Our group

Group leader

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Suta

Universitätsstraße 1

Building: 26.42

Room: 01.21

40225 Düsseldorf

Telephone: +49 211 81-13147

Email: Markus.Suta(at)hhu.de

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Post-Docs

Post-Doc

Building: 26.32

Room: 01.84

Telephone: +49 211 81-14257

Email: Priya.Pandey(at)hhu.de

Research topics

Nanochemistry
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Publications

P. Pandey, D Chauhan, M. G. Walawalkar, S. K. Gupta, F. Meyer, G. Rajaraman, R. Murugavel, Hourglass-Shaped Homo- and Heteronuclear Nonanuclear Lanthanide Clusters: Structures, Magnetism, Photoluminescence, and Theoretical Analysis.

Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 11963–11976, doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00332

P. Pandey , M. G. Walawalkar, R. Murugavel, Luminescent 8-hydroxyquinoline derived tin(IV) complexes.

J. Organomet. Chem. 2024, 1007, 123023–123032, doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2024.123023

A. Bhanja, P. Pandey, R. Murugavel, Carbazole based Schiff base ligand: An efficient “Turn-on/off” sensor for the detection of Al³⁺ and F^- ions and “Turn-off” sensor for Hg²⁺ ion.

J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2024, 447, 115269-115279, doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.115269

P. Pandey, G. Manibalan, R. Murugavel, Controlling metal coordination geometry in dinuclear zinc and cadmium hydroxy aryl carboxylates incorporating five-membered aromatic cyclic amine co-ligands.

Inorg. Chim. Acta 2023, 551, 121461-121469, doi:10.1016/j.ica.2023.121461

M. G. Walawalkar, P. Pandey, R. Murugavel, The Redox Journey of Iconic Ferrocene: Ferrocenium Dications and Ferrocenate Anions.

Angew. Chem. 2021, 60, 12632–12635, doi:10.1002/ange.202101770

Scientific staff

PhD student

Building: 26.32

Room: 01.84

Telephone: +49 211 81-14257

Email: Guelsuem.Kinik(at)hhu.de

Research topics:

Cr³⁺ activated host compounds
Influences of the ligand field and the site symmetry on the Cr³⁺ emission

Publications

H. Yilmaz, G. Kinik, M. Isobe, P. Puphal, M. Suta, O. Clemens, Synthesis and Optical Properties of Single Crystalline Phosphors Gd₃In₂Ga₃O₁₂:RE³⁺ (RE = Nd³⁺ and Ho³⁺) Grown via the Optical Float Zone Method.

Adv. Photon. Res. 2025, 6, 2500074, doi:10.1002/adpr.202500074

I. Widmann, G. Kinik, M. Schwarz, C. Wüstefeld, D. Johrendt, M. Tribus, C. Hejny, L. Bayarjagal, M. Jähnig, R. Glaum, L. Dubrovinsky, G. Heymann, K. Wurst, M. Suta,^*, H. Huppertz,^*Real Competitors to Ruby: The Triel Oxonitridoborates AlB₄O₆N, Al_0.97Cr_0.03B₄O₆N, and Al_0.83Cr_0.17B₄O₆N.

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2400054, doi:10.1002/adfm.202400054

G. Kinik, I. Widmann, B. Bendel, H. Huppertz,^* A. Meijerink,^* M. Suta,^* Ratiometric Boltzmann thermometry with Cr³⁺ in strong ligand fields: Efficient nonradiative coupling for record-wide dynamic working ranges.

Light: Sci. Appl. 2025, accepted.

PhD student

Building: 26.32

Room: 01.84

Telephone: +49 211 81-14257

Email: Lukas.Traeger(at)hhu.de

Research topics

Mn activated host compounds
Synthesis in inert gas

Publications

L. M. Träger, J. I. Ekeya, A. Liesenfeld, M. Wieczorek, H. Huppertz,^* M. Suta,^* Mn²⁺-Activated Alkali Lithooxidosilicate Phosphors as Sustainable Alternative White-Light Emitters.

Angew. Chem. 2025, accepted, e202504078, doi:10.1002/ange.202504078; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, accepted, e202504078, doi:10.1002/anie.202504078

L. M. Träger, L. C. Pasqualini, H. Huppertz, J. Bruns,^* M. Suta,^* Photoluminescence of Mn²⁺ in the Borosulfate Zn[B₂(SO₄)₄]:Mn²⁺ - A Tool to Detect Weak Coordination Behavior of Ligands.

Angew. Chem. 2023, Early View, e202309212, doi:10.1002/ange.202309212; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, Early View, e202309212, doi:10.1002/anie.202309212

PhD Student

Building: 26.32

Room: 01.76

Telephone: +49 211 81-13146

Email: Benedikt.Bendel(at)hhu.de

Research topics

Luminescence thermometry
Non-radiative transition rates

Publications

B. Bendel, M. Suta,^* How to calibrate luminescent crossover thermometers: A note on “quasi”-Boltzmann systems. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10, 13805-13814, doi:10.1039/D2TC01152B

Invitation to the Emerging Investigators 2022 issue und selected as a “Hot Paper“

B. Bendel, D. Pham Thuy, B. Bildirici, S. Ghesquière, M. Suta,^* There is more than just an energy gap – Experimental evidence for selection rules of nonradiative transitions.

Chem. Commun. 2025, submitted. Invitation to the Emerging Investigators 2025 issue

PhD student

Building: 26.32

Room: 01.76

Telephone: +49 211 81-13146

Email: Tom.Foerster(at)hhu.de

Research topics

Blue to UV up-conversion

Publications

T. Förster, J. Reifenberger, T. Moumin, J. Helmbold, Ž. Antić, M. D. Dramićanin and M. Suta, Design principles for (efficient) excited-state absorption-based blue-to-UV upconversion phosphors with Pr³⁺.

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 12309-12323, Advance Article, doi:10.1039/D5SC01862E

M. D. Dramićanin,^* M. G. Brik, Ž. Antić, R. Bănică, C. Mosoarca, T. Dramićanin, Z. Ristić, G. D. Dima, T. Förster, M. Suta, Pr³⁺ Visible to Ultraviolet Upconversion for Antimicrobial Applications.

Nanomaterials 2025, 15, 562, doi:10.3390/nano15070562

T. A. Teichtmeister, T. Förster, A. Bernhart, M. Seibald, M. Suta,^* H. Huppertz,^* High-pressure/high-temperature synthesis of the lanthanoid zinc borates Ln₂Zn(B₂O₅)₂ (Ln = Eu, Tb, Yb, Lu) with a gadolinite-analogue crystal structure and luminescence properties of Tb₂Zn(B₂O₅)₂:Eu³⁺.

Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 11462–11477, doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02134

PhD student

Gebäude: 26.32

Raum: 01.82

Telefon: +49 211 81-13669

Email: Duong.Pham.Thuy(at)hhu.de

Resarch topics

Nanochemistry

Publications

B. Bendel, D. Pham Thuy, B. Bildirici, S. Ghesquière, M. Suta,^* There is more than just an energy gap – Experimental evidence for selection rules of nonradiative transitions.

Chem. Commun. 2025, submitted. Invitation to the Emerging Investigators 2025 issue