Habilitation to Direct Research, 2007: Université Bordeaux 1, Talence, France
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1998: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
B.S. in Chemistry, 1993: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
2013 - Full Professor, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires - ISM, Université de Bordeaux, France
2002 - 2013 Associate and Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences), LCOO and ISM, Université Bordeaux 1, France. Delegations at the CNRS in 2008 and in 2012.
2000 - 2002 Postdoctoral Research Associate, inorganic photophysics, R. Schmehl, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
1998 - 1999 Postdoctoral Research Associate,oligonucleotides, J. Lhomme, Université J. Fourier, Grenoble, France
1993 - 1998 Ph.D. in Chemistry,photo-probes of DNA, A. Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique
B.S. level (Licence): NMR, Kinetics, Organic Chemistry, Scientific English
MAIN RESEARCH TOPICS
• Self-assembly of small polyaromatic molecules
Organogels and multi-component soft materials
Nano-fibers, nano-ribbons, nano-crystals
Photo-induced Self-Assembly
Mechanism of Self-Assembly
• Photochemistry
Photochemistry of acenes and diketo-acenes
Nano-Photochemistry
Photo-Patterning
• Control of fluorescence properties in nano-objects
Amplified energy transfer processes and exciton hopping
Tuning of molecular packing geometries
Color-tuning and white-light emission
Induction of linearly polarized emission
• Nano-probing of single nano-objects and molecules
Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM)
Fluorescence polarization microscopy
Micro-spectroscopy (fluorescence)
Single molecule detection (spectroscopy, lifetimes)
Super-resolution microscopy (SMLM)
Single quantum rod luminescence polarization microscopy - QROM
Coupled Fluorescence and AFM imaging
AFM and Conductivity-AFM (C-AFM)
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• Current Projects and Networks
MultiSMART (Coordinator): Multi-Component Soft Materials, Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy and Photochemically induced self-assembly : European Doctoral Network with J. van Esch (NL), B. Escuder (ESP), D. K. Smith (UK), T. Tuttle (UK), C. Stubenrauch (DEU), M.-J. Vicent (ESP), Henkel (DEU), Evonik (DEU)
MicroMat (P.I.): Supramolecular Materials and Microgels; Franco-Indian Network; coll. C. Aymonier, S. Marre, S. Banerjee (IISER Kolkata), U. Maitra (IISc Bangalore)
Self-Assembly and Plasmonics: SUNRISE (PERP LUMA, coord. D. Bassani, N. Destouches)
CPL: G. Raffy (ISM - NEO), R. Oda (CBMN-Bordeaux, Tohoku-Japan), D. Bassani (ISM - NEO)
Chirality: IRP ChiFiMI : coll. Kyoto University (T.Sagawa, Y.Okazaki), Kumamoto University (H.Ihara, M.Takafuji)
Singlet Fission and TADF : coll. Anh-Thy Bui (ISM)
Molecular rotors: coll. L. Gartzia-Rivero (Bilbao, ESP)
C. de Vet, L. Gartzia-Rivero, P. Schäfer, G. Raffy, A. Del Guerzo,* “Photo-Controlled Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Anisotropic Micro-Patterns of Nano-Fibers onto Isotropic Surfaces”, Small, 2020, 16, 1906723.
P. Schäfer, L. Gartzia-Rivero, M.-T. Kao, C. Schäfer, S. Massip, C. de Vet, G. Raffy, A. Del Guerzo,* “Oriented Attachment and Activated Dipoles leading to Anisotropic H-Bond-Free Self-Assembly of n-Acene Derivatives into Organic Nanoribbons Emitting Linearly Polarised Blue Light”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 136-147.
C. Giansante, G. Raffy, C. Schäfer, H. Rahma, M.-T. Kao, A. G.L. Olive, A. Del Guerzo,* “White Light Emitting Self-Assembled NanoFibers and their evidence by Micro-Spectroscopy of Individual Objects.”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2011, 133, 316.
P. Schäfer, C. de Vet, L. Gartzia-Rivero, G. Raffy, M.-T. Kao, C. Schäfer, L. J. Romasanta, B. Pavageau, Y.-T. Tsai, L. Hirsch, D. M. Bassani, A. Del Guerzoa*, “Narcissistic Self-Sorting of n-Acene Nano-Ribbons yielding Energy-Transfer and Electroluminescence at p-n Junctions”, Nanoscale, 14,2022, 8951-8958.
A. Del Guerzo,* A. G.L. Olive, J. Reichwagen, H. Hopf, J.-P. Desvergne,* "Energy Transfer in Self-Assembled [n]-acene Fibers involving ≥ 100 Donors per Acceptor", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 17984.
Publications
Alassani, F., Raffy, G., Carpentier, M., Harb, J., Jubera, V., Del Guerzo, A., Canioni, L., Cardinal, T., Petit, Y. (). Three-Dimensional Laser Creation of a Near-IR Laser-Gain Medium Based on Hydride Donor/Acceptor Complexes Made of Coupled Laser-Induced Silver Nanoclusters with Ytterbium Ions. In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Vol. 17, Issue 1, p. 1770-1781). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c10435
Alassani, F., Ollier, N., Raffy, G., Fargues, A., Del Guerzo, A., Canioni, L., Cardinal, T., Petit, Y. (). Photochemistry of Bismuth- and Silver-Containing Glasses under Femtosecond Laser Irradiation: Energy Transfers and 3D-localized Background-Free Near-Infrared Fluorescence Emission. In Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Vol. 128, Issue 20, p. 8296-8306). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01036
Okazaki, Y., Shimizu, H., Nakamura, K., Yoshida, K., Raffy, G., Kimura, M., Tsukamoto, K., Akasegawa, R., Hachiya, K., Takafuji, M., Del Guerzo, A., Sagawa, T. (). Generation of time-multiplexed chiroptical information from multilayer-type luminescence-based circular polarization conversion films. In Materials Advances (Vol. 5, Issue 6, p. 2253-2259). https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ma00648d
Alassani, F., Galleani, G., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., Royon, A., Bourhis, K., de Camargo, A.S.S., Jubera, V., Canioni, L., Cardinal, T., Petit, Y. (). (INVITED)Direct laser writing of visible and near infrared 3D luminescence patterns in glass. In Optical Materials X (Vol. 16, p. 100205). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omx.2022.100205
Schäfer, P., de Vet, C., Gartzia-Rivero, L., Raffy, G., Kao, M.T., Schäfer, C., Romasanta, L.J., Pavageau, B., Tsai, Y.T., Hirsch, L., Bassani, D.M., Del Guerzo, A. (). Narcissistic self-sorting of n-acene nano-ribbons yielding energy-transfer and electroluminescence at p-n junctions. In Nanoscale (Vol. 14, Issue 25, p. 8951-8958). https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nr01017h
Hsieh, Y.Y., Sánchez, R.S., Raffy, G., Shyue, J.J., Hirsch, L., Del Guerzo, A., Wong, K.T., Bassani, D.M. (). Supramolecular gating of TADF process in self-assembled nano-spheres for high-resolution OLED applications. In Chemical Communications (Vol. 58, Issue 8, p. 1163-1166). https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc06120h
Vasylevskyi, S.I., Raffy, G., Salentinig, S., Del Guerzo, A., Fromm, K.M., Bassani, D.M. (). Multifunctional Anthracene-Based Ni-MOF with Encapsulated Fullerenes: Polarized Fluorescence Emission and Selective Separation of C70from C60. In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Vol. 14, Issue 1, p. 1397-1403). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c19141
Schäfer, P., Gartzia-Rivero, L., Kao, M.T., Schäfer, C., Massip, S., De Vet, C., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A. (). Oriented attachment and activated dipoles leading to anisotropic H-bond-free self-assembly of: N -acene derivatives into organic nanoribbons emitting linearly polarised blue light. In Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Vol. 9, Issue 1, p. 136-147). https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc04789a
Beniazza, R., Bayo, N., Jardel, D., Rust, R., Mao, B., Divoux, T., Schmutz, M., Castet, F., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., McClenaghan, N.D., Buffeteau, T., Vincent, J.M. (). A fluorous sodium l-prolinate derivative as low molecular weight gelator for perfluorocarbons. In Chemical Communications (Vol. 56, Issue 61, p. 8655-8658). https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc02446e
Tsai, Y.T., Raffy, G., Liu, H.F., Peng, B.J., Tseng, K.P., Hirsch, L., Del Guerzo, A., Bassani, D.M., Wong, K.T. (). Incorporation of narcissistic self-sorting supramolecular interactions for the spontaneous fabrication of multiple-color solid-state materials for OLED applications. In Materials Chemistry Frontiers (Vol. 4, Issue 3, p. 845-850). https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qm00636b
de Vet, C., Gartzia-Rivero, L., Schäfer, P., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A. (). Photocontrolled Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Anisotropic Micropatterns of Nanofibers onto Isotropic Surfaces. In Small (Vol. 16, Issue 7, p. 1906723). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201906723
Chakrabarty, A., Maity, M., Raffy, G., Marre, S., Aymonier, C., Maitra, U., Del Guerzo, A. (). Wire-Like Tip-To-Tip Linked Assemblies of CdSe-CdS Quantum Rods Promoted on Supramolecular Nanofibers of Hybrid Organo- and Hydrogels. In Chemnanomat (Vol. 6, Issue 1, p. 79-88). https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201900428
Chakrabarty, A., Raffy, G., Maity, M., Gartzia-Rivero, L., Marre, S., Aymonier, C., Maitra, U., Del Guerzo, A. (). Nanofiber-Directed Anisotropic Self-Assembly of CdSe–CdS Quantum Rods for Linearly Polarized Light Emission Evidenced by Quantum Rod Orientation Microscopy. In Small (Vol. 14, Issue 37, p. 1802311). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201802311
Miyajima, H., Kasuya, M.C.Z., Del Guerzo, A., Vincent, J.M., Hatanaka, K. (). Fluorous gels of a fluorous alcohol using a low molecular weight anthracene organogelator. In Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (Vol. 205, p. 30-34). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.11.011
Raffy, G., Bofinger, R., Tron, A., Del Guerzo, A., McClenaghan, N.D., Vincent, J.M. (). 2D and 3D surface photopatterning via laser-promoted homopolymerization of a perfluorophenyl azide-substituted BODIPY. In Nanoscale (Vol. 9, Issue 43, p. 16908-16914). https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr06848d
Tsai, Y.T., Liu, H.F., Peng, B.J., Tseng, K.P., Kuo, M.C., Wong, K.T., Wantz, G., Hirsch, L., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., Bassani, D.M. (). Frequency-Selective Photobleaching as a Route to Chromatic Control in Supramolecular OLED Devices. In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Vol. 9, Issue 41, p. 36045-36052). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b06640
Tseng, K.P., Tsai, Y.T., Shyue, J.J., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., Wong, K.T., Bassani, D.M. (). Emissive nanotubes from templated self-assembly of small molecules. In Chemical Physics Letters (Vol. 683, p. 43-48). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.04.005
Tsai, Y.T., Tseng, K.P., Chen, Y.F., Wu, C.C., Fan, G.L., Wong, K.T., Wantz, G., Hirsch, L., Raffy, G., Guerzo, A.D., Bassani, D.M. (). Electroluminescence from spontaneously generated single-vesicle aggregates using solution-processed small organic molecules. In ACS Nano (Vol. 10, Issue 1, p. 998-1006). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b06261
Boekhoven, J., Brizard, A.M., Stuart, M.C.A., Florusse, L., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., Van Esch, J.H. (). Bio-inspired supramolecular materials by orthogonal self-assembly of hydrogelators and phospholipids. In Chemical Science (Vol. 7, Issue 9, p. 6021-6031). https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sc01021k
Chen, Y.F., Dubacheva, G.V., Tseng, K.P., Raffy, G., Guerzo, A.D., Hirsch, L., Shyue, J.J., Wong, K.T., Bassani, D.M. (). Supramolecular control of electronic properties in aromatic materials. In Pure and Applied Chemistry (Vol. 86, Issue 4, p. 471-481). https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2013-1033
Dubacheva, G.V., Devynck, M., Raffy, G., Hirsch, L., Del Guerzo, A., Bassani, D.M. (). Probing lateral charge transport in single molecule layers: How charge is transported over long distances in fullerene self-assembled monolayers. In Small (Vol. 10, Issue 3, p. 454-461). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201300502
Banerjee, S., Das, R.K., Terech, P., De Geyer, A., Aymonier, C., Loppinet-Serani, A., Raffy, G., Maitra, U., Del Guerzo, A., Desvergne, J.P. (). Hybrid organogels and aerogels from co-assembly of structurally different low molecular weight gelators. In Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Vol. 1, Issue 20, p. 3305-3316). https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tc30104d
Fournier, J., Grua, P., Néauport, J., Fargin, E., Jubera, V., Talaga, D., Del Guerzo, A., Raffy, G., Jouannigot, S. (). Temperature dependence of luminescence for different surface flaws in high purity silica glass. In Optical Materials Express (Vol. 3, Issue 1, p. 1-10). https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.3.000001
Giansante, C., Schäfer, C., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A. (). Exploiting direct and cascade energy transfer for color-tunable and white-light emission in three-component self-assembled nanofibers. In Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Vol. 116, Issue 41, p. 21706-21716). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp3073188
Raffy, G., Ray, D., Chu, C.C., Del Guerzo, A., Bassani, D.M. (). Effect of hydrogen-bonding on the excited-state reactivity of fullerene derivatives and its impact on the control of the emission polarisation from photopolic single crystals. In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Vol. 14, Issue 25, p. 8859-8865). https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp40504k
Kao, M.T., Schäfer, C., Raffy, G., Guerzo, A.D. (). Kinetic selection between organogel fibers and nano-ribbons of 2,3-didecyloxy-9,10-bisphenylethynyl-anthracene. In Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences (Vol. 11, Issue 11, p. 1730-1736). https://doi.org/10.1039/c2pp25143d
Vives, G., Giansante, C., Bofinger, R., Raffy, G., Guerzo, A.D., Kauffmann, B., Batat, P., Jonusauskas, G., McClenaghan, N.D. (). Facile functionalization of a fully fluorescent perfluorophenyl BODIPY: Photostable thiol and amine conjugates. In Chemical Communications (Vol. 47, Issue 37, p. 10425-10427). https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc13778f
Raffy, G., Ray, D., Chu, C.C., Del Guerzo, A., Bassani, D.M. (). Controlling the emission polarization from single crystals using light: Towards photopolic materials. In Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Vol. 50, Issue 41, p. 9584-9588). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201102283
Corrêa Da Costa, R., Buffeteau, T., Del Guerzo, A., McClenaghan, N.D., Vincent, J.M. (). Reversible hydrocarbon/perfluorocarbon phase-switching of [Ru(bipy) 3]2+ driven by supramolecular heteromeric fluorous carboxylate-caboxylic acid H-bond interactions. In Chemical Communications (Vol. 47, Issue 29, p. 8250-8252). https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc12641e
Tseng, K.P., Fang, F.C., Shyue, J.J., Wong, K.T., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., Bassani, D.M. (). Spontaneous generation of highly emissive RGB organic nanospheres. In Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Vol. 50, Issue 31, p. 7032-7036). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201101945
Giansante, C., Raffy, G., Schäfer, C., Rahma, H., Kao, M.T., Olive, A.G.L., Del Guerzo, A. (). White-light-emitting self-assembled nanofibers and their evidence by microspectroscopy of individual objects. In Journal of the American Chemical Society (Vol. 133, Issue 2, p. 316-325). https://doi.org/10.1021/ja106807u
Das, R.K., Bhat, S., Banerjee, S., Aymonier, C., Loppinet-Serani, A., Terech, P., Maitra, U., Raffy, G., Desvergne, J.P., Del Guerzo, A. (). Self-assembled composite nano-materials exploiting a thermo reversible n-acene fibrillar scaffold and organic-capped ZnO nanoparticles. In Journal of Materials Chemistry (Vol. 21, Issue 8, p. 2740-2750). https://doi.org/10.1039/c0jm02603d
Chu, C.C., Raffy, G., Ray, D., Guerzo, A.D., Kauffmann, B., Wantz, G., Hirsch, L., Bassani, D.M. (). Self-assembly of supramolecular fullerene ribbons via hydrogen-bonding interactions and their impact on fullerene electronic interactions and charge carrier mobility. In Journal of the American Chemical Society (Vol. 132, Issue 36, p. 12717-12723). https://doi.org/10.1021/ja104750f
Das, R.K., Banerjee, S., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., Desvergne, J.P., Maitra, U. (). Spectroscopic, microscopic and first rheological investigations in charge-transfer interaction induced organogels. In Journal of Materials Chemistry (Vol. 20, Issue 34, p. 7227-7235). https://doi.org/10.1039/c0jm01192d
Olive, A.G.L., Del Guerzo, A., Schäfer, C., Belin, C., Raffy, G., Giansante, C. (). Fluorescence amplification in self-assembled organic nanoparticles by excitation energy migration and transfer. In Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Vol. 114, Issue 23, p. 10410-10416). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp102512t
Motreff, A., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A., Belin, C., Dussauze, M., Rodriguez, V., Vincent, J.M. (). Chemisorption of fluorous copper(ii)-carboxylate complexes on SiO 2 surfaces: Versatile binding layers applied to the preparation of porphyrin monolayers. In Chemical Communications (Vol. 46, Issue 15, p. 2617-2619). https://doi.org/10.1039/b923525f
Giansante, C., Olive, A.G.L., Schäfer, C., Raffy, G., Del Guerzo, A. (). Time-resolved confocal fluorescence microscopy of trinitrobenzene- responsive organic nanofibers. In Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (Vol. 396, Issue 1, p. 125-131). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-009-3179-9
Olive, A.G.L., Raffy, G., Allouchi, H., Léger, J.M., Guerzo, A.D., Desvergne, J.P. (). Striking correlation between the unusual trigonal crystal packing and the ability to self-assemble into nanofibers of 2,3-Di-n-alkyloxyanthracenes. In Langmuir (Vol. 25, Issue 15, p. 8606-8614). https://doi.org/10.1021/la804206n
Sangeetha, N.M., Bhat, S., Raffy, G., Belin, C., Loppinet-Serani, A., Aymonier, C., Terech, P., Maitra, U., Desvergne, J.P., Del Guerzo, A. (). Hybrid materials combining photoactive 2,3-didecyloxyanthracene physical gels and gold nanoparticles. In Chemistry of Materials (Vol. 21, Issue 14, p. 3424-3432). https://doi.org/10.1021/cm901225s
Fang, F.C., Chu, C.C., Huang, C.H., Raffy, G., Guerzo, A.D., Wong, K.T., Bassani, D.M. (). Versatile one-step introduction of multiple hydrogen-bonding sites onto extended π-conjugated systems. In Chemical Communications (Issue 47, p. 6369-6371). https://doi.org/10.1039/b813704h
