We are a synthetic chemistry group with a focus on layered and macrocyclic materials.
Our interests are centered on synthetic organic chemistry of polyaromatic scaffolds. This approach develops new concepts for advanced materials based on a molecular design. Experimental skills within the fields of synthetic chemistry, self-assembly, inorganic templating, and physical chemistry are required to achieve that goal.
Current projects include:
- Growth and crystallization methods of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with 2D layered structure
- Supramolecular chemistry of strained aromatic macrocycles
- Chiral carbon-rich COFs
- Photomagnetic Switches & Chemistry with stable diradicals
- Redox-active materials for battery electrodes
- Photocatalysis with organic materials
Techniques and methods you can learn in our group:
– Synthetic organic chemistry of small molecules incl. their characterization (NMR, IR, MS, etc)
– Synthetic polymer chemistry of 2D covalent organic frameworks
– Supramolecular chemistry, host–guest interactions and their quantitative analysis
– Single-crystal X-ray crystallography within our group (crystal growth, mount crystals and measure X-ray diffraction, analyze X-ray data and solution of structure)
– Advanced NMR spectroscopy (2D techniques between heteroatoms, diffusion-ordered NMR, and NMR titrations)
– Chiral resolution of racemic mixtures via HPLC (chiral stationary phase)
– Advanced microscopy (TEM, AFM, SEM, fluorescence confocal) in collaboration with our partners at HU Berlin
– Electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry
– Optical spectroscopy (UV/vis/NIR, fluorescence emission)
– Computational Chemistry (quantum chemical calculations, DFT methods, simulations of spectroscopic and molecular properties, molecular dynamics, reactions pathways, and mechanisms) using Gaussian16 and related software.
Please contact us directly to learn about our specific projects.