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

Room-Temperature Near-Infrared Phosphorescence from C64 Nanographene Tetraimide by π-Stacking Complexation with Platinum Porphyrin
M. A. Niyas, S. Garain, K. Shoyama, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, first published: May 7th
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202406353

A Terrylene Bisimide based Universal Host for Aromatic Guests to Derive Contact Surface-Dependent Dispersion Energies
J. Rühe, M. Rajeevan, K. Shoyama, R. S. Swathi, F. Würthner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, first published: February 28th
DOI: 10.1002.anie202318451

A Water-Stable Boronate Ester Cage
P. H. Kirchner, L. Schramm, S. Ivanova, K. Shoyama, F. Würthner, F. Beuerle
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, first published: February 7th
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12002

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News & Dates

PhD defense

On May 21, 2024 Lara Kleine-Kleffmann successfully defended her PhD thesis on "Seed- and Additive-Regulated Living Supramolecular Polymerization of Dye Molecules". We congratulate Lara and wish her all the best for her future career.

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ISSDMC 2024 at South China University of Technology

From May 11-14, 2024 Zengqi Xie (Guangzhou) and Frank Würthner (Würzburg) organized the International Symposium on Supramolecular Dye and Materials Chemistry 2024 (ISSDMC 2024) at South China University of Technology in Guangzhou. At this occasion 25…

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ISMSC 2024 - International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry

Five members of the Würthner and Greenfield group joined this year’s ISMSC (05.05. – 10.05.2024) in Hangzhou, China. Over 100 talks from international and domestic researchers, a Chinese Banquet, and a trip around the truly beautiful city made it a…

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Hubland Süd, Geb. C1

Würthner Group: Organic Materials and Nanosystems Chemistry

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PhD defense

ISSDMC 2024 at South China University of Technology

ISMSC 2024 - International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry

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