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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
wuerthner@uni-wuerzburg.de

Administrative Assistant:

Sarah Bullnheimer

Phone: +49 931 31-85339
l-oc2.chemie@uni-wuerzburg.de

Key research interests

The research programme of our group is devoted to functional dyes and the development of methodologies for the self-assembly of pi-conjugated molecules into nanoscale and condensed phase materials for highly desirable (opto-)electronic, photovoltaic and biomedical applications as well as(photo-)catalytic water splitting.

Since more than a decade, our group has been intensively investigating the organization of various classes of dyes, including merocyanines, squaraines, diketopyrrolopyrroles, chlorins, and in particularperylene bisimides by non-covalent forces into desirable nanoscale architectures as well as liquid-crystalline and crystalline solid state materials. Our efforts resulted in unique smart electronic and photofunctional materials based on self-assembled dyes that could be embedded in technical devices like organic field effect transistors and organic solar cells.

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Just published

Deracemization of Carbohelicenes by a Chiral Perylene Bisimide Cyclophane Template Catalyst
M. Weh, J. Rühe, B. Herbert, A.-M. Krause, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., first published: April 28th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104591

Polymorphism in squaraine dye aggregates by self‐assembly pathway differentiation: Panchromatic tubular dye nanorods versus J‐aggregate nanosheets
C. Shen, D. Bialas, M. Hecht, V. Stepanenko, K. Sugiyasu, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., first published: March 10th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102183

Cover Picture:
DOI:10.1002/anie.202104207

Switching Resonance Character within merocyanine stacks and it's impact one excited-state dynamics
T. Kim, S. Kang, E. Kirchner, D. Bialas, W. Kim, F. Würthner, D. Kim
Chem. 2020, first published: December 31st
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr2020.12.003

For more papers, please visit our page "all publications"