Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietOrganische Molekülchemie,Organisch-Chemische Technologie
Keywordsfunctional materials, organic electronics, dyes and dye aggregates, conjugated pi-systems, supramolecular chemistry
Auszeichnungen

2019: Adolf-von-Baeyer Denkmünze (GDCh)

2017: Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

2016: Mitglied der Leopoldina

2002: Arnold Sommerfeld Preis

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandDeutschland
OrtWürzburg
Universität/InstitutionJulius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Institut/AbteilungInstitut für Organische Chemie

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Julius Rebek Jr.Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.04.1994

Programm(e)

1993Feodor Lynen-Forschungsstipendien-Programm

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2003F. Würthner, A. Sautter: Energy Transfer in Multichromophoric Self-Assembled Molecular Squares. In: Org. Biomol. Chem., 2003, 240-243
2003U. Haas, J. Adams, J. Fuhrmann, S. Riethmüller, U. Beginn, U. Ziener, M. Möller, C. Thalacker, R. Dobrawa, F. Würthner: Fabrication and Emission Properties of Perylene Bisimide Dye Aggregates Bound to Gold Surfaces and Nanopatters. In: J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 767-772
2003F. Würthner, S. Yao, U. Beginn: Highly Ordered Merocyanine Dye Assemblies by Supramolecular Polymerization and Hierarchical Selforganization. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 3347-3350
2003F. Würthner, S. Yao, U. Beginn: Hochgeordnete Merocyanin-Farbstoffaggregate durch supramolekulare Polymerisation und hierarchische Selbstorganisation. In: Angew. Chem., 2003, 3368-3371
2003R. Wortmann, U. Rösch, M. Redi-Abshiro, F. Würthner: Large electric field effects on dipolar aggregation of merocyanine dyes . In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2003, 2080-2083
2003C. C. You, F. Würthner: Self-Assembly of Ferrocene-Functionalized Perylene Bisimide Bridging Ligands with Pt(II) Corner to Electrochemically Active Molecular Squares. In: J. Am. Che. Soc., 2003,
2002M. O. Vysotsky, V. Böhmer, F. Würthner, C.-C. You, K. Rissanen: Calix[4]arene-functionalized Naphthalene and Perylene Imide Dyes. In: Organic Letters, 2002, 2901-2904
2002C. Thalacker, F. Würthner: Chiral Perylene Bisimide - Melamine Assemblies: Hydrogen Bond-Directed Growth of Helically Stacked Dyes with Chiroptical Properties. In: Adv. Funct. Mater., 2002, 209-218
2002F. Würthner, R. Wortmann, K. Meerholz: Chromophore Design for Photorefractive Organic Materials. In: CHEMPHYSCHEM, 2002, 17-31
2002F. Würthner, S. Ahmed, C. Thalacker, T. Debaerdemaeker: Core Substituted Naphthalene Bisimides: New Fluorophors with Tunable Emission Wavelength for FRET Studies. In: Chem. Eur. J., 2002, 4742-4750
2002F. Würthner, S. Yao, T. Debaerdemaeker, R. Wortmann: Dimerization of Merocyanine Dyes: Structural and Energetic Characterization of Dipolar Dye Aggregates and Implication for Nonlinear Optical Materials. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 9431-9447
2002S. Yao, c. Hohle, P. Strohriegl, F. Würthner: Efficient Synthesis of a Multifunctional Dye Conjugate for Photorefractive Applications. In: Synthesis, 2002, 1143-1146
2002A. Sautter, C. Thalacker, B. Heise, F. Würthner: Hydrogen-Bonded Superstructures form Diazadibenzoperylenes and Substituted Isophatalic Acids. In: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2002, 4993-4996
2002A. P. H. J. Schenning, J. v. Herrikhuyzen, P. Jonkheijm, Z. Chen, F. Würthner, E. W. Meijer: Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Hydrogen-bonded Oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) -Perylene Bisimide Chiral Assemblies. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 10252-10253
2002R. Dobrawa, F. Würthner: Photoluminescent Supramolecular Polymers: Metal-Ion Directed Polymerization of Terpyridine-Functionalized Perylene Bisimide Dyes. In: Chem. Commun., 2002, 1878-1879
2002R. Wortmann, M. Redi-Abshiro, U. Rösch, S. Yao, F. Würthner: Photorefractive organic glasses based on a new chromophore with minimized aggregation tendency. In: Proc. SPIE, 2002, 1-7
2002F. Würthner, A. Sautter, J. Schilling: Synthesis of Diazadibenzoperylenes and Characterization of their Structural, Optical, Redox and Coordination Properties. In: J. Org. Chem., 2002, 3037-3044
2001A. Sautter, D. Schmid, G. Jung, F. Würthner: A Triangle-Square Equilibrium of Metallosupramolecular Assemblies based on Pd(II) and Pt(II) Corners and Diazadibenzoperylene Bridging Ligands. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 5424-5430
2001F. Würthner, Y. Yao, J. Schilling, R. Wortmann, M. Redi-Abshiro, E. Mecher, F. Gallego-Gomez, K. Meerholz: ATOP Dyes. Optimization of a Multifunctional Merocyanine Chromophore for High Refractive Index Modulation in Photorefractive Materials. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 2810-2814
2001L. J. Prins, C. Thalacker, F. Würthner, P. Timmermann, D. N. Reinhoudt,: Chiral Exciton Coupling of Merocyanine Dyes within a well-defined Hydrogen-bonded Assembly. In: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2001, 10042-10045
2001A. Sautter, C. Thalacker, F. Würthner: Control of Liquid Crystallinity by Covalent and Hydrogen-Bonded Attachment of Mesogens to Diazadibenzoperylene Dyes. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2001, 4425-4428
2001F. Würthner: Farbstofforganisate: Biomimetik und funktionelle Materialien. In: Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 2001, 1284-1290
2001F. Würthner, C. Thalacker, S. Diele, C. Tschierske: Fluorescent J-Type Aggregates and Thermotropic Columnar Mesophases of Perylene Bisimide Dyes. In: Chem. Eur. J. , 2001, 2245-2253
2001F. Würthner, A. Sautter, D. Schmid, P. J. A. Weber: Fluorescent and Electroactive Cyclic Assemblies from Perylene Tetracarboxylic Acid Bisimide Ligands and Metal Phosphane Triflates. In: Chem. Eur. J., 2001, 894-902
2001F. Würthner, S. Yao, B. Heise, C. Tschierske: Hydrogen bond directed formation of liquid-crystalline merocyanine dye assemblies. In: Chem. Commun., 2001, 2260-2261
2001F. Würthner,: Kunststoff-Transistoren werden reif für Massenanwendungen in der Mirkoeletronik. In: Angew. Chem. (Highlight), 2001, 1069-1071
2001F. Würthner: Plastic Transistors Reach Maturity for Mass Applications in Microelectronics. In: Int. Ed. Engl., 2001, 1037-1039
2000F. Würthner, S. Yao: Dipolar Dye Aggregates: a Problem for Nonlinear Optics, but a Chance for Supramolecular Chemistry. In: Int. Ed. Engl., 2000, 1978-1981
2000F. Würthner, C. Thalacker, A. Sautter, W. Schärtl, W. Ibach, O. Hollricher: Hierarchical Self-Organization of Perylene Bisimide-Melamine Assemblies to Fluorescent Mesoscopic Superstructures. In: Chem. Eur. J., 2000, 3871-3885
2000F. Würthner, A. Sautter: Highly Fluorescent and Electroactive Molecular Squares Containing Perylene Bisimide Ligands. In: Chem. Commun., 2000, 445-446
2000F. Würthner, S. Yao, R. Wortmann: Molecular Design of Thermally Stable Glass-Forming Merocyanine Dyes. In: J. Information Recording, 2000, 69-86
2000F. Würthner, S. Yao, R. Wortmann: Optimization of Molecular and Supramolecular Properties of Merocyanine Dyes for Photorefractive Organic Glasses. In: Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng., 2000, 186 -187
2000F. Würthner, A. Sautter, C. Thalacker: Substituierte Diazadibenzoperylene: Neue Funktionsbaustoffe für die supramolekulare Chemie; Substituted Diazadibenzoperylenes: New Functional Building Blocks for Supramolecular Chemistry. In: Int. Ed. Engl., 2000, 1243-1245
2000E. Mecher, F. Gallego-Gomez, C. Bäuchle, K. Meerholz, R. Wortmann, S. Yao, A. Sautter, F. Würthner: Towards Morphologically Stable Photorefractive Composites: A Comparative Study of ATOP/PVK-Based Materials. In: Proc. SPIE, 2000, 118-129
1999F. Würthner: DMF in Acetic Anhydride: a Useful Reagent for Mulitple-Component Syntheses of Merocyanine Dyes. In: Synthesis, 1999, 2103-2113
1999F. Würthner, R. Sens, K.-H. Etzbach, G. Seybold: Design, Synthese und Auswertung einer Farbstoffbibliothek: Glasbildende und im Festkörper fluoreszierende Merocyanine für funktionelle Materialien; . In: Angew. Chemie, 1999, 1753-1757
1999S. Beckmann, K.-H. Etzbach, P. Krämer, K. Lukaszuk, R. Matschiner, A. J. Schmidt, P. Schuhmacher, R. Sens, G. Seybold, R. Wortmann, F. Würthner: Electrooptical Chromophores for Nonlinear Optical and Photorefractive Applications. In: Adv. Mater., 1999, 536-541
1999F. Würthner, R. Sens, K.-H. Etzbach, G. Seybold: Farbstoffbibliothek: Galsbildende und im Festkörper fluoreszierende Merocyanine für funktionelle Materialien; Design, Synthesis, and Evaltluation of a Dye Library: Glass-Forming and Solid-State Luminescent Merocyanines for Functional Materials. In: Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. Engl., 1999, 1649-1652
1999F. Würthner, C. Thalacker, A. Sautter: Hierarchical Organization of Functional Perylene Chromophores to Mesoscopic Superstructures by Hydrogen Bonding and pi-pi-Interactions. In: Adv. Mater., 1999, 754-758
1999F. Würthner, A. Sautter, C. Legrand, E. Mecher, K. Meerholz, R. Wortmann: Improved Alignment of Birefringent ATOP Chromophores for High-Performance Photorefractive Materials. In: Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng., 1999, 252-253
1998M. S. Vollmer, F. Würthner, F. Effenberger, P. Emele, D. U. Meyer, T. Stümpfig, H. Port, H. C. Wolf: Anthryloligothienylporphyrins: Energy Transfer and Light-Harvesting Systems. In: Chem. Eur. Journal , 1998, 260-269
1998R. Wortmann, F. Würthner, A. Sautter, K. Lukaszuk, R. Matschiner, K. Meerholz: Highly birefringent neutrocyanine dyes for photorefractive polymers. In: Proc. SPIE, 1998, 41-49
1998K. Meerholz, R. Bittner, E. Mecher, Y. DeNardin, C. Bäuchle, R. Wortmann, F. Würthner: Improved Index Modulation and Stability of Photorefractive Polymers using Merocyanine Dyes. In: Proc. SPIE, 1998, 52-59
1998K. Meerholz, Y. DeNardin, R. Bittner, R. Wortmann, F. Würthner: Improved performance of photorefractive polymers based on merocyanine dyes in a polar matrix. In: Appl. Phys. Lett., 1998, 4-6
1998F. Würthner, C. Thalacker, R. Matschiner, K. Lukaszuk, R. Wortmann: Optimization of neutrocyanine chromophores based on five-membered heterocycles for photorefractive applications. In: Chem. Commun., 1998, 1739-1740
1997F. Würthner, R. Wortmann, R. Matschiner, K. Lukaszuk, K. Meerholz, Y. DeNardin, R. Bittner, C. Bäuchle, R. Sens: Merocyaninfarbstoffe im Cyaninlimit: eine neue Chromophorklasse für photorefraktive Materialien; Merocyanine Dyes in the Cyanine Limit: a New Class of Chromophores for Photorefractive Materials. In: Int. Ed. Engl., 1997, 2765-2768
1995F. Würthner, J. Rebek Jr.: Photoresponsive Synthetic Receptors: Binding Properties and Photocontrol of Catalytic Activity. In: J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans., 1995, 1727-1734
1995F. Würthner, J. Rebek Jr.: Photoschaltbare Katalyse mit synthetischen Rezeptoren. In: Int. Ed. Engl., 1995, 446-448
1995F. Würthner, M. S. Vollmer, F. Effenberger, P. Emele, D. U. Meyer, H. Port, H. C. Wolf: Synthesis and energy transfer properties of terminally substituted oligothiophenes. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 8090-8099
1995F. Effenberger, F. Würthner, F. Steybe: Synthesis and solvatochromic properties of donor-acceptor-substituted obligothiophenes. In: J. Org. Chem, 1995, 2082-2091
1994P. Emele, D. U. Meyer, N. Holl, H. Port, H.C. Wolf, F. Würthner, P. Bäuerle, F. Effenberger: Dual fluorescence of 9-anthryl-substituted oligothiophences in nonpolar environment. In: Chem. Phys., 1994, 417-424