Semicrystalline Homopolymers and Block Copolymers at the Air/Water Interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett Films on Solid Supports (B07)

• Subject Area: Preparatory and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 189853844

We will investigate the crystallization of different polymers systems in Langmuir films at the air/water interface. We will focus on precision polymers with regularly spaced hydrophilic groups, poly(methacrylic acid) with different tacticity and poly(vinyl alcohol) with Hofmeister salts in the aqueous subphase using microscopic, infrared spectroscopic, and in-situ X-ray scattering techniques for characterization. Thermodynamic and kinetic models will be developed.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 102: Polymers under Multiple Constraints: Restricted and Controlled Molecular Order and Mobility
• Applicant Institution: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Jörg Kreßler