Nanosystems Chemistry - Center for Nanosystems Chemistry

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner

Institut für Organische Chemie &
Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC)
Am Hubland
97074 Würzburg, Germany

Phone: +49 931 31-85340
Fax: +49 931 31-84756
frank.wuerthner@uni-wuerzburg.de

Administrative Assistant:

Sabrina Fischer
Phone: +49 931 31-81710
cnc@uni-wuerzburg.de

Solar Technologies Go Hybrid

SolTech is an interdisciplinary project initiated by the Government of Bavaria to explore innovative concepts for converting solar energy into electricity and non-fossil fuels. SolTech complements research by chemists and physicists at five different Bavarian Universities and is funded with 50 million Euros.

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Bavarian Polymer Institute

The Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Polymers of the Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI), initiated in 2016 as a joint research institute of the Universities of Bayreuth, Erlangen-Nürnberg and Würzburg. Within this strategic collaboration, the three North Bavarian Universities combine their expertise in the fields of polymer science and polymer engineering. The Bavarian Polymer Institute fosters cutting-edge interdisciplinary research by enabling strategic and infrastructural collaborations with joint research projects and the establishment of common know-how-chains.

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Just published

Enzyme-Like Synthetic Cleft for Light-Driven Water-Oxidation Catalysis Via an Oxide Relay Pathway
D. A. P. Friedewald, G. Das, P. H. Kirchner, O. Anhalt, D. Tang, S. Luber, F. Beuerle, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026 , first published: May 31st
DOI: 10.1002/anie.390251

Distorted Nanographenes by Embedding a Cyclopenta[a]heptalene Core and Multiple Additional Heptagons: Chiral Supramolecular π-Dodecamer and Co-crystal with Fullerenes
H. Zhang, W. Liu, T. Zhang, Y. Wagenhäuser, L. Zhang, F. Würthner, C. Zhu
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, first published: April 22nd
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c02700

Generating extended foldamer dye stacks and unravelling their evolving exciton dynamics
L. Ernst, Y. Hong, H. Song, W. Zhang, E. Lass, D. Kim, F. Würthner
Nature Chemistry 2026, first published: March 23rd
DOI: 10.1038/s41557-026-02082-0

Guest-Induced Activation of Multicolor Photoluminescence in Naphthalene Bisimide Liquid Crystals
J. Nowarra, S. Garain, M. Stolte, F. Würthner
Advanced Materials 2026, first published: February 25th
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202520184

Flexibility Induced by Four Heptagons: A Negatively Curved Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cut-Out of Schwarzite P216
J. Spengler, Y. Wagenhäuser, M. Kuhstrebe, F. Würthner
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, first published: February 19th
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c22358

For more selected papers of the CNC, please visit our page "research"

News & Dates

Dual Tallk at the CNC Young Investigator Seminar by Prof. K. Mahata and Prof. S. Ghosh, Friday 19th June, 2026, 11 am, seminaroom (CNC, 1.001)

Prof. Kingsuk Mahata (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India) and Prof. Suhrit Ghosh (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata, India) are giving a Dual lecture on Friday 19th June at 11 am in the CNC-semianrroom (CNC, 1.001)

We are looking forward to an exciting Dual Talk

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Prof. Makoto Fujita visits CNC as Humboldt Research Award Winner

In May 2026, the Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC) hosted Prof. Makoto Fujita (University of Tokyo) for a one-month stay.

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CNC and GDCh lecture by Prof. Makoto Fujita, Thursday 28th May, 2026, 4:15 pm, lecture hall C (building C3)

Prof. Makoto Fujita (Tokyo University, Japan) is giving us a lecture on "Molecular Confinement Effects within Self-Assembled Cages" at 4:15 pm.

We are looking forward to an exciting lecture.

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Hubland Süd, Geb. C8

Center for Nanosystems Chemistry

Dual Tallk at the CNC Young Investigator Seminar by Prof. K. Mahata and Prof. S. Ghosh, Friday 19th June, 2026, 11 am, seminaroom (CNC, 1.001)

Prof. Makoto Fujita visits CNC as Humboldt Research Award Winner

CNC and GDCh lecture by Prof. Makoto Fujita, Thursday 28th May, 2026, 4:15 pm, lecture hall C (building C3)

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