Professor Dr. Ullrich Scherf
Macromolecular Chemistry
Functions
Vice director Wuppertal Center for Smart Materials & Systems (CM@S)
Research
The Scherf group conducts experimental research in the materials science of functional polymers:
- (Semi-)conductive polymer materials
- Polymer-based hybrid materials
- Conjugated polyelectrolytes
- Microporous polymer networks
Current projects:
- Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Hybrids
- Rigid Polymer Helices Conjugated Polyelectrolytes
- Electrosynthesis of Microporous Polymer Networks
Publications
An Organic Borate Salt with Superior p-Doping Capability for Organic Semiconductors.
B. Wegner, D. Lungwitz, A. E. Mansour, C. E. Tait, N. Tanaka, T. Zhai, S. Duhm, M. Forster, J. Behrends, Y. Shoji, A. Opitz, U. Scherf, E. J. W. List-Kratochvil, T. Fukushima, N. Koch
Adv. Sci. 2020, 2001322
Trap-Assisted Triplet Emission in Ladder-Polymer-Based Light-Emitting Diodes.
E. Khodabakhshi, C. Ramanan, J. J. Michels, S. Bonus, D. Hertel, K. Meerholz, M. Forster, U. Scherf, P. W. M. Blom
Adv. Electron. Mater. 2020, 2000082
Ultrafast Single-Molecule Fluorescence Measured by Femtosecond Double-Pulse Excitation Photon Antibunching.
J. Schedlbauer, P. Wilhelm, L. Grabenhorst, M. E. Federl, B. Lalkens, F. Hinderer, U. Scherf, S. Höger, P. Tinnefeld, S. Bange J. Vogelsang, J. M. Lupton
Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 1074-1079 .
Reliably Estimating the Length of the Effectively Conjugated Segment in Ladder Poly(para-phenylene)s.
R. Ammenhäuser, A. Helfer, U. Scherf
Org. Mater. 2020, 2, 159-164
Boosting Oxygen Reduction of Single Iron Active Sites via Geometric and Electronic Engineering: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dual-Coordination.
K. Yuan, D. F. Lützenkirchen-Hecht, L. Li, L. Shuai, Y. Li, R. Cao, M. Qiu, X. Zhuang, Yi. Chen, M. K.H. Leung, U. Scherf
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5, 2404–2412
