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11MAR 2026
Dirk Guldi
Dirk Guldi appointed Associate Editor of Chemical Science
Professor Dirk M. Guldi, Chair of Physical Chemistry I at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), has been appointed Associate Editor of Chemical Science as of 1 March 2026. Chemical Science is the flagship open-access journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry and publishes leading research across the full breadth of the chemical sciences. In his new role, […]
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10MAR 2026
FAU Solar News
Energy Hybrid Interfaces Group Secures Front Cover in Advanced Functional Materials
The research group Energy Hybrid Interfaces, led by Pablo Jimenez-Calvo, member of FAU Solar at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), has been awarded a Front Cover in the prestigious journal Advanced Functional Materials. The cover highlights their recent work titled “A Lattice of Ionic Poly(heptazine imide) Frameworks Interconnected by Single Metal Atoms: A Transformative Energy Interface.” Light […]The research group Energy Hybrid Interfaces, led by Pablo Jimenez-Calvo, member of FAU Solar at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), has been awarded a Front Cover in the prestigious journal Advanced Functional Materials. The cover highlights their recent work titled “A Lattice of Ionic Poly(heptazine imide) Frameworks Interconnected by Single Metal Atoms: A Transformative Energy Interface.” Light […]
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05MAR 2026
Dirk Guldi
Dirk M. Guldi at the University of New South Wales
On February 27, 2026, Dirk Guldi delivered the colloquium “Adaptive Photon Management – From Light Capture to Conversion and Storage” at the School of Chemistry, UNSW, University of New South Wales, Australia. Addressing the detailed balance limit of 33% in single-junction photovoltaics, he outlined molecular strategies to mitigate thermalization and sub-bandgap losses. Central to his […]
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10FEB 2026
Carolin Müller
From Empirical Rules to Digital Predictions of ππ* Absorption Maxima
What happens when the wisdom of mid-20th-century chemists meets today’s digital tools? In our recent work, we revisited and digitized the classical empirical rules of Woodward, Fieser, and Kuhn to predict ππ* absorption maxima directly from molecular structure. By translating their additive principles into a modern cheminformatics workflow, we provide a low-cost and interpretable alternative […]What happens when the wisdom of mid-20th-century chemists meets today’s digital tools? In our recent work, we revisited and digitized the classical empirical rules of Woodward, Fieser, and Kuhn to predict ππ* absorption maxima directly from molecular structure. By translating their additive principles into a modern cheminformatics workflow, we provide a low-cost and interpretable alternative […]
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07JAN 2026
Conferences
Pacifichem 2025 Carbon Dots in Action
At the Pacifichem 2025 conference in Honolulu, Dirk Guldi, spokesperson of FAU Solar, showcased cutting-edge advances in carbon dot research, highlighting how these versatile nanomaterials are redefining the landscape of light-driven energy conversion and catalysis. Against the vibrant scientific backdrop of the world’s largest international chemistry meeting, Dirk Guldi delivered an invited lecture entitled “Carbon […]At the Pacifichem 2025 conference in Honolulu, Dirk Guldi, spokesperson of FAU Solar, showcased cutting-edge advances in carbon dot research, highlighting how these versatile nanomaterials are redefining the landscape of light-driven energy conversion and catalysis. Against the vibrant scientific backdrop of the world’s largest international chemistry meeting, Dirk Guldi delivered an invited lecture entitled “Carbon […]
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17DEC 2025
Conferences
Dirk Guldi at the Pacifichem 2025
At the prestigious Pacifichem 2025, hosted by the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Hawaii, Prof. Dirk Guldi, spokesperson of FAU Solar, presented his cutting-edge work on “Adaptive Light Management.” Held from December 15-20, 2025, this event gathered leading scientists from around the globe. Prof. Guldi’s presentation explored innovative strategies for managing […]At the prestigious Pacifichem 2025, hosted by the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Hawaii, Prof. Dirk Guldi, spokesperson of FAU Solar, presented his cutting-edge work on “Adaptive Light Management.” Held from December 15-20, 2025, this event gathered leading scientists from around the globe. Prof. Guldi’s presentation explored innovative strategies for managing […]
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