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In-Depth Information
Awards and Honors
1961
Academic Prize of Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
1964
Fellowship of German Gouvernment for research stay in France
1965
Fellowship of Volkswagen-Foundation for research stay in USA
1989
Research Award of Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
1993
Max Planck Research Award
2002
Honorary Member of the Internat. Board on the Applications of the
Müssbauer Effect
2002
Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science
2003
Honorary Doctor and Professor of the University of Budapest
2007
Member of Academia Europaea
2007
Honorary Doctor of Toho-University Tokyo
Teaching Experience
• Physical Methods in (Inorganic) Chemistry
• Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
- Electrons in Atoms and Molecules
- Ligand Field Theory
- Molecular Orbital Theory
- Group Theory
• Coordination Chemistry
• Magnetochemistry
Research Fields
• Electronic structure (static and dynamic) of transition metal compounds
- Bond and valence state properties
- Molecular structure
- Spin crossover (thermally, optically and pressure-induced)
- Magnetic properties
- Photochemical and photophysical phenomena
- Phase transformations
- Kinetic and thermodynamic properties
- Chemical and physical aftereffects of nuclear transformation
• Surface physics and chemistry
- Thin metallic layers by Langmuir-Blodgett technique
- Corrosion
- Structure and reactivity on glass surfaces
