Dynamics and Association in Individualized Macromolecules (B15*)

• Subject Area: Preparatory and Physical Chemistry of Polymers ; Experimental and Theoretical Physics of Polymers
• Term: from 2019 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 189853844

The project focusses on crystallization and dynamics of reversible association in polymeric molecules under the constraints of solitude and individual spatial confinement. Key questions are which minimum length individualized chains must have to crystallize and how the formation of loops at the crystallite edges constrains this process. Additionally, the impact of solid boundaries on such systems will be investigated. Finally, the association dynamics of hydrogen-bonding functional groups in individualized polymers will be addressed.

• 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: Dr. Martin Tress