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.

We are happy, that Johanna is joining our group to write her bachelor thesis. Her topic will be about new emissive carbazole-dibenzochalcogenophene conjugates - Good luck

Marco, Sid and Rick published their shared work on novel dibenzochalcogenophenes in Chemical Communications. In this study they were able to show not only, that these compounds have impressive photophysical properties, but also their ability to produce singlet oxygen. Congrat everyone.

We are happy and super excited to welcome three new PhD students. Murat will work on novel luminescent photoswitches, Ben is interested in triptycenes and Jana will focus on small molecular emitters. Good luck for the upcoming years!

Kevin, Lea and Sid published a new paper in ChemPlusChem about luminescenct amphiphiles based on our developed Cyanostyryl-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole binding motif. Here they investigated the self-assembly properties, the 2+2 cycloaddition and the cellular uptake. Congrats everyone!

Marco, Lea and Jan published a comprehensive review about small luminescent dibenzochalcogenophenes in Chem. Eur. J.  - Congrats everyone!

Matthias finished successfully his PhD about novel GCP ligands with aggregation-induced emission properties for protein recognition. Congrats and all the best for the future!

Alex and Tobi published their work on the influence of steric pressure in emissive systems in the renowned journal Chemical Science. Congrats!

Rick and Lea attended the 19th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry 2025 in Kyoto. Both presented a poster and enjoyed various enlightening discussions. Besides conference, they had the chance to experience the fascinating japanese culture and culinary specialties on their trip!
 

Leo and Yuri have embarked on their Bachelor's Thesis within our group – wishing them all the best and lots of success in the months ahead!

Lea published her work on chalcogen-carbonyl interactions in CrystEngComm, presenting a novel self-complementary binding motif for supramolecular applications - Congrats Lea!