Julien Massue

Research topics

  • Organic chemistry
  • Heterocyclic chemistry
  • Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT)
  • Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE)
  • Boron Complexes
  • Physical Chemistry: Absorption and Emission spectroscopies, Electrochemistry

Research experience and education

  • 2017-2018 : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellow at the University of Nagoya (Japan) (Host: Prof. M. Yamashita).
  • 2017: Habilitation à diriger des Recherches (HDR) – Université de Strasbourg
  • 2011-: Chargé de Recherche CNRS at ICPEES/Université de Strasbourg (CNRS Research Associate)
  • 2010: Postdoctoral Fellow at ENS Lyon (France) in the group of Dr. C. Andraud
  • 2008-2009: Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University (New York, USA) in the group of Prof. D. Sames
  • 2005-2007: Postdoctoral Fellow at Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland) in the group of Prof. T. Gunnlaugsson
  • 2002-2005: Ph.D. at the University of Rennes 1 (France) on “Tetrathifulvalene-based electroactive ligands: Mixed Valence and Molecular Receptorʺ under the supervision of Prof. D. Lorcy and Dr. N. Bellec

Recent Selected Publications

  • “Heteroaryl-Substituted bis-Anils: Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Derivatives with Tunable ESIPT Emission Color and pH Sensitivity” T. Stoerkler, P. Retailleau, D. Jacquemin, G. Ulrich, J. Massue, Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202203766 (hot article).
  • “Color-Tunable Multifunctional Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Emitter: Stimulated Emission of a Single Dye” M. Durko-Maciag, D. Jacquemin, G. Ulrich, J. Massue, J. Mysliwiec, Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202201327.
  • “Blue-Emitting 2-(2'-Hydroxyphenyl)benzazole Fluorophores by Modulation of Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer: Spectroscopic Studies and Theoretical Calculations” M. Munch, E. Colombain, T. Stoerkler, P.M. Vérité, D. Jacquemin, G. Ulrich, J. Massue, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2022, 126, 2108.
  • “Synthesis and Optical Properties of Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) Emitters with Sulfobetaine Fragments” M. Munch, G. Ulrich, J. Massue. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 22, 4640.
  • “Dual Solution-/Solid-State Emissive Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) Dyes: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach” T. Pariat, T. Stoerkler, C. Diguet, A.D. Laurent, D. Jacquemin, G. Ulrich, J. Massue. J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 17606.
  • “Impact of Heteroatom Substitution on Dual-State Emissive Rigidified 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzazole Dyes: Towards Ultra-Bright ESIPT Fluorophores” T. Pariat, Thibault, M. Munch, M. Durko-Maciag, J. Mysliwiec, P. Retailleau, P.M. Vérité, D. Jacquemin, J. Massue, G. Ulrich. Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 3483.
  • “2,2-Dipicolylamino substituted 2-(2'- hydroxybenzofuranyl) benzoxazole (HBBO) derivative: Towards ratiometric sensing of divalent zinc cations”. T. Pariat, P.M. Vérité, D. Jacquemin, J. Massue, G. Ulrich. Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 190, 109338.