Highly Organized Ion-Conducting Materials Based on Borate Anions (B08)

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

The key objective of Project B08 “Highly Organized Ion-Conducting Materials Based on Borate Anions” is the design of perfluoroalkylborate- and cyanoborate-containing ion conductors based on liquid crystals (LC) that display superior properties in comparison to state-of-the-art non-borate-containing systems. The project will focus on LCs with varying degrees of organization (lamellar, bicontinuous cubic, or columnar), soft crystalline phases, and on materials derived from promising LC candidates such as gels.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1762: Boron as property-determining element
• Major Instrumentation: NMR Diffusion Probe (Bruker PA6100_BB/H_EZ)
• Applicant Institution: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Matthias Lehmann; Professorin Dr. Ann-Christin Pöppler