Ruperto Carola | AG Himmel | AG Gade | AG Pucci | AK Motzkus | AK Bunz | AK Hashmi | Graduate Academy Deutsch

With this graduate college the training of PhD students in material science, in the field of "organic electronics" should the strengthened. To this end a network between the scientific groups of the University of Heidelberg working in this area is established. The graduate college is a stepping stone preparations for larger-scale interdisciplinary projects at the University of Heidelberg in the area of material science, in particular at the now funded CAM.
Synergistically interconnected are 1) the synthesis of new molecular π-systems, design of networks of these molecular building blocks leading to functional materials of one to three dimensions in thin films, 2) material analysis, tests of functionality (especially for applications as semi-conductors in field-effect transistors and as photovoltaic devices) and 3) the development of basic concepts for the understanding of the fundamental phenomena such as charge transport.
The six groups have the required expertise and most of the important analytical tools to deal with all three project areas. However, the main focus of the scientific work in the graduate college will be the synthesis of new π-systems (heteroacenes, perylenes, oligofuranes or guanidine-functionalized aromatic compounds) and the formation of networks of these systems. A detailed analysis of particularly attractive systems as far as the construction of functional devices (e.g. field-effect transistors or photovoltaic panels) will be provided through external collaborations (Müllen (MPI für Polymerforschung, Mainz), Henderson (Gatech U.S.A.), Wöll (KIT, Karlsruhe), Kowalski (iL, TU Braunschweig), Winnacker (Erlangen)).