PhD Students from FAU Solar won the GSMS Winterschool 2024 Research Proposal Competition
We are pleased to announce that PhD students from FAU Solar research groups have collectively won the research project competition…
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Organic Chemistry II (Prof. Dr. Hirsch)
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-65581
- Email: andreas.hirsch@fau.de
- Website: https://www.oc2.chemistry.nat.fau.eu
Publications
- Al-Fogra, S., Yang, B., Morozov, B., Bozinovic, F., Mack, E., Feng, S.,... Wei, T. (2026). Spatially Resolved Click Patterning of Dyes on Graphene for 2D Hybrids with Regiotunable Fluorescence. Advanced Functional Materials, 36(14). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202517138
- Aravind, A., Gerein, K., Hirsch, A., Hauke, F., & Brunner, E. (2026). Chitin/Graphene Oxide Composite Materials for Heavy-Metal-Ion Adsorption. ACS Omega, 11(21), 31182-31196. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.6c00814
- Arslanova, K., Shkodra, B., Klenk, S., Knirsch, K., Hirsch, A., Kohler-Karaaslan, A.,... Duesberg, G.S. (2026). Electrolyte-Gated Graphene FETs for Acetylcholine Detection via Functional Layer-assisted Transfer Approach. IEEE Sensors Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2026.3653458
- Eisenkolb, J., Assebban, M., Dierke, T., Maultzsch, J., Hirsch, A., & Hauke, F. (2026). Laser-Induced Chemical Patterning of Graphene-Black Phosphorus Hybrids. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.71127
- Mora-Fuentes, J.P., Villar-Castro, D., Barbosa-de-Bessa, J.F., Aranda, D., Hampel, F., Pérez, D.,... Hirsch, A. (2026). Tuning the Twist by Molecular Design: A New Strategy for Hexabenzocoronene-Containing Helical Twistacene. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202503509
- Nagel, T., Eisenkolb, J., Hirsch, A., & Hauke, F. (2026). Iterative laser-induced dual-component covalent patterning of graphene. Carbon, 255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2026.121556
- Nagel, T., Feuerstein, L., Gerein, K., Wolff, S., Maultzsch, J., Hirsch, A.,... Hauke, F. (2026). Electrochemical Modulation of Laser-Induced Covalent Functionalization of Graphene. Advanced Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.75454
- Schulze, E., Mack, E., Ritterhoff, C., Borucu, U., Meyer, B., Guldi, D.M., & Hirsch, A. (2026). Multidirectional Charge Separation in Self-Assembled Aggregates of Perylenebisimide-Porphyrin Bola-Supra-Amphiphiles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202523324
- Wang, B., Jia, S., Liu, Z., Qin, C., Yuan, S., Hirsch, A.,... Bao, L. (2026). Ultra-Low-Threshold Laser Patterning of Graphene With a Modular Sulfonium Library for Programmable Work-Function Engineering. Advanced Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.74231
- Buck, J., Hampel, F., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Triskelion-Shaped Hexabenzocoronenes: Synthesis and Characterization of Tris-Substituted HBC Derivatives. Chemistry - A European Journal, 31(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202404000
- Chen, X., Wolff, S., Zuieva, S., Schusterbauer, R., Shaikh, R.M., Halbig, C.E.,... Hirsch, A. (2025). Patterned Assembly of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide/Graphene Heterostructures via Direct Laser Writing. Advanced Functional Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202425776
- Dierke, T., Wolff, S., Gillen, R., Eisenkolb, J., Nagel, T., Maier, S.,... Maultzsch, J. (2025). Moiré Lattice of Twisted Bilayer Graphene as Template for Non-Covalent Functionalization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202414593
- Franz, E., Fickenscher, G., Schulze, E., Krappmann, D., Weidlich, A., Luchs, T.,... Libuda, J. (2025). Electroswitchable Noble-Metal-Free Catalysis for Molecular Solar Thermal Systems. ACS Energy Letters, 3196-3202. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01341
- Franz, E., Oberhof, N., Krappmann, D., Baggi, N., Hussain, Z., Moth-Poulsen, K.,... Libuda, J. (2025). Tuning Electrocatalytic Energy Release in Norbornadiene Based Molecular Solar Thermal Systems Through Substituent Effects. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502294
- Krappmann, D., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Synthesis and photoinduced switching properties of C7-heteroatom containing push–pull norbornadiene derivatives. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 21, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.21.64
- Krappmann, D., Müller, A.J., Schulze, E., Maid, H., Dreuw, A., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Low Molecular Weight Multistate Photoswitches Based on Simple Norbornadiene-Triazine Scaffolds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(35). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202507999
- Kröckel, C., Ludacka, U., Singh, R., Kotakoski, J., Hauke, F., Hirsch, A.,... Chacón-Torres, J.C. (2025). Structural stability in potassium doped single-walled carbon nanotubes, and surface functionalization. Carbon, 234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.119992
- Krüger, J., Nagel, T., Yang, B., Hauke, F., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Spatially Resolved 2D Laser Writing on Graphene Using Diazonium Salts. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502468
- Liu, X., Wei, T., Englhard, J., Barr, M., Hirsch, A., & Bachmann, J. (2025). Chemical Vapor Deposition Strategy of Fe-N-C Nanotubes for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202413035
- Mörsel, S., Hampel, F., & Hirsch, A. (2025). A novel CoF3-mediated fluorination approach toward crystalline perthiolated coronenes. Tetrahedron Letters, 169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2025.155728
- Mörsel, S., Ritterhoff, C., Kellner, R., Meyer, B., & Hirsch, A. (2025). N-Heterocycle-Substituted Hexa-peri-Hexabenzocoronenes with Windmill Architectures. Chemistry - A European Journal, 31. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403124
- Müller, L., Zehetmeier, A., Höfling, A., Gaß, H., Voß, J., Krappmann, D.,... Halik, M. (2025). Tailorable Nanoparticles for Magnetic Water Cleaning of Polychlorinated Biphenyls. Small Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202500537
- Nagel, T., Gerein, K., Hauke, F., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Laser-Induced Covalent Defunctionalization of Graphene — Precise Patterning and Site-Selective Removal of Functional Groups. Advanced Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202511481
- Nagel, T., Jurkiewicz, L., Hauke, F., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Laser-Initiated Covalent Functionalization of Graphene Using Perfluorophenylazides with Local Addend-Binding Control. physica status solidi (b). https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202500348
- Nagel, T., Wolff, S., Feng, S., Weber, H.B., Maultzsch, J., Hauke, F., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Towards precision controlled 2D functional group patterning of graphene via laser writing. Carbon, 241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120376
- Oleszak, C., Ritterhoff, C., Schulze, E., Hirsch, A., Meyer, B., & Jux, N. (2025). A synthetic methodology toward π-extended porphyrin-rylenediimide conjugates. RSC Advances, 15(2), 1212-1219. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra08045a
- Pinter, S., Strassner, N.M., Krappmann, D., Schulze, E., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Advancing Bidirectional Photoswitching of Norbornadienes: Exclusively Light-Induced Interconversion of Imide- and Ortho-Connected Norbornadiene-Perylene Diimide Hybrids. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502610
- Rocha Ortiz, A., Suleymanov, A.A., Puhlmann, P., Krischer, D., Müller, C., Zahn, D.,... Hirsch, A. (2025). Hexabenzocoronene–Benzimidazole Hybrid Architectures and Faraday Rotation of the First Hexabenzocoronene–Phthalocyanine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202522494
- Schulze, E., Wu, M., Hofmann, C., Spiecker, E., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Synthesis and Self-Assembly of a Discotic Oligo-Carboxylate Tetra-Porphyrin-Perylenebisimide Amphiphile. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502093
- Schulze, E., Wu, M., Methfessel, C., Spiecker, E., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Synthesis and Aggregation of Amphiphilic Porphyrin-Perylenebisimide Dyads. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500279
- Steiger, F., Edelthalhammer, K., Lucherelli, M.A., Wabra, I., Requena-Ramírez, J., Castro, E.,... Perez-Ojeda Rodriguez, M.E. (2025). Benzonitrile-driven discharge of potassium-intercalated carbon allotropes. Carbon, 120379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120379
- Stiegler, L., Wedler, V., Büküşoğlu, İ., Hirsch, A., Peukert, W., & Walter, J. (2025). Investigation of the Degree of Functionalization and Colloidal Stability of Shell-by-Shell Functionalized TiO2 Nanoparticles as a Function of Different Phosphonic Acid Chain Lengths. Chemistry - A European Journal, 31. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202501008
- Wedler, V., Stiegler, L., Gandziarowski, T., Walter, J., Peukert, W., Distel, L.,... Klein, S. (2025). Shell-by-Shell functionalized nanoparticles as radiosensitizers and radioprotectors in radiation therapy of cancer cells and tumor spheroids. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114276
- Wei, T., & Hirsch, A. (2025). Covalent Patterned Functionalization of Graphene. In Nazario Martín, Colin P. Nuckolls (Eds.), Molecular Nanographenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. wiley.
- Al-Fogra, S., Rohde, R.S., Speck, M., Hauke, F., Hirsch, A., & Wei, T. (2024). Spatially resolved fluoroalkylation and alkylation of graphene by direct laser writing. Chemical Communications (London), 60, 734-737. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC05355E
- Eisenkolb, J., Lloret, V., Zink-Lorre, N., Pla, S., Abellán, G., Sastre-Santos, Á.,... Hirsch, A. (2024). Investigations of Crucial Factors for the Non-Covalent Functionalization of Black Phosphorus (BP) using Perylene Diimide Derivatives for the Passivation of BP Nanosheets. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402166
- Eschenbacher, R., Hemauer, F., Franz, E., Leng, A., Schwaab, V., Waleska-Wellnhofer, N.,... Libuda, J. (2024). Au-Catalyzed Energy Release in a Molecular Solar Thermal (MOST) System: A Combined Liquid-Phase and Surface Science Study. Chemphotochem, 8. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202300155
- Fickert, M., Martinez-Haya, R., López-Alcalá, D., Hauke, F., Baldoví, J.J., Hirsch, A., & Abellán, G. (2024). Fluorination of antimonene hexagons. Chemical Communications. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc03423f
- Gerein, K., Unmu Dzujah, D., Yu, H., Hauke, F., Heine, T., Hirsch, A., & Wei, T. (2024). Laser-Driven Modular Precision Chemistry of Graphene Using λ3-Iodanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202414090
- Krappmann, D., & Hirsch, A. (2024). Synthesis, Characterization and Interconversion of p–Tolylsulfone-Functionalized Norbornadiene/Quadricyclane Couples. Chemistry - A European Journal, 30(55). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202401391
- Lucherelli, M.A., Stiegler, L., Steiger, F., Åhlgren, E.H., Requena-Ramírez, J., Castro, E.,... Abellán, G. (2024). Carbon nano-onions: Individualization and enhanced water dispersibility. Carbon, 218, 118760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118760
- Schulze, E., Ritterhoff, C., Franz, E., Tavlui, O., Brummel, O., Meyer, B., & Hirsch, A. (2024). Synthesis and Characterization of Bola-Amphiphilic Porphyrin-Perylenebisimide Architectures. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303515
- Wachter, M., Scholz, B., Schulze, E., Hampel, F., Perez-Ojeda Rodriguez, M.E., & Hirsch, A. (2024). Regioselective Synthesis of Hamilton‐Receptor‐Fullerene Oligo‐Adducts for the Supramolecular Binding of Cyanuric Derivatives. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400915
- Freiberger, M., Solymosi, I., Freiberger, E.M., Hirsch, A., Perez-Ojeda Rodriguez, M.E., & Drewello, T. (2023). A Molecular Popeye: Li+@C60 and its Complexes with [n]Cycloparaphenylenes. Nanoscale. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NR07166E
- Hemauer, F., Krappmann, D., Schwaab, V., Hussain, Z., Freiberger, E.M., Waleska-Wellnhofer, N.,... Papp, C. (2023). Surface science and liquid phase investigations of oxanorbornadiene/oxaquadricyclane ester derivatives as molecular solar thermal energy storage systems on Pt(111). Journal of Chemical Physics, 159(7). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0158124
- Hemauer, F., Schwaab, V., Freiberger, E.M., Waleska, N., Leng, A., Weiß, C.,... Papp, C. (2023). Surface Studies on the Energy Release of the MOST System 2-Carbethoxy-3-Phenyl-Norbornadiene/Quadricyclane (PENBD/PEQC) on Pt(111) and Ni(111). Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202203759
- Jakšić, J., Solymosi, I., Hirsch, A., Perez-Ojeda Rodriguez, M.E., Mitrović, A., & Maslak, V. (2023). Sugar‐bridged fullerene dumbbells and their interaction with the [10]cycloparaphenylene nanoring. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301061
- Kolesnik-Gray, M., Meingast, L., Siebert, M., Unbehaun, T., Huf, T., Ellrott, G.,... Krstic, V. (2023). Unconventional conductivity increase in multilayer black phosphorus. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-023-00384-2
- Liu, X., Yang, B., Zhou, X., Wu, M., Spiecker, E., Bachmann, J.,... Wei, T. (2023). Synergistic Combination of Reductive Covalent Functionalization and Atomic Layer Deposition—Towards Spatially Defined Graphene-Organic-Inorganic Heterostructures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202314183
- Mörsel, S., Kellner, R., & Hirsch, A. (2023). Thioether-Substituted Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26(20). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202300299
- Müller, J., Müller, J., Buck, J., & Hirsch, A. (2023). Carpet Beater Molecules: Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Hexa-peri-benzocoronene–Alkyne Coupling Products. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202201310
- Rocha Ortiz, J.S., Wu, J., Wenzel, J., Bornschlegl, A., Perea, J.D., Leon, S.,... Brabec, C. (2023). Enhancing Planar Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Innovative Dumbbell-Shaped HTMs: A Study of Hexabenzocoronene and Pyrene-BODIPY-Triarylamine Derivatives. Advanced Functional Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202304262
- Rocha-Ortiz, J.S., Montalvo-Acosta, J.J., He, Y., Insuasty, A., Hirsch, A., Brabec, C., & Ortiz, A. (2023). Structure and linkage assessment of T-shaped Pyrrolidine[60]Fullerene- and Isoxazoline[60]Fullerene-BODIPY-triarylamine hybrids. Dyes and Pigments, 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111445
- Rocha-Ortiz, J.S., Wu, J., Wenzel, J., Bornschlegl, A., Perea, J.D., Leon, S.,... Brabec, C. (2023). Enhancing Planar Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Innovative Dumbbell-Shaped HTMs: A Study of Hexabenzocoronene and Pyrene-BODIPY-Triarylamine Derivatives. Advanced Functional Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202304262
- Solymosi, I., Neiß, C., Maid, H., Hampel, F., Solymosi, T., Görling, A.,... Perez-Ojeda, M.E. (2023). Dictating Packing and Interactions of Perylene Bisimides within Cyclophane Structures in the Solid State. ChemistrySelect, 8(17). https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202300523
- Steiger, F., Kaiser, P., Assebban, M., Hirsch, A., Abellan, G., Echegoyen, L.,... Lloret Segura, V.J. (2023). Improving Oxygen Reduction Reaction ORR Fuel Cell Efficiency with Carbon Nano Onions. In 243rd ECS Meeting with the Eighteenth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (pp. 1115-1115). Boston, US.
- Von Lueders, L., Tilmann, R., Lee, K., Bartlam, C., Stimpel-Lindner, T., Nevanen, T.K.,... Duesberg, G.S. (2023). Functionalisation of Graphene Sensor Surfaces for the Specific Detection of Biomarkers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(22). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202219024
- Zika, W., Leng, A., Weiß, R., Pinter, S., Schüßlbauer, C., Clark, T.,... Guldi, D.M. (2023). Driving the quadricyclane-to-norbornadiene isomerization by charge separation with perylenediimide as electron acceptor. Chemical Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc03679k
- Al-Fogra, S., Yang, B., Jurkiewicz, L., Hauke, F., Hirsch, A., & Wei, T. (2022). Spatially Resolved Janus Patterning of Graphene by Direct Laser Writing. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c07280
- Alex, W., Lorenz, P., Henkel, C., Clark, T., Hirsch, A., & Guldi, D.M. (2022). Solar Energy Storage: Competition between Delocalized Charge Transfer and Localized Excited States in the Norbornadiene to Quadricyclane Photoisomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 199, 153-162. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c04322
- Bao, L., Zhao, B., Ali, M., Assebban, M., Yang, B., Kohring, M.,... Hirsch, A. (2022). Hierarchical Assembly and Sensing Activity of Patterned Graphene-Hamilton Receptor Nanostructures. Advanced Materials Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202200425
- Chen, X., Assebban, M., Kohring, M., Bao, L., Weber, H.B., Knirsch, K., & Hirsch, A. (2022). Laser-Triggered Bottom-Up Transcription of Chemical Information: Toward Patterned Graphene/MoS2 Heterostructures. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(22), 9645-9650. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c00642
- Dierke, T., Dasler, D., Nagel, T., Hauke, F., Hirsch, A., & Maultzsch, J. (2022). Spatial Control of Graphene Functionalization by Patterning a 2D Substrate: Implications for Graphene Based van-der-Waals Heterostructures. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(4), 4966-4971. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c04559
- Dolle, C., Schweizer, P., Dasler, D., Gsänger, S., Maidl, R., Abellán, G.,... Spiecker, E. (2022). Atomically resolved TEM imaging of covalently functionalised graphene. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-022-00304-w
- Eigen, A., Stiegler, L., Gradl, S., Schneider, V., Wedler, V., Gaß, H.,... Halik, M. (2022). Tunable Composition of Mixed Self-Assembled Shell-by-Shell Structures on Nanoparticle Surfaces. Advanced Materials Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201471
- Franz, E., Krappmann, D., Fromm, L., Luchs, T., Görling, A., Hirsch, A.,... Libuda, J. (2022). Electrocatalytic Energy Release of Norbornadiene-Based Molecular Solar Thermal Systems: Tuning the Electrochemical Stability by Molecular Design. Chemsuschem. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202201483
- Freiberger, M., Minameyer, M., Solymosi, I., Frühwald, S., Krug, M., Xu, Y.,... Drewello, T. (2022). Two Rings Around One Ball: Stability and Charge Localization of [1 : 1] and [2 : 1] Complex Ions of [10]CPP and C60/70[*]. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29(16). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202203734
- Hemauer, F., Bauer, U., Fromm, L., Weiß, C., Leng, A., Bachmann, P.,... Papp, C. (2022). Surface Chemistry of the Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage System 2,3-Dicyano-Norbornadiene/Quadricyclane on Ni(111). ChemPhysChem. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200199
- Leng, A., Weiß, C., Strassner, N., & Hirsch, A. (2022). Reversible Photoinduced Conversion of Unprecedented Norbornadiene-Based Photoswitches with Redox-Active Naphthalene Diimide Functionalities. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201446
- Moses Badlyan, N., Pettinger, N., Enderlein, N., Gillen, R., Chen, X., Zhang, W.,... Maultzsch, J. (2022). Oxidation and phase transition in covalently functionalized MoS2. Physical Review B, 106(10). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.104103
- Perez-Ojeda Rodriguez, M.E., Zink-Lorre, N., Pla, S., Zink, A., Sastre-Santos, Á., Fernández-Lázaro, F., & Hirsch, A. (2022). Influence of substituents of Perylenebisimides on the surface energy and wettability: A systematic structure–property relationship analysis. Dyes and Pigments, 199(199), 110044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.110044
- Scharl, T., Binder, G., Chen, X., Yokosawa, T., Cadranel, A., Knirsch, K.,... Guldi, D.M. (2022). Noncovalent Liquid Phase Functionalization of 2H-WS2with PDI: An Energy Conversion Platform with Long-Lived Charge Separation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 5834–5840. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c11977
- Solymosi, I., Sabin, J., Maid, H., Friedrich, L., Nuin, E., Perez-Ojeda Rodriguez, M.E., & Hirsch, A. (2022). Bis-pseudorotaxane Formation of Perylene Bisimide-Linked [60]Fullerene Dumbbell-Like Molecules with [10]Cycloparaphenylene. Organic Materials, 4(03), 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1906-6875
- Vecera, P., Chacón-Torres, J.C., Pichler, T., Reich, S., Soni, H., Görling, A.,... Hirsch, A. (2022). Retraction Note: Precise determination of graphene functionalization by in situ Raman spectroscopy. Nature Communications, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34281-x
- Wei, T., Liu, X., Kohring, M., Al-Fogra, S., Moritz, M., Hemmeter, D.,... Hirsch, A. (2022). Molecular Stacking on Graphene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202201169
- Wenderoth, S., Eigen, A., Wintzheimer, S., Prieschl, J., Hirsch, A., Halik, M., & Mandel, K. (2022). Supraparticles with a Mechanically Triggerable Color-Change-Effect to Equip Coatings with the Ability to Report Damage. Small. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202107513
- Alex, W., Lorenz, P., Henkel, C., Clark, T., Hirsch, A., & Guldi, D.M. (2021). Solar Energy Storage: Competition between Delocalized Charge Transfer and Localized Excited States in the Norbornadiene to Quadricyclane Photoisomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c04322
- Ali, M., Kataev, E., Müller, J., Park, H., Halik, M., & Hirsch, A. (2021). Host-Guest Systems on the Surface of Functionalized Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) Utilizing Hamilton Receptors and Cyanurate Derivative Molecules. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102581
- Bao, L., Martin, O., Wei, T., Perez-Ojeda Rodriguez, M.E., Hauke, F., & Hirsch, A. (2021). A straightforward reductive approach for the deoxygenation, activation and functionalization of ultrashort single-walled carbon nanotubes. Carbon, 171, 768-776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.09.078
- Bao, L., Zhao, B., Assebban, M., Halik, M., Hauke, F., & Hirsch, A. (2021). Covalent 2D Patterning, Local Electronic Structure and Polarization Switching of Graphene at the Nanometer Level. Chemistry - A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100941
- Bao, L., Zhao, B., Yang, B., Halik, M., Hauke, F., & Hirsch, A. (2021). Hypervalent Iodine Compounds as Versatile Reagents for Extremely Efficient and Reversible Patterning of Graphene with Nanoscale Precision. Advanced Materials, 33. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101653
- Bernhardt, S., Düring, J., Haschke, S., Barr, M., Stiegler, L., Schühle, P.,... Gröhn, F. (2021). Tunable Photocatalytic Activity of PEO-Stabilized ZnO-Polyoxometalate Nanostructures in Aqueous Solution. Advanced Materials Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202002130
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