Within the framework of NanoKAT, several coordinated projects have been developed in the course of previous funding. These include

• DFG Research Training Group 2908/1 WERA: Wastewater as a valuable resource - recovery of critical raw materials using the example of phosphorus (since 2024)
• Smart Batches: Smart batch processes in the energy system of the future (German title: Smart Batches: Smarte Batchprozesse im Energiesystem der Zukunft) (Carl-Zeiss-Durchbrüche, Funding period: 2023-2029)
• Halocycles − Halogen cycles as important contributions to the stabilization of the power grid and the defossilization of the future industrial society; together with JGU Mainz, MPI-P Mainz and IVW (Carl-Zeiss-Durchbrüche, Funding period: 2023-2029)
• WasteWater2Packaging; Production of biopolymers from regional waste streams (Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space)
• iProcess: Research college Intelligent process development - from modeling to product, together with Trier University of Applied Sciences and Bingen University of Applied Sciences (Funding period: 2019-2022)
• BioVal (INTERREG Greater Region): Recovery of valuable materials from brewery residues, (German title: BioVal (INTERREG Großregion): Wertstoffgewinnung aus Brauereirückständen) (Funding period: 2017-2020), together with groups from Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Saarbrücken
• WOW (INTERREG Nord-West Europa): Wider business opportunities for raw materials from wastewater (Funding period: 2018-2021), together with groups from France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Wuppertal
• RCR (Center for Resource Efficient Chemistry and Raw Material Change): RCR received a total of €1 million in funding from the Carl Zeiss Foundation's program for the development of research structures at universities in 2014-2017
• Magnenz (Magnetic enzymes): BMBF research college in the years 2011-2014 at the TU Kaiserslautern and Trier University of Applied Sciences with a funding volume of more than just under € 2 million

In addition, members of Nanokat make significant contributions to three DFG Collaborative Research Centers:

• SFB 926 Component surfaces (bis 06/2023)
• SFB/TRR 3MET (bis 12/2022)
• SFB/TRR 173 Spin+X

Further proposals for coordinated projects (e. g. DFG-SFB-TRR “ChemTree”) are currently in the planning phase (as of 09/2025).

Only joint publications with at least two NanoKat PIs or junior scientists (marked in bold) are listed.

2009

• Shylesh, S.; Schweitzer, J.; Demeshko, S.; Schünemann, V.; Ernst, S.; Thiel, W. R. 2009. Fabrication of Nanoparticle Supported, Magnetically Recoverable Oxodiperoxo Molybdenum Complexes: Efficient Catalysts for Selective Epoxidation Reactions. Adv. Synth. & Catal. 2009, 351, 1789–1795.
• Shylesh, S.; Schweizer, J.; Demeshko, S.; Schünemann, V.; Ernst, S.; Thiel, W. R. 2009. Nanoparticle Supported, Magnetically Recoverable Oxodiperoxo Molybdenum Complexes: Efficient Catalysts for Selective Epoxidation Reactions. Adv. Synthesis & Catalysis 2009, 351(11–12), 1789.

2010

• Shylesh, S.; Schünemann, V.; Thiel, W. R. 2010. Magnetically Separable Nanocatalysts: Bridges between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2010, –, 3428–3459.
• Shylesh, S.; Schweizer, J.; Ulber, R.; Thiel, W.; Schünemann, V. 2010. Mössbauer­ spectroscopy on superparamagnetic nanoparticles used as catalyst supports for the production of fine chemicals. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2010, –, 012024.

2011

• Muffler, K.; Thiel, W.; Hasse, H.; Ulber, R. 2011. Bio- und Chemieingenieurwissenschaften an der TU Kaiserslautern. Chem. Unserer Zeit 2011, 45, 162.
• Muller, K.; Schubert, A.; Jozak, T.; Ahrens-Botzong, A.; Schünemann, V.; Thiel, W. R. 2011. Electronic Effects in the Catalytic Hydrosilylation with In-Situ Iron(II)-Catalysts. Chem. Cat. Chem. 2011, –, 887–892.

2012

• Huang, H.; Christmann, R.; Ulber, R.; Schünemann, V. 2012. Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Protein-Passivated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Hyperfine Inter. 2012, 205, 121.

2013

• Salih, K. S. M.; Mamone, P.; Dörr, G.; Bauer, T. O.; Brodyanski, A.; Wagner, C.; Kopnarski, M.; Ernst, S.; Schünemann, V.; Klupp Taylor, R.; Demeshko, S.; Meyer, F.; Gooßen, L. J.; Thiel, W. R. 2013. A Facile Synthesis of Mono­disperse Maghemite and Ferrite Nanoparticles from Metal Powder and Octanoic Acid. Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 1430.
• Marx, J.; Huang, H.; Faus, I.; Rackwitz, S.; Wolny, J. A.; Schlage, K.; Ulber, R.; Wille, H.-C.; Schünemann, V. 2013. Simultaneous characterization of protein coated ironoxide nanoparticles with nuclear inelastic scattering and atomic force microscopy. Hyperfine Interact 2013, –, –.

2014

• Scheithauer, A.; Brächer, A.; Grützner, T.; Zollinger, D.; Thiel, W. R.; von Harbou, E.; Hasse, H. 2014. Online 1H-NMR Spectroscopic Study of Reaction Kinetics in Mixtures of Acetaldehyde and Water using a New Micro-Reactor Probe Head. Ind. Engin. Chem. Res. 2014, 53, 17589–17596.
• Scheithauer, A.; Grützner, T.; Rijksen, C.; Zollinger, D.; von Harbou, E.; Thiel, W. R.; Hasse, H. 2014. NMR Spectroscopic Study of the Aldoxane Formation in Aqueous Acetaldehyde Solutions. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2014, 53, 8395–8403.

2015

• Scheithauer, A.; Grützner, T.; Rijksen, C.; Zollinger, D.; Thiel, W. R.; von Harbou, E.; Hasse, H. 2015. 1H- and 13C-NMR Spectroscopic Study of Chemical Equilibria in the System Acetaldehyde + Water. AIChE J. 2015, 61, 177–187.
• Chung, J.-Y.; Schulz, C.; Bauer, H.; Sun, Y.; Sitzmann, H.; Auerbach, H.; Pierik, A. J.; Schünemann, V.; Neuba, A.; Thiel, W. R. 2015. Cyclopentadienide Ligand CpC– Possessing Intrinsic Helical Chirality and Its Ferrocene Analogues. Organometallics 2015, 34, 5374–5382.
• Asprion, N.; Benfer, R.; Blagov, S.; Bottcher, R.; Bortz, M.; Berezhnyi, M.; Burger, J.; von Harbou, E.; Kufer, K.-H.; Hasse, H. 2015. INES - An Interface between Experiments and Simulation to Support the Development of Robust Process Design. Chem. Ing. Tech. 2015, 87, 1810.
• Bortz, M.; Schwientek, J.; Kufer, K.-H.; Burger, J.; von Harbou, E.; Hasse, H.; Hirth, O.; Asprion, N.; Blagov, S. 2015. Minimizing the Impact of Uncertain Model Parameters on Process Design. Chem. Ing. Techn. 2015, 87, 1061.

2016

• Marx, J.; Huang, H.; Salih, K. S. M.; Thiel, W.; Schünemann, V. 2016. Spin canting in ferrite nanoparticles. Hyperfine Interactions 2016, 237, 41.
• Bortz, M.; Burger, J.; Forte, E.; von Harbou, E.; Asprion, N.; Hasse, H. 2016. A Pareto- Based Approach to Optimal Design of Experiments. Chem. Ing. Tech. 2016, 88, 1377.

2017

• Schlegel, C.; Chodorski, J.; Huster, M.; Davoudi, N.; Huttenlochner, K.; Bohley, M.; Reichenbach, I.; Buhl, S.; Breuninger, P.; Müller-Renno, C.; Ziegler, C.; Aurich, J.; Antonyuk, S.; Ulber, R. 2017. Analyzing the Influence of Microstructured Surfaces on the Lactic Acid Production of Lactobacillus delbrueckii lactis in a flow-through cell system. Engin. Life Sci. 2017, 8, 865–873.
• Richling, E.; Thiel, W.; Ulber, R. 2017. Weiterverwertung von pfanzlichen Rohstoffen – grenzüberschreitendes Projekt befasst sich mit Braurückständen. ReSource 2017, 1, 45.
• Thiel, W.; Ulber, R. 2017. Zentrum für ressourceneffiziente Chemie und Rohstoffwandel an der TU Kaiserslautern. ReSource 2017, 1, 46.
• Behrens, R.; von Harbou, E.; Thiel, W.; Böttinger, W.; Ingram, T.; Sieder, G.; Hasse, H. 2017. Monoalkylcarbonate Formation in Methyldiethanolamine–H2O–CO2. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2017, 56, 9006–9015.
• Bortz, M.; Burger, J.; von Harbou, E.; Klein, M.; Schwientek, J.; Asprion, N.; Bottcher, R.; Kufer, K.-H.; Hasse, H. 2017. Efficient Approach for Calculating Pareto Boundaries under Uncertainites in Chemical Process Design. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2017, 56, 12672.
• von Harbou, E.; Ryll, O.; Schrabback, M.; Bortz, M.; Hasse, H. 2017. Reactive Distillation in a Dividing-Wall Column: Model Development, Simulation, and Error Analysis. Chem. Ing. Techn. 2017, 89, 1315.

2019

• Fröscher, A.; Langenbach, K.; von Harbou, E.; Thiel, W. R.; Hasse, H. 2019. NMR Spectroscopic Study of Chemical Reactions in Mixtures Containing Oleic Acid, Formic Acid, and Formoxystearic Acid. Ind. Engin­. Chem. Res. 2019, 58, 5622.
• Vafaeezadeh, M.; Breuninger, P.; Lösch, P.; Wilhelm, C.; Ernst, S.; Antonyuk, S.; Thiel, W. R. 2019. Janus interphase organic-inorganic hybrid materials: Novel water-friendly heterogeneous catalysts. ChemCatChem 2019, 11, 2304.
• Forte, E.; Jirasek, F.; Bortz, M.; Burger, J.; Vrabec, J.; Hasse, H. 2019. Digitalization in Thermodynamics. Chem. Ing. Tech. 2019, 91, 201–214.

2020

• Vafaeezadeh, M.; Breuninger, P.; Lösch, P.; Wilhelm, C.; Ernst, S.; Antonyuk, S.; Thiel, W. R. 2020. A Janus-type heterogeneous phase transfer catalyst for adipic acid synthesis. ChemCatChem 2020, 12(10), 122695.
• Jirasek, F.; Alves, R.; Damay, J.; Vandermeulen, R.; Bamler, R.; Bortz, M.; Mandt, S.; Kloft, M.; Hasse, H. 2020. Machine Learning in Thermodynamics: Prediction of Activity Coefficients by Matrix Completion. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 981–985.
• Groß, C.; Omlor, A.; Grimm, T.; Oelkers, B.; Sun, Y.; Schünemann, V.; Thiel, W. R. 2020. Iron(II) Complexes Generation of Chiral Tridentate Nitrogen Donorsa zinc and their Application in Catalytic Hydrosilylation Reactions. Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 2020, 646(13), 968–977.
• Groß, C.; Sun, Y.; Jost, T.; Grimm, T.; Klein, M. P.; Niedner-Schatteburg, G.; Becker, S.; Thiel, W. R. 2020. Generation of a zinc and rhodium containing metallomacrocycle by rearrangement of a six-coordinate precursor complex. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 368–371.
• Antonyuk, S.; Bart, H.-J.; Hasse, H.; Ripp, M.; Ripperger, S.; Ulber, R. 2020. Die Entwicklung der Verfahrenstechnik an der TU Kaiserslautern. Chem.-Ing.-Tech. 2020, 92(8), 1011–1022.

2021

• Kessler, E.; Ninni, L.; Breug-Nissen, T.; Willy, B.; Schneider, R.; Irfan, M.; Rolker, J.; Thiel, W. R.; Hasse, H.; von Harbou, E. 2021. Speciation in CO2-loaded aqueous solutions of sixteen triacetoneamine-derivates (EvAs) and elucidation of structure-property relationships. Chem. Engin. J. 2021, 229, 115999.
• Becker, Y.; Schön, F.; Becker, S.; Sun, Y.; Thiel, W. R. 2021. Structure-dependent Regio-selectivity of a Roll-Over Cyclopalladation Occuring at 2,2‘-Bipyridine-type Ligands. J. Organometal. Chem. 2021, 940, 121780.
• Damay, J.; Jirasek, F.; Kloft, M.; Bortz, M.; Hasse, H. 2021. Predicting Activity Coefficients at Infinite Dilution for Varying Temperature by Matrix Completion. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2021, 60(40), 14564–14578.
• Vafaeezadeh, M.; Saynisch, R.; Lösch, A.; Kleist, W.; Thiel, W. R. 2021. Fast and Selective Aqueous-Phase Wacker Oxidation Using a Mesoporous Janus Palladium Catalys.  Molecules 2021, 26, 6450.
• Becker, Y.; Huber, M.; Becker, S.; Sun, Y.; Niedner-Schatteburg, G.; Thiel, W. R. 2021. A gas-phase study on the cyclometallation of a series of Cp*Ir(III) complexes bearing bidentate pyrimidine ligands. J. Organometal. Chem. 2021, 954–955, 122063.
• Nährig, F.; Nunheim, N.; Salih, K. S. M.; Chung, J.-Y.; Gond, D.; Sun, Y.; Becker, S.; Thiel, W. R. 2021. A Novel Cyclopentadienone and its Ruthenium and Iron Tricarbonyl Complexes. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2021, –, 4832–4841.
• Malchau, C.; Milbert, T.; Eger, T. R.; Fries, D. V.; Pape, P. J.; Oelkers, B.; Sun, Y.; Becker, S.; Prosenc, M. H.; Niedner-Schatteburg, G.; Thiel, W. R. 2021. A Cyclometalated NHC Iridium Complex Bearing a Cationic (η5-Cyclopentadienyl)(η6-phenyl)iron Backbone. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, e202102520.

2022

• Vafaeezadeh, M.; Weber, K.; Demchenko, A.; Lösch, P.; Breuninger, P.; Lösch, A.; Kopnarski, M.; Antonyuk, S.; Kleist, W.; Thiel, W. R. 2022. Janus bifunctional periodic mesoporous organosilica. Chemical Communications 2022, 58, 112–115.
• Malchau, C.; Fries, D. V.; Mees, Y.; Jakobs, M. F.; Sun, Y.; Becker, S.; Niedner-Schatteburg, G.; Thiel, W. R. 2022. Transition metal complexes of NHC ligands functionalized with the cationic (η5-cyclopentadienyl)(η6-phenyl)iron(II) motif. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, –, e202200106.
• Roy, R.; Kandrapu, V. K.; Kempter, L.; Islam, R.; Kalčíková, G.; Schulz, R.; Bundschuh, M. 2022. Nanosized titanium dioxide elevates toxicity of cationic metals species for Daphnia – have aging and natural organic matter an unexpected impact? Nanotoxicology 2022, 16, 16–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2022.2027538

2023

• Feckler, A.; Wolfram, J.; Schulz, R.; Bundschuh, M. 2023. Reducing pollution to levels not harming biodiversity and ecosystem functions – one perspective on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 2023, 35, 100495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2023.100495
• Stiefelmaier, J.; Strieth, D.; Schaefer, S.; Wrabl, B.; Kronenberger, D.; Bröckel, U.; Ulber, R. 2023. A new easy method for determination of surface adhesion of phototrophic biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2023, –, –. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28536
• Hengsbach, J.-N.; Engel, M.; Cwienczek, M.; Stiefelmaier, J.; Tippkötter, N.; Holtmann, D.; Ulber, R. 2023. Scalable unseparated bioelectrochemical reactors by using a carbon fiber brush as stirrer and working electrode. ChemElectroChem 2023, 10(21), –. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300440

2024

• Steinmetz, Z.; Plicht, C.; Buchman, C.; Knott, M.; Meyer, M.; Müller-Schüssele, S.; Strieht, D.; Prosenc, M. H.; Steinmetz, H.; Jungkunst, H. F.; Thiel, W. R.; Bundschuh, M. 2024. Plastic problem solved? Environmental implications of synthetic hydrophilic polymers across ecosystem boundaries. Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2024, 181, 118000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2024.118000
• Müller, S.; Ströfer, E.; Kohns, M.; Münnemann, K.; von Harbou, E.; Hasse, H. 2024. Conversions and selectivities in cold plasma partial oxidation of methane. Plasma Processes and Polymers 2024, 21, e2400027. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202400027
• Bollinger, E.; Schwilden, P.; Lai, F. Y.; Schulz, R.; Bundschuh, M.; Filker, S. 2024. Higher temperatures exacerbate effects of antibiotics on methanogenesis in freshwater sediment. Communications Earth & Environment 2024, 5, 647. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01828-3
• Stiefelmaier, J.; Keller, J.; Neupert, W.; Ulber, R. 2024. Towards bioprocess engineering of cable bacteria: establishment of a synthetic sediment. MicrobiologyOpen 2024, –, –. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1412

2025

• Arroio, T. R.; Nau, J. P.; Hofman, K.; Förster, C.; Faber, S. L.; Becker, S.; Heinze, K.; Clososki, G. C.; Manolikakes, G. 2025. Generation of sulfamoyl radicals via visible-light mediated fixation of sulfur dioxide as novel approach for the synthesis of sulfonamides. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2025, 367, e202401065. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202401065
• Kollmen, J.; Rech, M.; Lorig, F.; Di Nonno, S.; Stiefelmaier, J.; Strieth, D. 2025. New easy lab methods for the extraction of phycobiliproteins and pigments from cyanobacteria. Journal of Applied Phycology 2025, –, –. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-024-03414-8
• Görges, D.; von Harbou, E.; Kiehl, M.; Sahling, F.; Spraul, K. 2025. Smarte Batchprozesse im Energiesystem der Zukunft: Zukunftsfähige Produktion: Smart und nachhaltig. Ökologisches Wirtschaften 2025, 40(1), 40–43.
• Bundschuh, M.; Friedrichs, L.; Lüderwald, S.; Rosenfeldt, R. R.; Bollinger, E.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Pietz, S.; Meyer, F.; Schulz, R. 2025. Caddisfly emergence is substantially affected by the combined exposure of titanium dioxide nanoparticles, natural organic matter and UV irradiation. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2025, 490, 137819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137819
• Phuong, J.; Salgado, B.; Heiß, J.; Steimers, E.; Nickolaus, P.; Keller, L.; Fischer, U.; von Harbou, E.; Holland, D. J.; Jirasek, F.; Hasse, H.; Münnemann, K. 2025. Real-Time Monitoring of Fermentation Processes in Wine Production with Benchtop 1H NMR Spectroscopy. Food Research International 2025, 203, 115741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2025.115741
• Jekel Könnel, E.; Di Nonno, S.; Ulber, R. 2025. Low-cost and easy-to-use: a portable photometer for simple and comprehensive analysis of critical water quality parameters. Microchemical Journal 2025, –, 113946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2025.113946
• Grimm, T.; Bohl, S. T.; Boden, P.; Kwaisgroch, B.; Thommes, S.; Sun, Y.; Niedner-Schatteburg, G.; Prosenc, M. H.; Gerhards, M.; Becker, S.; Thiel, W. R. 2025, NCN Pincer-Type Complexes of Group X Metals Bearing 1,3-Di(5-butylpyrazol-3-yl)benzene Ligands, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 2025, e202500089, https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202500089