Dr.-Ing. Peter Rapta

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Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMolecular Chemistry,Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry,Pharmacy
Keywordsspectroelectrochemistry, oligothiophenes, electrochemistry, coordination compounds, charge states

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CountrySlovakia
CityBratislava
InstitutionSlovak University of Technology
InstituteDepartment of Physical Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Lothar DunschAbteilung Elektrochemie und leitfähige Polymere, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW) e.V., Dresden
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1999

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2009Zalibera, Michal; Rapta, Peter; Popov, Alexey; Dunsch, Lothar: Charged states of four isomers of C84 fullerene: in situ ESR/Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry and DFT calculations . In: J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 5141-5149
2009Roland Šolc, Vladimír Lukeš, Michal Ilčin, Peter Rapta, Michal Zalibera, Lothar Dunsch: Semiempirical Molecular Dynamics Study of Empty C2(3)-C82 Fullerene in Neutral and Charged Forms: Geometrical and Spectroscopic Characterization. In: J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 19658-19663
2008Vladimír Lukeš, Katarína Matuszná, Peter Rapta, Roland Šolc, Lothar Dunsch, Adelia Aquino and Hans Lischka: Experimental and theoretical study of model ladder fluoranthenopyracylene with extended pi-conjugation upon charging: Structure and optical properties. In: J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 3949-3958
2008Roland Šolc, Vladimír Lukeš, Peter Rapta, Horst Hartmann, Lothar Dunsch: Structural changes in amino-arylthiophene and 2-diarylthiophene-based starburst compounds upon charging - a theoretical and spectroelectrochemical study. In: ChemPhysChem, 2008, 2501-2509
2008Peter Rapta, Alexey A. Popov, Shangfeng Yang, Lothar Dunsch: The Charged States of Sc3N@C68: An in situ Spetroelectrochemical Study of the Radical Cation and Radical Anion of a Non-IPR Fullerene. In: J. Phys. Chem. A, 2008, 5858-5865
2008Michal Zalibera, Alexey A. Popov, Martin Kalbac, Peter Rapta, and Lothar Dunsch: The Extended View on The Empty C2(3)-C82 Fullerene: Isolation, Spectroscopic, Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Characterization and DFT Calculations. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2008, 9960-9967
2008M. Zalibera, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch: The power of in–situ ESR spectroelectrochemistry in the analysis of a C84 fullerene isomer. In: Electrochemistry Communications, 2008, 943-946
2007S. Yang, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch: The spin state of a charged non-IPR fullerene: The stable radical cation of Sc3N@C68. In: Chem. Commun., 2007, 189-191
2006S. Yang, M. Zalibera, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch: Charge-induced Reversible Rearrangement of Endohedral Fullerenes: Electro-chemistry of Tridysprosium Nitride Clusterfullerenes Dy3N@C2n (2n = 78, 80). In: Chemistry Eur. J., 2006, 7848-7855
2006J. Tarábek, L. Kavan, M. Kalbáč, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch: In situ ESR spectroelectrochemistry of single-walled carbon nanotubes and C60 fullerene peapods.. In: Carbon, 2006, 2147-2154
2006Peter Rapta, Niels Schulte, A. Dieter Schlüter, Lothar Dunsch: In situ Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Ladder Type Oligomers in Solution and the Solid State. In: Chem. Eur. J., 2006, 3103-3113
2006P. Rapta, O. Zeika, D. Rohde, H. Hartmann, L. Dunsch The variety of reactions of radical cations derived from 2-diphenylaminothiophene oligomers. In: Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 7587-7590
2006Peter Rapta, Olaf Zeika, Dirk Rohde, Horst Hartmann, Lothar Dunsch: Thiophene-Thiophene versus Phenyl-Phenyl Coupling in 2-(Diphenylamino)-Thiophenes: In situ ESR-UV/vis/NIR Spectroelectrochemical Study. In: ChemPhysChem, 2006, 863-870
2005Jan Tarabek, Peter Rapta, Evelyn Jaehne, Dirk Ferse, Hans-Juergen Adler, Michel Maumy, Lothar Dunsch: Spectroelectrochemical and potentiometric studies of functionalised electroactive polymers. In: Electrochimica Acta, 2005, 1643-1651
2004Rapta P, Kozisek J, Breza M, Gembicky M, Dunsch L: ESR/UV-Vis-NIR cyclovoltammetry of macrocyclic complex [Cu-I(bite)]BF4 at different temperatures. In: JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY , 2004, 123-129
2004Ján Tarábek, Peter Rapta, Martin Kalbác, Lothar Dunsch: In situ Spectroelectrochemistry of poly(N,N¿-ethylene-bis(salicylideneiminato)Cu(II)). In: Analytical Chemistry, 2004, 5918-5923
2004Rapta P, Lukkari J, Tarabek J, Salomaki M, Jussila M, Yohannes G, Riekkola ML, Kankare J, Dunsch L: Ultrathin polyelectrolyte multilayers: in situ ESR/UV-Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemical study of charge carriers formed under oxidation.. In: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 2004, 434-441
2003L. Dunsch, P. Rapta, A. Gromov, A. Sta¿ko : Spins in [60]fullerene and its C120, C120O and C120OS dimers. An in situ ESR/UV-Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemical study.. In: J. Electroanal. Chem. , 2003, 35-43
2002Peter Rapta, L. Kress, P. Hapiot, L. Dunsch Dimerization of thianthrene radical cations as studied by in situ ESR and UV-Vis-NIR voltammetry at different temperatures. In: Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2002, 4181-4185
2002Peter Rapta, A. Bartl, A. Gromov, A. Sta¿ko, L. Dunsch : In Situ ESR/Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry of [60]fullerene: The origin of ESR ¿spikes¿ and the reactivity of pristine fullerene anions.. In: Chem. Phys. Chem. , 2002, 351-356
2002L. Dunsch, Peter Rapta, N. Schulte, A. D. Schlüter: Structural dependence of redox-induced dimerisation as studied by in situ ESR/UV- Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry: The fluorantheno-pyracylene oligomers. . In: Angew. Chem. , 2002, 2187-2190
2001Peter Rapta, A. Petr, L. Dunsch: Conducting polymers at electrode surfaces as studied by in situ ESR/UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy. In: Synth. Met., 2001, 409-410
2001Peter Rapta, L. Dunsch: Dimerization of organic radical ions and redox reactions of dimers as studied by temperature-dependent in situ ESR/UV-Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry. In: J. Electroanal. Chem., 2001, 287-292
2001Peter Rapta, L. Kavan, L. Dunsch, M. J. Bronikowski, Pl Willis, R. E. Smalley: Electrochemical tuning of electronic structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes: in situ Raman and Vis-NIR study. In: J. Phys. Chem. B, 2001, 10764-10771
2001Peter Rapta, J. Tarabek, M. Wolter, W. Plieth, M. Maumy, L. Dunsch: Functionalized conducting polymers for chemical sensors (in situ ESR/UV-Vis-NIR voltammetric study). In: Macromol Symp., 2001, 219-225
2000L. Kavan, P. Rapta, L. Dunsch: In situ Raman and Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry at single-walled carbon nanotubes.. In: Chem. Phys. Lett., 2000, 363-368
2000L. Kavan, Peter Rapta, L. Dunsch: In-Situ Raman and VIS-NIR Spectroelectrochemistry at Carbon Nanotubes. In: Electronic Properties of Novel Materials ¿ Molecular Nanostructures, Ed.: Kuzmany H., Melville: Amer. Inst. Physics (Series: Aip Conference Proceedings), 2000, 258-261
2000Peter Rapta, A. Stasko, A. V. Gromov, A. Bartl, L. Dunsch: Simultaneous in situ ESR/Vis-NIR spectroelectrochemistry of C120O. In: Proc. ¿ Electrochem. Soc. 2000 (Fullerenes 2000: Electrochemistry and Photochemistry), Ed.: S. Fukazumi, F. D¿Sonza, D. Guldi,., Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ., 2000, 10-17