SFB 625:  From Single Molecules to Nanoscopically Structured Materials

• Subject Area: Chemistry ; Biology ; Physics
• Term: from 2002 to 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5485504

The self-organization of single shape persistent polymers and colloids into well-defined supramolecular structures is studied. The future goal is the development of hierarchies of structure formation up to nanostructured materials by combination of synthesis, characterization and theory. The major synthetic challenge is to chemically encode macromolecular objects (rods, spheres, discs) in order to create inter- and intramolecular interaction forces of variable strength and range.
Concomitantly, the development of analytical techniques aim at visualization of the structures and at the quantification of subtle interaction forces within single molecules or within single supramolecular assemblies.
The major part of the theoretical work consists of computer simulations, which provide insight into the molecular mechanism of structure formation of macromolecular systems at surfaces and in bulk.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• International Connection: Austria, Switzerland

Completed projects

• A01 - Polyphenylen dendrimers and their defined aggregates as light emitters, sensors and electrolytes (Project Heads Butt, Hans-Jürgen ;  Knoll, Wolfgang ;  Müllen, Klaus )
• A02 - Intra- and intermolecular pattern formation of amphiphilic, shape persistent macromolecules (Project Heads Schmidt, Erwin Robert ;  Schmidt, Manfred )
• A03 - Computer simulations of macromolecular aggregates at surfaces (Project Heads Binder, Kurt ;  Paul, Wolfgang )
• A4 - Synthese, Struktur und Anwendung von Organometallkatalysatoren in nanoskopisch strukturierter Umgebung (Project Heads Okuda, Jun ;  Spaniol, Thomas Paul )
• A05 - Protein aggregation and protein/pigment interaction in lipid membranes (Project Heads Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin ;  Kremer, Kurt ;  Peter, Christine )
• A6 - Selbstorganisation formtreuer Polyelektrolyte zu Supersträngen und daraus entstehende hierarchische Strukturen (Project Heads Wegner, Gerhard ;  Wiegand, Simone )
• A07 - Shape, dynamics and proximities in supramolecular assemblies from magnetic resonance spectroscopy (Project Heads Brunklaus, Gunther ;  Spiess, Hans Wolfgang )
• A08 - Strukturaufklärung in Molekülverbänden durch Kopplung von quantenchemischen Rechnungen und Experiment (Project Heads Diezemann, Gregor ;  Gauß, Jürgen )
• A09 - Calixarene als vielseitige Bausteine selbstorganisierter, supramolekularer Strukturen (Project Head Böhmer, Volker )
• A10 - Funktionale Aggregate aus anisotropen, polaren Kolloiden (Project Heads Brehmer, Martin ;  Zentel, Rudolf )
• A11 - Anisotropic 1D-templates for nano particles based on sequence controlled oligo- and polyaramides (Project Head Kilbinger, Andreas )
• A13 - Functional, unimolecular polymer-vesicles (Project Head Maskos, Michael )
• A14 - Supramolekulare Strukturen aus Polyelektrolyt-Farbstoff-Assoziationen (Project Head Gröhn, Franziska )
• A15 - Aggregation of amphiphilic, linear-hyperbranched a,wn-polyether-block copolymers in solution and ultrathin, structured films (Project Head Frey, Holger )
• A16 - Supramolekulare Strukturen basierend auf DNA-Blockcopolymeren (Project Heads Berger, Rüdiger ;  Herrmann, Andreas ;  Müllen, Klaus )
• A17 - Synthesis and simulation of polymers in miniemulsions: Ramifications of confinement on structure and demixing (Project Heads Landfester, Katharina ;  Virnau, Peter )
• B01 - Untersuchung der Struktur und Konformation supramolekularer organischer und biologischer Systeme mit Hilfe der Kraftmikroskopie (Project Head Janshoff, Andreas )
• B03 - Von mikroskopischen Wechselwirkungen zu effektiven Wechselwirkungen in aggregatbildenden mesoskopischen Systemen (Project Heads Horbach, Jürgen ;  Palberg, Thomas )
• B04 - Conformations of single molecules and aggregates under different interactions (Project Head Vilgis, Thomas A. )
• B5 - Strukturelle Untersuchungen an oberflächengebundenen Hämocyanimolekülen (Project Heads Decker, Heinz ;  Markl, Jürgen ;  Schönhense, Gerd )
• B06 - Electronic coupling in individual multichromophoric aggregates (Project Heads Basché, Thomas ;  Müllen, Klaus )
• B07 - Supramolecular structures of semiconductor nanocrystals, organic dye molecules, and biological light-harvesting complexes (Project Heads Basché, Thomas ;  Müllen, Klaus ;  Paulsen, Harald )
• B08 - Electron microscopical characterization of nano structured materials (Project Head Kolb, Ute )
• B09 - MSe2-Nanoröhren (M=IVb, Vb-, BIb, VIIb-Metall) (Project Heads Felser, Claudia ;  Schönhense, Gerd ;  Tremel, Wolfgang )
• B10 - Puls-EPR-Abstandsmessungen zur Aufklärung von Assemblierung und Strukturdynamik eines selbstorganisierenden Biomolekülkomplexes (Project Heads Jeschke, Gunnar ;  Paulsen, Harald )
• B11 - Helical superstructures of fluorescent nanocrystals (Project Heads Sönnichsen, Carsten ;  Zentel, Rudolf )
• B12 - Fluorescence enhancement in plasmonic nanostructures (Project Head Kreiter, Maximilian )
• B14 - Chemically modified proteins, protein complexes and protein aggregates - studies on cell interactions and transport (Project Heads Kuhlmann, Christoph R.W. ;  Luhmann, Heiko J. ;  Weil, Tanja )
• B16 - Computersimulationen generischer Modelle für heterogene multikomponentige Lipidmembranen (Project Head Schmid, Friederike )
• B17 - Synthesis of functional molecular superstructures on insulating surfaces (Project Head Kühnle, Angelika )
• Z01 - Zentrale Aufgaben des Sonderforschungsbereichs (Project Head Schmidt, Manfred )

• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Participating Institution: Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Manfred Schmidt