IRTG 2991 - International Research Training Group 2991

Welcome

IRTG 2991 is an international and interdisciplinary, knowledge-driven research and training program on innovative supramolecular functional materials with photoluminescent properties. In close collaboration between researchers at Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg (JMU) and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM) the team conducts cutting edge research projects on fluorescent, phosphorescent and higher complexity luminescent materials by making use of smart supramolecular matrices. The research program includes synthetic organic and biomolecular chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry for structure and function elucidation, and applications in bioimaging and OLED devices.

Spokespersons

Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner

Institute of Organic Chemistry &
Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU)
Germany

Prof. Dr. Mahesh Hariharan

School of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM)
India
https://chemistry.iisertvm.ac.in/

Contact: irtg2991@uni-wuerzburg.de

Just published

Exploring the Excited State Mechanisms of a Viscosity-Sensitive Zeromethine Merocyanine Dye Emitter. Fichtner, Julian; Verma, Preetika; Sárosi, Menyhárt; Stolte, Matthias; Yapamanu, Adithya Lakshmanna; Würthner, Frank
Chem. Sci. 2026, first published 12.10.2026
DOI:10.1039/D6SC05772A

Triplet Generation in a Terrylene Bisimide Cyclophane by External Heavy Atom Effect of Encapsulated Brominated Pyrene Guest. Rühe, Jessica; Mentzel, Paul; Schmiedel, Alexander; Holzapfel, Marco; Sárosi, Menyhárt; Lambert, Christoph; Würthner, Frank
J. Phys. Chem. B 2026, first published 03.09.2026
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6c02940

Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Bowl-Shaped Imide-functionalized Corannulenes at Ensemble and Single-Molecule Levels. Thavamani, Tamizharasan; Maret, Philip Daniel ; Amalnadh, T.; Bausback, Alexander; Shoyama, Kazutaka; Würthner, Frank; Hariharan, Mahesh
Chem. Sci. 2026, first published 26.08.2026
DOI: 10.1039/D6SC05125A

Planar Chiral Carbazole-Naphthalene Bisimide Hetero-Cyclophane for Circularly Polarized Delayed Fluorescence. Debnath, Sanchari; Garain, Swadhin; Wagenhäuser, Yvonne; Würthner, Frank
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, first published: July 6th.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.2300390

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CNC Young Investigator Seminar Series by Jun. Prof. Dr. Hannah Kurz, Friday November 06th, 2026, 11:15 am; seminar room 01.001 (CNC, building C8)

Jun. Prof. Dr. Hannah Kurz, University of Bayreuth, is giving us her honor by visiting the CNC and she is giving us a lecture of "Towards Multifunctional Coordination Cages" at 11:15 am

We are looking forward to an exciting lecture.

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IRTG 2991 – Workshop on “Porous Materials” and “Supramolecular Chemistry in Water” with Guest Visits of Prof. J. N. Moorthy and Prof. Werner Nau

For one month, Prof. J. N. Moorthy (IIT Kanpur, India) is a visiting professor at the Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC). In addition, Prof. Werner Nau (Constructor University Bremen, Germany) joined us on September 28/29, 2026 for an IRTG hybrid workshop which covered the topics of “Porous Materials” and “Supramolecular Chemistry in Water”.

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Ehrendoktorwürde für Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy

Die Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie hat Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, Professor am Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, feierlich die Ehrendoktorwürde verliehen.

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International Research Training Group 2991

CNC Young Investigator Seminar Series by Jun. Prof. Dr. Hannah Kurz, Friday November 06th, 2026, 11:15 am; seminar room 01.001 (CNC, building C8)

IRTG 2991 – Workshop on “Porous Materials” and “Supramolecular Chemistry in Water” with Guest Visits of Prof. J. N. Moorthy and Prof. Werner Nau

Ehrendoktorwürde für Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy

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