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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

Site-specific chemical doping reveals electron atmospheres at the surfaces of organic semiconductor crystals
T. He, M. Stolte, R. Renner, P. Ruden, F. Würthner, C. Frisbie
Nature Mater. 2021, first published: August 30th
DOI: 10.1038/a41563-021-01079-z

Double J-Coupling Strategy for Near Infrared Emitters
C. Shen, M. Stolte, J. Kim, A. Rausch, F. Würthner
J. Am. Chem. Soc., first published: July 29th
DOI: 10.2021/jacs.1c05934

Surface-Promoted Evolution of Ru-bda Coordination Oligomers Boosts the Efficiency of Water Oxidation Molecular Anodes
M. Gil-Sepulcre, J. Lindner, D. Schindler, L. Velasco, D. Moonshiram, O. Rüdiger, S. DeBeer, V. Stepanenko, E. Solano, F. Würthner, A. Llobet
J. Am. Chem. Soc., first published: July 22nd
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04738

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