Ulrich Kortz

Ulrich "Uli" Kortz is a German chemist and professor, working in the area of synthetic polyoxometalate chemistry.

Ulrich Kortz
Kortz in Bremen
Born (1963-06-08) 8 June 1963
NationalityGerman
Alma materGeorgetown University
Known forstructural inorganic chemistry, polyoxometalate chemistry
AwardsHarold N. Glassman award; Alfred Kastler postdoctoral fellowship;
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsAmerican University of Beirut, Jacobs University
Doctoral advisorMichael Thor Pope

Biography

Ulrich Kortz obtained his education in Chemical Engineering in the period 1982–1989 and was awarded his Diplom from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. In the period of 1989–1995 he was working on his doctorate degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, under close supervision of Michael T. Pope. He spent his postdoctoral years with Dante Gatteschi at Florence University, Italy, from 1995 to 1996, and with Andre Tézé and Gilbert Hervé at Versailles University, France, from 1996 to 1997. In 1997 he was hired as assistant professor at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, and he was promoted to associate professor in 2001. In 2002 he returned to Germany to join the newly established International University Bremen, now Jacobs University Bremen, as associate professor and he was promoted to full professor in 2007.

Highlights

The Kortz group ("The POM Lab") has discovered the class of polyoxopalladates(II) in 2008 with the synthesis of {Pd13As8},[1][2] and the class of polyoxoaurates(III) in 2010 with the synthesis of {Au4As4}.[3] Ever since they have systematically developed the field of polyoxo-noble-metalates further.[4][5] They have also pioneered the chemistry of the wheel-shaped {P8W48} by preparing {Cu20P8W48}, which contains a highly symmetrical Cu20 core with copper(II) ions in three different coordination geometries,[6] and another highlight example was {Fe16P8W48}.[7] Kortz and his team have also discovered the dilacunary heteropolytungstate {GeW10} in 2006,[8] and systematically explored its reactivity towards transition metal ions.[9] They have also explored the reactivity of many other lacunary heteropolytungstates with d and f block metal ions, two highlight products being {Mn19Si6W60}[10] and {Ce20Ge10W100}.[11][12] The Kortz group has also reported on POMs with interesting magnetic properties.[13][14] In the area of catalysis, they have reported mainly on olefin epoxidation,[15] alkane/alkene oxidation,[16] as well as oxidative[17] and reductive[18] water splitting. Finally, they are also interested in the biological properties of POMs.[19][20][21][22]

References
  1. Chubarova, Elena V.; Dickman, Michael H.; Keita, Bineta; Nadjo, Louis; Miserque, Frédéric; Mifsud, Maria; Arends, Isabel W. C. E.; Kortz, Ulrich (24 November 2008). "Self-Assembly of a Heteropolyoxopalladate Nanocube: [PdII13AsV8O34(OH)6]8−". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 47 (49): 9542–9546. doi:10.1002/anie.200803527. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 18850625.
  2. Goloboy, James C.; Klemperer, Walter G. (4 May 2009). "Are Particulate Noble-Metal Catalysts Metals, Metal Oxides, or Something In-Between?". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 48 (20): 3562–3564. doi:10.1002/anie.200805382. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 19283801.
  3. Izarova, Natalya V.; Vankova, Nina; Heine, Thomas; Biboum, Rosa Ngo; Keita, Bineta; Nadjo, Louis; Kortz, Ulrich (1 March 2010). "Polyoxometalates Made of Gold: The Polyoxoaurate [AuIII4AsV4O20]8−". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 49 (10): 1886–1889. doi:10.1002/anie.200905566. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 20166116.
  4. Izarova, Natalya V.; Pope, Michael T.; Kortz, Ulrich (21 August 2012). "Noble Metals in Polyoxometalates". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 51 (38): 9492–9510. doi:10.1002/anie.201202750. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 22907913.
  5. Yang, Peng; Kortz, Ulrich (18 June 2018). "Discovery and Evolution of Polyoxopalladates". Accounts of Chemical Research. American Chemical Society (ACS). 51 (7): 1599–1608. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00082. ISSN 0001-4842. PMID 29912555. S2CID 49292611.
  6. Mal, Sib Sankar; Kortz, Ulrich (13 June 2005). "The Wheel-Shaped Cu20 Tungstophosphate [Cu20Cl(OH)24(H2O)12(P8W48O184)]25− Ion". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 44 (24): 3777–3780. doi:10.1002/anie.200500682. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 15887209.
  7. Mal, Sib Sankar; Dickman, Michael H.; Kortz, Ulrich; Todea, Ana Maria; Merca, Alice; Bögge, Hartmut; Glaser, Thorsten; Müller, Achim; Nellutla, Saritha; Kaur, Narpinder; van Tol, Johan; Dalal, Naresh S.; Keita, Bineta; Nadjo, Louis (28 January 2008). "Nucleation Process in the Cavity of a 48-Tungstophosphate Wheel Resulting in a 16-Metal-Centre Iron Oxide Nanocluster". Chemistry - A European Journal. Wiley. 14 (4): 1186–1195. doi:10.1002/chem.200701424. ISSN 0947-6539. PMID 18165953.
  8. Nsouli, Nadeen H.; Bassil, Bassem S.; Dickman, Michael H.; Kortz, Ulrich; Keita, Bineta; Nadjo, Louis (21 April 2006). "Synthesis and Structure of Dilacunary Decatungstogermanate, [γ-GeW10O36]8-". Inorganic Chemistry. American Chemical Society (ACS). 45 (10): 3858–3860. doi:10.1021/ic0603252. ISSN 0020-1669. PMID 16676943.
  9. Bassil, Bassem S.; Kortz, Ulrich (2011). "Divacant polyoxotungstates: Reactivity of the gamma-decatungstates [γ-XW10O36]8−(X = Si, Ge)". Dalton Transactions. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). 40 (38): 9649–9661. doi:10.1039/c1dt10845j. ISSN 1477-9226. PMID 21818492.
  10. Bassil, Bassem S.; Ibrahim, Masooma; Al-Oweini, Rami; Asano, Marie; Wang, Zhenxing; van Tol, Johan; Dalal, Naresh S.; Choi, Kwang-Yong; Ngo Biboum, Rosa; Keita, Bineta; Nadjo, Louis; Kortz, Ulrich (17 May 2011). "A Planar {Mn19(OH)12}26+ Unit Incorporated in a 60-Tungsto-6-Silicate Polyanion". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 50 (26): 5961–5964. doi:10.1002/anie.201007617. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 21591029.
  11. Bassil, Bassem S.; Dickman, Michael H.; Römer, Isabella; von der Kammer, Bernd; Kortz, Ulrich (13 August 2007). "The Tungstogermanate [Ce20Ge10W100O376(OH)4(H2O)30]56−: A Polyoxometalate Containing 20 Cerium(III) Atoms". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 46 (32): 6192–6195. doi:10.1002/anie.200701422. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 17640015.
  12. Bassil, Bassem S.; Kortz, Ulrich (23 August 2010). "Recent Advances in Lanthanide-Containing Polyoxotungstates". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. Wiley. 636 (12): 2222–2231. doi:10.1002/zaac.201000201. ISSN 0044-2313.
  13. Kortz, Ulrich; Müller, Achim; van Slageren, Joris; Schnack, Jürgen; Dalal, Naresh S.; Dressel, Martin (2009). "Polyoxometalates: Fascinating structures, unique magnetic properties". Coordination Chemistry Reviews. Elsevier BV. 253 (19–20): 2315–2327. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2009.01.014. ISSN 0010-8545.
  14. Liu, Wenjing; Christian, Jonathan H.; Al-Oweini, Rami; Bassil, Bassem S.; van Tol, Johan; Atanasov, Mihail; Neese, Frank; Dalal, Naresh S.; Kortz, Ulrich (19 August 2014). "Synthesis, Detailed Characterization, and Theoretical Understanding of Mononuclear Chromium(III)-Containing Polyoxotungstates [CrIII(HXVW7O28)2]13– (X = P, As) with Exceptionally Large Magnetic Anisotropy". Inorganic Chemistry. American Chemical Society (ACS). 53 (17): 9274–9283. doi:10.1021/ic501385r. ISSN 0020-1669. PMID 25137357.
  15. Antonova, Nadya S.; Carbó, Jorge J.; Kortz, Ulrich; Kholdeeva, Oxana A.; Poblet, Josep M. (6 May 2010). "Mechanistic Insights into Alkene Epoxidation with H2O2 by Ti- and other TM-Containing Polyoxometalates: Role of the Metal Nature and Coordination Environment". Journal of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society (ACS). 132 (21): 7488–7497. doi:10.1021/ja1023157. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 20446693.
  16. Bi, Li-Hua; Al-Kadamany, Ghada; Chubarova, Elena V.; Dickman, Michael H.; Chen, Lifang; Gopala, Divakara S.; Richards, Ryan M.; Keita, Bineta; Nadjo, Louis; Jaensch, Helge; Mathys, Georges; Kortz, Ulrich (25 September 2009). "Organo-Ruthenium Supported Heteropolytungstates: Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry, and Oxidation Catalysis". Inorganic Chemistry. American Chemical Society (ACS). 48 (21): 10068–10077. doi:10.1021/ic9009306. ISSN 0020-1669. PMID 19780533.
  17. Al-Oweini, Rami; Sartorel, Andrea; Bassil, Bassem S.; Natali, Mirco; Berardi, Serena; Scandola, Franco; Kortz, Ulrich; Bonchio, Marcella (27 July 2014). "Photocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Mixed-Valent MnIII3MnIVO3Manganese Oxo Core that Mimics the Natural Oxygen-Evolving Center". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 53 (42): 11182–11185. doi:10.1002/anie.201404664. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 25066304.
  18. Liu, Rongji; Zhang, Guangjin; Cao, Hongbin; Zhang, Suojiang; Xie, Yongbing; Haider, Ali; Kortz, Ulrich; Chen, Banghao; Dalal, Naresh S.; Zhao, Yongsheng; Zhi, Linjie; Wu, Cai-Xia; Yan, Li-Kai; Su, Zhongmin; Keita, Bineta (2016). "Enhanced proton and electron reservoir abilities of polyoxometalate grafted on graphene for high-performance hydrogen evolution". Energy & Environmental Science. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). 9 (3): 1012–1023. doi:10.1039/c5ee03503a. ISSN 1754-5692.
  19. Yang, Peng; Lin, Zhengguo; Bassil, Bassem S.; Alfaro-Espinoza, Gabriela; Ullrich, Matthias S.; Li, Ming-Xing; Silvestru, Cristian; Kortz, Ulrich (4 April 2016). "Tetra-Antimony(III)-Bridged 18-Tungsto-2-Arsenates(V), [(LSbIII)4(A-α-AsVW9O34)2]10– (L = Ph, OH): Turning Bioactivity On and Off by Ligand Substitution". Inorganic Chemistry. American Chemical Society (ACS). 55 (8): 3718–3720. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00107. ISSN 0020-1669. PMID 27043954.
  20. Lee, Sang-Yong; Fiene, Amelie; Li, Wenjin; Hanck, Theodor; Brylev, Konstantin A.; Fedorov, Vladimir E.; Lecka, Joanna; Haider, Ali; Pietzsch, Hans-Jürgen; Zimmermann, Herbert; Sévigny, Jean; Kortz, Ulrich; Stephan, Holger; Müller, Christa E. (2015). "Polyoxometalates—Potent and selective ecto-nucleotidase inhibitors". Biochemical Pharmacology. Elsevier BV. 93 (2): 171–181. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2014.11.002. ISSN 0006-2952. PMID 25449596.
  21. Bijelic, Aleksandar; Molitor, Christian; Mauracher, Stephan G.; Al-Oweini, Rami; Kortz, Ulrich; Rompel, Annette (17 December 2014). "Hen Egg-White Lysozyme Crystallisation: Protein Stacking and Structure Stability Enhanced by a Tellurium(VI)-Centred Polyoxotungstate". ChemBioChem. Wiley. 16 (2): 233–241. doi:10.1002/cbic.201402597. ISSN 1439-4227. PMC 4498469. PMID 25521080.
  22. SARAFIANOS, Stefanos G.; KORTZ, Ulrich; POPE, Michael T.; MODAK, Mukund J. (15 October 1996). "Mechanism of polyoxometalate-mediated inactivation of DNA polymerases: an analysis with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase indicates specificity for the DNA-binding cleft". Biochemical Journal. Portland Press Ltd. 319 (2): 619–626. doi:10.1042/bj3190619. ISSN 0264-6021. PMC 1217812. PMID 8912703.
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