Investigation of the Ultrafast Dynamics of Heteropolycycles with Multidimensional Femtosecond Spectroscopy (B04)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 281029004

Within the scope of this project, we will explore the initial steps in the ultrafast dynamics of Singlet-Fission and investigate how molecular structure and packing dictate reactive rates, relaxation pathways, electronic couplings, loss-channels and eventually efficiencies. In order to address such different molecular and material responses in various time scales, we will perform complementary time-resolved spectroscopy methods on molecular systems with designed chemical and geometrical structures. These methods will also be extended and applied to novel N-heteropolycycles with unique photophysical properties like multiradical character, stable anions, charge transfer states, etc.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1249: N-Heteropolyzyklen als Funktionsmaterialien
• Applicant Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Project Heads: Dr. Tiago Buckup; Professor Dr. Marcus Motzkus, until 1/2020 (†)