D.Phil Karl Thorley

Room #: 412

Phone: +49 931 31-83313

karl.thorley@uni-wuerzburg.de

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Research:
Perylene bisimides and related dyes have long been studied due to their exceptional photophysical properties, chemical robustness, and ability to self assemble. By making changes to the conjugated π system – by extension, control of oxidation state and by modification of heteroatoms – new organic dyes related to perylenes will be synthesised and their properties investigated. These new dyes might find application in molecular electronics as conjugated molecular wires.

Selected publications:

1. K. J. Thorley, H. L. Anderson
   Extending conjugation in porphyrin dimer carbocations.
   Org. Biomol. Chem. 2010, 8, 3472–3479
2. S. Ohira, J. M. Hales, K. J. Thorley, H. L. Anderson, J. W. Perry, J.-L. Brédas
   A New Class of Cyanine-like Dyes with Large Bond Length Alternation.
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6099–6101
3. K. J. Thorley, J. M. Hales, H. L. Anderson, J. W. Perry
   Porphyrin Dimer Carbocations with Strong Near Infrared Absorption and Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity.
   Angew. Chem. 2008, 47, 7203–7206; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7095–7098