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
- Kohn, P., Gharayan, L., Gupta, G., Sommer, M., Wicklein, A., Thelakkat, M., Thurn-Albrecht, T., Thermotropic Behavior, Packing, and Thin Film Structure of an Electron Accepting Side-Chain Polymer, Macromolecules 45, 5676-5683, (2012)
- Henze, T., Schröter, K., Thurn-Albrecht, T., Investigation of the different stable states of the cantilever oscillation in an atomic force microscope, Nanotechnology 23, 245702 (2012)
- Shingne, N., Geuss, M., Hartmann-Azanza, B., Steinhart, M., Thurn-Albrecht, T., Formation, morphology and internal structure of one-dimensional nanostructures of the ferroelectric polymer P(VDF-TrFE)