chemistry

Magalí Lingenfelder

Magalí Lingenfelder is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Magalí Lingenfelder rather than just read about it. In short: Magalí Lingenfelder is an Argentinian-Swiss chemist who led the Max Planck Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience in École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Her work looks to control atomic interfaces for energy conversion and antimicrobial surfaces.

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Reference excerpt

Magalí Lingenfelder is an Argentinian-Swiss chemist who led the Max Planck Laboratory for Molecular Nanoscience in École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Her work looks to control atomic interfaces for energy conversion and antimicrobial surfaces. She was awarded the Max Planck Society Otto Hahn Medal in 2008.

Early life and education Lingenfelder is from Argentina. She was an undergraduate student at the National University of Córdoba. She completed her Master's thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, where she worked on metal-organic coordination complexes. She remained in Germany for her doctoral research, for which she was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal in 2008. Her doctoral research investigated sub-molecular resolution of chiral recognition processes.

Research and career After her PhD, Lingenfelder was a postdoctoral researcher at the Spanish National Research Council Institute of Materials Sciences of Barcelona (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona) and the Molecular Foundry. In 2013, Lingenfelder joined the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Her research investigates the development of carefully controlled molecular assemblies which can respond to external stimuli. Typically, these interactions are determined by energy or charge transfer processes. Lingenfelder showed that it was possible to boost the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrocatalytic water-splitting by functionalising hybrid 2D electrodes with helicene molecules. Specifically, she evaluated the role of chirality by comparing the impact of chiral fused thiadiazole-helicene molecules with 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole, an achiral molecule, on oxygen evolution reactions. She showed that the boost in OER was not solely due to interactions between the thiadiazoles and electrode surfaces. This study also confirmed previously claims of Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity ('CISS') explains that hydrogen peroxide formation is prohibited at spin polarising surfaces.

Selected publications Her publications include:

Emergence of Potential-Controlled Cu-Nanocuboids and Graphene-Covered Cu-Nanocuboids under Operando CO2 Electroreduction Contrasting chemistry of block copolymer films controls the dynamics of protein self-assembly at the nanoscale Local Conformational Switching of Supramolecular Networks at the Solid/Liquid Interface Germanene: the germanium analogue of graphene

Awards and honours 2008 Max Planck Society Otto Hahn Medal 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry collection "Celebrating Excellence in Research: 100 Women of Chemistry" Scientific coordinator of the Argentine Scientists Network in Switzerland, named by the Argentine Minister of Science

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Magalí Lingenfelder

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Magalí Lingenfelder claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Magalí Lingenfelder before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Magalí Lingenfelder ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Magalí Lingenfelder

In research: Magalí Lingenfelder appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Magalí Lingenfelder in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Magalí Lingenfelder is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Argentine chemists, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Magalí Lingenfelder outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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