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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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Conformation and Aromaticity Switching in a Curved Non-Alternant sp2 Carbon Scaffold
C. Zhu, K. Shoyama, F. Würthner
Angew. Chemie Int. Ed./Angew. Chem. 2020, first published: August 20th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010077

Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE): A Historical Perspective
F. Würthner
Angew. Chemie Int. Ed/Angew. Chem. 2020, first published: July 13th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007525

1-Mono- and 1,7-Disubstituted Perylene Bisimide Dyes with Voluminous Groups at Bay Positions: In Search for Highly Effective Solid-State Fluorescence Materials
M. Stolte, T. Schembri, J. Süß, D. Schmidt, A. Krause, M. Vysotsky, F. Würthner
Chem. Mater. 2020, first published: June 30th
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02115

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PhD Defence

On September 10, 2020 Marius Wehner successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Supramolecular Polymorphism in Homo- and Heterochiral Supramolecular Polymerizations". We congratulate Marius and wish him all the best for his future career.

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PhD Defence

On July 24, 2020 Ana-Lucia Meza Chincha successfully defended her PhD thesis on "Catalytic Water Oxidation with Functionalized Ruthenium Macrocyles". We congratulate Ana-Lucia and wish her all the best for her future career.

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PhD Defence

On February 20, 2020 Meike Sapotta successfully defended her PhD thesis on "Perylene Bisimide Cyclophanes: Recognition of Alkaloids, Aggregation Behavior in Aqueous Environment and Guest-Mediated Chirality Transfer". We congratulate Meike and wish...

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