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Research

Development of novel tailor-made polymeric materials

Optimization of polymer modification and processing

Analysis of morphology and structure formation during processing

Analysis of processing-structure-property relations

Research Topics

• Structure formation in statistical propylene-1-alkene copolymers

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• Rigid amorphous fraction in semi-crystalline polymers

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• Nanostructured polymer materials

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• Shape-memory effect in olefin-copolymers and heterogeneous blends

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• Online measured electrical conductance

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• Macro- and microdispersion of filler

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• Polymer blends and composites

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• Stress relaxation behavior of nanoparticle filled TPV

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• Reactive compounding

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• Rapid prototyping / Materials for laser sintering

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• Biopolymers / Biomedical materials

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• Rubber and thermoplast-elastomer compounds

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• Structure, crystallization and melting of oligo- and polyhydroxybutyrates

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• Structure, crystallization and melting of ethylene-1-alken copolymers

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• Polymer recycling

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• BMBF-Project COMPOMEL

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Research cooperation with universities

• Technical University "Otto von Guericke" Magdeburg
• University Kassel
• Technical University Dresden
• University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Sofia/Bulgaria
• Slovak Technical University Bratislava/Slovak Republic
• Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
• Metallurgical University Dnepropetrowsk/Ukraine
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland/USA
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville/USA
• Mahatma Ghandi University Kottayam/India
• Universidade Federala Santa Catarina Florianopolis/Brazil
• Universitá Degli Studi Di Palermo/Italy

Research cooperation with academic institutions

• Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology Pfinztal-Berghausen
• Fraunhofer Institute of Mechanics of Materials Halle
• Leibniz-Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V.
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
• Saxonian Institute of Applied Biotechnology at the University Leipzig
• and numerous industrial companies

Interdisciplinary cooperation at the Martin Luther University

• Polymer Competence-Center Halle-Merseburg
• Institute of Polymeric Materials e.V. at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• Polymer Service GmbH Merseburg
• "Polymers and Environment" e.V.

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