Willkommen in der Polymerchemie

The polymer chemistry is part of the Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry and consists of two research groups. The research in the division "polymeric materials" is focused on the characterization and on the optimization of application properties of polymeric materials. The division "preparative macromoleculare chemistry" works on the improvement of polymerization and synthesis of polymers. The group "macromoleculare architectures works on highly functionalized materials and modern synthesis approaches. The expertise of all groups is used to develop new polymeric materials by use of funktionalized polymers with known topology or self organising supramolecular structures.

Research groups

Prof. Wilhelm Polymeric Materials	Prof. Theato Preparative Macromolecular Chemistry
The resarch interests focus on method development in rheology, specifically "FT-Rheology" and the rheological characterization of polymeric materials. One special topic in this field is the influence of different topologies on the rheological characteristics of polymers. Therefore, Anionic synthesis of defined topologies is a fundament of our scientific work. Other areas of interest are low-field nmr and novel detection systems for size exclusion chromatographie.	The research interests of the group include functional polymer synthesis, surface chemistry, nanomaterials and materials science. Synthetically all modern polymerization techniques (e.g. ATRP, NMP, RAFT polymerization, ROMP, ROP, ADMET) and post-polymerization modification techniques on the basis of click chemistry are employed. Further research topics include the field of batteries, electrospun fibers, AAO templates, thin films, hydrogels, macromolecular architectures and responsive polymer systems.