During his PhD studies, Thomas Bjørn Egede Grønbech researched the chemical bonds inside solid, crystalline materials exhibiting favourable properties for thermoelectric application or magnetism. The bonds within these materials can be modelled experimentally based on single-crystal x-ray diffraction from which the properties of the materials can be understood. Thomas Bjørn Egede Grønbech researched a connection between the structures of the materials, their chemical bonds, and their properties. Particularly, a set of inorganic compounds with low thermal conductivity and a series of magnetic metal organic compounds are understood based on the observed bonds.

The new research findings contribute to the understanding of material properties in the language of chemistry and can support rational design of materials.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Friday, 24. of November 2023 at 13:15
Place: Building 1514, room 213, Lecture Theatre Auditorium I, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C
Title of PhD thesis: Chemical Bonding Analysis of Charge Densities in Inorganic Materials
Contact information: Thomas Bjørn Egede Grønbech, e-mail: bjorn@chem.au.dk, tel.: +45 21736365

Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Piero Macchi, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Professor Wolfgang Scherer, Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Germany

Associate Professor Martin Bremholm (chair), Institut for Kemi, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark

Main supervisor:
Professor Bo Brummerstedt Iversen, Institut for Kemi, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark

Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS, Jens Baggesens Vej 53, building 5221, 8200 Aarhus N.