“The fury of the chemical world is the
element fluorine. It exists peacefully in the
company with with calcium in fluorspar and
also in a few other compounds; but when
isolated, as it recently has been, it is a
rabid gas that nothing can resist.”
Scientific American, April
1888
“Fluorine leaves nobody indifferent; it
inflames emotions be that affections or
aversions. As a substituent, it is rarely
boring, always good for a surprise, but often
completely unpredictable.”
M. Schlosser, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
1998, 37, 1496-1513
Data: “The atmosphere contains high
concentrations of methane, carbon monoxide and
fluorine...”
Riker: “Life signs?”
Data: “Population approximately
nine billion - all Borg.”
Main
research interest is the application of fluoro-organic chemistry, molecular
modelling and combinatorial methods for the design and synthesis of liquid crystals and functional materials for organic and molecular electronics, and for organic photovoltaics.
WATOC 2011, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 17-22, 2011
LECTURES
"Organic Functional Materials: Liquid Crystals, Organic Electronics, Nanoelectronics", University of Freiburg, Chemiehochhaus (R 02 003), Feb 14-16, 2018
"Applied Fluoroorganic Chemistry: Synthesis, Liquid Crystals, Pharmaceuticals", University of Freiburg, Institute for Physical Chemsitry (HS PC), Aug 8-10, 2018