10/2022 "ERC Synergy Grant for PriOSS chemist Michael Gottfried"
European Research Council funds search for unusual ring-shaped carbon compounds for applications in organic electronics
Prof. Dr. Michael Gottfried from the University of Marburg has received an ERC Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) together with Prof. Dr. Michael Mastalerz from the University of Heidelberg and Prof. Dr. Holger Bettinger from the University of Tübingen. With their project "Tackling the Cyclacene Challenge" (TACY), the three researchers are pursuing the goal of generating a special class of ring-shaped carbon compounds - the cyclacenes - for the first time. The European Research Council is funding the project with around 11 million euros. Of this, around 4.5 million euros is earmarked for the research work at Philipps-Universität Marburg.