Publications




Currently, I have published 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals (h-index = 9) providing 2 (spectroscopic) datasets and 1 software (KiMoPack). For a full list of publications (including non-peer reviewed articles/preprints) see:



2023

C. Müller, M. Kaufmann, M. P. Brandon, A. A. Cullen, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, M. Pryce
New Twist on the Light-Switch Effect: Controlling the Fate of Excited States with pH in a 4-Hydroxy-thiazol-extended Ruthenium(II) Dppz Complex
J. Phys. Chem. A 2023 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c06179



2023

C. Li, E. Troschke, C. Müller, A. Dasgupta, C. Eggeling, M. Oschatz, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić
Pore Nanoarchitectonics of Carbon Nitrides for the Excited-State Deactivation of Confined Methylene Blue
Chem. Eur. J. 2023 , DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202300031



2023

S. Góger, L. Medrano Sandonas, C. Müller, A. Tkatchenko
Data-Driven Tailoring of Molecular Dipole Polarizability and Frontier Orbital Energies in Chemical Compound Space
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023 , DOI: 10.1039/D3CP02256K



2022

C. Müller, S. Bold, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, S. Rau
Photoinduced electron transfer in triazole-bridged donor-acceptor dyads – A critical perspective
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2022 , 472  (214764) , DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214764



2022

J. Brückmann, C. Müller, I. Friedländer, A. K. Mengele, K. Peneva, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, S. Rau
Photocatalytic Reduction of Nicotinamide Co-factor by Perylene Sensitized RhIII Complexes
Chem. Eur. J. 2022 , 28  (e202201931) , DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201931



2022

C. Müller, T. Pascher, A. Eriksson, P. Chabera, J. Uhlig
KiMoPack: A python Package for Kinetic Modeling of the Chemical Mechanism
J. Phys. Chem. A 2022 , 126  (25) , 4087-4099 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00907



2022

J. Brückmann, C. Müller, T. Maisuradze, A. K. Mengele, D. Nauroozi, S. Fauth, A. Gruber, S. Gräfe, K. Leopold, S. Kupfer, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, S. Rau
Pyrimidoquinazolinophenanthroline opens next chapter in design of bridging ligands for artificial photosynthesis
Chem. Eur. J. 2022 , 28  (e202200766) , DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200766



2022

C. Müller, P. Wintergerst, S. Santhosh Nair, N. Meitinger, S. Rau, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić
Link to glow - iEDDA conjugation of a Ruthenium(II) tetrazine complex leading to dihydropyrazine and pyrazine complexes with improved 1O2 formation ability
J. Photochem. Photobiol 2022 , 11  (100130) , DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2022.100130



2022

L. Zedler, P. Wintergerst, A. K. Mengele, C. Müller, C. Li, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, S. Rau
Outpacing conventional nicotinamide hydrogenation catalysis by a strongly communicating heterodinuclear photocatalyst
Nat. Commun. 2022 , 13  (2538) , DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30147-4



2022

L. Zedler, C. Müller, P. Wintergerst, A. K. Mengele, S. Rau, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić
Influence of the linker chemistry on the photoinduced charge-transfer dynamics of heterodinuclear photocatalysts
Chem. Eur. J. 2022 , 28  (e202200490) , DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2022.100130



2022

C. Müller, A. Schwab, N. M. Randell, S. Kupfer, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou
A Combined Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study on a Ruthenium Complex Featuring a π-Extended dppz Ligand for Light-Driven Accumulation of Multiple Reducing Equivalents
Chem. Eur. J. 2022 , 28  (e202103882) , DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103882



2022

M. G. Pfeffer C. Müller, E. T. E. Kastl, A. K. Mengele, B. Bagemihl, S. S. Fauth, J. Habermehl, L. Petermann, M. Wächtler, M. Schulz, D. Chartrand, F. Laverdière, P. Seeber, S. Kupfer, S. Gräfe, G. S. Hanan, J. G. Vos, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, S. Rau
Active repair of a dinuclear photocatalyst for visible-light-driven hydrogen production
Nat. Chem. 2022 , 14 , 505-506 , DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00860-6



2021

C. Müller, I. Friedländer, B. Bagemihl, S. Rau, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić
The electron that breaks the catalyst’s back – excited state dynamics in intermediates of molecular photocatalysts
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021 , 23 , 27397-27403 , DOI: 10.1039/D1CP04498B



2021

S. Maloul, M. van den Borg, C. Müller, L. Zedler, A. K. Mengele, D. Gaissmaier, T. Jacob, S. Rau, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, C. Streb
Multifunctional Polyoxometalate Platforms for Supramolecular Light‐driven Hydrogen Evolution
Chem. Eur. J. 2021 , 27 , 16846–16852 , DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103817



2021

E. Giannoudis, S. Bold, C. Müller, A. Schwab, J. Bruhnke, N. Queyriaux, C. Gablin, L. Didier, C. Saint-Pierre, D. Gasparutto, D. Aldakov, S. Kupfer, V. Artero, B. Dietzek, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou
Hydrogen Production at a NiO Photocathode Based on a Ruthenium Dye–Cobalt Diimine Dioxime Catalyst Assembly: Insights from Advanced Spectroscopy and Post-operando Characterization
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021 , 13  (42) , 49802-49815 , DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12138



2021

B. Seidler, M. Sittig, C. Zens, J. H. Tran, C. Müller, Y. Zhang, K. R. A. Schneider, H. Görls, A. Schubert, S. Gräfe, M. Schulz, B. Dietzek
Modulating the Excited-State Decay Pathways of Cu(I)4H-Imidazolate Complexes by Excitation Wavelength and Ligand Backbone
J. Phys. Chem. B 2021 , 125  (41) , 11498-11511 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06902



2021

C. Müller, D. Isakov, S. Rau, B. Dietzek
Influence of the Protonation State on the Excited-State Dynamics of Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Imidazole π-Extended Dipyridophenazine Ligands
J. Phys. Chem. A 2021 , 125  (27) , 5911-5921 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c03856



2021

J. Hniopek, C. Müller, T. Bocklitz, M. Schmitt, B. Dietzek, J. Popp
Kinetic-Model-Free Analysis of Transient Absorption Spectra Enabled by 2D Correlation Analysis
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021 , 12  (17) , 4148-4153 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00835



2021

M. Kaufmann, C. Müller, A. A. Cullen, M. P. Brandon, B. Dietzek, M. T. Pryce
Photophysics of Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Thiazole π-Extended Dipyridophenazine Ligands
Inorg. Chem. 2021 , 60  (2) , 760-773 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02765



2020

A. K. Mengele, C. Müller, D. Nauroozi, S. Kupfer, B. Dietzek, S. Rau
Molecular Scylla and Charybdis: Maneuvering between pH Sensitivity and Excited-State Localization in Ruthenium Bi(benz)imidazole Complexes
Inorg. Chem. 2020 , 59 , 12097–12110 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01022



2020

C. Müller, M. Schulz, M. Obst, L. Zedler, S. Gräfe, S. Kupfer, B. Dietzek
Role of MLCT States in the Franck–Condon Region of Neutral, Heteroleptic Cu(I)-4H-imidazolate Complexes: A Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study
J. Phys. Chem. A 2020 , 124  (33) , 6607-6616 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c04351



2020

R. A. Wahyuono, S. Amthor, C. Müller, S. Rau, B. Dietzek
Structure of Diethyl-Phosphonic Acid Anchoring Group Affects the Charge-Separated State on an Iridium(III) Complex Functionalized NiO Surface
ChemPhotoChem 2020 , 4  (8) , 618–629 , DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000038



2019

D. O’Connor, C. Müller, N. K. Sarangi, A. Byrne, T. E. Keyes
Dimethylaniline functionalised pyrene fluorophores; dual colour pH switching in solution and self-assembled monolayers
PCCP 2019 , 21  (40) , 22440–22448 , DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04948G



2019

K. Amini, M. Sclafani, T. Steinle, A. Le, A. Sanchez, C. Müller, J. Steinmetzer, L. Yue, J. R. Martínez Saavedra, M. Hemmer, M. Lewenstein, R. Moshammer, T. Pfeifer, M. G. Pullen, J. Ullrich, B. Wolter, R. Moszynski, F. J. García de Abajo, C. D. Lin, S. Gräfe, J. Biegert
Imaging the Renner–Teller effect using laser-induced electron diffraction
PNAS 2019 , 1161  (17) , 8173–8177 , DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1817465116



2017

M. Schulz, C. Reichardt, C. Müller, K. R. A. Schneider, J. Holste, B. Dietzek
Excited State Properties of Heteroleptic Cu(I) 4H-Imidazolate Complexes
Inorg. Chem. 2017 , 56  (21) , 12978–12986 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01680



2017

H. Abul-Futouh, Y. Zagranyarski, C. Müller, M. Schulz, S. Kupfer, H. Görls, M. El-khateeb, S. Gräfe, B. Dietzek, K. Peneva, W. Weigand
[FeFe]-Hydrogenase H-cluster mimics mediated by naphthalene monoimide derivatives of perisubstituted dichalcogenides
Dalt. Trans. 2017 , 46  (34) , 11180–11191 , DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02079A