Field of Research

Photochemical investigation of different electron donor and electron acceptor assemblies based on carbon nanomaterials (especially carbon nanotubes and rotaxanes), steady state and time resolved spectroscopy, electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry

Diploma Thesis

Probing Carbon Nanotubes in Donor Acceptor Ensembles in Different Environments

Ph.D. Thesis

Spectroscopical and electrochemical characterization of nanostructured electron donor / electron acceptor systems

Publications

Journals

  • (20) Immobilizing Water-Soluble Dendritic Electron Donors and Electron Acceptors—Phthalocyanines and Perylenediimides—onto Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    U. Hahn, S. Engmann, C. Oelsner, C. Ehli, D. M. Guldi, T. Torres
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, DOI: 10.1021/ja100065h

  • (19) Efficient Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Porphyrin Dendrons via Click Chemistry
    T. Palacin, H. L. Khanh, B. Jousselme, P. Jegou, A. Filoramo, C. Ehli, D. M. Guldi, S. Campidelli
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15394

  • (18) Manipulating single-wall carbon nanotubes by chemical doping and charge transfer by perylene dyes
    C. Ehli, C. Oelsner, A. Mateo-Alonso, M. Prato, C. Schmidt, C. Backes, F.Hauke, A. Hirsch, D. M. Guldi
    Nature Chemistry 1, 243-249

  • (17) A Carbon Nano-Onion-Ferrocene Donor-Acceptor System: Synthesis, Characterization and Proberties
    C. T. Cioffi, A. Palkar, F. Melin, A. Kumbhar, L. Echegoyen, M. Melle-Franco, F. Zerbetto, G. M. Aminur Rahman, C. Ehli, V. Sgobba, D. M. Guldi, M. Prato
    Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 4419

  • (16) Synthesis, photophysical and electrochemical characterization of phthalocyanine-based poly(p-phenylenevinylene) oligomers
    J.-J. Cid, C. Ehli, C. Atienza-Castellanos, A. Gouloumis, E.-M. Maya, P. Vázquez, T. Torres, D. M. Guldi
    Dalton Trans., 2009, 3955

  • (15) Charge Transfer Reactions along a Supramolecular Redox Gradient.
    A. Mateo-Alonso, C. Ehli, D. M. Guldi, M. Prato,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14938
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14938.

  • (14) Facile Decoration of Functionalized Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Phthalocyanines via "Click Chemistry"
    S. Campidelli, B. Ballesteros, A. Filoramo, D. Díaz Díaz, G. de la Torre, T. Torres, G. M. A. Rahman, C. Ehli, D. Kiessling, F. Werner, V. Sgobba, D. M. Guldi, C. Cioffi, M. Prato, J. P. Bourgoin,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2008, 130, 11503.

  • (13) Pyrene-tetrathiafulvalene supramolecular assembly with different types of carbon nanotubes
    C. Ehli, D. M. Guldi, M. A. Herranz, N. Martin, S. Campidelli, M. Prato,
    J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 1498.

  • (12) Spectroscopic Characterization of Photolytically Generated Radical Ion Pairs in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Bearing Surface-Immobilized Tetrathiafulvalenes.
    M.A. Herranz, C. Ehli, S. Campidelli, M. Gutiérrez, G. L. Hug, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi, M. Prato, N. Martín, D.M. Guldi,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 66.

  • (11) Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with an Extended Diazapentacene Derivative.
    A. Mateo-Alonso, C. Ehli, K. H. Chen, D. M. Guldi, M. Prato,
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2007.

  • (10) Single-wall carbon nanotube porphyrin nanoconjugates.
    C. Ehli, S. Campidelli, F. G. Brunetti, M. Prato and D. M. Guldi,
    J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 2007, 11, 6, 442.

  • (9) Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Properties of a SWNT-phthalocyanine Hybrid.
    B. Ballesteros, S. Campidelli, G. de la Torre, C. Ehli, D.M. Guldi, M. Prato, T. Torres,
    Chem. Commun., 2007, 2950.

  • (8) An electrochemically driven molecular shuttle controlled and monitored by C60.
    A. Mateo-Alonso, G. Fioravanti, M. Marcaccio, F. Paolucci, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, D.M. Guldi, M Prato,
    Chem. Commun., 2007, 1945.

  • (7) Tuning Electron Transfer Through Translational Motion in Molecular Shuttles.
    A. Mateo-Alonso, C. Ehli, G.M.A. Rahman, D.M. Guldi, G. Fioravanti, M. Marcaccio, F. Paolucci, M. Prato,
    Angew. Chem., 2007, 46, 3521.

  • (6) Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Bearing Covalently Linked Phthalocyanines - Photoinduced Electron Transfer.
    B. Ballesteros, G. de la Torre, C. Ehli, G.M.A. Rahman, D.M. Guldi, T. Torres,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 5061.

  • (5) Synthesis, Characterization and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanohorns.
    C. Cioffi, S. Campidelli, C. Sooambar, M. Marcaccio, G. Marcolongo, M. Meneghetti, D. Paolucci, F. Paolucci, C. Ehli, G.M.A. Rahman, D.M. Guldi, M. Prato,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 3938.

  • (4) Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties of a Fullerene-stoppered Rotaxane.
    A. Mateo-Alonso, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, D.M. Guldi, G. Fioravanti, M. Marcaccio, F. Paolucci, M. Prato,
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2006, 12, 1173.

  • (3) Dendrimer-Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization and Photoinduced Electron Transfer.
    S. Campidelli, C. Sooambar, E. Lozano Diz, C. Ehli, D.M. Guldi, M. Prato,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 12544.

  • (2) Interactions in SWNT / pyrene / porphyrin nanohybrids.
    C. Ehli, G.M.A. Rahman, N. Jux, D. Balbinot, D.M. Guldi, F. Paolucci, M. Marcaccio, D. Paolucci, M. Melle-Franco, F. Zerbetto, S. Campidelli, M. Prato,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 11222.

  • (1) Multifunctional Molecular Carbon Materials - from Fullerenes to Carbon Nanotubes.
    D.M. Guldi, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, V. Sgobba,
    Chem. Soc. Rev., 2006, 35, 471.

Oral Presentations / Posters

  • (6) Manipulation Carbon Nanotubes - Chemical Doping and Photoinduced Electron Transfer
    October 4-9, 2009: 216th ECS Meeting, Vienna (Austria)

  • (5) Characterizing Charge Transfer Interactions in Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Materials
    28 June – 4 July 2008: NT08 - Ninth International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes, Montpellier (France) (poster presentation)

  • (4) Photochemical Investigation of Different Electron Donor and Electron Acceptor Assemblies Based on Carbon Nanotubes
    30. Nov 2007: CNT@Cambridge Symposium (UK) (poster presentation)

  • (3) Photochemical Investigation of Different Electron Donor and Electron Acceptor Assemblies based on Carbon Nanotubes
    15. June 2007: 3nd European Young Investigator Conference, Slubice (Poland) (oral presentation)

  • (2) Probing Carbon Nanotubes in Donor Acceptor Ensembles in Different Environments
    4. Nov 2005: 5. Tag der Fullerene, Rathen (Germany) (oral presentation)

  • (1) Integrating Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes into Donor-Acceptor Nanohybrids
    9. June 2005: 2nd European Young Investigator Conference, Gniezno (Poland) (poster presentation)

Book Contributions

  • Fullerenes - Principles and Applications: Covalent and Non-covalent Approaches Toward Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Materials
    Sgobba, Vito; Rahman, G. M. Aminur; Ehli, Christian; Guldi, Dirk M.,
    RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, RSC Publishing, Cambridge 2007

Lectures

Starthilfe für das experimentelle Arbeiten in der Physikalischen Chemie

Physikalisch-chemisches Praktikum für Molekularmediziner und Pharmazeuten

Übung Datenauswertung und Visualisierung

Materialien für Bachelor-Studenten und Mitarbeiter-Praktikanten in der Guldi Research Group