Theodor Förster
Theodor Förster | |
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| Born | May 15, 1910 Max Planck Institute University of Stuttgart |
| Thesis | Zur Polarisation von Elektronen durch Reflexion (1933) |
| Doctoral advisor | Erwin Madelung |
| Other academic advisors | Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer |
| Notable students | Hermann Schmalzried |
Theodor Förster (May 15, 1910 – May 20, 1974) was a German physical chemist known for theoretical work on light-matter interaction in molecular systems such as fluorescence and resonant energy transfer.
Education and career
Förster was born in
From 1947 to 1951 he worked at the
Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry in Göttingen as a department head. In 1951, he became a professor at the University of Stuttgart.[3] He passed away due to a heart attack in 1974.[4]
Research
Among Förster's greatest achievements is his contribution to the understanding of FRET (Förster resonance energy transfer). The term Förster radius, which is related to the FRET phenomenon, is named after him.[3] He also proposed the Förster cycle to predict the acid dissociation constant of a photoacid.[3] He also discovered excimer formation in solutions of pyrene.[3][5]
Work
Book
- Förster, Theodor: Fluoreszenz organischer Verbindungen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1950. – Unveränd. Nachdr. d. 1. Aufl., im Literaturverz. erg. um spätere Veröff. d. Autors. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1982 – ISBN 3-525-42312-8*
Papers
- Förster, Theodor (1949-05-01). "Experimentelle und theoretische Untersuchung des zwischenmolekularen Übergangs von Elektronenanregungsenergie". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 4 (5): 321–327. S2CID 102175097.
- Förster, Theodor (1975), "Excimers and Exciplexes", The Exciplex, Elsevier, pp. 1–21, ISBN 978-0-12-290650-3, retrieved 2022-11-29
Literature
- A. Weller: Nachruf auf Theodor Förster. In: Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie 78 (1974) p. 969 [with Porträt].
- George Porter: Some reflections on the work of Theodor Förster. In: Die Naturwissenschaften 63 (1976) 5, p. 207–211.
References
- ^ "Förster, Theodor (1910-1974), Physiker, Physikochemiker". www.kipnis.de. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Zweite aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 158.
- ^ PMID 21344592.
- ^ ISSN 0022-2313.
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