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.

Jens gave a keynote lecture of our work in the field of photoresponsive luminophores at the University of Münster in the framework of the Nanotour 2024. He was invited by the groups of Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo, Prof. Frank Glorius and Lobel laureate Prof. Ben L. Feringa (Groningen - NL) - what an honor.

Jana and Ben started their "Vertiefungspraktikum" in our group - all the best and good luck for the upcoming months!

We are pleased that a new piece of equipment has just arrived in our labs: a Quantaurus-QY spectrometer by Hamamatsu. This vital instrument lets us measure photoluminescence quantum yields in solid-state and solution at room temperature or 77 K. 

After her Vertiefung in our group, Mandy decided to continue working with us for her Master's thesis. We wish her all the best!

Together with several colleagues from Germany, Jens took part in the Indo-German Workshop on Supramolecular Systems (SupraSys) in Goa, India. This event will strengthen collaborations and knowledge transfer between scientists in both countries. Cheers to India!

Kevin absolved his defense with an excellent presentation and a cheerful celebration afterwards. Congratulations on the well-deserved title!

We recently discovered a photoinduced cyclization of thioethers, which can be induced in materials to generate phosphorescent motifs. Together with the groups of Strassert and Haberhauer as well as support from the Co-Creation Lab Product Innovations, we published the results in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to everybody involved!

Jens was invited to the 6^th International Conference on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE6) in Boston. As a plenary speaker, he presented our group's progress and met the leading experts on aggregation-induced emission. What an honour!  

As time ran fast, Katrin finished her year of training in our group. While we wish her all the best, we welcome two new faces: Ayliz and Diana are joining our group for their second year of training. Welcome here!

During Jan's doctoral studies, he merged the supramolecular GCP binding motif with the photoswitchable cyanostilbene unit to obtain luminescent ligands for bioimaging. The results were just published in Chem. Eur. J. Nice work!