Research synopsis
Supramolecular Synthesis: Exploration of physico-chemical principles for the construction of highly defined dye assemblies and elucidation of structure-property relationships by means of structural (NMR, MS, AFM, STM, REM, XRD) and electronic/optical (UV/Vis/NIR absorption, CD, fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry) characterization techniques.

Photofunctional Dye Assemblies: Construction of molecular assemblies composed of dyes and metal centers and investigation of their light harvesting and photocatalytic properties.

Nano and Solid State Chemistry: Engineering of functional nanostructures and complex solid state and thin film materials, including thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals.

Organic Electronics & Photovoltaics: Synthesis of new organic semiconductor molecules and preparation and characterization of organic transistor devices and solar cells based on such molecular semiconductors.

Nanosystems for Biomedicine: Preparation of functional nanosystems and investigation of their interactions with biomacromolecules and biological surfaces.