People

Research area:
Physical Chemistry, ultrafast two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

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Physical Chemistry, gase phase spectroscopy

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Organic Chemistry, RNA aptamers & fluorescent DNA

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Physical Organic Chemistry, J-coupled NIR Emitters

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Organic Chemistry, SAXS/WAXS soft matter X-ray & mesogen design

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Theoretical Chemistry, excited state dynamics, radiative & non-radiative rates, simulation of spectra

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Inorganic Chemistry, chiral heteroaromatic luminophores

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Organic Chemistry, solid state NMR on micellar and polymeric systems

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Theoretical Chemistry, QM of multiexciton states, metadynamics for functional landscapes

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Biotechnology and Biophysics, luminescence microscopy and imaging

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Organic Chemistry, supramolecular functional materials

Rerearch area:
Photochemistry and Physical Chemistry, time-resolved optical spectroscopy

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Physical Chemistry, time-resolved vibrational & circular dichroism spectroscopy

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Photochemistry and Physical Organic Chemistry, fluorescence sensors, porous solids

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Organic Solid-State Chemistry, carbohydrates, peptides, organogels

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Theoretical Chemistry and Quantum Chemistry, computational material science

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Photochemistry, optical and chiroptical spectroscopy, plasmonics

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Bioorganic Chemistry, DNA based supramolecular structures

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Physical Chemistry, NMR of peptide/protein/nucleic acid frameworks

Student Representative (JMU)

Research topic:

Relativistic description and functional optimization in large organic aggregates using a model CI Hamiltonian

Supervisors: M. Röhr, F. Würthner, R. S. Swathi

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NMR-spectroscopic characterization and mechanistic elucidation of fluorogenic RNA-aptamer-ligand-complexes

Supervisors: C. Höbartner, M. Röhr, V. Vijayan

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Spectroscopic characterization of dyes for high-end microscopy in cells

Supervisors: M. Sauer, A. C. Pöppler, R. Varghese

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Machine learning-driven design of supramolecular host matrices for enhanced J-aggregate luminescence

Supervisors: R. Mitric, C. Lambert, R. S. Swathi

Student Representative (JMU)

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NIR dyes in organic matrices

Supervisors: C. Lambert, T. Brixner, K.M. Sureshan

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Synthesis and investigations of chiral, shape-persistent C3-symmetric star mesogens with fluorophore guests for CPL emission

Supervisors: M. Lehmann, F. Würthner, K. G. Thomas

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Selection and characterization of novel photoluminescent RNA aptamers

Supervisors: C. Höbartner, M. Sauer, V. Vijayan

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Aza-doped helical aromatic bisimides and their J-Aggregates

Supervisors: F. Würthner, M. Lehmann, M. Hariharan

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Haloalkanes and haloalkane radicals: reactivity and intermolecular interactions

Supervisors: I. Fischer, R. Mitric, A. Lakshmanna

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Studying photoluminescent dye manifolds in protein environments

Supervisors:  V. Vijayan, T. Brixner

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NIR emitters in porous peptide and carbohydrate matrices

Supervisors: K. M. Sureshan, C. Lambert

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Luminescent G-quadruplexes

Supervisors: R. Varghese, M. Sauer

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Cell organelle targeting fluorescent DNA nanoparticles

Supervisors: R. Varghese, C. Höbartner

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Circularly polarized phosphorescence of pnictogen-containing helicenes

Supervisors:  K. G. Thomas, A. Nowak-Król

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Generation of circular polarized light by emitter embedment in liquid crystalline matrices

Supervisors: K. G. Thomas, M. Lehmann

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Chiral benzoporphyrins for circularly polarized NIR phosphorescence

Supervisors:  M. Hariharan, F. Würthner

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Generating emissive triplet excited states in polycyclic aromatic compounds

Supervisors: M. Hariharan, F. Würthner

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Unravelling excited state pathways for merocyanine dyes 

Supervisors: A. Lakshmanna , F. Würthner

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Nonradiative relaxation and fluorescence quantum yields in J-aggregates

Supervisors: R. S. Swathi, R. Mitrić

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Influence of halogen bonding on the excited-state properties of o-halogen-substituted aromatic carbonyl compounds in gas phase

Supervisors: J. N. Moorthy, I. Fischer

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Large polycyclic aromatic hosts for molecular recognition and supramolecular assemblies

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Design of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes