Prof. Dr. F. Würthner - Würthner Group: Organic Materials and Nanosystems Chemistry

Contact:

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:

Manuela Donig

Phone: +49 931 31-83308
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.

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IRTG 2991 - Photoluminescence in Supramolecular Matrices

The International Research Training Group 2991 is an interdisciplinary, knowledge-driven research and training program on innovative supramolecular functional materials with photoluminescent properties. In close collaboration between researchers at JMU Würzburg and the IISER Thiruvananthapuram the team conducts cutting edge research on fluorescent, phosphorescent and higher complexity luminescent materials by making use of smart supramolecular matrices.

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Just published

Semitubular Aromatic Fragment of Schwarzite P192: A Conserved Structural Motif with Two Embedded Octagons
Ming-Wei Wang, Jiangtao Chan, Qirui Long, Yvonne Wagenhäuser, Frank Würthner, Wei Jiang and Zhaohui Wang
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, first published: December 2nd
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c13263

Boron-Doped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis and Functional Properties
M. Schnitzlein, F. Würthner
Chemistry Europe 2025, first published: August 7th
DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202500135

Schwarzite - The holy grail of carbon allotropes
J. Spengler, Y. Wagenhäuser, F. Würthner
Chem 2025, first published: July 28th
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102658

Control of photoluminescence properties by tailored supramolecular matrices
F. Würthner, M. Hariharan
Trends in Chemistry 2025, first published: April 5th
DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2025.03.001

Supramolecular Engineering of Narrow Absorption Bands by Exciton Coupling in Pristine and Mixed Solid-State Dye Aggregates
T. Schembri, J. Albert, H. Hebling, V. Stepanenko, O. Anhalt, K. Shoyama, M. Stolte, F. Würthner
ACS Cent. Sci. 2025, first published: March 14th
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c02157

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

News & Dates

PhD defense

On December 4th, 2025 Jiarong Wu successfully defended her PhD thesis on "Photoswitchable Imines: From Molecular Design to Out-of-Equilibrium Systems". We congratulate Jiarong and wish her all the best for her future career.

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14th SolTech Conference in Bayreuth

The 14th SolTech conference took place in Bayreuth from September 29th to October 1st 2025.

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Foundation for Environment and New Energies supports two master's theses at the Center for Nanosystem Chemistry

On 17 September, the foundation's chairman, Kurt Weller, and its manager, Markus Hartmann, visited the Center for Nanosystem Chemistry and were shown the research on light-harvesting systems and organic semiconductors carried out by the two scholarship holders Lena Frank and Lia-Sophie Helbig as part of their master's theses.

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Hubland Süd, Geb. C1

Würthner Group: Organic Materials and Nanosystems Chemistry

PhD defense

14th SolTech Conference in Bayreuth

Foundation for Environment and New Energies supports two master's theses at the Center for Nanosystem Chemistry

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