Our Expertise
The design of novel boron-containing molecules and materials and their accessibility on a preparative scale are crucial requirements for the successful application of boron-based materials. Besides the requisite broad synthetic spectrum, spectroscopic expertise and profound knowledge in materials characterization will be critical to the success of our ambitious research goals.
The expertise of the ICB core research groups is summarized below:
Synthesis
- Synthesis of reactive low-valent boron compounds
- Synthesis of boron-containing heterocycles
- Synthesis of structurally-diverse diboranes
- Synthesis of organometallic and organoelement polymers
- Borate anions: synthesis, coordination and ionic liquids
- Boron clusters: selective functionalization & cluster Aufbau
- Boron-fluorine chemistry • weakly coordinating anions (WCAs)
- Azaborole/azaborine helicenes - synthesis & characterization of axially chiral compounds
- Chiral and achiral boron-containing photoswitches
Analytics
- EPR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry of boron compounds
- Mulit-core NMR spectroscopy of boron compounds
- Cyclic voltammetry & impedance spectroscopy
- Thermal analysis (DSC & STA), viscometry & rheology
- Optical and chiroptical properties (circularly-polarized luminescence and circular dichroism, DFT calculations)
Applications
- Nitrogen activation
- Battery electrolytes
- New catalysts
- Energy generation & storage
- Industrial chemical synthesis
