Experimental Polymer Physics Group
Head of the group:
Research Interests
- Semicrystalline polymers and polymer crystallization
- Structure and morphology of polymers for photovoltaics applications
- structure and mechanical properties in nanostructured polymers
- Experimental Techniques: small and wide angle x-ray scattering, scanning force microscopy, rheology/dynamic-mechanical analysis
recent publications
- Gupta, G.; Singh, C. R.; Lohwasser, R.; Himmerlich, M.: Krischok, S.; Müller-Buschbaum, P.; Thelakkat, M., Hoppe, H., Thurn-Albrecht, T., Morphology, Crystal Structure and Charge Transport in Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymer Thin Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 12309-12318 (2015)
- Löhmann, A., Henze, T., Thurn-Albrecht, T.; Direct observation of prefreezing at the interface melt-solid in polymer crystallization, PNAS, 111, 17368-17372 (2014)
- A. Mujtaba; M. Keller; S. Illisch; H.-J. Radusch; M. Beiner; T. Thurn-Albrecht; K. Saalwächter, Detection of Surface-Immobilized Components and Their Role in Viscoelastic Reinforcement of Rubber−Silica Nanocomposites, ACS Macro Lett. 3, 481-485 (2014)