DUBE-Lab
@dubelab.bsky.social
@fau.de
Pursuing nanotechnology with chemistry and light.
Research in molecular machines, photoswitches, photopharmacology, and smart materials.
https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/dube-group/
Pursuing nanotechnology with chemistry and light.
Research in molecular machines, photoswitches, photopharmacology, and smart materials.
https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/dube-group/
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Exciting chemsky work out First Release in @science.org from @gracegdhan.bsky.social and collaborators, scrunching up pyrimidones so tight with UV light that the strain release can boil water!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Molecular solar thermal energy storage in Dewar pyrimidone beyond 1.6 MJ/kg
Storing sunlight in a compact and rechargeable form remains a central challenge for solar energy utilization. Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage systems, which harness photon energy and rel...
www.science.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Exciting chemsky work out First Release in @science.org from @gracegdhan.bsky.social and collaborators, scrunching up pyrimidones so tight with UV light that the strain release can boil water!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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There's a new motor in town! 🏎️ 🔬
Out in @natchem.nature.com , our latest study introduces a light-driven diazene molecular rotary motor able not only to achieve directional motion, but also to invert the rotation by varying the colour of the light supplied.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out in @natchem.nature.com , our latest study introduces a light-driven diazene molecular rotary motor able not only to achieve directional motion, but also to invert the rotation by varying the colour of the light supplied.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wavelength-steered directional rotation in an autonomous light-driven molecular motor - Nature Chemistry
The rational design of autonomous light-powered molecular motors remains a formidable challenge in nanoscience. Now, a photochemically driven diazene-based rotary motor has been shown to rotate around...
www.nature.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
There's a new motor in town! 🏎️ 🔬
Out in @natchem.nature.com , our latest study introduces a light-driven diazene molecular rotary motor able not only to achieve directional motion, but also to invert the rotation by varying the colour of the light supplied.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out in @natchem.nature.com , our latest study introduces a light-driven diazene molecular rotary motor able not only to achieve directional motion, but also to invert the rotation by varying the colour of the light supplied.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🏆 Congratulations👏 to @jeannecrassousiscr.bsky.social laureate of Chirality Medal 2026. This prize is awarded in recognition of her whole career dedicated to #chirality
➡️ iscr.univ-rennes.fr/jeanne-crass...
🤝 @rennesuniv.bsky.social @cnrs-bretagneloire.bsky.social #ENSCR @insarennes.bsky.social
➡️ iscr.univ-rennes.fr/jeanne-crass...
🤝 @rennesuniv.bsky.social @cnrs-bretagneloire.bsky.social #ENSCR @insarennes.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Thrilled to report another milestone: 900 nm photoswitching enables NIR-light detection and reversible invisible writing of high-contrast 2D and 3D displays! Check out our newest molecular photoswitch PBFT (peri-benzo[a]fluoranthenethioindigo) at ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Thrilled to report another milestone: 900 nm photoswitching enables NIR-light detection and reversible invisible writing of high-contrast 2D and 3D displays! Check out our newest molecular photoswitch PBFT (peri-benzo[a]fluoranthenethioindigo) at ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
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Our work on the unidirectional motion of a CD is now in the September issue of Chem and on the cover!
Many thanks to the whole team and @cp-chem.bsky.social for the highlight!
@ipcm-sorbonne.bsky.social @msollogoub.bsky.social @enxuliu.bsky.social
www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...
Many thanks to the whole team and @cp-chem.bsky.social for the highlight!
@ipcm-sorbonne.bsky.social @msollogoub.bsky.social @enxuliu.bsky.social
www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...
September 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our work on the unidirectional motion of a CD is now in the September issue of Chem and on the cover!
Many thanks to the whole team and @cp-chem.bsky.social for the highlight!
@ipcm-sorbonne.bsky.social @msollogoub.bsky.social @enxuliu.bsky.social
www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...
Many thanks to the whole team and @cp-chem.bsky.social for the highlight!
@ipcm-sorbonne.bsky.social @msollogoub.bsky.social @enxuliu.bsky.social
www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...
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In this piece for Aeon, I argue that, while nanotechnology is now a very real and mature field, a popular early vision of it was an example of what I am calling an "oneiric technology": a fantasy of the sort that Silicon Valley loves.
aeon.co/essays/no-su...
aeon.co/essays/no-su...
No suffering, no death, no limits: the nanobots pipe dream | Aeon Essays
Thirty years ago, nanotech was about to change everything. Let’s not get tricked again by Silicon Valley’s magical thinking
aeon.co
September 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In this piece for Aeon, I argue that, while nanotechnology is now a very real and mature field, a popular early vision of it was an example of what I am calling an "oneiric technology": a fantasy of the sort that Silicon Valley loves.
aeon.co/essays/no-su...
aeon.co/essays/no-su...
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Joyful day for the lab! 🎉 🥳💫🍻
Fritzi defended her PhD thesis with outstanding honors.
Congratulations on this amazing thesis!
Here is a list of some of her projects:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Fritzi defended her PhD thesis with outstanding honors.
Congratulations on this amazing thesis!
Here is a list of some of her projects:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Joyful day for the lab! 🎉 🥳💫🍻
Fritzi defended her PhD thesis with outstanding honors.
Congratulations on this amazing thesis!
Here is a list of some of her projects:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Fritzi defended her PhD thesis with outstanding honors.
Congratulations on this amazing thesis!
Here is a list of some of her projects:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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On the cover of this week's issue: "Photoswitchable Fluorescence of Peptide-Based Hemipiperazines Inside of Living Cells"
Read it here 🔗: buff.ly/tQkMt7v
#ChemSky #JACS
Read it here 🔗: buff.ly/tQkMt7v
#ChemSky #JACS
August 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On the cover of this week's issue: "Photoswitchable Fluorescence of Peptide-Based Hemipiperazines Inside of Living Cells"
Read it here 🔗: buff.ly/tQkMt7v
#ChemSky #JACS
Read it here 🔗: buff.ly/tQkMt7v
#ChemSky #JACS
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I‘m thrilled to see our group‘s inaugural paper published in @science.org! Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this project!
This week in Science, researchers report an artificial molecular motor that can twist a molecular thread to form a mechanically interlocked molecule. The approach creates opportunities to fabricate mechanically interlocked molecules with precise structural control.
Learn more: scim.ag/40FboGP
Learn more: scim.ag/40FboGP
July 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I‘m thrilled to see our group‘s inaugural paper published in @science.org! Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this project!
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Our pipeline to compute thermal barriers of photoswitches💡 is out!🥳 We especially focused on NBDs for MOST🔋 and imines, but also stilbenes and DAEs. Try it out! You need just chemdraws and freeware to get libraries computed
doi.org/10.1002/cptc...
doi.org/10.1002/cptc...
Semi‐Automated Pipeline for Transition State Search of Molecular Photoswitches
A semi-automated pipeline for the transition state search of molecular switches (PiTS3) is reported, which facilitates the search, optimization, and conformational analysis of transition states of ph...
doi.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our pipeline to compute thermal barriers of photoswitches💡 is out!🥳 We especially focused on NBDs for MOST🔋 and imines, but also stilbenes and DAEs. Try it out! You need just chemdraws and freeware to get libraries computed
doi.org/10.1002/cptc...
doi.org/10.1002/cptc...
A new photocaging strategy bringing boronic acids under photo-control!
Boronic-Acid Photocaging for Visible Light-Controlled Applications in Synthesis | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
Boronic-Acid Photocaging for Visible Light-Controlled Applications in Synthesis | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
July 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A new photocaging strategy bringing boronic acids under photo-control!
Boronic-Acid Photocaging for Visible Light-Controlled Applications in Synthesis | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
Boronic-Acid Photocaging for Visible Light-Controlled Applications in Synthesis | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
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It was a great pleasure to host Prof. Paolo Melchiorre for his brilliant #GDCh lecture at @nat.fau.de! Paolo’s talk highlighted how core #photochemical insights spark innovation in #AsymmetricSynthesis!
@gdch.de @dubelab.bsky.social @spanlabfau.bsky.social @harder-research.bsky.social
@gdch.de @dubelab.bsky.social @spanlabfau.bsky.social @harder-research.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It was a great pleasure to host Prof. Paolo Melchiorre for his brilliant #GDCh lecture at @nat.fau.de! Paolo’s talk highlighted how core #photochemical insights spark innovation in #AsymmetricSynthesis!
@gdch.de @dubelab.bsky.social @spanlabfau.bsky.social @harder-research.bsky.social
@gdch.de @dubelab.bsky.social @spanlabfau.bsky.social @harder-research.bsky.social
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What a fantastic outing with our Organic Chemistry Institute today – an amazing team and a great atmosphere all around!! 🚣♂️👍 @dubelab.bsky.social @ekatl.bsky.social @nat.fau.de @fau.de
July 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What a fantastic outing with our Organic Chemistry Institute today – an amazing team and a great atmosphere all around!! 🚣♂️👍 @dubelab.bsky.social @ekatl.bsky.social @nat.fau.de @fau.de
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Honored to receive the #RSCPrizes Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry. Credit has to go to the hard work and creativity of many outstanding researchers over 10 years at 3 institutions (@qmul.bsky.social, @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @unibirmingham.bsky.social). Short🧵
June 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Honored to receive the #RSCPrizes Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry. Credit has to go to the hard work and creativity of many outstanding researchers over 10 years at 3 institutions (@qmul.bsky.social, @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @unibirmingham.bsky.social). Short🧵
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Our recent work on #organoautocatalyzed transamination metathesis is featured on the #FrontCover of #AngewandteChemie! Congrats to Volker, Florian, Jonas!🎉 @nat.fau.de
#chemsky #organoautocatalysis #transamination
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #organoautocatalysis #transamination
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
June 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our recent work on #organoautocatalyzed transamination metathesis is featured on the #FrontCover of #AngewandteChemie! Congrats to Volker, Florian, Jonas!🎉 @nat.fau.de
#chemsky #organoautocatalysis #transamination
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #organoautocatalysis #transamination
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
How does Near-Infrared-Photoswitching work? Our newest research delivers an ultrafast molecular movie of the all-red-light photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo (PAT) in action! Aided by excited state theory, its mechanism of motion is fully revealed.
June 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How does Near-Infrared-Photoswitching work? Our newest research delivers an ultrafast molecular movie of the all-red-light photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo (PAT) in action! Aided by excited state theory, its mechanism of motion is fully revealed.
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Der Antrag für den neuen Sonderforschungsbereich "ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation" war erfolgreich! @ctfm-lab.bsky.social
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...
Neuer SFB: ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation
Im neuen Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 1719 „ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation: Ingenieurskunst auf atomarer Ebene mittels molekularer Oberflächenchemie“ untersuchen…
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June 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Der Antrag für den neuen Sonderforschungsbereich "ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation" war erfolgreich! @ctfm-lab.bsky.social
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...
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Deeply honored that our story was chosen for the cover!
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Our June issue is here! rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...
The cover shows end-on views of the cleavage planes during #cytokinesis in one-cell embryos of the nematode #Celegans. From Lebedev et al. @zaninlab.bsky.social: (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....).
The cover shows end-on views of the cleavage planes during #cytokinesis in one-cell embryos of the nematode #Celegans. From Lebedev et al. @zaninlab.bsky.social: (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....).
June 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Deeply honored that our story was chosen for the cover!
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Enabling chiroptical photoswitching by confinement - our recent work on encapsulation boosted chirality is out: | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
Confinement Induced Chiroptical Photoswitching – An Encapsulation Approach for Advanced Photochemical Functions
Molecular control of chiroptical properties lies at the heart of advanced photonic applications including molecular information processing, optical memories, sensing, or absolute asymmetric synthesis....
doi.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Enabling chiroptical photoswitching by confinement - our recent work on encapsulation boosted chirality is out: | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
Our newest research is online at ChemRxiv: A comprehensive investigation of the PAT photoswitch excited state mechanism! It's a triplet-switch!
From Triplet to Twist: The Photochemical E/Z-Isomerization Pathway of the NIR Photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
From Triplet to Twist: The Photochemical E/Z-Isomerization Pathway of the NIR Photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
From Triplet to Twist: The Photochemical E/Z-Isomerization Pathway of the NIR Photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo
In recent years, significant progress has been made in the effort to shift the absorption of photoresponsive molecules into the long-wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum. A breakthrough i...
doi.org
May 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our newest research is online at ChemRxiv: A comprehensive investigation of the PAT photoswitch excited state mechanism! It's a triplet-switch!
From Triplet to Twist: The Photochemical E/Z-Isomerization Pathway of the NIR Photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
From Triplet to Twist: The Photochemical E/Z-Isomerization Pathway of the NIR Photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
Dube-Lab is on Bluesky!
May 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dube-Lab is on Bluesky!