Prof. Dr. F. Würthner

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:

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

Growth of Merocyanine Dye J-Aggregate Nanosheets by Living Supramolecular Polymerization
L. Kleine-Kleffmann, A. Schulz, V. Stepanenko, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, first published: November 14th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314667

Donor-acceptor complex formation by social self-sorting of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and perylene bisimides
S. Soldner, O. Anhalt, M. B. Sárosi, M. Stolte, F. Würthner
Chem. Commun. 2023, first published: August 31st
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC03704E

Enantiopure J-Aggregate of Quaterrylene Bisimides for Strong Chiroptical NIR-Response
B. Mahlmeister, T. Schembri, V. Stepanenko, K. Shoyama, M. Stolte, F. Würthner
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, first published: June 7th
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03367

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