Advances in Metal Complexes: A Themed Issue in Honor of the Contributions of Professor Heinrich Lang
A Special Issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) belonging to the section "Organometallic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1760
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Interests: molecular spectroscopy; intermolecular interactions; solid state structures; insulating liquids; equipment
Interests: materials; synthesis and application research of functional polymer materials; synthesis and application research of high-purity metal organic compounds
Interests: organometallic chemistry; ruthenium complexes; (spectro)electrochemistry; metallocenes; valence tautomerism; mixed-valent chemistry; luminescent platinum complexes; metallamacrocyclic complexes
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Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce a Special Issue of Molecules in honor of Professor Heinrich Lang on the occasion of his retirement. With this Special Issue, we will celebrate his many contributions to organometallic and materials chemistry. Throughout his career, Heinrich Lang has left deep footprints. Having graduated from Gottfried Huttner and finishing his PhD in 1985, he worked as a post-doc with Dietmar Seyferth at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), before returning to Heidelberg. After finishing his habilitation in 1992, he received a Heisenberg fellowship (German Science Foundation, DFG) and was a visiting scientist at the University of Utrecht and the MIT in Boston, before accepting a chair position at the TU Chemnitz in 1996, where he remained ever since, refusing an offer from TU Kaiserslautern.
The scientific achievement of Heinrich Lang includes more than 840 publications, spanning a wide range of different areas, from heterometallic complexes with up to seven different metal ions “welded” together in a single complex, to in-depth investigations into the electronic and electrostatic contributions to the stabilization of mixed-valent states of multimetal complexes, to homogeneously catalyzed C-C and C-O cross-coupling reactions, and twin polymerizations. He also had a keen interest in materials chemistry as demonstrated through his pioneering work on metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, the elaboration of precursors and their processing through the inkjet printing of metal and metal–oxide structures, the elaboration of CVD, CCVD and ALD methods for fabricating structures for applications in micro- and nanoelectronics, and his work on metal porphyrins and phthalocyanines toward electrically conductive and magnetic materials. He contributed to two Clusters of Excellence and to several Collaborative Research Centers settled at the TU Chemnitz or other institutions. Professor Heinrich Lang‘s achievements led to him being ranked among the top 1% researchers of his field worldwide and made the TU Chemnitz a hotspot for materials-oriented metal and metal–organic chemistry.
The scientific community also owes Heinrich Lang the organization of many meetings and workshops, which attracted scientists from all over the world. He established a dense network of scientific collaborations, acting as the visiting scientist to the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, The Yarmouk University in Jordany, the Indian Institute of Roorkee, the University of Durham, UK, and the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Beyond that, he served his home institution in several different functions such as Dean, Study Dean, member of the senate, and vice-rector for research and young scientists.
This Special Issue aims to pay tribute to his lifelong dedication to advancing chemical science, featuring a diverse collection of research articles, reviews, and perspectives that reflect the many facets of his research interests.
We look forward to honoring Professor Heinrich Lang´s distinguished career and the breadth of his work through this Special Issue. We invite researchers and scholars from across the globe to contribute to this Special Issue. Manuscripts, reviews, and other contributions should be submitted by deadline to be considered for inclusion.
Prof. Dr. Frank Uhlig
Prof. Dr. Yingzhong Shen
Prof. Dr. Rainer Winter
Prof. Dr. Konrad Kowalski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal–organic chemistry
- metal clusters
- mixed-valent compounds
- homogeneous catalysis
- materials chemistry
- molecular electronics
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