Herbert Ipser, Emeritus at the University of Vienna, Austria, celebrates his 70th birthday on September 22, 2017.

Professor Ipser’s research focuses on materials chemistry. His interests include intermetallics, liquid alloys, and lead-free solder materials.

Herbert Ipser studied chemistry at the University of Vienna, where he received his Ph.D. in 1974. From 1974 to 1976, he held a post-doc position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, in the group of Austin Chang. Ipser then returned to the University of Vienna as Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1993 and to Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1998, and retired in 2015. He was President of the Austrian Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Österreichischer Chemiker, GÖCH) from 2011 to 2016.

Selected Publications

• Nanocomposite SAC solders: morphology, electrical and mechanical properties of Sn-3.8Ag-0.7Cu solders by adding Co nanoparticles,
  A. Yakymovych, Yu. Plevachuk, P. Švec, D. Janičkovič, P. Šebo, N. Beronská, M. Nosko, L. Orovcik, A. Roshanghias, H. Ipser,
  J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 2017, 28, 10965–10973.
  DOI: 10.1007/s10854-017-6877-7
• Microstructure and Electro-Physical Properties of Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu Nanocomposite Solder Reinforced with Ni Nanoparticles in the Melting-Solidification Temperature Range,
  A. Yakymovych, Yu. Plevachuk, V. Sklyarchuk, B. Sokoliuk, T. Galya, H. Ipser,
  J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 2017, 38, 217–222.
  DOI: 10.1007/s11669-017-0532-0
• Synthesis and Characterization of Pure Ni and Ni-Sn Intermetallic Nanoparticles,
  A. Yakymovych, H. Ipser,
  Nanoscale Res. Lett. 2017.
  DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-1894-2
• A new investigation of the system Ni–Sn,
  Clemens Schmetterer, Hans Flandorfer, Klaus W. Richter, Usman Saeed, Matthieu Kauffman, Pascal Roussel, Herbert Ipser,
  Intermetallics 2007, 15, 869–884.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2006.10.045
• Magnetic order and defect structure of Fe_xAl_1−x alloys around x=0.5: An experimental and theoretical study,
  J. Bogner, W. Steiner, M. Reissner, P. Mohn, P. Blaha, K. Schwarz, R. Krachler, H. Ipser, B. Sepiol,
  Phys. Rev. B 1998, 58, 14922–14933.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.14922
• Thermodynamic properties of Iron–Tellurium alloys,
  H. Ipser, K. L. Komarek,
  Monatsh. Chem. 1974, 105, 1344–1361.
  DOI: 10.1007/BF00909872

Also of Interest

• Our Standard Of Living Is Due To The Achievements of Chemistry,
  Eva E. Wille,
  ChemViews Mag. 2015.
  Herbert Ipser on the importance of chemical societies and the situation in Austria