Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Klapötke

Specialization

• energetic materials, fluorine chemistry,
• computational chemistry (semiempirical, ab initio, DFT, MO and VB),
• non-metal chemistry, small molecule chemistry

Current Research Interests

• advanced materials, explosives, high-energy-density materials (HEDM)
• computational chemistry (semiempirical, ab initio, DFT)
• structural characterization (X-ray)
• chalcogen-nitrogen chemistry, azide chemistry, fluorine chemistry, strong oxidizers, nitrogen-halogen chemistry, nitro chemistry, halogen chemistry

Short CV

• Studied chemistry at the Technical University, Berlin
• 1986 PhD, TU Berlin (Dr. rer. nat.)
• 1990 Habilitation
• 1990-1995 Privat-Dozent, TU Berlin
• 1995-1997 Ramsay Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow/Scotland
• Since 1997 Full-Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, LMU
• Since 1998 Bavarian Elite Academy Representative

Key publications

• A. Dippold, T. M. Klapötke, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9931.
• T. M. Klapötke, D. G. Piercey, J. Stierstorfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20827.
• D. Fischer, N. Fischer, T.M. Klapötke, D. G. Piercey, J. Stierstorfer, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 20418.
• M. Göbel, K. Karaghiosoff, T. M. Klapötke, D. G. Piercey, J. Stierstorfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17216-17226.
• T. M. Klapötke, B. Krumm, M. Scherr, R. Haiges, K. O. Christe, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 46, 8686.
• W. Beck, J. Evers, M. Göbel, G. Oehlinger, T. M. Klapötke, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2007, 633, 1417.
• T. M. Klapötke, B. Krumm, R. Ilg, D. Troegel, R. Tacke, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 6908.