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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

Tuning exciton coupling of merocyanine nucleoside dimers by RNA, DNA and GNA double helix conformations
J. Dietzsch, D. Bialas, J. Bandorf, F. Würthner, C. Höbartner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2021, first published: December 22nd
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116783

12b,24b-Diborahexabenzo[a,c,fg,l,n,qur]pentacene: A Low-LUMO Boron-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
C. Mützel, J. M. Farrel, K. Shoyama, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, first published: December 16th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202115746

Folding-induced Fluorescence Enhancement in a Series of Merocyanine Hetero-Folda-Trimers
A. Schulz, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, first published: November 16th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114667

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