Publications

Stäter, S., Woering, E. F., Lombeck, F., Sommer, M., & Hildner, R. (2024). Hexylation Stabilises Twisted Backbone Configurations in the Prototypical Low-Bandgap Copolymer PCDTBT. Chemphyschem, Article e202300971 . Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202300971

Carta, A., Wittmann, B., Kreger, K., Schmidt, H.-W., Jansen, T. L. C., & Hildner, R. (2024). Spatial Correlations Drive Long-Range Transport and Trapping of Excitons in Single H‑Aggregates: Experiment and Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15, 2697-2707. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03586

Stäter, S., Wenzel, F. A., Welz, H., Kreger, K., Köhler, J., Schmidt, H.-W., & Hildner, R. (2023). Directed Gradients in the Excited-State Energy Landscape of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanofibers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145, 13780−13787. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c02117

Al-Maskari, S., Issac, A., Rao Varanasi, S., Hildner, R., Sumesh Sofin, R. G., Ramadan Ibrahim, A., & Abou-Zied, O. K. (2023). Dye-induced photoluminescence quenching of quantum dots: Role of excited state lifetime and confinement of charge carriers. PCCP : Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(20), 14126-14137. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp00715d

Eller, F., Wenzel, F. A., Hildner, R., Havenith, R. W. A., & Herzig, E. M. (2023). Spark Discharge Doping—Achieving Unprecedented Control over Aggregate Fraction and Backbone Ordering in Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Solutions. Small, 19(21), Article 2207537. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202207537

Touloupas, I., Weyandt, E., Meijer, E. W., & Hildner, R. (2023). Unusual Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Polymers Unveiled: The Role of Metal Ligands and Side Group Amide Connectivity. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(48), 23323-23331. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05828

Wenzel, F. A., Welz, H., van der Zwan, K. P., Stäter, S., Kreger, K., Hildner, R., Senker, J., & Schmidt, H.-W. (2022). Highly Efficient Supramolecular Nucleating Agents for Poly(3-hexylthiophene). Macromolecules, 55(7), 2861-2871. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02283

Wittmann, B., Biskup, T., Kreger, K., Koehler, J., Schmidt, H.-W., & Hildner, R. (2021). All-optical manipulation of singlet exciton transport in individual supramolecular nanostructures by triplet gating. Nanoscale Horizons , 6(12), 998-1005. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nh00514f

Ye, G., Liu, J., Qiu, X., Stater, S., Qiu, L., Liu, Y., Yang, X., Hildner, R., Koster, L. J. A., & Chiechi, R. C. (2021). Controlling n-Type Molecular Doping via Regiochemistry and Polarity of Pendant Groups on Low Band Gap Donor-Acceptor Copolymers. Macromolecules, 54(8), 3886-3896. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00317

Beer, P., Reichstein, P. M., Schoetz, K., Raithel, D., Thelakkat, M., Koehler, J., Panzer, F., & Hildner, R. (2021). Disorder in P3HT Nanoparticles Probed by Optical Spectroscopy on P3HT-b-PEG Micelles. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125(47), 10165-10173. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08377

Kreger, K., Schmidt, H.-W., & Hildner, R. (2021). Tailoring the excited-state energy landscape in supramolecular nanostructures. Electronic structure, 3(2), Article 023001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1075/abf485

Wittmann, B., Wiesneth, S., Motamen, S., Simon, L., Serein-Spirau, F., Reiter, G., & Hildner, R. (2020). Energy transport and light propagation mechanisms in organic single crystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 153(14), Article 144202. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0019832

Wittmann, B., Wenzel, F. A., Wiesneth, S., Haedler, A. T., Drechsler, M., Kreger, K., Koehler, J., Meijer, E. W., Schmidt, H.-W., & Hildner, R. (2020). Enhancing Long-Range Energy Transport in Supramolecular Architectures by Tailoring Coherence Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(18), 8323-8330. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c01392

Zhong, Y., Melo Luna, C. A., Hildner, R., Li, C., & Huettner, S. (2019). In situ investigation of light soaking in organolead halide perovskite films. APL Materials, 7(4), Article 041114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086125

Schoerner, C., Neuber, C., & Hildner, R. (2019). Two-path self-interference in PTCDA active waveguides maps the dispersion and refraction of a single waveguide mode. APL Photonics, 4(1), Article 016104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5068761

Wilma, K., Shu, C.-C., Scherf, U., & Hildner, R. (2019). Two-photon induced ultrafast coherence decay of highly excited states in single molecules. New Journal of Physics, 21(4), Article 045001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab115d

Reina, J. H., Susa, C. E., & Hildner, R. (2018). Conditional quantum dynamics and nonlocal states in dimeric and trimeric arrays of organic molecules. Physical Review A, 97(6), Article 063422. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.063422

Raithel, D., Simine, L., Pickel, S., Schoetz, K., Panzer, F., Baderschneider, S., Schiefer, D., Lohwasser, R., Koehler, J., Thelakkat, M., Sommer, M., Koehler, A., Rossky, P. J., & Hildner, R. (2018). Direct observation of backbone planarization via side-chain alignment in single bulky-substituted polythiophenes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(11), 2699-2704. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719303115

Schoerner, C., Motamen, S., Simon, L., Reiter, G., & Hildner, R. (2018). Self-Interference of Exciton Emission in Organic Single Crystals Visualized by Energy-Momentum Spectroscopy. ACS Omega, 3(6), 6728-6736. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00811

Wilma, K., Shu, C.-C., Scherf, U., & Hildner, R. (2018). Visualizing Hidden Ultrafast Processes in Individual Molecules by Single-Pulse Coherent Control. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(45), 15329-15335. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b08674

Wilma, K., Unger, T., Kostakoglu, S. T., Hollfelder, M., Hunger, C., Lang, A., Guerek, A. G., Thelakkat, M., Koehler, J., Koehler, A., Gekle, S., & Hildner, R. (2017). Excited state dynamics and conformations of a Cu(II)-phthalocyanine-perylenebisimide dyad. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(33), 22169-22176. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp04026a

Brixner, T., Hildner, R., Koehler, J., Lambert, C., & Wuerthner, F. (2017). Exciton Transport in Molecular Aggregates - From Natural Antennas to Synthetic Chromophore Systems. Advanced Energy Materials, 7(16), Article 1700236. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700236

Motamen, S., Schoerner, C., Raithel, D., Malval, J.-P., Jarrosson, T., Serein-Spirau, F., Simon, L., Hildner, R., & Reiter, G. (2017). Low loss optical waveguiding in large single crystals of a thiophene-based oligomer. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(24), 15980-15987. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp01639e

Li, C., Guerrero, A., Zhong, Y., Graeser, A., Luna, C. A. M., Koehler, J., Bisquert, J., Hildner, R., & Huettner, S. (2017). Real-Time Observation of Iodide Ion Migration in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites. Small, 13(42), Article 1701711. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201701711

Keheze, F. M., Raithel, D., Wu, T., Schiefer, D., Sommer, M., Hildner, R., & Reiter, G. (2017). Signatures of Melting and Recrystallization of a Bulky Substituted Poly(thiophene) Identified by Optical Spectroscopy. Macromolecules, 50(17), 6829-6839. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01080

Hildner, R., Koehler, A., Mueller-Buschbaum, P., Panzer, F., & Thelakkat, M. (2017). π-Conjugated Donor Polymers: Structure Formation and Morphology in Solution, Bulk and Photovoltaic Blends. Advanced Energy Materials, 7(16), Article 1700314. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700314

Li, C., Zhong, Y., Luna, C. A. M., Unger, T., Deichsel, K., Graeser, A., Koehler, J., Koehler, A., Hildner, R., & Huettner, S. (2016). Emission Enhancement and Intermittency in Polycrystalline Organolead Halide Perovskite Films. Molecules, 21(8), Article 1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21081081

Raithel, D., Baderschneider, S., de Queiroz, T. B., Lohwasser, R., Koehler, J., Thelakkat, M., Kuemmel, S., & Hildner, R. (2016). Emitting Species of Poly(3-hexylthiophene): From Single, Isolated Chains to Bulk. Macromolecules, 49(24), 9553-9560. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02077

Baderschneider, S., Scherf, U., Koehler, J., & Hildner, R. (2016). Influence of the Conjugation Length on the Optical Spectra of Single Ladder-Type (p-Phenylene) Dimers and Polymers. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120(2), 233-240. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b10879

Motamen, S., Raithel, D., Hildner, R., Rahimi, K., Jarrosson, T., Serein-Spirau, F., Simon, L., & Reiter, G. (2016). Revealing Order and Disorder in Films and Single Crystals of a Thiophene-Based Oligomer by Optical Spectroscopy. ACS Photonics, 3(12), 2315-2323. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00473

Panzer, F., Baderschneider, S., Gujar, T. P., Unger, T., Bagnich, S., Jakoby, M., Baessler, H., Huettner, S., Koehler, J., Moos, R., Thelakkat, M., Hildner, R., & Koehler, A. (2016). Reversible Laser-Induced Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Coexisting Tetragonal and Orthorhombic Phases in Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskites. Advanced optical materials, 4(6), 917-928. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201500765

Wilma, K., Issac, A., Chen, Z., Wuerthner, F., Hildner, R., & Koehler, J. (2016). Tracing Single Electrons in a Disordered Polymer Film at Room Temperature. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 7(8), 1478-1483. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00446

Reichenberger, M., Baderschneider, S., Kroh, D., Grauf, S., Koehler, J., Hildner, R., & Koehler, A. (2016). Watching Paint Dry: The Impact of Diiodooctane on the Kinetics of Aggregate Formation in Thin Films of Poly(3-hexylthiophene). Macromolecules, 49(17), 6420-6430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01257

Haedler, A. T., Kreger, K., Issac, A., Wittmann, B., Kivala, M., Hammer, N., Koehler, J., Schmidt, H.-W., & Hildner, R. (2015). Long-range energy transport in single supramolecular nanofibres at room temperature. Nature, 523(7559), 196-199. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14570

Scharsich, C., Fischer, F. S. U., Wilma, K., Hildner, R., Ludwigs, S., & Koehler, A. (2015). Revealing Structure Formation in PCPDTBT by Optical Spectroscopy. Journal of Polymer Science. Part B: Polymer Physics, 53(20), 1416-1430. https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.23780

Susa, C. E., Reina, J. H., & Hildner, R. (2014). Plasmon-assisted quantum control of distant emitters. Physics Letters A, 378(32-33), 2371-2376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2014.06.038

Issac, A., Hildner, R., Hippius, C., Wuerthner, F., & Koehler, J. (2014). Stepwise Decrease of Fluorescence versus Sequential Photobleaching in a Single Multichromophoric System. Acs Nano, 8(2), 1708-1717. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn4060946

Haedler, A. T., Beyer, S. R., Hammer, N., Hildner, R., Kivala, M., Koehler, J., & Schmidt, H.-W. (2014). Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Multichromophoric Carbonyl-Bridged Triarylamines. Chemistry, 20(37), 11708-11718. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201403667

Brinks, D., Hildner, R., van Dijk, E. M. H. P., Stefani, F. D., Nieder, J. B., Hernando, J., & van Hulst, N. F. (2014). Ultrafast dynamics of single molecules. Chemical Society Reviews, 43(8), 2476-2491. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cs60269a

Sumino, A., Dewa, T., Noji, T., Nakano, Y., Watanabe, N., Hildner, R., Boesch, N., Koehler, J., & Nango, M. (2013). Influence of Phospholipid Composition on Self-Assembly and Energy-Transfer Efficiency in Networks of Light-Harvesting 2 Complexes. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117(36), 10395-10404. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4047819

Brinks, D., Castro-Lopez, M., Hildner, R., & van Hulst, N. F. (2013). Plasmonic antennas as design elements for coherent ultrafast nanophotonics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(46), 18386-18390. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1308652110

Hildner, R., Brinks, D., Nieder, J. B., Cogdell, R. J., & van Hulst, N. F. (2013). Quantum Coherent Energy Transfer over Varying Pathways in Single Light-Harvesting Complexes. Science, 340(6139), 1448-1451. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1235820

Issac, A., Hildner, R., Ernst, D., Hippius, C., Wuerthner, F., & Koehler, J. (2012). Single molecule studies of calix[4]arene-linked perylene bisimide dimers: Relationship between blinking, lifetime and/or spectral fluctuations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14(30), 10789-10798. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp41250k

Brinks, D., Hildner, R., Stefani, F. D., & van Hulst, N. F. (2011). Beating spatio-temporal coupling: implications for pulse shaping and coherent control experiments. Optics Express, 19(27), 26486-26499. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.026486

Brinks, D., Hildner, R., Stefani, F. D., & van Hulst, N. F. (2011). Coherent control of single molecules at room temperature. Faraday Discussions, 153, 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1fd00087j

Hildner, R., Brinks, D., Stefani, F. D., & van Hulst, N. F. (2011). Electronic coherences and vibrational wave-packets in single molecules studied with femtosecond phase-controlled spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(5), 1888-1894. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0cp02231d

Hildner, R., Brinks, D., & van Hulst, N. F. (2011). Femtosecond coherence and quantum control of single molecules at room temperature. Nature Physics, 7(2), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1858

Brinks, D., Stefani, F. D., Kulzer, F., Hildner, R., Taminiau, T. H., Avlasevich, Y., Muellen, K., & Van Hulst, N. F. (2010). Visualizing and controlling vibrational wave packets of single molecules. Nature, 465(7300), 905-908. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09110

Ernst, D., Hildner, R., Hippius, C., Wuerthner, F., & Koehler, J. (2009). Photoblinking dynamics in single calix[4]arene-linked perylene bisimide dimers. Chemical Physics Letters, 482(1-3), 93-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2009.09.096

Hildner, R., Winterling, L., Lemmer, U., Scherf, U., & Koehler, J. (2009). Single-Molecule Spectroscopy on a Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer: Electron-Phonon Coupling and Spectral Diffusion. Chemphyschem, 10(14), 2524-2534. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200900445

Lang, E., Hildner, R., Engelke, H., Osswald, P., Wuerthner, F., & Koehler, J. (2007). Comparison of the photophysical parameters for three perylene bisimide derivatives by single-molecule spectroscopy. Chemphyschem, 8(10), 1487-1496. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200700186

Hildner, R., Lemmer, U., Scherf, U., & Kohler, J. (2007). Continuous-wave two-photon spectroscopy on a ladder-type conjugated polymer. Chemical Physics Letters, 448(4-6), 213-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2007.10.011

Hildner, R., Lemmer, U., Scherf, U., van Heel, M., & Koehler, J. (2007). Revealing the electron-phonon coupling in a conjugated polymer by single-molecule spectroscopy. Advanced materials, 19(15), 1978-1982. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200602718

Hildner, R., Lemmer, U., Scherf, U., & Koehler, J. (2006). Picosecond excitation energy relaxation processes in a ladder-type pi-conjugated polymer. Chemical Physics Letters, 429(1-3), 103-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.08.001