Arndt Simon Explained

Arndt Simon (born 14 January 1940) is a German inorganic chemist.^[1] He was a director at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart.

Arndt Simon
Workplaces:	University of Münster,Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart
Alma Mater:	University of Münster
Doctoral Advisor:	Harald Schäfer
Doctoral Students:	Richard Dronskowski
Notable Students:	Claudia Felser
Awards:	1972 Chemistry Award of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1985 Wilhelm Klemm Award of the Society of German Chemists, 1987 Otto Bayer Award, 1990 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, 1998 Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2004 Liebig-Denkmünze of the Society of German Chemists, 2011 Terrae Rarae Award

Life

Simon studied Chemistry at the University of Münster from 1960-1964.^[2] He worked on his doctoral thesis in the group of Harald Schäfer from 1964-1966 and finished his habilitation in 1971. In 1972, he was appointed as an associate professor at the University of Münster. Starting in 1974, he was a member of the Max-Planck Society and one of the directors at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. Since 1975, he was a honorary professor at the University of Stuttgart. Since 2010, he has been an emeritus.

Research

Simon worked on a wide range of topics in inorganic chemistry:^[3]

• Alkali Metal Suboxides^[4]
• Subnitrides of Alkaline Earth Metals
• Metal-rich Halides and Oxides of Heavy d-Metals
• Condensed Clusters^[5]
• Interstitial Atoms in Metal Clusters
• Metalrich Binary and Ternary Halides of Lanthanides
• Thorium Cluster Compounds^[6]
• Intermetallic Compounds (Pauling-Simon Rule^[7])
• Structures and Phase Transitions in Molecular Crystals
• Structure Property Relations (Photo Cathodes, Amorphous Metals, Magnetic Order and Frustration, Spin Crossover, Spin Glasses)
• Superconductivity^[8]
• Apparatus Development (Guinier-Simon Camera,^[9] Area Detector Diffractometer)

Awards

Simon was awarded a number of awards and honorary doctorates:

• 1972 Chemistry Award of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• 1985 Wilhelm Klemm Award of the Society of German Chemists^[10]
• 1987 Otto Bayer Award^[11]
• 1990 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize^[12]
• 1998 Dr. rer.nat. h.c. of Technical University Dresden
• 1998 Dr. rer.nat. h.c. of University (TH) Karlsruhe
• 1998 Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry^[13]
• 2001 Dr. phil. h.c. of Stockholm University
• 2002 Dr. h.c. of Université de Rennes I
• 2004 Sir Nevill Mott Lecture, University of Loughborough
• 2004 Liebig-Denkmünze of the Society of German Chemists
• 2011 Terrae Rarae Award^[14]

He is also a member of several academies of sciences:

• 1989 Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz (Corresponding Member since 1994)^[15]
• 1990 Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• 1990 Member of the Academia Europaea^[16]
• 1992 Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• 1998 Member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• 1998 Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences^[17]
• 2003 Honorary Fellow of the Chemical Research Society of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: HAdW Mitglied. www.haw.uni-heidelberg.de. 2018-12-21.
2. Web site: Mitgliederverzeichnis. www.leopoldina.org. de. 2018-12-21.
3. Web site: CV Arndt Simon . www.fkf.mpg.de . 2018-12-21.
4. 1997-07-01. Group 1 and 2 suboxides and subnitrides — Metals with atomic size holes and tunnels. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. en. 163. 253–270. 10.1016/S0010-8545(97)00013-1. 0010-8545. Simon. Arndt.
5. 1985-03-15. Empty, filled, and condensed metal clusters. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. en. 57. 1. 2–16. 10.1016/S0022-4596(85)80055-4. 0022-4596. Simon. Arndt.
6. Braun. Thomas P.. Simon. Arndt. Böttcher. Fred. Ueno. Fumio. 1995. ATh12N6X29 (A  Li…Rb; X  Cl, Br): A New Type of Thorium Cluster with a Th12N6 Core. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 34. 5. 567–569. 10.1002/anie.199505671. 1521-3773.
7. Simon. Arndt. 1983. Intermetallic Compounds and the Use of Atomic Radii in Their Description. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. en. 22. 2. 95–113. 10.1002/anie.198300951. 1521-3773.
8. Simon. Arndt. 1997. Superconductivity and Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. en. 36. 17. 1788–1806. 10.1002/anie.199717881. 1521-3773.
9. Simon. A.. 1970-02-01. Eine Tieftemperatur-Guinier-Kamera zur Untersuchung luftempfindlicher und bei Raumtemperatur flüssiger Stoffe. Journal of Applied Crystallography. de. 3. 1. 18–21. 10.1107/S0021889870005575. 0021-8898.
10. Web site: GDCh-Preise Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.. www.gdch.de. de. 2018-12-21.
11. Web site: Bayer AG - Stiftungen. Communications. Bayer AG. www.bayer-stiftungen.de. de. 2018-12-21. 2018-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105075127/http://www.bayer-stiftungen.de/de/otto-bayer-preis.aspx. dead.
12. Web site: Leibniz-Preis. www.mpg.de. de. 2018-12-21.
13. Web site: RSC Centenary Prize Previous Winners. www.rsc.org. 2018-12-21.
14. 2012. Terrae-Rarae-Preis: A. Simon; NRW-Innovationspreis: S Herres-Pawlis; Albert Einstein World Award of Science: Michael Grätzel. Angewandte Chemie. 124. 19. 4598. 10.1002/ange.201202358. 1521-3757.
15. Web site: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Arndt Simon : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz. www.adwmainz.de. 2018-12-21.
16. Web site: Academy of Europe: Simon Arndt. www.ae-info.org. 2018-12-21.
17. Web site: Arndt Simon Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / S Listes par ordre alphabétique Listes des membres Membres Nous connaître. www.academie-sciences.fr. 2018-12-21.