wolf, D., Lubk, A., Polarz, S. (2018): Nanomorphology Effects in Semiconductors with Native Ferromagnetism: Hierarchical Europium (II) Oxide Tubes Prepared via a Topotactic Nanostructure Transition, Adv. Mater., 30, 1703612
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703612

Trepka, B., Stiegeler, J., Wimmer, I., Fonin, M., Polarz, S. (2018): EurOgels : A ferromagnetic semiconductor with a porous structure prepared via the assembly of hybrid nanorods, Nanoscale, 10, 19272-19276
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06536e

Voggel, M., Meinusch, R. M., Siewert, V., Kunkel, M., Wittmann, V., Polarz, S. (2018): Sweet surfactants: packing parameter-invariant amphiphiles as emulsifiers and capping agents for morphology control of inorganic particles, Soft Matter., 14, 7214-7227
DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01091a

Aubry, G. J., Schertel, L., Chen, M. D., Weyer, H., Aegerter, C. M., Polarz, S., Cölfen, H., Maret, G. (2017): Resonant transport and near-field effects in photonic glasses, Phys. Rev. A, 96, 043871
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.043871

Bauer, T., Voggenreiter, M., Xu, T., Wahler, T., Agel, F., Pohako-Esko, K., Schulz, P., Dopper, T., Gorling, A., Polarz, S., Wasserscheid, P., Libuda, J. (2017): ZnO Nanoparticle Formation from the Molecular Precursor [MeZnOtBu]4 by Ozone Treatment in Ionic Liquids: in-situ Vibrational Spectroscopy in an Ultrahigh Vacuum Environment, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 643, 31-40
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201600345

Birkhold, S. T., Zimmermann, E., Kollek, T., Wurmbrand, D., Polarz, S., Schmidt-Mende, L. (2017): Impact of Crystal Surface on Photoexcited States in Organic-Inorganic Perovskites, Adv. Funct. Mater., 27, 1604995
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201604995

Chen, M., Hagedorn, K., Cölfen, H., Polarz, S. (2017): Functional Gradient Inverse Opal Carbon Monoliths with Directional and Multinary Porosity, Adv. Mater., 29, 1603356
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603356

Donner, A., Hagedorn, K., Mattes, L., Drechsler, M., Polarz, S. (2017): Hybrid Surfactants with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Heads as a Multifunctional Platform for Interfacial Catalysis, Chem. Eur. J., 23, 18129-18133
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703902

Gerigk, M., Bahner, J., Kollek, T., Helfrich, S., Rosenberg, R., Colfen, H., Polarz, S. (2017): Order and Defects in Ceramic Semiconductor Nanoparticle Superstructures as a Function of Polydispersity and Aspect Ratio, Part. Part. Syst. Char., 34, 1600215
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201600215

Hagedorn, K., Bahnmüller, U., Schachtschneider, A., Frei, M., Li, W., Schmedt Auf der Gunne, J., Polarz, S. (2017): Nonequilibrium Catalyst Materials Stabilized by the Aerogel Effect: Solvent Free and Continuous Synthesis of Gamma-Alumina with Hierarchical Porosity, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 11599-11608
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16721

Hermann, S., Wessig, M., Kollofrath, D., Gerigk, M., Hagedorn, K., Odendal, J. A., Hagner, M., Drechsler, M., Erler, P., Fonin, M., Maret, G., Polarz, S. (2017): Magneto-Adaptive Surfactants Showing Anti-Curie Behavior and Tunable Surface Tension as Porogens for Mesoporous Particles with 12-Fold Symmetry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56, 5475-5479
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612416

Jana, A., Scheer, E., Polarz, S. (2017): Synthesis of graphene–transition metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles and their application in various fields, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol., 8, 688-714
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.8.74

Kollek, T., Polarz, S. (2017): Facet-controlled preparation of hybrid perovskite microcrystals in the gas phase and the remarkable effect on optoelectronic properties, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 19, 4615-4621
DOI: 10.1039/c7ce00839b

Kollek, T., Wurmbrand, D., Birkhold, S. T., Zimmermann, E., Kalb, J., Schmidt-Mende, L., Polarz, S. (2017): Thiophene-Functionalized Hybrid Perovskite Microrods and their Application in Photodetector Devices for Investigating Charge Transport Through Interfaces in Particle-Based Materials, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 1077-1085
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12466

Spitzbarth, M., Scherer, A., Schachtschneider, A., Imming, P., Polarz, S., Drescher, M. (2017): Time-, spectral- and spatially resolved EPR spectroscopy enables simultaneous monitoring of diffusion of different guest molecules in nano-pores, J. Magn. Reson., 283, 45-51
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.08.008

Voepel, P., Seitz, C., Waack, J. M., Zahn, S., Leichtweiss, T., Zaichenko, A., Mollenhauer, D., Amenitsch, H., Voggenreiter, M., Polarz, S., Smarsly, B. M. (2017): Peering into the Mechanism of Low-Temperature Synthesis of Bronze-type TiO, Cryst. Growth Des., 17, 5586-5601
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01231

Voggenreiter, M., Vopel, P., Smarsly, B., Polarz, S. (2017): Low Temperature Reaction of Molecular Zinc Oxide Precursors in Ionic Liquids Leading to Ionogel Nanoparticles with Shape Anisotropy, Z. Anorg. ALlg. Chem., 643, 93-100
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201600341

Wessig, M., Spitzbarth, M., Klaiber, A., Drescher, M., Polarz, S. (2017): Negative and Positive Confinement Effects in Chiral Separation Chromatography Monitored with Molecular-Scale Precision by In-Situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Techniques, Langmuir, 33, 11968-11976
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02713

Feng, Y. Y., Kim, K. D., Nemitz, C. A., Kim, P., Pfadler, T., Gerigk, M., Polarz, S., Dorman, J. A., Weickert, J., Schmidt-Mende, L. (2016): Uniform Large-Area Free-Standing Silver Nanowire Arrays on Transparent Conducting Substrates, J. Electrochem. Soc., 163, D447-D452
DOI: 10.1149/2.1141608jes

Gehring, J. Trepka, B. Klinkenberg, N. Bronner, H. Schleheck, D. Polarz, S. (2016): Sunlight-Triggered Nanoparticle Synergy: Teamwork of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide Released from Mesoporous Organosilica with Advanced Antibacterial Activity, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 3076-3084
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12073

Hagedorn, K., Li, W. Y., Liang, Q. J., Dilger, S., Noebels, M., Wagner, M. R., Reparaz, J. S., Dollinger, A., Gunne, J. S. A. D., Dekorsy, T., Schmidt-Mende, L., Polarz, S. (2016): Catalytically Doped Semiconductors for Chemical Gas Sensing: Aerogel-Like Aluminum-Containing Zinc Oxide Materials Prepared in the Gas Phase, Adv. Funct. Mater., 26, 3424-3437
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201505355

Hu, H., Wong, K. K., Kollek, T., Hanusch, F., Polarz, S., Docampo, P., Schmidt-Mende, L. (2016): Highly Efficient Reproducible Perovskite Solar Cells Prepared by Low-Temperature Processing, Molecules, 21, 542
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21040542

Klaiber, A., Lanz, C., Landsmann, S., Gehring, J., Drechsler, M., Polarz, S. (2016): Maximizing Headgroup Repulsion: Hybrid Surfactants with Ultrahighly Charged Inorganic Heads and Their Unusual Self-Assembly, Langmuir, 32, 10920-10927
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02661

Klaiber, A., Polarz, S. (2016): Passing current through electrically conducting lyotropic liquid crystals and micelles assembled from hybrid surfactants with π-conjugated tail and polyoxometalate head, ACS Nano, 10, 10041-10048
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04677

Kollek, T., Fischer, C., Gottker-Schnetmann, I., Polarz, S. (2016): Microwave Induced Crystallization of the Hybrid Perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 from a Supramolecular Single-Source Precursor, Chem. Mater., 28, 4134-4138
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01263

(2015): Multiple scale investigation of molecular diffusion inside functionalized porous hosts using a combination of magnetic resonance methods, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, 15976-15988
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01369k

Chen, M., Cölfen, H., Polarz, S. (2015): Centrifugal Field-Induced Colloidal Assembly: From Chaos to Order, ACS Nano, 9, 6944-6950
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01116

Gehring, J., Schleheck, D., Trepka, B., Polarz, S. (2015): Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles Containing Superacid and Click Functionalities Leading to Cooperativity in Biocidal Coatings, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 1021-1029
DOI: 10.1021/am5083057

Gerigk, M., Ehrenreich, P., Wagner, M. R., Wimmer, I., Reparaz, J. S., Torres, C. M. S., Schmidt-Mende, L., Polarz, S. (2015): Nanoparticle shape anisotropy and photoluminescence properties: Europium containing ZnO as a Model Case, Nanoscale, 7, 16969-16982
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr02550h

Kollek, T. Gruber, D. Gehring, J. Zimmermann, E. Schmidt-Mende, L. Polarz, S. (2015): Porous and shape-anisotropic single crystals of the semiconductor perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 from a single-source precursor, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 1341-1346
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408713

Kollek, T., Gruber, D., Gehring, J., Zimmermann, E., Schmidt‐Mende, L., Polarz, S. (2015): Poröse und formanisotrope Einkristalle des Halbleiter‐Perowskits CH3NH3PbI3 aus einer neuen Single‐Source‐Vorstufe, Angew. Chem., 127, 1357-1362
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201408713

Lehr, D., Wagner, M. R., Flock, J., Reparaz, J. S., Torres, C. M. S., Klaiber, A., Dekorsy, T., Polarz, S. (2015): Correction: A single-source precursor route to anisotropic halogen-doped zinc oxide particles as a promising candidate for new transparent conducting oxide materials, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.,6, 2330–2331.
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.6.239

Luka, M., Karreman, S., Polarz, S. (2015): Plug and play synthesis of an organic/inorganic hybrid electrode with adjustable porosity: redox-active organosilica confined in mesoporous carbon, J. Mater. Chem. A, 3, 22017-22020
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta06885a

Luka, M., Polarz, S. (2015): Wiring functional groups in mesoporous organosilica materials, J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 2195-2203
DOI: 10.1039/c4tc02746a

Polarz, S., Odendal, J. A., Hermann, S., Klaiber, A., (2015): Amphiphilic hybrids containing inorganic constituent: More than soap, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci., 20, 151-160
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2015.07.006

Schachtschneider, A., Wessig, M., Spitzbarth, M., Donner, A., Fischer, C., Drescher, M., Polarz, S. (2015): Directional materials—nanoporous organosilica monoliths with multiple gradients prepared using click chemistry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 10465-10469
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502878

Spitzbarth, M., Wessig, M., Lemke, T., Schachtschneider, A., Polarz, S., Drescher, M. (2015): Simultaneous Monitoring of Macroscopic and Microscopic Diffusion of Guest Molecules in Silica and Organosilica Aerogels by Spatially and Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 17474-17479
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05743

Dilger, S. Wessig, M. Wagner, M. R. Reparaz, J. S. Sotomayor Torres, C. M. Liang, Q. Dekorsy, T. Polarz, S. (2014): Nanoarchitecture Effects on Persistent Room Temperature Photoconductivity and Thermal Conductivity in Ceramic Semiconductors: Mesoporous, Yolk-Shell, and Hollow ZnO Spheres, Cryst. Growth Des., 14, 4593-4601
DOI: 10.1021/cg500680g

Dollinger, A Stolch, L. Luo, Y. Beck, M. Strobel, C. H. Hagner, M. Dilger, S Bein, M. Polarz, S. Gantefoer, G. F. Kim, Y.-D. Proch, S. (2014): Size-selected gold clusters on porous titania as the most “gold-efficient” heterogeneous catalysts, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 16, 11017-11023
DOI: 10.1039/C4CP00597J

Gehring, J. Schleheck, D. Luka, M. Polarz, S. (2014): Aerosol-synthesis of mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles with highly reactive, superacidic surfaces comprising sulfonic acid entities, Adv. Funct. Mater., 24, 1140-1150
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201302330

Lehr, D. Großmann, D. Grünert, W. Polarz, S. (2014): “Dirty nanostructures”: aerosol-assisted synthesis of temperature stable mesoporous metal oxide semiconductor spheres comprising hierarchically assembled zinc oxide nanocrystals controlled via impurities, Nanoscale, 6, 1698-1706
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05007F

Lizandara-Pueyo, C., Dilger, S., Wagner, M. R., Gerigk, M., Hoffmann, A., Polarz, S. (2014): Li-doped ZnO nanorods with single-crystal quality - non-classical crystallization and self-assembly into mesoporous materials, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 16, 1525-1531
DOI: 10.1039/c3ce41670d

Polarz, S., Landsmann, S., Klaiber, A. (2014): Hybrid Surfactant Systems with Inorganic Constituents, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 946-954
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303159

Chen, M. Cölfen, H. Polarz, S. (2013): The Effect of Centrifugal Force on the Assembly and Crystallization of Binary Colloidal Systems: Towards Structural Gradients, Z. Naturforsch. B, 68, 103-110
DOI: 10.5560/ZNB.2013-3001

Grünert, W. Gies, H. Muhler, M. Polarz, S. Lehmann, C. W. Großmann, D. van den Berg, M. Tkachenko, O. P. De Toni, A. Sinev, I. Bandyopadhyay, M. Narkhede, V. Dreier, A. Klementiev, K. V. Birkner, A. Löffler, E. (2013): Metal–supported catalysts encapsulated in mesoporous solids: Challenges and opportunities of a model concept, Phys. Status Solidi B, 250, 1081-1093
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201248454

Polarz, S. Bährle, C. Landsmann, S. Klaiber, A. (2013): Panoscopic Structures by Hierarchical Cascade Self-Assembly of Inorganic Surfactants with Magnetic Heads Containing Dysprosium Ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 13665-13670
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303565

Wessig, M. Drescher, M. Polarz, S. (2013): Probing Functional Group Specific Surface Interactions in Porous Solids Using ESR Spectroscopy as a Sensitive and Quantitative Tool, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 2805-2816
DOI: 10.1021/jp310226f

Dilger, S. Lizandra-Pueyo, C. Krumm, M. Polarz, S. (2012): Hierarchical Zinc Oxide Materials with Multiple Porosity Prepared by Ultrafast Temperature Gradient Chemical Gas-Phase Synthesis, Adv. Mater., 24, 543-548
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103557

Giner-Casares, J. J. Brezesinski, G. Mohwald, H. Landsmann, S. Polarz, S. (2012): Polyoxometalate Surfactants as Unique Molecules for Interfacial Self-Assembly, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 322-326
DOI: 10.1021/jz201588z

Krumm, M. Pawlitzek, F. Weickert, J. Schmidt-Mende, L. Polarz, S. (2012): Temperature-stable and optically transparent thin-film zinc oxide aerogel electrodes as model systems for 3D interpenetrating organic–inorganic heterojunction solar cells., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 6522-6529

Landsmann, S. Luka, M. Polarz, S. (2012): Bolaform surfactants with polyoxometalate head groups and their assembly into ultra-small monolayer membrane vesicles, Nat. Comm., 3, 1-6
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2321

Landsmann, S. Wessig, M. Schmid, M. Cölfen, H. Polarz, S. (2012): Smart Inorganic Surfactants: More than Surface Tension, Ang. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 5995-5999
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200139

Lehr, D. Luka, M. Wagner, M. R. Bulger, M. Hoffmann, A. Polarz, S. (2012): Band-Gap Engineering of Zinc Oxide Colloids via Lattice Substitution with Sulfur Leading to Materials with Advanced Properties for Optical Applications Like Full Inorganic UV Protection, Chem. Mater., 24, 1771-1778
DOI: 10.1021/cm300239q

Lizandara-Pueyo, C. Morant-Minana, M. C. Wessig, M. Krumm, M. Mecking, S. Polarz, S. (2012): Biomimetic crystallization of anisotropic zinc oxide nanoparticles in the homogeneous Phase : shape control by surface additives applied under thermodynamic or kinetic control, RSC Adv., 2, 5298-5306
DOI: 10.1039/c2ra20343j

(2011): Chemical architectonics for complex inorganic materials, Bioinorg. React. Mech., 7, 27-64
DOI: 10.1515/BIRM.2011.002

Lizandara‐Pueyo, C. Siroky, S. Wagner, M. R Hoffmann, A. Reparaz, J. S. Lehmann, M. Polarz, S. (2011): Shape Anisotropy Influencing Functional Properties: Trigonal Prismatic ZnO Nanoparticles as an Example, Adv. Funct. Mater., 21, 295-304
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201000997

Polarz, S. Jeremias, F. Haunz, U. (2011): Materials Surgery - Reactivity Differences of Organic Groups in Hybrids, Adv. Funct. Mater, 21, 2953-2959
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201100802

Dilger, S. Hintze, C. Krumm, M. Lizandara-Pueyo, C. Deeb, S. Proch, S. Polarz, S. (2010): Gas phase synthesis of titania with aerogel character and its application as a support in oxidation catalysis, J. Mater. Chem., 20, 10032-10040
DOI: 10.1039/c0jm00769b

Dreher, M. A. Krumm, M. Lizandara-Pueyo, C. Polarz, S. (2010): Chromium containing zinc oxide materials from organobimetallic precursors, Dalton Trans, 39, 2232-2238
DOI: 10.1039/b916253b

Krumm, M. Lizandra-Pueyo, C. Polarz, S. (2010): Monolithic Zinc Oxide Aerogels from Organometallic Sol-Gel Precursors, Chem. Mater., 22, 5129-5136
DOI: 10.1021/cm1006907

Kuschel, A. Drescher, M. Kuschel, T. Polarz, S. (2010): Bifunctional Mesoporous Organosilica Materials and Their Application in Catalysis: Cooperative Effects or Not?, Chem. Mater., 22, 1472-1482
DOI: 10.1021/cm903412e

Kuschel, A. Luka, M. Wessig, M. Drescher, M. Fonin, M. Kiliani, G. Polarz, S. (2010): Organic Ligands Made Porous: Magnetic and Catalytic Properties of Transition Metals Coordinated to the Surfaces of Mesoporous Organosilica, Adv. Funct. Mater., 20, 1133-1143
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200902056

Kuschel, A. Polarz, S. (2010): Effects of Primary and Secondary Surface Groups in Enantioselective Catalysis Using Nanoporous Materials with Chiral Walls, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 6558-6565
DOI: 10.1021/ja1017706

Lizandara Pueyo, C. Siroky, S. Landsmann, S. van den Berg, M. WE Wagner, M. R. Reparaz, J. S. Hoffmann, A. Polarz, S. (2010): Molecular precursor route to a metastable form of Zinc Oxide, Chem. Mater., 22, 4263-4270
DOI: 10.1021/cm101240n

Mascotto, S. Wallacher, D. Kuschel, A. Polarz, S. Zickler, G. A. Timmann, A. Smarsly, B. M. (2010): Adsorption in periodically ordered mesoporous organosilica materials studied by in situ small-angle X-ray scattering and small-angle neutron scattering, Langmuir, 26, 6583-6592
DOI: 10.1021/la903934r

Polarz, S. Pueyo, C. L. Krumm, M. (2010): The molecular path to inorganic materials - Zinc oxide and beyond, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 363, 4148-4157
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2010.06.053

Polarz, S. Volker, B. Jeremias, F. (2010): Metathesis catalysts in confining reaction fields-confinement effects vs. surface effects, Dalton Trans., 39, 577-584
DOI: 10.1039/b911795b

Rauch, C. Gehlhoff, W. Wagner, M. R. Malguth, E. Callsen, G. Kirste, R. Salameh, B. Hoffmann, A. Polarz, S. Aksu, Y. Driess, M. (2010): Lithium related deep and shallow acceptors in Li-doped ZnO nanocrystal, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 024311
DOI: 10.1063/1.3275889

Polarz, S. Orlov, A. Hoffmann, A. Wagner, M. R. Rauch, C. Kirste, R. Gehlhoff, W. Aksu, Y. Driess, M. van den Berg, M. W. E. (2009): A Systematic Study on Zinc Oxide Materials Containing Group I Metals (Li, Na, K)-Synthesis from Organometallic Precursors, Characterization, and Properties, Chem. Mater., 21, 3889-3897
DOI: 10.1021/cm9014223

Van den Berg, M. WE Polarz, S. Tkachenko, O. P. Kähler, K. Muhler, M. Grünert, W. (2009): Dynamical Changes in the Cu-ZnOx Interaction Observed in a Model Methanol Synthesis Catalyst, Catal. Letters, 128, 49-56
DOI: 10.1007/s10562-008-9746-4

Kuschel, A. Polarz, S. (2008): Organosilica materials with bridging phenyl derivatives incorporated into the surfaces of mesoporous solids, Adv. Funct. Mater., 18, 1272-1280
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200701252

Kuschel, A. Sievers, H. Polarz, S. (2008): Amino Acid Silica Hybrid Materials with Mesoporous Structure and Enantiopure Surfaces, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47, 9513-9517
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803405

Lizandara-Pueyo, C. van den Berg, M. W. E. De Toni, A. Goes, T. Polarz, S. (2008): Nucleation and Growth of ZnO in Organic Solvents - an in Situ Study, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 16601-16610
DOI: 10.1021/ja804071h

Polarz, S. Kuschel, A. (2008): Chemistry in confining reaction fields with special emphasis on nanoporous materials, Chem. Eur. J., 14, 9816-9829
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800674

(2007): Structure–property–function relationships in nanoscale oxide sensors: a case study based on zinc oxide, Adv. Funct. Mater, 17, 1385-1391
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200700139

(2007): Preparation of high-surface-area zinc oxide with ordered porosity, different pore sizes, and nanocrystalline walls, Chem. Eur. J., 13, 592-597
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200600428

Orlov, A. Roy, A. Lehmann, M. Driess, M. Polarz, S. (2007): Organometallics meet colloid chemistry: a case study in three phases based on molecular carbonyl precursors containing zinc and manganese, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 129, 371-375
DOI: 10.1021/ja0659626

Polarz, S. Regenspurger, R. Hartmann, J. (2007): Self-Assembly of Methylzinc Polyethylene Glycol Amphiphiles and Their Application to Materials Synthesis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46,2426-2430
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602262

Polarz, S. Kuschel, A. (2006): Preparation of a periodically ordered mesoporous organosilica material using chiral building blocks, Adv. Mater., 18, 1206-1209
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200502647

Polarz, S. Strunk, J. Ischenko, V. van den Berg, M. W. E. Hinrichsen, O. Muhler, M. Driess, M. (2006): On the role of oxygen defects in the catalytic performance of zinc oxide, Angew. Chem., 118, 3031-3035
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503068

Van den Berg, M. W. E. Polarz, S. Tkachenko, O. P. Klementiev, K. V. Bandyopadhyay, M. Khodeir, L. Gies, H. Muhler, M. Grünert, W. (2006): Cu/ZnO aggregates in siliceous mesoporous matrices: Development of a new model methanol synthesis catalyst, J. Catal., 241, 446-455
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2006.05.020

Ischenko, V. Polarz, S. Grote, D. Stavarache, V. Fink, K. Driess, M. (2005): Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles with Defects, Adv. Funct. Mater., 15, 1945-1954
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200500087

Polarz, S. Neues, F. van den Berg, M. W. Grunert, W. Khodeir, L. (2005): Mesosynthesis of ZnO-Silica Composites for Methanol Nanocatalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 12028-34
DOI: 10.1021/ja0516514

Polarz, S. Orlov, A. V. van den Berg, M. W. E. Driess, M. (2005): Molecular encoding at the nanoscale: From complex cubes to bimetallic oxides, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., 44, 7892-7896
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501212

Polarz, S. Roy, A. Merz, M. Halm, S. Schroder, D. Schneider, L. Bacher, G. Kruis, F. E. Driess, M. (2005): Chemical vapor synthesis of size-selected zinc oxide nanoparticles, Small, 1, 540-552
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200400085

Schröder, D. Schwarz, H. Polarz, S. Driess, M. (2005): Consecutive fragmentations of the cubane-like zinc cluster [CH 3 Zn (OiC 3 H 7)] 4 upon electron ionization, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 7, 1049-1053
DOI: 10.1039/B415078C

Groenewolt, M. Antonietti, M. Polarz, S. (2004): Mixed micellar phases of nonmiscible surfactants: mesoporous silica with bimodal pore size distribution via the nanocasting process, Langmuir, 20, 7811-7819
DOI: 10.1021/la049147k

Roy, A. Polarz, S. Rabe, S. Rellinghaus, B. Zahres, H. Kruis, F. E. Driess, M. (2004): First preparation of nanocrystalline zinc silicate by chemical vapor synthesis using an organometallic single-source precursor, Chem. Eur. J., 10, 1565-1575
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200305397

Dag, O. Soten, I. Celik, O. Polarz, S. Coombs, N. Ozin, G. A. (2003): Solventless Acid‐Free Synthesis of Mesostructured Titania: Nanovessels for Metal Complexes and Metal Nanoclusters, Adv. Funct. Mater., 13, 30-3
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200390001

Hornebecq, V. Mastai, Y. Antonietti, M. Polarz, S. (2003): Redox Behavior of Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxide-Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Materials, Chem. Mater., 15, 3586-3593
DOI: 10.1021/cm0210492

Thomas, A. Polarz, S. Antonietti, M. (2003): Influence of spatial restrictions on equilibrium reactions: a case study about the excimer formation of pyrene, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 5081-5087
DOI: 10.1021/jp026587g

Mastai, Y. Polarz, S. Antonietti, M. (2002): Silica-carbon nanocomposites: a new concept for the design of solar absorbers, Adv. Funct. Mater., 12, 197-202
DOI: Doi 10.1002/1616-3028(200203)12:3<197::Aid-Adfm197>3.0.Co;2-A

Polarz, S. Antonietti, M. (2002): Porous materials via nanocasting procedures: innovative materials and learning about soft-matter organization, Chem. Comm., 2593-2604.
DOI: 10.1039/B205708P

Polarz, S. Smarsly, B. Schattka, J. H. (2002): Hierachical porous carbon structures from cellulose acetate fibers, Chem. Mater., 14, 2940-2945
DOI: 10.1021/cm011271r

Polarz, S. Smarsly, B. (2002): Nanoporous materials, J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2, 581-612
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2002.151

Bronstein, L. M. Polarz, S. Smarsly, B. Antonietti, M. (2001): Sub-Nanometer Noble-Metal Paricle Host Synthesis in Porous Silica Monoliths, Adv. Mater., 13, 1333-1336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4095(200109)13:17<1333::AID-ADMA1333>3.0.CO;2-P

Han, B. H. Polarz, S. Antonietti, M. (2001): Cyclodextrin-based porous silica materials as in situ chemical “Nanoreactors” for the preparation of variable Metal− Silica hybrids, Chem. Mater., 13, 11, 3915-3919
DOI: 10.1021/cm0110425

Polarz, S. Smarsly, B. Antonietti, M. (2001): Colloidal organization and clusters : self-assembly of polyoxometalate-surfacant complexes towards three-dimensional organized structures, Chem. Phys. Chem., 2, 457-461
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20010716)2:7<457::AID-CPHC457>3.0.CO;2-#

Polarz, S. Smarsly, B. Bronstein, L. Antonietti, M. (2001): From cyclodextrin assemblies to porous materials by silica templating, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 40, 4417-4421
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20011203)40:23<4417::aid-anie4417>3.0.co;2-p

Smarsly, B. Polarz, S. Antonietti, M. (2001): Preparation of Porous Silica Materials via Sol-Gel Nanocasting of Nonionic Surfactants : A Mechanistic Study on the Self-Aggregation of Amphiphiles for the Precise Prediction of the Mesopore Size, J. Phys. Chem. B,105,10473-10483
DOI: 10.1021/jp011905h

Polarz, S. Smarsly, B. Goltner, C. Antonietti, M. (2000): The Interplay of Colloidal Organization and Oxo‐Cluster Chemistry: Polyoxometalate–Silica Hybrids—Materials with a Nanochemical Function, Adv. Mater., 12, 1503-1507
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4095(200010)12:20<1503::AID-ADMA1503>3.0.CO;2-X

Achim Müller, Sebastian Polarz, Samar K. Das, Erich Krickemeyer, Hartmut Bögg, Marc Schmidtmann, Björn Hauptfleisch (1999): “Open and Shut” for Guests in Molybdenum–Oxide‐Based Giant Spheres, Baskets, and Rings Containing the Pentagon as a Common Structural Element, Angew. Chem., 111, 3439-3443
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19991102)38:21<3241::AID-ANIE3241>3.0.CO;2-9

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