Oliver Wenger
Professor of Chemistry at University of Basel, Switzerland
- Reposted by Oliver WengerResearchers from the SNI network have developed a new sensor system based on platinum #nanostructures that allows the optical differentiation of terpene enantiomers at the molecular level. Published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch #nanoscience
- Expanding Thermodynamic and Kinetic Frontiers in Molecular Photocatalysis Extreme redox potentials, solvated electrons, upconversion, ultrafast photo-dissociation, slow uphill reactions and beyond @pubs.acs.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Macrocyclic Rh(I) complexes stack into tetramers and unlock red absorption and NIR luminescence Alex Bukvic and Mathis Brändlin in @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- A molecular dyad of an iron complex covalently bound to an annihilator exhibits three photoactive excited states — singlet, doublet, and triplet — enabling homomolecular upconversion Florian Doettinger, Jonathan Sagaya, Giacomo Morselli in @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerThe 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. ✍️
- Reposted by Oliver WengerExploring 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/...
- Molecular Design Principles for Achieving High-Efficiency Light-Induced Charge Separation at the Nanometer Scale Mathis Brändlin and Felix Himmelreich in jacsau.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Oliver WengerExcited to share the publication of “Enhancing the Statistical Probability Factor in Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion via TIPS Functionalization” in @chemicalscience.rsc.org pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerLearn more about photoswitches! This review describes the synthesis, structure–property relationships, and examples of applications for seven important classes of photoswitches doi.org/10.3762/bjoc...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerJulian's manuscript dealing with a novel biphenyl annihilator and unusual effects of different substituents. Is it a new benchmark system for blue-to-UV upconversion? Read about it here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... Many thanks to our collaboration partner @nobuhiroyanai.bsky.social and Masanori.
- Reposted by Oliver WengerWell done @labheinze.bsky.social and team! 👏🏼
- Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz report a manganese complex that stays energized for 190 ns after absorbing light—a record for low-cost abundant metals. cen.acs.org/materials/in... #chemsky 🧪
- Reposted by Oliver WengerThe results of a study in Nature Chemistry represent a step towards more application-oriented research on solar fuels from fundamental studies of photoinduced (single) electron transfer. #chemsky 🧪
- New molecular design absorbs 2 photons to store 2 positive and 2 negative charges 100 ns lifetime, 3 eV energy storage, and 37% quantum yield A step toward multi-electron photochemistry Mathis Brändlin and @bjoernpfund.bsky.social in @natchem.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerCongrats to Sarah for this thorough mechanistic study on a Cu(II)/Cu(I) photocycle, now available in ACS Catalysis: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerArtificial photosynthesis could be the key to environmentally friendly fuels. A research team led by @wengeroliver.bsky.social has developed a special molecule that can store four charges simultaneously under light irradiation. Wenger calls this molecule "an important piece of the puzzle."
- Reposted by Oliver WengerBeautiful 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
- Reposted by Oliver WengerThrilled to share our new JACS paper on anti-Kasha photoreactivity! We show that higher-lying excited states can drive electron transfer — opening new doors for photoredox catalysis. Huge thanks to @wengeroliver.bsky.social for the incredible mentorship! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Rethinking Iron Photoredox Catalysis For Fe(III) complexes, excited-state redox potentials don’t follow the usual rules - standard estimation methods fall short Joël Wellauer with Paul Francis & colleagues at Deakin University in @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerNew paper out in ACS Omega: We compare the σ-donor and π-acceptor properties of fluorinated isocyanide complexes with their non-fluorinated analogues using the EDA-NOCV method. 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #InorganicChemistry #Organometallics #ComputationalChemistry
- Reposted by Oliver Wenger💥 We have 3 positions open in my lab in Basel, Switzerland🇨🇭: #nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech. Please share broadly, thank you!🤝 schmid.chemie.unibas.ch
- Bite angle optimization weakens ligand fields in cobalt(III) complexes, yet lifetimes can increase due to rigidification pi-donor (instead of pi-acceptor) ligand properties are key now in @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Cr(III) complexes with enhanced metal–ligand covalency enable tunable NIR luminescence and red-light photoreduction. @giacomo-morselli94.bsky.social & team find signs of doublet–doublet annihilation, or excited-state disproportionation. In @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- We show how photoredox catalysis can bypass Kasha’s rule, enabling reactions from higher excited states. This work, led by the exceptional @bjoernpfund.bsky.social, offers new insights into photochemical reactivity. Published in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org bit.ly/3IysmjX
- Reposted by Oliver WengerExcited to share in @nature.com today: Broadband transient full-Stokes luminescence spectroscopy - detecting the most subtle changes in light polarization over time with unprecedented sensitivity. Grateful for the team that made this possible!😊 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chirality #light
- Reposted by Oliver WengerThe 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
- Reposted by Oliver WengerI’m excited to share my lab’s first research article! LMCT photocatalysts are interesting and poorly understood chromophores. We dive into their photophysics to see what limits their photoreactivity, finding an unusual and pervasive competing pathway to homolysis! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerLong-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
- Reposted by Oliver Wenger#LVC/MM to study an Fe complex excited state dynamics ☀️ in explicit solvent with #SHARC 🦈. A wonderful work from Severin Polonius and @sebastian-mai.bsky.social . Published in #ChemicalScience @rsc.org @univie.ac.at pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerOur 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
- A simple guide to the design of metal complexes in luminescence and photoredox catalysis. With Giacomo Morselli and Christian Reber in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerWe recently published the first heterodinuclear transition metal carbonyl cation in the Krossing group @uni-freiburg.de @chemistryviews.bsky.social gave us the opportunity to discuss why we did that and what is cool about it. Be sure to check out the article⬇️
- Reposted by Oliver WengerStructural characterization of a super-reducing photocatalyst along with exploring its catalytic aptitude towards the activation of strong C-F bonds and Birch-type reduction. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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- Reposted by Oliver WengerNick beat me to it, but excited to share this paper with first author Junho Kim in the Chirik lab! Really had to push the air-free-ness of my photochemistry chops to study these nitrides (5 coordinate, 16 electron).
- Iron(III) complexes with luminescence lifetimes as long as precious metal-based compounds Utilization of an attached organic chromophore while maintaining a luminescent and photoactive LMCT excited state Joel Wellauer & @bjoernpfund.bsky.social in JACS pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerUltrafast IR spectroscopy of photoinduced mixed-valence systems reveals a fully delocalized Class III behavior in the excited state @fau.de @guldi-group.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Oliver WengerI feel deeply honored. Many thanks to my young team of highly motivated scientist, my mentors and the selection committee🙏🍾
- Auf der Chemiedozententagung (CDT) 2025 verleiht die GDCh Karl Arnold Reuter, Freiburg, die Carl-Duisberg-Plakette und Christoph Kerzig, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, den Carl-Duisberg-Gedächtnispreis. Zudem erhalten drei junge Wissenschaftler:innen ADUC-Preise: gdch.app/article/gdch...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerPublished by @wengeroliver.bsky.social and team, a series of photoluminescent Mo(0) complexes that represent abundant alternatives to commercial Ir(iii) species and catalyse photochemical reduction reactions. 🔗CSD Entry VUNLAV: ccdc-info.com/4gtEDBv #FeaturedStructureFriday #CompChemSky
- Reposted by Oliver WengerMany thanks to @hadlingtongroup.bsky.social @joshabbenseth.bsky.social Gabriele Hierlmeier and Frank Tambornino for highlighting our Coulombic dyad approach as a new trend. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerTake a look at this excellent perspective of @wengeroliver.bsky.social and Björn Pfund on Excited Organic Radicals in Photoredox Catalysis, now available in @acs.org #JACSAu
- Reposted by Oliver WengerA must-read in the photoredox community. Great to see this from my former MSc student Björn in the @WengerOliver lab. Time flies.
- Excited organic radicals in photoredox catalysis Our perspective just published in JACS Au: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Excited organic radicals in photoredox catalysis Our perspective just published in JACS Au: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Reposted by Oliver WengerCongrats Oliver and team! It seems that you reached the next level. The section "A More Holistic View of the Progress Made with Mo(0)" is very convincing and promising with future large-scale applications in mind.
- Making Mo(0) a Competitive Alternative to Ir(III) in Phosphors and Photocatalysts Just published in the Journal of the Americal Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Making Mo(0) a Competitive Alternative to Ir(III) in Phosphors and Photocatalysts Just published in the Journal of the Americal Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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- Controlling the Photophysical Properties of a Series of Isostructural d6 Complexes Based on Cr(0), Mn(I) and Fe(II) Our latest paper in JACS: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
