Khan, A.; Hecht, S. Towards Photocontrol over the Helix-Coil Transition in Foldamers: Synthesis and Photoresponsive Behavior of Azobenzene-Core Amphiphilic Oligo(Meta-Phenylene Ethynylene)s. Chemistry-A European Journal2006, 12, 4764–4774.
Khan, A.; Hecht, S. Poly(Ortho-Phenylene Ethynylene)s: Synthetic Accessibility and Optical Properties. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry2006, 44, 1619–1627.
Khan, A.; Hecht, S. Synthesis, Tubular Scaffolding, and Photocontrolling the Helix-Coil Transiion in Phenylene Ethynylene Foldamers. PMSE Preprints2006, 95, 73–74.
Khan, A.; Hecht, S. Photocontrolling the Helix-Coil Transition: Azabenzene-Containing Foldamers. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry)2005, 46, 161–161.
Khan, A.; Müller, S.; Hecht, S. Practical Synthesis of an Amphiphilic, non-Ionic Poly(Paraphenyleneethynylene) Derivative with a Remarkable Quantum Yield in Water. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, U. K.)2005, No. 5, 584–586.
Balbo Block, M. A.; Kaiser, C.; Khan, A.; Hecht, S. Discrete Organic Nanotubes Based on a Combination of Covalent and non-Covalent Approaches. In FUNCTIONAL MOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES; Schlüter, A. D., Ed.; Schlüter, A. D., Series ed.; Topics in Current Chemistry; SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN: BERLIN, 2005; pp 89–150.
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Prof. Ferdi Schüth has been named an honorary fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society for his contributions to sustainable catalysis and international collaboration.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, a scientific conference will be held in Mülheim next year. Our institute will of course be taking part.