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  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Frieder Jäkle is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their primary research fields cover Materials Science and Chemistry, with extensive work focused on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research interests prominently include organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, luminescence and fluorescent materials, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, boron compounds in chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry methods, and the synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds.

Recent publications illustrate the depth and focus of their research. These include:

  • Near-Infrared-Absorbing B-N Lewis Pair-Functionalized Anthracenes: Electronic Structure Tuning, Conformational Isomerism, and Applications in Photothermal Cancer Therapy, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Triarylboron-Doped Acenethiophenes as Organic Sonosensitizers for Highly Efficient Sonodynamic Therapy with Low Phototoxicity, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Electron-Deficient Conjugated Materials via p-π* Conjugation with Boron: Extending Monomers to Oligomers, Macrocycles, and Polymers, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Enhancing the Acceptor Character of Conjugated Organoborane Macrocycles: A Highly Electron-Deficient Hexaboracyclophane, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Dynamic B/N Lewis Pairs: Insights into the Structural Variations and Photochromism via Light-Induced Fluorescence to Phosphorescence Switching, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators in Frieder Jäkle's research include Roger A. Lalancette, Daisuke Shimoyama, Xiaodong Yin, Nurcan Baser-Kirazli, and James McQuade. These coauthors contribute to a range of interdisciplinary projects reflecting a synergy across materials and chemistry domains.

Their work has been published in multiple venues with recurring appearances in The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Chemistry - A European Journal, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, highlighting engagement with established journals in chemical and material sciences.

Among their distinctions, Frieder Jäkle was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2006, recognizing their contributions within their academic discipline.

Best Publications

  • Advances in the Synthesis of Organoborane Polymers for Optical, Electronic, and Sensory Applications

    Frieder Jäkle

  • Lewis acidic organoboron polymers

    Frieder Jäkle

  • Luminescent triarylborane-functionalized polystyrene: synthesis, photophysical characterization, and anion-binding studies.

    Kshitij Parab;Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah;Frieder Jäkle

  • Near-Infrared-Absorbing B-N Lewis Pair-Functionalized Anthracenes: Electronic Structure Tuning, Conformational Isomerism, and Applications in Photothermal Cancer Therapy.

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  • Functional Polymeric Materials Based on Main‐Group Elements

    Fernando Vidal;Frieder Jäkle

  • A family of main-chain polymeric Lewis acids: synthesis and fluorescent sensing properties of boron-modified polythiophenes.

    Anand Sundararaman;Maria Victor;Resmi Varughese;Frieder Jäkle

  • Merging thiophene with boron: new building blocks for conjugated materials.

    Yi Ren;Frieder Jäkle

  • Boron-containing polymers as versatile building blocks for functional nanostructured materials

    Fei Cheng;Frieder Jäkle

  • 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene: supramolecular structure and use as a building block for luminescent conjugated polymers.

    Andreas Lorbach;Michael Bolte;Haiyan Li;Hans-Wolfram Lerner

  • Regioregular synthesis of azaborine oligomers and a polymer with a syn conformation stabilized by N-H⋅⋅⋅π interactions.

    Andrew W. Baggett;Fang Guo;Bo Li;Shih-Yuan Liu

  • Triarylboron‐Doped Acenethiophenes as Organic Sonosensitizers for Highly Efficient Sonodynamic Therapy with Low Phototoxicity

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  • Well-defined boron-containing polymeric lewis acids.

    Yang Qin;Guanglou Cheng;and Anand Sundararaman;Frieder Jäkle

  • B–N Lewis Pair Functionalization of Anthracene: Structural Dynamics, Optoelectronic Properties, and O2 Sensitization

    Kanglei Liu;Roger A. Lalancette;Frieder Jäkle

  • Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Novel Reactivity of Strained, Boron-Bridged [1]Ferrocenophanes

    Andrea Berenbaum;Holger Braunschweig;Regina Dirk;Ulli Englert

  • A synthetic route to borylene-bridged poly(ferrocenylene)s.

    Julia B. Heilmann;Matthias Scheibitz;Yang Qin;Anand Sundararaman

  • Organoborane Acceptor-Substituted Polythiophene via Side-Group Borylation

    Haiyan Li;Anand Sundararaman;Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah;Frieder Jäkle

  • Highly luminescent, electron-deficient bora-cyclophanes.

    Pangkuan Chen;Frieder Jäkle

  • Luminescent Organoboron Quinolate Polymers

    Yang Qin;Cynthia Pagba;Piotr Piotrowiak;Frieder Jäkle

  • Luminescence tuning of organoboron quinolates through substituent variation at the 5-position of the quinolato moiety.

    Yang Qin;Irene Kiburu;Shimul Shah;Frieder Jäkle

  • Highly electron-deficient and air-stable conjugated thienylboranes.

    Xiaodong Yin;Jiawei Chen;Roger A. Lalancette;Todd B. Marder

  • The Nature of the Active Catalyst in Late Transition Metal-Mediated Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) Reactions: Mechanistic Studies of the Platinum-Catalyzed ROP of Silicon-Bridged [1]Ferrocenophanes

    Karen Temple;Frieder Jäkle;J. B. Sheridan, ,‡ and;Ian Manners

  • π‐Expanded Borazine: An Ambipolar Conjugated B–π–N Macrocycle

    Pangkuan Chen;Roger A. Lalancette;Frieder Jäkle

  • Preparation of organoboron block copolymers via ATRP of silicon and boron-functionalized monomers

    Yang Qin;Vishad Sukul;Dimitrios Pagakos;Chengzhong Cui

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger A. Lalancette
Roger A. Lalancette Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Matthias Wagner
Matthias Wagner Goethe University Frankfurt
Shih-Yuan Liu
Shih-Yuan Liu Boston College
Lev N. Zakharov
Lev N. Zakharov University of Oregon
Thomas Baumgartner
Thomas Baumgartner York University
Hans-Wolfram Lerner
Hans-Wolfram Lerner Goethe University Frankfurt
Lixiang Wang
Lixiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael Bolte
Michael Bolte Goethe University Frankfurt

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