Prof. Dr. Frans Carl De Schryver

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Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsPreparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers,Experimental and Theoretical Polymer Physics,Spectroscopy
Keywordsfluorescence, microscopoy, single molecule, scanning tunneling microscopy, ultra fast spectroscopy

Current contact address

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gerhard WegnerMax-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Klaus MüllenAbteilung für Synthetische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/1993

Program(s)

1992Humboldt Research Award Programme
2001Max Planck Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2004M. Lor, L. Viaene, R. Pilot, E. Fron, S. Jordens, Gerd Schweitzer, T. Weil, K. Müllen, J.W. Verhoeven, M. Van derAuweraer, F.C. De Schryver: Photophysical Study of Electron Transfer and energy hopping processes in first generation mono- and multichromophoric triphenylamine core dendrimers. In: J. Phys. Chem, 2004, 10721-10731
2004J.Q. Qu, N.G. Pschirer, D.J. Liu, A. Stefan, F.C. De Schryver, K. Müllen: Dendronized perylenetetracarboxdiimides with peripheral triphenylamines for intramolecular energy and electron transfer. In: Chemistry A European Journal, 2004, 528-537
2004S. Masuo, T. Vosch, M. Cotlet, P.Tinnefeld, S. Habuchi, T.D.M. Bell, I. Oosterling, D. Beljonne, B. Champagne, K. Müllen, M. Sauer, J. Hofkens, F.C. De Schryver: Multichromophoric dendrimers as single photon sources: a single molecule study. In: J. Phys. Chem. B,, 2004, 16686-16696
2004A. Margineanu, J. Hofkens, M. Cotlet, S. Habuchi, A. Stefan, J. Qu, C. Kohl, K. Müllen, J. Vercammen, Y. Engelborghs, T. Gensch, F.C. De Schryve: Photophysics of a water-soluble rylene dye comparison with other fluorescent molecules for biological applications. In: J. Phys.Chem;B, 2004, 12242-12251
2004M. Cotlet, S. Masuo, G. Luo, J. Hofkens,M. Van der Auweraer, J. Verhoeven, K. Müllen, X.Sunney Xie, F.C. De Schryver: Probing conformational dynamics in single donor-acceptor synthetic molecules via photo induced reversible electron transfer. In: Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA,, 2004, 14343-14348
2004R.A.L. Vallée, M. Cotlet, M. Van der Auweraer, J. Hofkens, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver Single molecule conformations probe-free volume in polymers. In: J.Am.Chem.Soc, 2004, 2296-2297
2004M. Cotlet, T. Vosch, S. Masuo, M. Sauer, K. Müllen, J. Hofkens, F.C. De Schryver: Single molecule spectroscopy to probe competitive fluorescence resonance energy transfer pathways in bichromophoric synthetic systems. In: SPIE, 2004, 20-28
2003M. Lor, S. Jordens, G. De Belder, G. Schweitzer, E. Fron, L. Viaene, M. Cotlet, T. Weil, K. Müller, J.W. Verhoeven, M. Van der Auweraer, F.C. De Schryver: Direct proof of electron transfer in a rigid first generation triphenyl amine core dendrimer substituted with a peryleneimide acceptor. In: Photochem.& Photophys.Sci., 2003, 501-510
2003S. Jordens, G. De Belder, M. Lor, G. Schweitzer, M. Van der Auweraer, T. Weil, E. Reuther, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Energy transfer within perylene-terrylene dendrimers evidenced by polychromcatic transient absorption measurements . In: Photochem. and Photobiol. Science, 2003, 177-186
2003J. Hofkens, T. Vosch, M. Cotlet, S. Habuchi, K. Van Der Biest, K. Müllen, G. Dirix, J. Michiels, J. Vanderleyden, M. Sauer, F.C. De Schryver: Excited state processes in individual multichromophoric systems1. In: Proceedings of SPIE, 2003, 1 -10
2003D. Liu, S. De Feyter, M. Cotlet, A. Stefan, U-M. Wiesler, A. Herrmann, D. Grebel-Koehler, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Fluorescence and intramolecular energy transfer in polyphenylene dendrimers. In: Macromoleculares, 2003, 5918-5925
2003D. Liu, S. De Feyter, M. Cotlet, U.-M. Wiesler, T. Weil, A. Herrmann, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Fluorescent self-assembled polyphenylene dendrimer nanofibers. In: Macromolecules, 2003, 8489-8498
2003S. Jordens, G. De Belder, M. Lor, G. Schweitzer, M. Van der Auweraer, T. Weil, A. Herrmann, U.-M. Wiesler, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Generation dependent Singlet-Singlet Annihilation within multichromophoric dendrimers studied by Polychromatic transient absorption. In: Photochem. & Photobiol. Sci., 2003, 1118-1124
2003M.M.S. Abdel-Mottaleb, S. De Feyter, M. Sieffert, M. Klapper, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: In situ investigation of dynamical nano-phase separation . In: Langmuir, 2003, 8256-8261
2003M. Cotlet, R. Gronheid, S. Habuchi, A. Stefan, A. Barbafina, K. Müllen, J. Hofkens, F.C. De Schryver: Intramolecular directional Förster resonance energy transfer at the single molecule level in a dendritic system. In: J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2003, 13609-13617
2003G. Schweitzer, R. Gronheid, S. Jordens, M. Lor, G. De Belder, T. Weil, E. Reuther, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Intramolecular directional energy transfer processes in dendrimers containing perylene and terrylene chromophores. In: J.Phys.Chem., 2003, 3199-3207
2003A. Miura, S. De Feyter, M.M.S. Abdel-Mottaleb, A. Gesquière, P.C.M. Grim, G. Moessner, M. Sieffert, M. Klapper, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Light and STM-tip induced formation of one-dimensional and two-dimensional organic nanostructures. In: Langmuir, 2003, 6474-6482
2003T. Vosch, M. Cotlet, J. Hofkens, K. Van der Biest, M. Lor, K. Weston, Ph. Tinnefeld, M. Sauer, L. Latterini, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Probing Förster type energy pathways in a first generation rigid dendrimer bearing two perylene imide chromophores. In: J.Phys.Chem., 2003, 6920-6931
2003J. Hofkens, M. Cotlet, T. Vosch, P. Tinnefeld, K.D. Weston, C. Ego, A. Grimsdale, K. Müllen, D. Beljonne, J.-L: Brédas, S. Jordens, G. Schweitzer, M. Sauer, F.C. De Schryver: Revealing competitive Förster-type resonant energy transfer pathways in single bichromophoric molecules. In: Proc.Acad.Sci. USA, 2003, 13146-13151
2003R. Gronheid, A. Stefan, M. Cotlet, J. Hofkens, J. Qu, K. Müllen, M. Van der Auweraer, J.W. Verhoeven, F.C. De Schryver: Reversible intramolecular Electron Transfer at the Single Molecule Level . In: Angew.Chem., 2003, 4209-4214
2003R.A.L. Vallée, M. Cotlet, J. Hofkens, F.C. De Schryver, K. Müllen: Spatially hetrogeneous dynamics in polymer glasses at room temperature probed by single molecule lifetime fluctuations. In: Macromoleculares, 2003, 7752-7758
2003D. Grebel-Koehler, D. Liu, S. De Feyter, V. Enkelmann, T. Weil, C. Engels, C. Samyn, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Synthesis and Photomodulation of Rigid Polyphenylene Dendrimers with an azobenzene core. In: Macromoleculares, 2003, 578-590
2003J. Qu, D. Liu, S. De Feyter, J. Zhang, F.C. De Schryver, K. Müllen: Synthesis and optical properties of polyphenylene dendrimers based on perylenes. In: J.Org.Chem., 2003, 9802-9808
2003S. De Feyter, A. Gesquière, M. Klapper, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver: Towards two-dimensional supramolecular control of hydrogen-bonded arrays: the case of isophthalic acids. In: Nano Letters, 2003, 1485-1488
2002S. De Feyter, A. Gesquière, F.C. De Schryver, U. Keller, K. Müllen: Aggregation properties of soluble quinacridones in two and three dimensions. In: Chem.Mater., 2002, 989-997
2002Ph. Tinnefeld, K.D. Weston, T. Vosch, M. Cotlet, J. Hofkens, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver, M. Sauer: Antibunching in the emission of a single tetrachromophoric dendritic system . In: J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2002, 14310-14311
2002F. Jäckel, S. De Feyter, J. Hofkens, F. Köhn, F.C. De Schryver, C. Ego, K. Müllen: Conformational characterization from modulated single molecule fluorescence intensity traces. In: Chem.Phys.Lett., 2002, 534-540
2002F. Köhn, J. Hofkens, R. Gronheid, M. Cotlet, K. Müllen, M. Van der Auweraer, F.C. De Schryver: Excitation energy-transfer in dendritic host-guest donor-acceptor systems. In: Chem.Phys.Chem., 2002, 985-1072
2002M. Lor, R. De, S. Jordens, G. De Belder, G. Schweitzer, M. Cotlet, J. Hofkens, T. Weil, A. Herrmann, K. Müllen, M. Van der Auweraer, F.C. De Schryver: Generation dependent energy dissipation in rigid dendrimers studied by femto- to nanosecond time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. In: J.Phys.Chem., 2002, 2083-2090
2002R. Gronheid, J. Hofkens, F. Köhn, T. Weil, E. Reuther, K. Müllen, F. C. De Schryver: Intramolecular Forster energy transfer in dendric systems at the single molecule level. In: J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2002, 2418-2419
2002M. Lor, J. Thielemans, L. Viaene, M. Cotlet, J. Hofkens, T. Weil, C. Hampel, K. Müllen, J.W. Verhoeven, M. Van der Auweraer and F.C. De Schryver: Photo-induced electron transfer in a rigid first generation triphenylamine core dendrimer substituted with a peryleneimide acceptor. In: J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2002, 9918-9925
2002H. Zhang, P.C.M. Grim, D. Liu, T. Vosch, S. De Feyter, U.-M. Wiesler, A. J. Berresheim, K. Müllen, C. Van Haesendonck, N. Vandamme and F.C. De Schryver: Probing carboxylic acid group in replaced and mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers by individual ionized dendrimer moleculares: an atomic force microscopy study. In: Langmuir, 2002, 1801-1810
2002D. Liu, H. Zhang, P.C.M. Grim, S. De Feyter, U.-M. Wiesler, A.J. Berresheim, K. Müllen, F. C. De Schryver: Self-assembly of polyphenylene dendrimers inot micrometer long nanofibers: an atomic force microscopy study. In: Langmuir, 2002, 2385-2391