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November 2019
Conferences (Co-)Organized by Prof. Herges in 2022:
- Molecular Rotors, Motors, and Switches
July 11 - 15, 2022, Telluride, Colorado, USA
- Mach-5: Molecular Machinery: Making, Measuring, Modeling
September 11 - 14, 2022, Plön, Germany
March 2019
Invited Lectures 2019
- 14. 01. 2019 Dechema Frankfurt
- 29.-30. 04. COORNETs München
- 09.-11. 05. KOPO Bad Honnef
- 28.05. SFB953 Erlangen
- 08.-12. 07. Radicals in the Rockies Telluride
- 14.-19. 07. Gordon Photochem. Stonehill College
- 21.-26. 07. ISNA Sapporo
- 25.-28. 07. SFB Abschluss Plön
- 08.-13. 09. ESOR Dubrovnik
- 20.-23. 11. Molecular Motors & Roto Prag
- 04.-05. 12. Molecular Solar Thermal Workshop Gießen
September 2018
Rudolf Gompper Memorial Lecture Awarded To Prof. Herges in 2019
Prof. Dr. Rainer Herges held the Rudolf-Gompper-Memorial-Lecture at the conference "Conjugated Oligomers And Polymers - New Horizons in Functional π-Systems" at Bad Honnef, Germany in May 2019.
August 2018
Nozoe Lecture Awarded To Prof. Herges in 2019
Prof. Dr. Rainer Herges held the Nozoe Lecture at the International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-18) at Sapporo, Japan in July 2019.
August 2018
Invited Lectures 2018
- 08. Apr. New Adventures in Physical Organic Chemistry, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 25. Jun. Telluride Workshop, Molecular Rotors, Motors, Telluride, USA
- 01. Jul. International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Faro, Portugal
- 05. Sep. Int. Symp. on the Synthesis and Application of Curved Organic π-Molecules, Oxford, UK
- 13. Sep. German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle, Germany
- 15. Oct. National Meeting of the Norwegian Chemical Society, Lillestrom, Norway
March 2017
Invited Lectures 2017
- 06. Jan. Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK
- 04. Mar. International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials, Kirchberg, Austria
- 30. Mar. Molecular Rotors on Surfaces, Prague, Czech Republic
- 11. Jun. Gordon Conference on Molecular Switches and Motors, Holderness, USA
- 18. Jun. International Symposium on Reactiv Intermediates, Sorrent, Italy
- 23. Jul. International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds, Stony Brook, USA
- 02. Aug. Int. Symp. on Dynamics and Intermediates of Molecular Transformations, Munich, Germany
- 03. Sep. European Symposium on Organic Reactivity, Durham, UK
Februar 2016
Invited Lectures 2016
- 12. Jan. Sheffield Stereochemistry Lecture, Sheffield, UK
- 20. Jan. Beiersdorf, Applied Biophysics, Hamburg
- 30. März Paul Schleyer Memorial Symposium, Erlangen
- 11. April SFB 658 Symposium, Molecular Switches and Functional Interfaces, Berlin
- 18. April Fujiwara Seminar, Fukuoka, Japan
- 25. April Multi-Responsive Photochromes, Nantes, France
- 04. Juli International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Sydney, Australia
- 10. Juli Heron Island Conference, Heron Island, Australia
- 19. Juli Telluride Workshop on Molecular Rotors, Telluride, USA
- 25. Juli Memorial University Student Summer Conference, St. John’s, Canada
- 02. Aug. Radicals in the Rockies, Telluride, USA
- 13. Sept. International Symposium CURO-pi, Eugene, USA
- 28. Sept. Photochemietagung der GDCh, Jena
- 05. Nov. International Symposium on Photochromism, Shanghai, China
Young entrepreneur Benjamin Sahlmann and his "infernal machine": The device with the affectionate nickname was custom-made to be used in our SFB's state-of-the-art research to switch electronic states in molecules.
photo © pur.pur
photo © pur.pur
August 2014
Let There Be LED: Successful Spin-Off from SFB 677 and the Herges Group
Proper lighting is crucial for molecules to be operated like machines. Chemist Benjamin Sahlmann has acquired the necessary know-how - and builds his existence on it. His company Sahlmann Photochemical Solutions has been on the market for a year. Kieler Nachrichten recently published a detailed story on this successful spin-off from our SFB 677 and the Herges group.
show Unizeit (Kieler Nachrichten) (article in German)
October 2013
Beilstein-TV Reports on "Record Player Molecules"
An episode from Beilstein TV reports on the development of switchable contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the workgroup of Prof. R. Herges.

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The movie shows the collaboration between organic chemistry and neuroradiology at the university medical center Schleswig-Holstein to foster the development of switchable MRI contrast agents. The synthesis of the so-called "record player molecules" in the laboratory as well as the envisioned clinical application are demonstrated.
August 2012
Beilstein-TV Reports on Molecular Switches from SFB 677
A podcast from Beilstein TV reports on the design, synthesis and characterization of new molecular switches from the workgroup of Prof. Dr. R. Herges.

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The new switches are based on the diazocine switching unit, which itself is an improved azobenzene. Upon irradiation, the substances not only undergo a color change, but the less flexible molecular structure enables their application as a molecular synthetic machine.
The Beilstein TV movie gives an insight into the process leading from an idea and computer-based development to an optimized synthesis yielding new molecular switches.
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