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January 2024: New Paper published: S. Eder, P. Guggenberger, T. Priamushko, F. Kleitz, M. Thommes, “Aspects of Gas Storage: Confined Geometry Effects on the High-Pressure Adsorption Behavior of Supercritical Fluids“, Langmuir 2024, 40, 4, 2079

January 2024: New Paper published: C. Schlumberger, C. Cuadrado Collados, J, Söllner, C. Huber, D. Wisser, H.-F. Liu, C.-K. Chang, S. Schuster, M. R. Schure, J. I. Siepmann, M. Thommes, “Characterization of Functionalized Chromatographic Nanoporous Silica Materials by Coupling Water Adsorption and Intrusion with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, 7, 2, 1572

December 2023: New Paper published: R. An, C. K. Addington, Y. Long, K. Rotnicki, M. Śliwinska-Bartkowiak, M. Thommes, K. E. Gubbins, “The Nanoscale Wetting Parameter and Its Role in Interfacial Phenomena: Phase Transitions in Nanopores“, Langmuir 2023, 39, 51, 18730

September 2023: New paper published: N. Raman, J. Söllner, N. Madubuko, S. Nair, N. Taccardi, M. Thommes, M. Haumann, P. Wasserscheid, “Top-down vs. bottom-up synthesis of Ga–based supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions (SCALMS) for the dehydrogenation of isobutane“, Chemical Engineering Journal 475 (2023) 146081

September 2023: Prof. Thommes was awarded the 2023 Distinguished Associate Accolade of the National Institute of Standards (NIST), US Department of Commerce, USA

August 2023: New paper published: C. V. Ruiz M, M. Terlinden, M. Engelhardt, G. Magnobosco, G. Papastavrou, N. Vogel, M. Thommes, J. Bachmann, “Preparation and Surface Functionalization of a Tunable Porous System Featuring Stacked Spheres in Cylindrical Pores“, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 10, 2300436.

June 2023: New Paper published: Simon Eder and Prof. Thommes have just published togeher with Thomas Linder and Dr. Marc Wehrli from Sulzer Chemtech AG a new paper in the journal Chemical Engineering Science entitled: “Advances in X-ray radiography for the measuremens of dynamic effect in structures packings” (Authors: S. Eder, T. Linder, M. Wehrli and M. Thommes)

April 2023: New paper published: D. H. Panduro Vela, C. Schlumberger, M. Thommes, A. Bück, “Spray Printing of Porous Substrates from Nanosuspensions“, Processes 2023, 11(4), 1143

March 2023: Jakob Söllner presented his current research results on “A novel pore network model for advanced physisorption characterization” (J. Söllner, M. Thommes) at the ProcessNet Annual Meeting Adsorption in Frankfurt, Germany.

March 2023: New paper published: C. Schlumberger, L. Sandner, A. Michalowski, M. Thommes, “Reliable Surface Area Assessment of Wet and Dry Nonporous and Nanoporous Particles: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry and Gas Physisorption“, Langmuir 2023, 39, 13, 4611–4621

March 2023: New paper published: U. Sultan, A. Götz, C. Schlumberger, …, M. Thommes, E. Spiecker, B. Apeleo Zubiri, A. Inayat, N. Vogel, “From Meso to Macro: Controlling Hierarchical Porosity in Supraparticle Powders”, Small 2023, 2300241

November 2022: New paper published: L. Gromotka, M. J. Uttinger, C. Schlumberger, M. Thommes, W. Peukert , “Classification and characterization of multimodal nanoparticle size distributions by size-exclusion chromatography”, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 17354-17364

August 2022: New paper published: M. Schörner, S. Kämmerle, D. Wisser, B. Baier, M. Hartmann, M. Thommes, R. Franke, M. Haumann, “Influence of support texture and reaction conditions on the accumulation and activity in the gas-phase aldol condensation of n-pentanal on porous silica “, React. Chem. Eng. 2022, 7, 2445-2459

August 2022: New paper published: R. Balderas-Xicohténcatl, H. Lin, C. Lurz, L. Daemen, Y.g Cheng, K. Cychosz Struckhoff, R. Guillet-Nicolas, G. Schütz, T. Heine, A. J Ramirez-Cuesta, M. Thommes, M. Hirscher , “Formation of a super-dense hydrogen monolayer on mesoporous silica “, Nature Chemistry 14, 1319–1324 (2022)

May 2022: New paper published: J. Reichstein, S. Schötz, M. Macht, S. Maisel, N. Stockinger, C. Cuadrado Collados, K. Schubert, D. Blaumeiser, S. Wintzheimer, A. Görling, M. Thommes, D. Zahn, J. Libuda, T. Bauer, K. Mandel , “Supraparticles for Bare-Eye H2 Indication and Monitoring: Design, Working Principle, and Molecular Mobility”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 22/2022

February 2022: New paper published: J. Reichstein, S. Schötz, M. Macht, S. Maisel, N. Stockinger, C. Cuadrado Collados, K. Schubert, D. Blaumeiser, S. Wintzheimer, A. Görling, M. Thommes, D. Zahn, J. Libuda, T. Bauer, K. Mandel , “Supraparticles for Bare-Eye H2 Indication and Monitoring: Design, Working Principle, and Molecular Mobility “, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2112379

January 2022: New paper published: S. Müssig, V. M. Koch, C. Cuadrado Collados, J. Bachmann, M. Thommes, M. K. S. Barr, K. Mandel , “Spray-Drying and Atomic Layer Deposition: Complementary Tools toward Fully Orthogonal Control of Bulk Composition and Surface Identity of Multifunctional Supraparticles”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2112379

November 2021: New paper published: C. Schlumberger, C. Scherdel, M. Kriesten, P. Leicht, A. Keilbach, H. Ehmann, P. Kotnik, G. Reichenauer, M. Thommes, “Reliable surface area determination of powders and meso/macroporous materials: Small-angle X-ray scattering and gas physisorption”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Volume 329, 2022

November 2021: New paper published: S. Müssig, V.M. Koch, C. Collados Cuadrado, J. Bachmann, M. Thommes, M.K.S. Barr, K. Mandel, Spray-Drying and Atomic Layer Deposition: Complementary Tools toward Fully Orthogonal Control of Bulk Composition and Surface Identity of Multifunctional Supraparticles, Small Methods. 2101296.

November 2021: New paper published: M. Schörner, P. Rothgängel, K. Mitländer, D. Wisser, M. Thommes, M. Haumann, “Gas-Phase Hydroformylation Using Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Catalysts – Influence of Support Texture on Effective Kinetics” ChemCatChem 2021, 13, 4192.

July 2021: New paper published: Y. Sun, R.F. DeJaco, Z. Li, D. Tang, S. Glante, D.S. Sholl, C.M. Colina, R.Q. Snurr, M. Thommes, M. Hartmann, J.I. Siepmann, Fingerprinting diverse nanoporous materials for optimal hydrogen storage conditions using meta-learning, Science Advances. 7 eabg3983.

July 2021: Prof. Thommes co-edited a Special Issue of the journal Molecuar Physics in Memory of Gerhard Findenegg: M. Schoen, R. Evans, K.E. Gubbins, J.P. Rabe, M. Thommes, G. Jackson, Gerhard Findenegg (1938–2019), Molecular Physics. 119 (2021) e1953272.

June 2021: Prof Thommes deliverd an invited Seminar (via ZOOM) at IBS Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea, 10 June

April 2021: Prof. Thommes co-authored a major review concerning the state-of the art of the characterization of thin films, with a focus on Metal-Organic–Framework (MOF) materials. This work is the reflection of a scientific collaboration between various European groups, led by Prof. Ameloot from the KU Leuven, Belgian.
T. Stassin, …, D. De Vos, D. Grosso, M. Thommes, R. Ameloot, “Porosimetry for thin films of metal-organic frameworks: Spectrosocpy and Adsorption-Based Methods” (review article); Adv. Mater. (2021), 2006993

March 2021: Carola Schlumberger presented her current research results about “Combining Novel Methodologies based on NMR Relaxometry and Gas Adsorption for Reliable Surface Area Assessment of Nanoporous Materials” (C. Schlumberger, U. Schmidt, M. Thommes) at the 32nd Deutsche Zeolith-Tagung.

February 2021: New review article , co-authored by Prof. Thommes: M. Hartmann, M. Thommes and W. Schwieger (inv. Review), Hierarchically-Ordered Zeolites: A Critical Assessment, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 8, 2001841

January 2021: New review article: M. Thommes, C. Schlumberger, “Characterization of Nanoporous Materials”, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vol. 12, 2021

January 2021: New tutorial review: C. Schlumberger, M. Thommes, “Characterization of Hierarchically Ordered Porous Materials by Physisorption and Mercury Porosimetry – A Tutorial Review”, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 8, 2002181

January 2021: New paper published: J. Castro-Gutierrez, E. de Olivereira Jardim, R. Luan, S. Canevesi, J. Silvestre-Albero, M. Kriesten, M. Thommes, A. Celzard, V. Fierro, “Molecular sieving of linear and branched C6 alkanes by tannin-derived carbons” Carbon, 174, 413

January 2021: New paper published: S. Dantas, K.A. Cychosz, M.Thommes*, A.V. Neimark, “Pore size characterization of micro-mesoporous carbons using CO2 adsorption” Carbon 173 (2021) p. 842

September 2020: New paper published: S. Kube, K. Turke, R. Ellinghaus, D. Wallacher, M. Thommes, B. Smarsly, “Pore size gradient effect in monolithic silica mesopore networks revealed by in-situ-SAXS-physisorption”, Langmuir, (2020) (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02183)

September 2020: New paper published: A. Svidrytski, D. Hlushkou, M. Thommes, P. Monson, U. Tallarek, “Modelling the Impact of Mesoporous Silica Microstructure on the Adsorption Hysteresis Loop”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c07571)

July 2020: New paper published: H.G.T Nguyen, C.M. Sims, B. Toman,J. Horn, R.D van Zee, M Thommes et al., ”A References High-Pressure CH4 Adsorption Isotherm for Zeolite Y: “ Results of an Interlaboratory Study” , Adsorption, (DOI: 10.1007/s10450-018-9958-x)

July 2020: New paper published by Prof. Thommes: “Characterization of Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage and Compression“, Journal of Carbon Research, authors: G Sdanghi, RLS Canevesi, A Celzard, M Thommes, V Fierro (DOI: 10.3390/c6030046)

July 2020: Prof. Thommes published a new paper on “Exploring the confinement of polymer nanolayers into ordered mesoporous silica using advanced gas physisorption”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.05.103)

July 2020: Prof. Thommes is Guest Editor of a Special Issue entitled “Characterization of Porous Materials: From Angstroms to Millimeters”, which was just published in the journal Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, i.e. A.V Neimark, M. Thommes, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 304. 110305 (2020)

April 2020: New paper published by Prof. Thommes: “On the Universality of Capillary Condensation and Adsorption Hysteresis Phenomena in Ordered and Crystalline Mesoporous Materials”, Advanced Materials Interfaces (DOI: 10.1002/admi.202000184)

January 2021: New review article: M. Thommes, C. Schlumberger, “Characterization of Nanoporous Materials”, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vol. 12, accepted (2021)

January 2021: New paper published: S. Dantas, K.A. Cychosz, M.Thommes*, A.V. Neimark, “Pore size characterization of micro-mesoporous carbons using CO2 adsorption” Carbon 173 (2021) p. 842

September 2020: New paper accepted: S. Kube, K. Turke, R. Ellinghaus, D. Wallacher, M. Thommes, B. Smarsly, “Pore size gradient effect in monolithic silica mesopore networks revealed by in-situ-SAXS-physisorption”, Langmuir, accepted (2020) (DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02183)

February 2020: Prof. Thommes was an invited lecturer at the Workshop “Gas Physisorption for the Advanced Characterization of Nanopores” at the Montan University Leoben (Austria).

February 2020: Carola Schlumberger won the Best Poster Award at the Annual meeting of ProcessNet research group Adsorption with her poster on “Adsorption and nanoporous materials characterization in the liquid phase: Novel methodologies based on NMR relaxometry and conductivity measurements” (authors: Carola Schlumberger, Leon Fischer, Martin Kriesten and Prof. Matthias Thommes).

November 2019: Prof. Thommes gave a talk about „Textural Characterization of Shale Nanostructure“ at the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando.

November 2019: Thomas Linder and Peter Leicht won the best poster award at the CBI Symposium with their poster about „Fluid Dynamic Investigations using X-Ray Computed Tomography“

September 2019: Prof. Thommes was an invited lecturer at the 1^st International Adsorption School, 9-13 September 2019, Spetses, Greece.

August 2019: New paper published by Prof. Thommes, entitled “Phase Behavior and Capillary Condensation Hysteresis of Carbon Dioxide in Mesopores”, Authors: S. Dantas, K. Cychosz Struckhoff, M. Thommes and A. Neimark. This work reflects a collaboration with Rutgers University, NJ, USA.

July 2019: Prof. Thommes was invited to visit and lecture at the Consortium für elektrochemische Industrie, Wacker AG, Munich.

June 2019: Prof.Thommes co-authors a just published paper in the journal Carbon: “Comparing pore structure models of Nanoporous carbons obtained from small angel X-ray scattering and gas adsorption”, C Prehal, S. Grätz, B. Krüner, M. Thommes, L. Borchard, V. Presser, O. Paris, Carbon 152 (2019, 416). This work reflects a collaboration between the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Graz University of Technology, Montanuniversity Loeben, Technical Universiy of Dresden and the Saarland University Saarbrücken.

June 2019: New paper published by Prof. Kaspereit and co-workers on Quantitative Evaluation of Fullerene Separation by Liquid Chromatography. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03247)

June 2019: New paper published by Liudmila Mokrushina on Modeling of Solid–Liquid Equilibria in Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Parameter Study. (DOI:10.3390/molecules24122334)

June 2019: Jürgen Vargas Schmitz, former co-worker in the group of Prof. Kaspereit, develops in his recent paper a method that allows developing efficiently corresponding process models for gas adsorption processes. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.02.004)

June 2019: New paper published by Benjamin Reif, co-worker in the group of Prof. Kapspereit, on Evaluation of a method for micro-defect sealing in ZSM-5 zeolite membranes by chemical vapor deposition of carbon. (DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.03.017)

June 2019: Prof. Thommes gave on 21 June 2019 an invited seminar at the prestigious Laboratoire MADIREL, Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, Marseille

June 2019: The University of Edinburgh, U.K has extended the Honorary status of Visiting Professor to Prof. Matthias Thommes until April 30, 2022.

June 2019: Prof. Thommes was elected into the Board of Directors of the International Adsorption Society (IAS). His term will start at July 1, 2019 and will be for seven years.