Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Chemistry of the f-elements

Dr. Robert Gericke

SC-XRD & SQUID

Porträt Dr. Gericke, Robert; FWOF

Phone

+49 351 260 2011

Email

r.gerickeAthzdr.de

Link

ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-0206

Address
Building/Office

Bautzner Landstraße 400 - 01328 Dresden
801/P205


Scientific Career

  • since 2023-05:
    Project leader (Am-BALL)
  • 2021-02 to 2023-04:
    High Potential Program (HZDR)
  • 2018-09 to 2020-12:
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow (CRANN / School of Chemistry / Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin: Dublin, IE)
  • 2013-12 to 2018-01:
    PhD Student (Institut für Anorganische Chemie / Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Sachsen, DE)
  • 2013-04 to 2013-09 :
    Research fellow (Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC) / School of Applied Sciences / RMIT University: Melbourne, Victoria, AU)
  • 2012:
    Master of Science (Chemistry / Institut für Anorganische Chemie / Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Sachsen, DE)

Research Fields

  • Metalorganic and coordination chemistry of the f-elements
  • Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis
  • SQUID magnetometry
  • EPR spectroscopy
  • Quantum chemical calculations

Projects

  • ActiDecorp (DFG, 530101100)
  • Am-BALL (BMUV, 1501667)
  • FENABIUM II (BMBF, 02NUK077)
  • f-Char (BMBF, 02NUK059)

Teaching

  • Supervision of research internships, Master and PhD theses

Publications

2024

Triply Bonded Pancake π-Dimers Stabilized by Tetravalent Actinides

Barluzzi, L.; Ogilvie, S. P.; Dalton, A. B.; Kaden, P.; Gericke, R.; Mansikkamäki, A.; Giblin, S. R.; Layfield, R. A.

  • Open Access Logo Journal of the American Chemical Society 146(2024)6, 4234-4241
    Online First (2024) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13914

Optimisation of synthesis procedures and structural investigation of monazite-cheralite solid solutions

Lender, T.; Braga Ferreira Dos Santos, L.; Gericke, R.; Huittinen, N. M.; Peters, L.


2023

The Hexacoordinate Si Complex SiCl₄(4-Azidopyridine)₂—Crystallographic Characterization of Two Conformers and Probing the Influence of SiCl₄-Complexation on a Click Reaction with Phenylacetylen

Riedel, S.; Gerwig, M.; Gerlach, D.; Brendler, E.; Gericke, R.; Kroke, E.; Wagler, J.


Lewis Acid-Base Adducts of α-Amino Acid-Derived Silaheterocycles and N-Methylimidazole

Seidel, A.; Gericke, R.; Kutzner, B.; Wagler, J.


Fate of Oxidation States at Actinide Centers in Redox-Active Ligand Systems Governed by Energy Levels of 5f Orbitals

Takeyama, T.; Tsushima, S.; Gericke, R.; Kaden, P.; März, J.; Takao, K.


Pd–Si complexes of the type ClPd(μ²-pyO)₄SiR (R = Me, Ph, Bn, Allyl, κO-(pyO)PdCl(η³-allyl); pyO = pyridine-2-olate): The influence of substituent R on the Pd–Si bond

Wagler, J.; Gericke, R.


Ge–Cu-Complexes Ph(pyO)Ge(μ²-pyO)₂CuCl and PhGe(μ²-pyO)₄CuCl - Representatives of Cu(I)→Ge(IV) and Cu(II)→Ge(IV) Dative Bond Systems

Wagler, J.; Gericke, R.


Formation of Heterobimetallic Complexes by Addition of d10-Metal Ions to [(Me3P)xM(2-C6F4PPh2)2] (x = 1, 2; M = Ni and Pt): A Synthetic and Computational Study of Metallophilic Interactions

Gericke, R.; Bennett, M. A.; Privér, S.; Bhargava, S.


Evidence for a High-Valent Iron-Fluoride That Mediates Oxidative C(sp3)‐H Fluorination

Panda, C.; Anny-Nzekwue, O.; Doyle, L. M.; Gericke, R.; McDonald, A. R.


Synthesis and Characterization of a Masked Terminal Nickel-Oxide Complex

Heim, P.; Spedalotto, G.; Lovisari, M.; Gericke, R.; O’Brien, J.; Farquhar, E. R.; McDonald, A. R.


Aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon hydroxylation via a formally Ni(IV)=O oxidant

Heim, P.; Gericke, R.; Spedalotto, G.; Lovisari, M.; Farquhar, E. R.; McDonald, A. R.


Copper Complexes of Silicon Pyridine-2-olates RSi(pyO)₃ (R = Me, Ph, Bn, Allyl) and Ph₂Si(pyO)₂

Seidel, A.; Gericke, R.; Brendler, E.; Wagler, J.


Deconvoluting Cr States in Cr-Doped UO2 Nuclear Fuels via Bulk and Single Crystal Spectroscopic Studies

Murphy, G. L.; Gericke, R.; Gilson, S.; Bazarkina, E.; Roßberg, A.; Kaden, P.; Thümmler, R.; Klinkenberg, M.; Henkes, M.; Kegler, P.; Svitlyk, V.; Marquardt, J.; Lender, T.; Hennig, C.; Kvashnina, K.; Huittinen, N. M.

Involved research facilities

Related publications


2022

Molecular Structures of the Silicon Pyridine-2-(thi)olates Me3Si(pyX), Me2Si(pyX)2 and Ph2Si(pyX)2 (py = 2-Pyridyl, X = O, S), and Their Intra- and Intermolecular Ligand Exchange in Solution

Seidel, A.; Weigel, M.; Ehrlich, L.; Gericke, R.; Brendler, E.; Wagler, J.


P–Ru-Complexes with a Chelate-Bridge-Switch: A Comparison of 2-Picolyl and 2-Pyridyloxy Moieties as Bridging Ligands

Ehrlich, L.; Gericke, R.; Brendler, E.; Wagler, J.


2021

Coordination and Electrochemical Switching on Paddle-Wheel Complexes Containing an As−Ru or a Sb−Ru Axis

Gericke, R.; Wagler, J.


Rapid Iron(III)-Fluoride Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer

Panda, C.; Doyle, L. M.; Gericke, R.; McDonald, A. R.


Comparing Metal–Halide and −Oxygen Adducts in Oxidative C/O–H Activation: Au(III)–Cl versus Au(III)–OH

Lovisari, M.; Gericke, R.; Twamley, B.; McDonald, A. R.