Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Klapötke
Chair Holder
Department of Chemistry
+49 89 2180-77492
Postal address:
Butenandtstr. 5-13
81377 Munich
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.