The Voskuhl group, established in autumn 2015 at the University of Duisburg-Essen, is interested in luminescence phenomena. The research focus, in this regards, lays on the investigation of novel emitters for materials science as well as biomedical imaging. Here the influence of aggregation phenomena on the photophysical properties plays a crucial role and is investigated in detail. To this end, the research of the Voskuhl group can be regarded as interdisciplinary, working between different disciplines such as organic chemistry, physics, medicine, biology as well as materials science.

Alex successfully defended his thesis entitled "Photoluminescence Modulation of Terephthalonitrile Systems for Applications in Biomedicine and Materials Science". Congratulations Alex and all the best for the future!

Diana rejoined our group and will be involved in organic synthesis, handling of analytical instruments and organizing the group :) Welcome back and all the best for the start!

Lina, Alexandra, and Rieke started their Bachelor's thesis in our group. All the best for the upcoming weeks. We are looking forward to new and fascinating luminophores.

Sid´s publication about a simple push-pull napthalonitrile-based luminophore with ultralong phosphorescence was published in ChemPhotoChem. Congrats, well done.

Viki rejoined our group to pursue her master's project on novel luminescent rhenium complexes. Welcome and good luck!

The Voskuhl group visited the SupraChem 2026 in Dortmund. We had great scientific discussions and a lot of fun. In addition, we are happy that Lea won one of the poster prizes with her contribution about novel selenium-based emitters. Congrats!

Alex and Tobi published their shared work on luminescent arylazopyrazoles, which were embedded in liquid crystalline systems and used in additive manufacturing, in ACS Appl. Opt. Mater.. This is publication number 100 from the Voskuhl group. Congrats to everyone!

Marco completed his PhD and is now the 10th PhD to graduate from our group. His thesis was about novel photocyclization to obtain emissive dibenzothiophenes. Well done and all the best for the future!

We are happy that Silpa joined our group as a postdocroral research fellow. She will work on novel emissive rhenium complexes and triptycene-based emitters. Good luck Silpa!

As the last official part of the year, we, the groups Voskuhl, Giese and Hirschhäuser, celebrated our annual Christmas party. It was a successful year and a great party. Thanks to everyone for your never ending support and your hard work!