Katja Heinze's research group University of Mainz
loves transition metal complexes: photophys | photochem | redox | catalysis | spectroscopy | sustainable chemistry | unsolved problems @uni_mainz
www.ak-heinze.chemie.uni-mainz.de
- We are welcoming oral contributions (15 min including discussion) and poster presentations for the 5th International Conference on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. More information can be found here: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/abstract+...
- Klimafreundliche Gewinnung von Ameisensäure & Wasserstoff aus Abfallprodukt Glycerin: An #UniMainz entwickeltes Elektrolyseverfahren könnte wichtigen Beitrag zur Elektrifizierung der chemischen Industrie leisten 👉 presse.uni-mainz.de/klimafreundli… #Elektrolyse #NachhaltigeChemie #SusInnoScience
- 🎓 Bursary applications now OPEN for #ICCC2026 Support is available to help enable participation and broaden representation across the coordination chemistry community. Early-career researchers & students encouraged to apply. 👉 iccc2026.com #Bursaries #CoordinationChemistry
- The first online symposium organized by the @gdch.de Division of Photochemistry will take place next week (Nov. 5, 2025, 3 pm CET zone). tu-braunschweig.webex.com/tu-braunschw... key: Photo2025 5 talks by talented students (one will be awarded🎉) followed by a plenary lecture. Save the date. ✍️
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- Exploring metal-centered photoredox reactivity? 🚀Don’t forget to look at the spin-state landscape and the role of reorganisation energy, they can make a difference 😉 Huge thanks to Bekah for leading the experiments and shaping the story🥳 a true collaborative effort!😃 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Katja Heinze, Robert Naumann, and Steven Sittel (Mainz) synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms www.chemistryviews.org/independent-...
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- Common metal, unusual power: New manganese(I) complex breaks lifetime record for excited states / Combination of a #manganese salt and a ligand paves the way for future large-scale applications of #photochemistry 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/common-metal... #SustainableChemistry #SusInnoScience
- From sub-picoseconds to 190 nanoseconds! Replacing #iron (II) by #manganese (I) gives record excited state lifetime. The paper in @natcomms.nature.com reports #coherence, #photoluminescence and excited state #electrontransfer. #earth-abundant metal plus simple #carbene #ligand. rdcu.be/eBWsL
- O2 activation at biomimetic Fe complexes/first O2-dioxygenation mediated by a Co center. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Great work by Kilian! Thx also to the de Visser group for fruitful collaboration, @dfg.de for funding within the research group “BioOxCat” and @humboldtuni.bsky.social
- Beautiful work!! Using fsTA, we discovered that charge separation mediates Energy Transfer in the long-lived⏳ iron complex-anthracene dyad designed and synthesized by Felix Glaser & @ludotroian.bsky.social - just published in ACS Central Science @pubs.acs.org 🥳 t.co/14xmp6kvHS
- Become my colleague!!! We are recruiting in a junior faculty level. Junior Professor for Theoretical Chemistry of Macromolecular and Supramolecular Systems #simulations #theory #noneqsys #assistantprofessor #chemjob Thank you for sharing this. berufungsportal.uni-mainz.de/ausschreibun...
- 1 week left to apply for a PhD position, 4 y. with 2/3 of E 13 TV-L salary, assigned broadly to the design and synthesis of coordination compds for the activation of small molecules (www.chemie.hu-berlin.de/aglimberg/st...). Pls apply directly to christian.limberg@chemie.hu-berlin.de. Pls retweet!
- Brilliant study of using high energy excited states as reactants by Björn Pfund and Oliver Wenger! Speed up k(ET) over k(IC) is the key - explained by Marcus theory. Congratulations!
- Did you know that #stannylenes can shine orange and green? Philipp elucidated the mechanism of the dual #emission, the #excited state #dynamics, #excimer formation and light-induced bond #homolysis. #Maingroup #tin #photophysics #photochemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202510044
- Förderentscheidungen zu #Forschungsgruppen durch den Hauptausschuss der DFG im Rahmen der Jahresversammlung: 7 Neueinrichtungen, 3 Verlängerungen. Die neuen Forschungsgruppen erhalten insges. rund 33 Mio. € für die erste Förderperiode. Mehr zu den Themen / Institutionen: www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
- The next masterpiece from Matthias focusing on Coulombic dyads as new #photocatalyst class has been accepted in ACIE. Higher quantum yields in red-light catalysis by adding an inexpensive salt to use #Os as efficiently as possible. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @labheinze.bsky.social
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- Long-lived #excited states with non-precious transition metals? Check Alexandra’s paper on a polypyridine #vanadium complex. #luminescence and #photocatalysis in #water published in @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c04471 #ChemSky
- New Hot article from @ckerzig.bsky.social, @gloriusfrank.bsky.social and colleagues: 'Pushing the limit of triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion towards the UVC range' 🔥 #OpenAccess 🔓
- One photon or two photons, that is the question. We discuss mechanistic challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities for future research in two-photon photocatalysis @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Many thanks to first-authors Julian and Sophie. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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- Sie sind Vorbilder für Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen und prägen durch ihren herausragenden Einsatz in Forschung & Entwicklung den Innovationsstandort 🇩🇪 entscheidend mit: unsere Dozentenpreisträger:innen Corina Andronescu, @ckerzig.bsky.social & Golo Storch! www.vci.de/fonds/preise...
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- Happy to see our recent paper in Inorganic Chemistry highlighted as a cover! We found that slight distortions of the ligand can lengthen or shorten the excited state lifetimes in group 6 carbonyl complexes. Check out the full story here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @labheinze.bsky.social
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- Can you #recyle your molecular #photocatalyst? Can you use #water in your #photocatalysis? Can you use #sunlight? Can undergrads prepare the photocatalyst on >12 g scale? Out now in Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis lmy.de/BgahY. Thanks to @dfg.de for funding.
- Our paper doi.org/10.1039/D4SC... on "Bridge editing of spin-flip emitters gives insight into excited state energies and dynamics" made it to the popular articles collection from 2024 (lmy.de/aYRWi). 🙏@chemicalscience.rsc.org
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- We proudly sponsored the 19th Coordination Chemistry Meeting (KCT 2025) at @uni-muenster.de last week! Congratulations to Matthias Schmitz (@mainzuniversity.bsky.social) for being awarded our best lecture prize for their talk on coulombic dyads as new catalyst class for efficient photocatalysis🎉
- Excited to share another paper from my PhD - out in Chemical Science! First time valence tautomerism has occurred with a spin-state change in an iron complex. This allowed us to show light-induced valence tautomerism is possible for non-cobalt-dioxolene complexes.💎🧲⚗️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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- Registration for the 32nd International Conference on Photochemistry is now open! Secure your spot at #ICP2025 and join us in Aachen for an exciting week of cutting-edge photochemistry. Register now at 👉 www.icp2025.de
- Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
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- Thank you, Christian, for taking over this important responsibility. Whishing you all the best @InorgChem.
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- Factorizing the Nephelauxetic Effect in Heteroleptic Molecular Rubies #chromium #spin_flip #NIR #photochemistry (doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c04167) funded by @dfgpublic.bsky.social including a new prep route to heteroleptic complexes. Thank you @bhkenlo.bsky.social for featuring our article.
- As Bluesky is rapidly emerging as the new online gathering place for chemists (and the scientific community in general), I tried making an INORG CHEM starter pack! go.bsky.app/9jrY6wU If your research involves inorganic chemistry of any flavor and I've missed you, please lmk.at://did:plc:thdl5ij3em3zz7hroywnqh5e/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbhih2djfm27
- Important #ChemSky aspect discussed in this study by my collegue Thomas Basché at Mainz university. We have seen enhancements in PL yield and PL lifetime by deuteration in the molecular #ruby [Cr(bpmp)2]3+ and other #chromium #near-infrared emitters as well (doi.org/10.1021/jacs...).
- Good start! Thank you. #chemsky #photochem
- Very cool, that you found this gem. Did you also see the windows in St. Stephan created by Marc Chagall? The Gutenberg Museum and St. Stephan are the must-see locations in Mainz (apart from @unimainz.bsky.social if you love #chemistry and #science).
- Happy to see #Chemsky is off to a strong start! Some of the original mineral-based pigments used for printing are shown in this photo from a recent trip to Mainz, Germany taken at the Gutenberg Museum.
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