Hartmut Bärnighausen (born 16 February 1933 in Chemnitz) is a German chemist and crystallographer. He is known for establishing the Bärnighausen trees which describe group-subgroup relationships of crystal structures.[1]

Life

Bärnighausen studied Chemistry at Leipzig University and received his diploma after a diploma thesis with Leopold Wolf in 1955.[1] In May 1958, he flew from East Germany to University of Freiburg, where he worked with Georg Brauer.[1] He finished his doctorate in the group of Georg Brauer in 1959.[1] In 1967, he received his habilitation.[1] From 1967 to 1998, he was a professor for inorganic chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe.[1]

Research

His research focused on the following topics:

  • crystallographic group theory in crystal chemistry (Bärnighausen trees)[1]
  • synthesis and characterization of new compounds in including rare earth metals[1]
  • structure refinements of twinned crystals[1]

Awards

He was awarded the Carl Hermann Medal of the German Crystallographic Society in 1997.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bronger, W.; Dehnicke, K.; Hanke, W. (2003). "Gratulation: Professor Hartmut Bärnighausen zum 70. Geburtstag am 16. Februar 2003". Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 629 (3): 363–364. doi:10.1002/zaac.200390058. ISSN 1521-3749.
  2. ↑ "Winners of the Carl-Hermann-Medal | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallographie". dgk-home.de. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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