Macromolecular Design: Synthesis of New Polymer Structures
Macromolecular Design
- Branched Polymers
Comb-Shaped, Star-Shaped, and Hyperbranched Polymers
Planar, Spherical, and Cylindrical Polymer Brushes
Effect of Topology and Composition on Solution and Melt Properties - Functional Polymers
Polymers with Labels
Macromonomers,
Polyelectrolytes
Polymers with Sugar Functions
Pharmacologically Active Polymers
Biocidal Polymers for Smart Coatings - Block, Starblock, and Graft Copolymers (AB, ABA, ABC)
Thermoplastic Elastomers and Impact Modifiers
Compatibilizers for Polymer Blends
Lateral Structuring of Surfaces
Orientation of Microdomains Induced by Shear Fields and Electrical Fields
Stimuli-Sensitive Nanoporous Membranes - Amphiphilic Copolymers
Self-Organization of Amphiphilic Block and Graft Copolymers
Self-Organization of Stimuli-sensitive Block Copolymers
Covalent/Reversible Networks - Amphiphilic Nanoparticles
Janus Micelles and Super-Micelles
Janus Cylinders
Amphiphilic Core-Shell Cylinder Brushes - Polymer and Block Copolymer Blends
Improvement of Macroscopic Material Properties via Compatiblization by - Polymer Brushes
Hyperbranched Polymers on Planar and Spherical Substrates
Cylindrical Brushes (Bottlebrushes) - Bio-Hybrid Polymers
Rod-Coil Block Copolymers with Amylose
Polymer-Protein Conjugates
Sugar-containing Branched Polymers - Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Polymers
Magnetizable Nanocylinders
Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires
Controlled/Living Polymerization: Mechanisms and Kinetics
- Anionic Polymerization
- Group Transfer Polymerization
- Cationic Polymerization
- Controlled Radical Polymerization (ATRP, RAFT)
- Multi-Mode Polymerization
- Continuous Flow/ Quenched Flow
- Stopped Flow
- In-situ FT-NIR Kinetics
Polymer Analysis and Molecular Characterization
- GPC with Multi-Angle Light Scattering (MALS) and Viscosity Detectors
- HPLC under Critical Conditions of Adsorption (LACCC)
- 2D Chromatography (LACCC + SEC)
- Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) with MALS Detector
- Static and Dynamic Light Scattering
- Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
- MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
- Membrane Osmometry
Structural and Thermal Characterization of Polymers
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (including Cryo-TEM)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Scanning Force Microscopy (AFM)
- SAXS, WAXS, SANS
- Rheology and Rheooptics
- DSC, TGA, DMTA