Boron-Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis, Surface Science, and Functional Materials for Organic Electronics (B03)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 551403841

Project B03 “Boron-Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis, Surface Science, and Functional Materials for Organic Electronics” relies on boron as an electronically perturbing dopant element for organic semiconductors. Replacement of sp2-hybridized carbon in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by boron affords electron-deficient scaffolds due to the vacant pz-orbital of three-coordinate boron. Vacuum-processable planar B-containing PAHs (Bn-PAHs) with tunable electronic properties will be investigated concerning their physical properties, self-assembly on surfaces, and their suitability for application in organic electronics.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1762: Boron as property-determining element
• Applicant Institution: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Matthias Bode; Professor Dr. Frank Würthner