Experimental Polymer Physics Group
Research Group Exp. Polymer Physics MLU Halle-Wittenberg
Head of the group
Research interests
In our research we investigate the properties, the microscopic structure and the crystallization process of semicrystalline polymers. We are interested to understand the mechanism of interface induced crystallization and crystal nucleation, to find out which processes control the crystallinity of polymers, and how the structure of functional polymers in thins films can be controlled and optimized. As experimental methods we mainly use different X-ray scattering techniques, AFM, rheology and calorimetry. Please explore our webpage to find out more about our research interests and results.
Selected/Recent publications
- Schäfer, M.; Wallstein, N.; Schulz, M.; Thurn-Albrecht, T.; Saalwächter, K.; Intracrystalline Dynamics in Oligomer‐Diluted Poly(Ethylene Oxide), Macromol. Chem. Phys. 221, 1900393 (2020)
- Tariq, M.; Dolynchuk, O.; Thurn-Albrecht, T; Effect of Substrate Interaction on Thermodynamics of Prefreezing, Macromolecules 52, 9140-9148 (2019)
- Dolynchuk, O., Tariq, M., Thurn-Albrecht, T.; Phenomenological Theory of First-Order Prefreezing. J Phys Chem Lett 10, 1942-1946 (2019)
- Schulz, M., Seidlitz, A., Kurz, R., Bärenwald, R., Petzold, A., Saalwächter, K., Thurn-Albrecht, T.; The Underestimated Effect of Intracrystalline Chain Dynamics on the Morphology and Stability of Semicrystalline Polymers. Macromolecules 51, 8377-8385 (2018)