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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

Self-assembled Ru(bda) Coordination Oligomers as Efficient Catalysts for Visible Light-Driven Water Oxidation in Pure Water
T. Schlossarek, V. Stepanenko, F. Beuerle, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, first published: October 31st
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211445

Activating Organic Phosphorescence via Heavy Metal-π-interaction Induced Intersystem Crossing
M.-J. Sun, O. Anhalt, M. B. Sarósi, M. Stolte, F. Würthner
Adv. Mater. 2022, first published: October 10th
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207331

Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis
N. Noll, A. M. Krause, F. Beuerle, F. Würthner
Nat. Catalysis 2022, first published: October 3rd
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-022-00843-x

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