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Objective of the researchThe main objective is to apply advanced chemistry to create new materials and to master the methods of their characterization. This includes
1) Modern methods to synthesize "smart", self-assembling polymers
2) Water-soluble and/or amphiphilic polymers
3) Use of the polymers e.g. as carriers for various active substances
4) Development of the methods to characterize the polymers mainly in aqueous surroundings
5) A new important group of new materials include various hybrid materials and nanocomposites based on for example gold, silver, copper, or montmorillonite nanoparticles.
6) Also, water-dispersible conducting polymers are of interest. Special know-how of the group1) Synthesis of polymers and various nanomaterials
2) Polymer characterization mainly by NMR, light scattering, rheological (dynamic mechanical), and thermoanalytical methods. Possible utilization of the resultsThe materials under study should find several applications ranging from controlled dug delivery to wood preservatives or even non-linear optics. Nanosized copper was prepared to manufacture conducting patterns on paper, polymer-modified silver nanoparticles have been prepared to obtain safe antibacterial coatings.Latest research results
19.08.2011
Results
1) New environmentally responsive star and block copolymers which react strongly to temperature, light, pH, even electric field 2) Several new hybrid materials/nanocomposites 3) Stereocontrol in radical polymerization
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