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Prof. Dr. Goerg H.Michler
Full Professor
General Materials Science
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Structure-property-correlations of polymers, Morphology of polymers, Mechanical properties and enhancement of
toughness of polymeric materials, Micromechanical mechanisms of deformation and
fracture, Nanostructured polymers and nanocomposites, Biomedical materials, Electron
and scanning force microscopy of polymers
Selected Publications
G.H. Michler
Electron Microscopy of Polymers
Springer Verlag Berlin
2008, im Druck
G.H. Michler, H.H. Kausch, R. Adhikari
Modeling of thin layer yielding in polymers
J. of Macromol. Sci. 45 (2006) 727 - 739
M. Krumova, S. Henning, G.H. Michler
Chevron morphology in deformed semicrystalline polymers
Phil. Magazine 86 (2006) 1689 - 1712
G.H. Michler, F.J. Balta -Calleja (eds.)
Mechanical Properties of Polymers Based on Nanostructure and Morphology
Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton (2005)
G.H. Michler, W. Lebek
Ultramikrotomie in der Materialforschung
Carl Hanser Verlag, Mnchen (2004)
G.H. Michler, R. Adhikari, S. Henning
Micromechanical properties in lamellar heterophase polymer systems
J. Materials Sci. 39 (2004) 3281 - 3292
G.H. Michler
Kunststoff - Mikromechanik - Morphologie, Deformations- und Bruchmechanismen von Polymerwerkstoffen
Carl Hanser Verlag, Mnchen, Wien, 1992
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Prof. Dr. Kay Saalwächter
Full Professor
Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Structure and Dynamics of Complex Materials, Solid-State NMR and Diffusion Studies of Polymer Melts,
Dry and Swollen Elastomers, Semicrystalline Polymers and Block Copolymers,
Liquid Crystals and Liquid-Crystalline Polymers; Dynamics and Order in Confined Geometry
(Nanochannels and Surfaces), Solid-State NMR Methodology
Selected Publications
K. Saalwächter, B. Herrero, M. A. López-Manchado
Chain order and crosslink density of elastomers as investigated by proton multiple-quantum NMR
Macromolecules 38, 9650-9660 (2005).
K. Severing, K. Saalwächter
A Biaxial Nematic Phase in a Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Side-Chain Polymer
Physical Review Letters 92, 125501, (2004).
K. Saalwächter
Detection of Heterogeneities in Dry and Swollen Polymer Networks by Proton Low-Field NMR Spectroscopy
Journal American Chemical Society 125, 14684-14685, (2003).
I. Schnell, K. Saalwächter
15N-1H Bond Length Determination in Natural Abundance by Inverse Detection in Fast-MAS Solid-State
NMR
Spectroscopy. Journal American Chemical Society 124, 10938-10939, (2002).
A. Fechtenkötter, K. Saalwächter, M. A. Harbison, K. Müllen, H. W. Spiess
Highly Ordered Columnar Structures from Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes - Synthesis, X-ray Diffraction
and Solid-State Heteronuclear Multiple-Quantum NMR Investigations
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, English 38, 3039-3042, (1999)
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Paul
Full Professor
Theoretical Polymer Science
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Thermodynamics, structure and dynamics of polymer systems,
Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations of polymers,
statistical mechanics of single chains, complex chain architectures,
the glass transition of polymer melts, crossover Rouse-reptation,
block copolymer phase behavior, confinement effects, composite
systems for organic electronics quantum mechanics as a stochastic process
Selected Publications
K. Binder, B. M. Mognetti, L. G. Macdowell, M. Oettel, W. Paul, P. Virnau, L. Yelash
Towards the Quantitative Prediction of the Phase Behavior of Polymer Solutions by Computer Simulation
Macromol. Symp. 278, 1 (2009)
H.-P. Hsu, K. Binder, W. Paul
Property variation normal to an undulating line
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 198301 (2009)
W. Paul
Determining the Glass Transition in Polymer Melts
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Vol. 26, K. Lipkowitz, Ed., Wiley, New York, (2008), pp.1-66
R. A. L. Vallee, M. Van der Auwerear, W. Paul, K. Binder
Fluorescence Lifetime of a Single Molecule as an Observable of Meta-basin Dynamics in Fluids Near the Glass Transition
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 217801 (2006).
F. Rampf, K. Binder, W. Paul
The phase diagram of a single polymer chain: new insights from a new simulation method
J. Pol. Sci. B Pol. Phys. 44, 2542 (2006)
W. Paul, G. D. Smith
Structure and dynamics of amorphous polymers: computer simulations compared to experiment and theory
Rep. Prog. Phys. 67, 1117-1185 (2004)
S. C. Glotzer, W. Paul
Molecular and Mesoscale Simulation Methods for Polymer Materials
Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 32, 401-437 (2002)
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Prof. Dr. Ekkehard Straube
Full Professor
Theoretical Polymer Physics
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Statistical Mechanics of Macromolecular Systems; Entanglement Problem, Scattering Theory of
Entangled Polymer Melts and Networks, Reinforcement of Rubber-Elastic Networks,
Computer Simulation of Macromolecular Systems.
Selected Publications
A. Botti, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, D. Richter et al.
A microscopic look at the reinforcement of silica-filled rubbers
Journal of Chemical Physics 124, Art. No. 174908 (2006)
A. Blanchard, R.S. Graham, M. Heinrich, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, D. Richter, A.E. Likhtman,
T.C.B. McLeish, D.J. Read, E. Straube, J. Kohlbreche
Small angle neutron scattering observation of chain retraction after a large step deformation
Physical Review Letters 95, Art. No. 166001 (2005)
N.P. Adhikari, E. Straube
Interfacial properties of asymmetric polymer
mixtures. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 12, 499-507 (2003).
A. Botti, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, D. Richter, V. Urban, E. Straube, J. Kohlbrecher
Silica filled elastomers: polymer chain and filler characterization in the undeformed state by a
SANS-SAXS approach
Polymer 44, 7505-7512, (2003)
A. Botti, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, D. Richter, E. Straube
An in situ rheological and SANS investigation of the crosslinking reaction of polyisoprene and
dicumyl peroxide
Rheologica Acta 41, 475-482, (2002)
M. Heinrich, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, J. Allgaier, D. Richter, E. Straube, D.J. Read,
T.C.B. McLeish, D.J. Groves, R.J. Blackwell, A. Wiedenmann
Arm relaxation in deformed H-polymers in elongational flow by SANS
Macromolecules 35, 6650-6664, (2002)
S. Westermann, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, D. Richter, E. Straube, S. Egelhaaf, R. May
On the length scale dependence of microscopic strain by SANS
Macromolecules 34, 2186-2194, (2001)
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Thurn-Albrecht
Full Professor
Experimental Polymer Physics
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Structure Formation in Polymers (Crystallization, Microphase Separation) and External Control
of Structure Formation Processes, Polymer Based Nanostructures, Polymer Dynamics and
Glass Transition, Scattering Methods
Selected Publications
P. Kohn, K. Schröter, T. Thurn-Albrecht
Determining the Mobility of Ions by Transient Current Measurements at High Voltages
Physical Review Letters 99, 086104 (2007)
M. Steinhart,P. Göring, H. Dernaika, M. Prabhukaran, U. Gösele, E. Hempel, T. Thurn-Albrecht
Coherent Kinetic Control over Crystal Orientation in Macroscopic Ensembles of Polymer Nanorods and Nanotubes
Physical Review Letters 97, 027801 (2006)
F. Ebert, T. Thurn-Albrecht
Controlling the Orientation of Semicrystalline Polymers by Crystallization in Magnetic Fields
Macromolecules, 36, 8685, (2003)
A. Röttele, T. Thurn-Albrecht, J.-U. Sommer, G. Reiter
Thermodynamics of Formation, Reorganization and Melting of Confined Nanometer-sized Polymer Crystals
Macromolecules, 36, 1257, (2003)
T. Thurn-Albrecht, J. Schotter, G. A. Kästle, N. Emley, T. P. Russell,
M. T. Tuominen, T. Shibauchi, L. Krusin-Elbaum, C.T. Black
Ultrahigh-Density Nanowire Arrays Grown in Self-Assembled Diblock Copolymer Templates
Science, 290, 2126, (2000)
T. Thurn-Albrecht, W. Steffen, A. Patkowski, G. Meier, E. W. Fischer,
G. Grübel, D. L. Abernathy
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy of Colloidal Palladium Using a Coherent X-Ray Beam
Physical Review Letters, 77, 5437, (1996)
T. Albrecht, G. Strobl
Observation of the Early Stages of Crystallization inPolyethylene by Time Dependent SAXS:
Transition from Individual Crystals to Stacks of Lamellae
Macromolecules, 29, 783, (1996)
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PD Dr. Mario
Beiner
Privat Dozent
Experimental Polymer Physics
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Polymer dynamics & dynamics of glass-forming liquids, Properties of self-assembled polymeric
nanostructures & networks, Crystallization under confinement, Calorimetry (especially
temperature modulated methods), Shear measurements and dielectric spectroscopy
Selected Publications
E. Hempel, H. Budde, S. Höring, M. Beiner
Crystallization behavior of frustrated alkyl groups in polymeric systems containing
octadecylmethacrylate
Lecture Notes in Physics 714, 201-228 (2007)
M. Beiner
Proteins: Is the folding process dynamically encoded?
Soft Matter 2, 391-393 (2007)
M. Beiner, K.L. Ngai
Interrelation between primary and secondary relaxations in polymerizing epoxy resins
Macromolecules 38 7033-7042 (2005)
M. Beiner, H. Huth
Nanophase separation and hindered glass transition in side-chain polymers
Nature Materials 2, 595-599 (2003)
M. Beiner, H. Huth, K. Schröter
Crossover region of dynamic glass transition: General trends and individual aspects
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 279, 126-135 (2001)
H. Huth, M. Beiner, E. Donth
Temperature dependence of glass-transition cooperativity from heat-capacity
spectroscopy: Two post-Adam-Gibbs variants
Physical Review B 61, 15092-15101 (2000)
M. Beiner, K. Schröter, E. Hempel, S. Reissig, E. Donth
Multiple glass transition & nanophase separation in poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)homopolymers
Macromolecules 32, 6278-6282 (1999)
M. Beiner, G. Fytas, G. Meier, S. K. Kumar
Pressure induced compatibility in a model polymer blend
Physical Review Letters 81, 594-597 (1998)
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Prof.Dr. Wolfgang
Binder
Full Professor
Macromolecular Chemistry
Institute of Chemistry
Research Interests
Synthesis of polymers, living polymerization chemistry and functionalization strategies,
nanocomposites and nanostructured materials, block copolymers, microphase separation in
bulk and thin films, amphiphilic polymers, self assembly of polymers and nanoparticles,
vesicles and polymersomes, sol/gel chemistry via templating processes.
Selected Publications
Wolfgang H. Binder, Laura Petraru, Thomas Roth, Peter W. Groh, Viktoria Palfi, Sandor Keki, Bela Ivan
Magnetic and Temperature-Sensitive Release Gels from Supramolecular Polymers
Adv. Funct. Mater. 17, 1317-1326 (2007)
Wolfgang H. Binder, Robert Sachsenhofer
"Click"-Chemistry in Polymer and Material Science
Macromol. Rapid Commun, 28, 15 - 54 (2007)
Wolfgang H. Binder, Ronald Zirbs
Hydrogen Bonded Polymers
Advances Polymer Science, Vol. 109, (2007)
Article and special volume editor
Wolfgang H. Binder, Christian Kluger, Marina Josipovic, Christoph J. Straif, Gernot Friedbacher
Directing Supramolecular Nanoparticle Binding onto Polymer Films: Film Formation and Influence of Receptor Density on Binding Densities
Macromolecules, 39, 8092 - 8101 (2006)
Wolfgang H. Binder, Sigrid Bernstorff, Christian Kluger, Laura Petraru, Michael J. Kunz
Tunable Materials from Hydrogen-Bonded Pseudo-Block Copolymers
Adv. Mater., 17, 2824 - 2828 (2005)
Wolfgang H. Binder, Christian Kluger, Christoph J. Straif, Gernot Friedbacher
Directed Nanoparticle Binding onto Microphase Separated Block Copolymer Thin Films
Macromolecules, 38, 9405 - 9410 (2005)
Wolfgang H. Binder, Christian Kluger
Combining Ring-Opening Methatesis Polymerization (ROMP) with Sharpless-type "Click" Reactions: An Easy Method for the
Preparation of Side Chain Functionalized Poly(oxynorbornenes)
Macromolecules 37, 9321 - 9330 (2004)
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Prof. Dr. Jörg Kressler
Full Professor
Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Chemistry Department
Research Interests
Polymer Synthesis, Amphiphilic Block Copolymers, Biomedical Materials, Polymer Blends,
Thermodynamics, Scattering Methods
Selected Publications
A. Besheer, G. Hause, J. Kressler, K. Mäder
Hydrophobically-modified hydroxyethyl starch: synthesis, characterization and aqueous self-assembly into nano-sized polymeric micelles and vesicles
Biomacromolecules, 8, 359-367, 2007
E. Amado, C. Augsten, K. Mäder, A. Blume, J. Kressler
Amphiphilic water soluble triblock copolymers based on poly(2,3-dihydroxypropyl methacrylate) and poly(propylene oxide):
synthesis by atom transfer radical polymerization and micellization in aqueous solutions
Macromolecules, 39, 9486-9496, 2006
H. Hussain, A. Kerth, A. Blume, J. Kressler
Amphiphilic block copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(perfluorohexylethyl methacrylate) on water surface and
their penetration into lipid monolayer.
Journal Physical Chemistry B, 108, 9962-9969, (2004)
K. Busse, J. Kressler, D. van Eck, S. Höring
Synthesis of amphiphilic block copolymers based on tert-butyl methacrylate and 2-
(N-methyl perfluoro- butane sulfonamido) ethyl methacrylate and its behavior in water
Macromolecules 35, 178-184, (2002)
M. Jenzsch, N. Volk, J. Kressler, C. Scholz
Synthesis of microbial poly(d-hydroxybutyrate) modified with oligo(pentaerythritol
ethoxylate) by Ralstonia eutropha
Biomacromolecules, 2, 1055-1060, (2001)
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Prof. Dr. Karsten Mäder
Full Professor
Pharmaceutical Technology
Department of Pharmacy
Research Interests
Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery, Polymeric Micelles and Nanoparticles, Polymer
Stabilized Nanocapsules, Polymer Characterisation by NMR and ESR Spectroscopy and Imaging,
in vivo Fate of Polymers
Selected Publications
S. Strübing, H. Metz, K. Mäder:
Characterization of polyvinyl acetate based
floating matrix tablets
Journal of Controlled Release 126, 149–155 (2008)
C. Augsten, K. Mäder: Characterizing Molar Mass Distributions and Molecule
Structures of Different Chitosans using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow
Fractionation combined with Multi-Angle Light Scattering
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 351, 23–30 (2008)
S. Kempe, H. Metz, M. Bastrop, A. Hvilsom, R.V. Contri, K. Mäder
Characterization of thermosensitive chitosan-based hydrogels by Rheology and
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 68, 26–33 (2008)
A. Besheer, K.M. Wood, N.A. Peppas, K. Mäder
Loading and Mobility of Spin-Labeled Insulin in Physiologically Responsive Complexation Hydrogels
Intended for Oral Administration. Journal of Controlled Release 111, 73–80 (2006)
D.J. Lurie, K. Mäder
Monitoring drug delivery processes by EPR and related techniques – principles and applications
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 57, 1171-1190 (2005).
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Prof. Dr.
H.-J. Radusch
Full Professor
Polymer Engineering
Center of Engineering Sciences
Research Interests
Polymer Materials Development by Blending, Fillling and Reinforcing, Morphology Development in
Polymer Blends and Composites; Structure-Properties Relationships of Polymer Materials,
Reactive Compounding, Thermoplastic Elastomers, Biodegradable Polymers, Non-thermal
Biodegradable Polymer Foams, Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites,
Shape Memory Effect Polymers, Polymers for Selective Laser Sintering,
Mechanical Spectroscopy, Calorimetry, AFM.
Selected Publications
Q. Zia, H.-J. Radusch, R. Androsch, E. Ingolič
Crystal morphology of rapidly cooled isotactic polypropylene: A comparative study
by TEM and AFM
Polymer Bulletin, Online 20.02.2008
L. Fiedler, L.O. Correa, H.-J. Radusch, A. Wutzler, J. Gerken
Evaluation of Polypropylene Powder Grades in Consideration of Laser Sintering Processability
Zeitschrift Kunststofftechnik / Journal of Plastics Technology 3, 1-14 (2007)
Q. Zia, H.-J. Radusch, R. Androsch
Direct analysis of annealing of nodular crystals in isotactic polypropylene by atomic force microscopy and its correlation with calorimetric data
Polymer 48, 3504-3511 (2007)
H.H Le, M. Tiwari, S. Ilisch, H.-J. Radusch
Elastic and electrically conductive materials on the basis of thermoplastic elastomers and their controlled manufacturing
Plastics, Rubber and Composites : Macromolecular Engineering 35, 410-417 (2006)
P. Doshev, D. Tomova, A. Wutzler, H.-J. Radusch
Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Reactive and non-Reactive Cyclo-olefin/Ethylene-Octene-Copolymer (COC/EOC) blends
J. Polym. Engineering 25, 375-392, (2005)
Th. Lüpke, S. Dunger, J. Sänze, H.-J. Radusch
Sequential Biaxial Drawing of Polypropylene Films
Polymer 45, 6861-6872, (2004)
C. Kunze, Th. Freier, E. Helwig, B. Sandner, D. Reif, A. Wutzler, H.-J. Radusch
Surface Modification of Tricalcium Phosphate for Improvement of the Interfacial Compatibility with Biodegradable Polymers
Biomaterials 24, 967-974, (2003)
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PD Dr.-Ing. R. Androsch
Privatdozent
Polymer Engineering
Center of Engineering Sciences
Research Interests
Structure and Morphology of Semi-crystalline Polymers, Polymer Crystallization and Melting, Crystal
Surface Phenomena, Calorimetry, X-ray Scattering, Microscopy.
Selected Publications
R. Androsch
In situ atomic force microscopy of the mesomorphic–monoclinic phase transition in isotactic polypropylene
Macromolecules 41, 531-533, 2008
Q. Zia, H.-J. Radusch, R. Androsch
Direct analysis of annealing of nodular crystals in isotactic polypropylene by atomic force microscopy, and its correlation with calorimetric data
Polymer 48, 3504-3511, 2007
Q. Zia, R. Androsch, H.-J. Radusch, S. Piccarolo
Morphology, reorganization and stability of mesomorphic nanocrystals in isotactic polypropylene
Polymer 47, 8163-8172, 2006
C. Kunze, H.E. Bernd, R. Androsch, C. Nischan, T. Freier, S. Kramer, B. Kramp, K.-P. Schmitz
In vitro and in vivo studies on blends of isotactic and atactic poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) for development
of a dura substitute material
Biomaterials 27, 192-201, 2006
R. Androsch, B. Wunderlich
The link between rigid amorphous fraction and crystal perfection in cold-crystallized poly(ethylene
terephthalate)
Polymer 46, 12556-12566, 2005
I.S. Kolesov, R. Androsch, H.-J. Radusch
Effect of crystal morphology and crystallinity on the mechanical α- and β-relaxation processes of short-chain branched polyethylene
Macromolecules 38, 445-453, 2005
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