Prof. Dr. Josef Breu
Prof. Dr. Josef Breu
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
Job History
| Since 2003 | Full Professor, Inorganic Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth |
| 2001 – 2002 | Associate Professor (stand-in), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany |
| 1994 – 2003 | Assistant Professor, University of Regensburg, German |
| 1993 | Postdoc, Royal Institution of Great Britain London, England |
Education
| 1999 | Habilitation in Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| 1992 | Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| 1982 – 1989 | Study of Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany and University of Colorado at Boulder, USA |
Awards and other responsibilities
| Since 2009 | Coordinator of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 840, “From particulate nanosystems to mesotechnology” |
| Since 2009 | Coordinator of Priority Program SPP 1415, “Kristalline Nichtgleichgewichtsphasen – Präparation, Charakterisierung und in situ-Untersuchung der Bildungsmechanismen” |
| 1997 – 1999 | Fellowship “Habilitationsstipendium” of the German Science Foundation (DFG) |
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
- Polymer-Layered Silicates-Nanocomposites: gas barrier, flame retardancy, mechanical reinforcement
- Synthesis of clay minerals and microporous pillared clays
- Inorganic colloids: Synthesis, surface modification, mesostructuring
- Polymorph screening, chiral recognition in molecular solids, nucleation
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
10 selected publications
A complete list of publications of Prof. Dr. Josef Breu is available here.
Controlled Exfoliation of Layered Silicate Heterostructures into Bilayers and Their Conversion into Giant Janus Platelets
Stöter M., Gödrich S., Feicht P., Rosenfeldt S., Thurn H., Neubauer J.W., Seuss M., Lindner P., Kalo H., Möller M., Fery A., Förster S., Papastavrou G., Breu J.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7398
Encapsulation of Functional Organic Compounds in Nanoglass for Optically Anisotropic Coatings
Stöter M., Biersack B., Rosenfeldt S., Leitl M.J., Kalo H., Schobert R., Yersin H., Ozin G.A., Forster S., Breu J.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4963
Switching-On Quantum Size Effects in Silicon Nanocrystals
Sun W., Qian C.X., Wang L.W., Wei M., Mastronardi M.L., Casillas G., Breu J., Ozin G.A.
Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 746
Clay-Based Nanocomposite Coating for Flexible Optoelectronics Applying Commercial Polymers
Kunz D.A., Schmid J., Feicht P., Erath J., Fery A., Breu J.
ACS Nano. 2013, 7, 4275
Space-Resolved In-Plane Moduli of Graphene Oxide and Chemically Derived Graphene Applying a Simple Wrinkling Procedure
Kunz D. A., Feicht P., Godrich S., Thurn H., Papastavrou G., Fery A., Breu J.
Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 1337
Pressure-Induced Water Insertion in Synthetic Clays
You S.J., Kunz D., Stoeter M., Kalo H., Putz B., Breu J., Talyzin A.V.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3891
Direct Synthesis of Inverse Hexagonally Ordered Diblock Copolymer/Poly-oxometalate Nanocomposite Films
Lunkenbein T., Kamperman M., Li Z.H., Bojer C., Drechsler M., Förster S., Wiesner U., Müller A.H.E., Breu J.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12685
UV-Cured, Flexible, and Transparent Nanocomposite Coating with Remarkable Oxygen Barrier
Möller M.W., Kunz D.A., Lunkenbein T., Sommer S., Nennemann A., Breu J.
Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 2142
Large-Scale, Low-Cost Fabrication of Janus-Type Emulsifiers by Selective Decoration of Natural Kaolinite Platelets
Hirsemann D., Shylesh S., De Souza R.A., Diar-Bakerly B., Biersack B., Mueller D.N., Martin M., Schobert R., Breu J.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 1348
Single Nanocrystals of Platinum Prepared by Partial Dissolution of Au-Pt Nanoalloys
Schrinner M., Ballauff M., Talmon Y., Kauffmann Y., Thun J., Möller M., Breu J.
Science. 2009, 323, 617
Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator
Prof. Dr. Josef Breu
University of Bayreuth
KeyLab coordinator
Universitätsstraße 30
D-95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2530
E-mail: josef.breu@uni-bayreuth.de
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