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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:

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

Thermodynamic insights into the entropically driven self-assembly of amphiphilic dyes in water
P. P. N. Syamala, B. Soberats, D. Görl, S. Gekle, F. Würthner
Chem. Sci. 2019, first published: August, 20th
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC03103K

Synthesis of a Carbon Nanocone by Cascade Annulation
K. Shoyama, F. Würthner
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, first published: August, 5th
DOI: org/10.1021/jacs.9b06617

Tetrahydroxy-Perylene Bisimide Embedded in Zinc Oxide Thin Film as Electron Transporting Layer for High Performance Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells
X. Wen, A. Nowak-Król, O. Nagler, F. Kraus, N. Zhu, N. Zheng, M. Müller, D. Schmidt, Z. Xie, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed./Angew. Chem. 2019, first published: July, 28th
DOI: org/10.1002/anie.201907467

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News & Dates

Frau Meza inspiziert die grüne Ru(III)-Lösung. Sie entsteht am Ende der photokatalytischen Experimente aus dem orange gefärbten Ru(II) und signalisiert den Verbrauch des Katalysators am Ende seiner Lebenszeit. ( Bild: LABORPRAXIS )

“Live in the laboratory” report on photocatalysis

“Laborpraxis” visited the laboratories of the Würthner Group to report about the ongoing research on photocatalytic water splitting. By the development of new water oxidation catalysts the group aims to contribute to the gain of hydrogen as a solar...

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Professor Frank Würthner (Image: Ingo Peters / Universität Würzburg)

Dye Chemistry Transferred to Modern Times

Frank Würthner, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Würzburg, receives a highly renowned prize: He is awarded the Adolf von Baeyer Medal.

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Humboldt Research Award and Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award winners in our faculty

On Friday, March 29th, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research award winners were welcomed to Germany at its traditional annual awards symposium in Bamberg. Three of them are hosted in the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of JMU during their research stays.

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