Manfred Schmidt (chemist)

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Manfred Schmidt (born February 4, 1950 in Dinslaken ) is a German chemist and university professor .

Career

Schmidt studied chemistry from 1970 to 1977 at the Universities of Bochum and Freiburg . He received his doctorate in 1980 under Walther Burchard at the Hermann Staudinger Institute in Freiburg. After a research stay in the USA, he returned to Germany and completed his habilitation in physical chemistry at the University of Mainz in 1989 . Afterwards he was first professor for macromolecular chemistry at the University of Bayreuth (1991-1995), finally professor for physical chemistry at the University of Mainz. From 1996 to 2002 he headed the Institute for Physical Chemistry there.

Research areas and awards

Manfred Schmidt began with the characterization of biological and synthetic macromolecules by static and dynamic light scattering from solutions. He expanded and refined this method by extending it to solids . A special area of ​​work was the production of defined, structured surfaces in the nanometer range with molecular resolution, even in previously unknown dimensions.

In 1982 he received the Goedecke Research Award .

From 2002 he was director of the DFG Collaborative Research Center 625 “From single molecules to nanostructured materials”.

His list of publications includes more than 130 titles.

Works (selection)

  • Dynamic and integrated light scattering on critically branched polymers (Dissertation Freiburg 1980)
  • Pioneers of ozone research: a historical survey 1988
  • From Christian Friedrich Schönbein to the ozone hole: an outline of the history of ozone research in 1988
  • (Ed.): New Developments in polymer analytics 2000
  • (Ed.): Polyelectrolytes with defined molecular architecture I 2004 ISBN 978-3-540-00528-5
  • (Ed.): Polyelectrolytes with Defined Molecular Architecture II 2004 ISBN 978-3-540-00556-8
  • (Ed.): From Single Molecules to Nanoscopically Structured Materials 2016 ISBN 978-3-319-34397-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Dziezok, Karl Fischer, Manfred Schmidt, Sergei S. Sheiko, Martin Möller: Cylindrical molecular brushes. In: Angewandte Chemie. 109, 1997, p. 2894, doi : 10.1002 / ange.19971092421 .
  2. ↑ Volker Mrasek : PG5 - artificial heavyweight. Mrasek's molecular mosaic. In: deutschlandfunk.de. Deutschlandfunk (DLF), April 27, 2011, accessed on December 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ DFG - GEPRIS - Professor Dr. Manfred Schmidt. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
  4. ^ Publications. by Prof. Dr. Manfred Schmidt. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinslaken