Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung
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55128 Mainz
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Projects
Priority Programmes
Current projects
Electroluminescent perovskite nanocrystals - From tailor-made assemblies to optoelectronic properties
(Applicants
Andrienko, Denis
;
Brütting, Wolfgang
;
Scheele, Marcus
)
Focusing Effect for Sliding Drops Induced by Adaptive Surfaces
(Applicant
Berger, Rüdiger
)
Microscopic Mechanisms and Surface Adaptation Effects in Slide-Electrification
(Applicants
Andrienko, Denis
;
Weber, Stefan
)
Completed projects
Analytische Theorie der statischen und dynamischen Eigenschaften von wässrigen Polyelektrolytlösungen, Polyelektrolyte komplexerer Architektur
(Applicant
Vilgis, Thomas A.
)
Benetzung einzelner kolloidaler Teilchen durch adaptive Grenzflächen
(Applicant
Graf, Karlheinz
)
Biokompatible magnetische Partikel: Herstellung und Charakterisierung polymerverkapselter, superparamagnetischer Nanopartikel (für den Teilbereich "Entwicklung und Herstellung neuartiger Ferrofluide")
(Applicant
Landfester, Katharina
)
Block Copolymer Templated Fabrication and Functionalization of Nanoraod Arrays
(Applicant
Knoll, Wolfgang
)
Charge Photogeneration and extraction in polymer: fullerene bulk heterojunction organic solar cells
(Applicants
Andrienko, Denis
;
Deibel, Carsten
;
Laquai, Frédéric
;
Neher, Dieter
)
Computersimulationen von Polyelektrolytlösungen unterschiedlicher Lösungsmittelqualität unter expliziter Berücksichtigung der Salz- und Gegenionen
(Applicant
Kremer, Kurt
)
Deformation, rolling and sliding of particles and particle aggregates
(Applicants
Auernhammer, Günter K.
;
Vollmer, Doris
)
Die Benetzungseigenschaften einzelner kolloidaler Teilchen
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Direkte Messung der zentralen und tangentialen Wechselwirkung feinster Partikel
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Dust from Supernovae in the Solar Nebula: An Integrated Nano- and Microanalytical Approach
(Applicants
Hoppe, Peter
;
Vollmer, Christian
)
Dynamic advancing and receding contact angles of adaptive surfaces
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Dynamic wetting phenomena and contact angle hysteresis of drops on polymer brushes and gels
(Applicants
Schmid, Friederike
;
Vollmer, Doris
)
Dynamik kolloidaler Suspensionen: Wachstum, Aggregation, Reorganisation und Trocknung
(Applicant
Auernhammer, Günter K.
)
Dynamische und statische Messungen interpartikulärer Kräfte zwischen mikrometergroßen Staubteilchen, Stoßsimulationen und deren astrophysikalische Anwendungen
(Applicant
Blum, Jürgen
)
Eigenschaften anisotroper Netzwerke aus kettensteifen Polyelektrolyten
(Applicant
Meyer, Wolfgang H.
)
Engineering the mobility in hydrogel films
(Applicant
Koynov, Ph.D., Kaloian
)
Ferromagnetische Elastomere und Gele
(Applicant
Pleiner, Harald
)
Ferromagnetische Elastomere und Gele
(Applicant
Brand, Helmut R.
)
Ferromagnetische Elastomere und Gele
(Applicant
Liu, Mario
)
Heapocrates: Healing Polymers for preventing Corrosion of Metallic Systems
(Applicants
Crespy, Daniel
;
Rohwerder, Michael
)
Herstellung polymerbeschichteter Nanopartikel durch Hochdruckhomogenisation partikelbeladener Monomere mit nachfolgender Miniemulsionspolymerisation
(Applicants
Karbstein, Heike
;
Landfester, Katharina
)
Hierarchical simulation of biopolymers in contact with mineral surfaces
(Applicants
Peter, Christine
;
van der Vegt, Nico
)
Influence of Polymer-Solid Contacts on Chain Order and Dynamics Probed by Advanced NMR Spectroscopy
(Applicant
Spiess, Hans Wolfgang
)
Interaction of nanoparticles with cellular compartments and proteins
(Applicants
Landfester, Katharina
;
Mailänder, Volker
;
Nienhaus, Gerd Ulrich
;
Simmet, Thomas
)
Investigation of synthetic polymers by high-field EPR
(Applicant
Jeschke, Gunnar
)
Investigation polymer-filler interphase dynamics of reinforced elastomers: experiments, modelling and theory
(Applicants
Klüppel, Manfred
;
Vilgis, Thomas A.
)
Macroscopic aspects of field-controlled particle-matrix interactions in magnetorheological elastomers and in liquid crystalline magnetic gels
(Applicant
Brand, Helmut R.
)
Magneto-dissipative Effekte in Ferrofluiden
(Applicant
Liu, Mario
)
Molecular structure of liquids at solid surfaces
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Neuartige Hybridmaterialien auf der Basis selbstorganisierter Lanthanoid-Komplexe: Synthese und Charakterisierung
(Applicant
Landfester, Katharina
)
Neue Initiatoren, Gegenradikale und Emulgatoren für radikalische Polymerisationen in superkritischem Kohlendioxid: Synthese, Charakterisierung, Polymerisation geeigneter Monomere
(Applicant
Steffen, Werner
)
Optoelectronic properties of nanoscopic particles and functional aggregates in defined arrangements
(Applicant
Mittler, Silvia
)
Organic high spin molecules, their metal complexation and mixed radical crystals
(Applicant
Baumgarten, Martin
)
Phasendiagramme und Phasenübergänge von Polyelektrolytlösungen in Gegenwart von niedermolekularem Salz
(Applicant
Schmidt, Manfred
)
Photogeneration, recombination and extraction of charge carriers in organic solar cells
(Applicants
Andrienko, Denis
;
Deibel, Carsten
)
Sintering kinetics for polymer particles
(Applicant
Kappl, Michael
)
Statistische Mechanik zum statischen und dynamischen Verhalten von Hydrogelen unter externen Einflüssen
(Applicant
Vilgis, Thomas A.
)
Strukturierte Nanomaterialien aus Nanokompartments
(Applicant
Landfester, Katharina
)
Supramolekulare Cellulosearchitekturen als Medien für chemische Reaktionen
(Applicant
Schulze, Margit
)
Surface impact in polydisperse polymer systems
(Applicants
Berger, Rüdiger
;
Gutmann, Jochen
)
The Impact of a Solid Surface on the Structure and Dynamics of Polymer Melts
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
The molecular scale of switchable wetting
(Applicant
Backus, Ellen
)
Transfer of Angular Monentum by Circularly Polarized Near Fields
(Applicants
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
;
Elmers, Hans-Joachim
)
Understanding the role of trigger signal spreading, release rate of suitable active agents and their transport rate for optimal healing in extrinsic self-healing materials
(Applicants
Crespy, Daniel
;
Rohwerder, Michael
)
Wasserfreie Polymere mit hoher Protonenleitfähigkeit für den Einsatz in Brennstoffzellen oberhalb von 100°C
(Applicant
Meyer, Wolfgang H.
)
Wet but non slippery (3): Bioinspired adhesives that work in humid and flooded conditions
(Applicants
Barnes, Jon P.
;
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
;
del Campo Bécares, Aránzazu
;
Fery, Andreas
)
Research Grants
Current projects
Development of Hybrid Single-Atom Photocatalysts based on Graphene Quantum Dots and 2D Materials Toward Solar Energy Conversion
(Applicants
Bonn, Mischa
;
Smarsly, Bernd
)
Development of Organic Photochromic-based Flexible Optoelectronic Neuromorphic Array System
(Applicant
Kraft, Ulrike
)
Completed projects
Adaptive multiscale simulation for organic electronics
(Applicant
Andrienko, Denis
)
Conjugated porous polymers with porphyrin dyes for heterogeneous photocatalytic applications under visible light
(Applicant
Ferguson, Calum
)
Development of a micromechanical thermogravimetric tool for investigation of biominerals
(Applicants
Berger, Rüdiger
;
da Silva Raminhos Natalio, Filipe Andre
)
Dynamics of optically generated charge carriers in conjugated polymers and oligomers
(Applicant
Bäßler, Heinz
)
Electronic Bistable Recording Media for Scanning Multiprobe based Ultrahigh-Density Data Storage
(Applicants
Berger, Rüdiger
;
Gutmann, Jochen
)
Energie dünner, flüssiger Polymerfilme in einem Spalt
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Exploring the Quantum Character of Interfacial Excitations at the Donor-Acceptor Heterojunction – Towards Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Minimum Energy Offset
(Applicants
Andrienko, Denis
;
Brabec, Christoph J.
;
Neher, Dieter
;
Shoaee, Safa
)
Fighting Against Cisplatin-Resistant Tumors Using Responsive Pt(IV)/Ru(II) Bimetallic Polymers
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Hepsin cleavable nanocapsules for precision medicine in prostate carcinoma (HEPSIN-NANOLYSIS
(Applicants
Crespy, Daniel
;
Mailänder, Volker
;
Wittig, Rainer
)
Improved bio-inocula and living mulching technologies for integrated management of horticultural crops
(Applicant
Landfester, Katharina
)
Interaction of nanoparticles with cellular compartments and proteins
(Applicant
Mailänder, Volker
)
Kolloide in isotropen und anisotropen Fluiden: Wechselwirkungen und Mechanismen der Strukturbildung in Mischungen aus Flüssigkristallen und Kolloiden
(Applicant
Vollmer, Doris
)
Lösungseigenschaften von verzweigten im Vergleich zu linearen Polymeren
(Applicants
Frey, Holger
;
Wolf, Bernhard A.
)
Modeling of the shear dynamics of fine particles
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Nanoporous films of polydiacetylenes for visual sensing of volatile organic compounds
(Applicant
Wu, Si
)
Organische Hochspinmoleküle und intermolekulare Aggregate
(Applicant
Baumgarten, Martin
)
Phasenseparationsszenarien binärer Mischungen bei langsamer kontinuierlicher Änderung der Temperatur
(Applicant
Vollmer, Doris
)
Proton Transfer in Protic Ionic Liquids
(Applicant
Hunger, Johannes
)
Rational design of ion-pair receptors for selective binding of hazardous salts
(Applicant
Hunger, Johannes
)
Shinning Light on Nature's Raincoat: Understanding the Unique Properties of Hydrophobin Films.
(Applicant
Meister, Konrad
)
Untersuchung der Eisoberfläche mit Hilfe der Rasterkraftmikroskopie
(Applicant
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Verdunstung von Tropfen aus Flüssigkeitsmischungen, -lösungen oder Dispersionen auf festen und deformierbaren Oberflächen
(Applicants
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
;
Stephan, Peter
)
What makes the guanidinium cation so special?
(Applicant
Hunger, Johannes
)
Research Fellowships
Completed projects
Hydrogels for Biosensor Applications
(Applicant
Anac, Ilke
)
Ultrafast dynamics of interfacial water molecules
(Applicant
Sterrer, Martin
)
Ultrafast spectroscopy of aqueous proton conduction in nano-chanels and nano-pools
(Applicant
Hunger, Johannes
)
Untersuchungen zur Funktion aromatischer Aminosäuren in Membranproteinen mittels neuer Methoden der Festkörper-NMR-Spektroskopie
(Applicant
Schnell, Ingo
)
Research Units
Completed projects
Kopplung chemischer Reaktionen an die Benetzung in mikrofluidischen Systemen
(Applicant
Graf, Karlheinz
)
Physik, Laserentwicklung, Polarisator
(Applicants
Heil, Werner
;
Spiess, Hans Wolfgang
)
Statistische Mechanik und Polymerdynamik an Füllstoffoberflächen in Elastomeren, Verglasung und Rissausbreitung
(Applicant
Vilgis, Thomas A.
)
Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups
Completed projects
Die Physik der Kolloid-Membran-Umfließungsprozesse: Theorie und Simulation
(Applicant
Kremer, Kurt
)
Importance sampling of chemical compound space: Thermodynamic properties from high-throughput coarse-grained simulations
(Applicant
Bereau, Tristan
)
Collaborative Research Centres
Current projects
Complexation and adsorption of nanocarriers with biological components like RNA, serum proteins and other blood components and the influence on stability and interaction with cell membranes
(Project Heads
Landfester, Katharina
;
Maskos, Michael
;
Schmid, Friederike
)
Functions of Ubiquitin and SUMO in Protein Phase Separation and Aggregation
(Project Heads
Kremer, Kurt
;
Kukharenko, Ph.D., Oleksandra
;
Ulrich, Ph.D., Helle
)
Induction of intrahepatic anti-tumor immunity by addressing dendritic cells and reprogramming protolerogenic non-parenchymal cell populations
(Project Heads
Bros, Matthias
;
Gehring, Stephan
;
Landfester, Katharina
)
Integrated Research Training Group
(Project Heads
Bonn, Mischa
;
Dahm, Ralf
;
Dormann, Dorothee
)
Intrinsically Disordered to α-Helix Transition of the IM30 Protein Structure
(Project Heads
Bonn, Mischa
;
Girard, Martin
;
Schneider, Dirk
)
Microscopic characterization of nanocarriers in biological environments - from extracellular behavior to intracellular trafficking and immunomodulator release
(Project Heads
Koynov, Ph.D., Kaloian
;
Lieberwirth, Ingo
;
Mailänder, Volker
)
Modulation of IL-10- and/or STAT3-mediated tumor-associated tolerance-mechanisms with the help of functionalized nanoparticles
(Project Heads
Landfester, Katharina
;
Steinbrink, Kerstin
)
Nanocarrier-based functional analysis of myeloid cells in inflammatory and autoimmune skin diseases
(Project Heads
Landfester, Katharina
;
Steinbrink, Kerstin
)
Peptide libraries, purification, synthesis and structural analyses
(Project Heads
Jacob, Timo
;
Kaiser, Ute
;
Read, Clarissa
;
Ständker, Ludger
;
Wagner, Manfred
;
Wiese, Sebastian
)
Prototype for the measurement of the frictional force of droplets
(Project Heads
Berger, Rüdiger
;
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Regulating Cellular Functions by Light-Gated Assembly of Phase-Separated Nanostructures (Optoaggregates)
(Project Heads
Landfester, Katharina
;
Methner, Axel
;
Weil, Tanja
)
SFB 1066: Nano-Dimensional Polymer Therapeutics for Tumour Therapy
(Spokesperson
Grabbe, Stephan
)
SFB 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes
(Spokesperson
Stephan, Peter
)
SFB 1450: Multiscale imaging of organ-specific inflammation
(Spokesperson
Schäfers, Michael
)
SFB 1551: Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function
(Spokesperson
Lemke, Edward A.
)
SFB 1552: Defects and Defect Engineering in Soft Matter
(Spokesperson
Seiffert, Ph.D., Sebastian
)
Surface characterization by drops on an inclined plane
(Project Head
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Targeted Protein Degradation in Nuclear Quality Control Condensates
(Project Heads
Beli, Petra
;
Kremer, Kurt
;
Kukharenko, Ph.D., Oleksandra
;
Luck, Katja
)
Completed projects
Chemically modified proteins, protein complexes and protein aggregates - studies on cell interactions and transport
(Project Heads
Kuhlmann, Christoph R.W.
;
Luhmann, Heiko J.
;
Weil, Tanja
)
Condensation of water on superamphiphobic surfaces
(Project Heads
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
;
Gambaryan-Roisman, Tatiana
)
Conformations of single molecules and aggregates under different interactions
(Project Head
Vilgis, Thomas A.
)
Electronic coupling in individual multichromophoric aggregates
(Project Heads
Basché, Thomas
;
Müllen, Klaus
)
Fluorescence enhancement in plasmonic nanostructures
(Project Head
Kreiter, Maximilian
)
Messung von Enthalpieänderungen während des Protonentransports von Bakteriorhodopsin
(Project Head
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
)
Nanopartikel, generiert über Miniemulsionsprozesse in wässriger Dispersion, als Basis für transparente leitfähige Schichten
(Project Head
Landfester, Katharina
)
Polyphenylen dendrimers and their defined aggregates as light emitters, sensors and electrolytes
(Project Heads
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
;
Knoll, Wolfgang
;
Müllen, Klaus
)
Protein aggregation and protein/pigment interaction in lipid membranes
(Project Heads
Ehmoser, Eva-Kathrin
;
Kremer, Kurt
;
Peter, Christine
)
Proteins on nanocarriers: from the stealth effect to active targeting in vivo
(Project Heads
Mailänder, Volker
;
Tenzer, Stefan
;
Weil, Tanja
)
Puls-EPR-Abstandsmessungen zur Aufklärung von Assemblierung und Strukturdynamik eines selbstorganisierenden Biomolekülkomplexes
(Project Heads
Jeschke, Gunnar
;
Paulsen, Harald
)
Selbstorganisation formtreuer Polyelektrolyte zu Supersträngen und daraus entstehende hierarchische Strukturen
(Project Heads
Wegner, Gerhard
;
Wiegand, Simone
)
SFB 625: From Single Molecules to Nanoscopically Structured Materials
(Spokesperson
Schmidt, Manfred
)
Shape, dynamics and proximities in supramolecular assemblies from magnetic resonance spectroscopy
(Project Heads
Brunklaus, Gunther
;
Spiess, Hans Wolfgang
)
Supramolecular structures of semiconductor nanocrystals, organic dye molecules, and biological light-harvesting complexes
(Project Heads
Basché, Thomas
;
Müllen, Klaus
;
Paulsen, Harald
)
Supramolekulare Strukturen aus Polyelektrolyt-Farbstoff-Assoziationen
(Project Head
Gröhn, Franziska
)
Supramolekulare Strukturen basierend auf DNA-Blockcopolymeren
(Project Heads
Berger, Rüdiger
;
Herrmann, Andreas
;
Müllen, Klaus
)
Synthesis and simulation of polymers in miniemulsions: Ramifications of confinement on structure and demixing
(Project Heads
Landfester, Katharina
;
Virnau, Peter
)
Synthesis of carbohydrate based nanocapsules and their functionalization with glycomimet-ics for cell-specific targeting
(Project Heads
Landfester, Katharina
;
Opatz, Till
)
Synthetic control of morphology and function in peptide based carrier systems
(Project Heads
Barz, Matthias
;
Weil, Tanja
)
Unkonventionelle Lithographie
(Project Heads
Landfester, Katharina
;
Plettl, Alfred
;
Ziemann, Paul
;
Ziener, Ulrich
)
CRC/Transregios
Current projects
Automated model building and representation learning for multiscale simulations
(Project Heads
Andrienko, Denis
;
Bereau, Tristan
;
Wand, Michael
)
Coarse-grained models for dynamically asymmetric liquid mixtures under non-equilibrium conditions
(Project Heads
Kremer, Kurt
;
Rudzinski, Joseph
;
Vogel, Michael
)
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium processes in open systems via adaptive resolution simulations
(Project Heads
Brinkmann, André
;
Cortes Huerto, Robinson
;
Kremer, Kurt
)
Integrated research training group
(Project Heads
Bereau, Tristan
;
Egger, Herbert
;
Hartung, Lisa
;
Liebchen, Benno
;
Nikoubashman, Arash
;
Sulpizi, Marialore
)
Many-body effects and optimized mapping schemes for systematic coarse-graining
(Project Heads
Andrienko, Denis
;
Nikoubashman, Arash
)
Population control of multiple walker simulations via a birth/death process
(Project Heads
Dünweg, Burkhard
;
Hartung, Lisa
)
Spinodal decomposition of polymer-solvent systems
(Project Heads
Dünweg, Burkhard
;
Egger, Herbert
;
Lukacova, Maria
)
Topological validation of coarse-grained polymer models
(Project Heads
Daoulas, Kostas Ch.
;
Virnau, Peter
)
TRR 146: Multiscale Simulation Methods in Soft Matter Systems
(Spokesperson
Schmid, Friederike
)
TRR 234: Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials – Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies
(Spokespersons
Dietzek-Ivansic, Benjamin
;
Rau, Sven
;
Schacher, Felix H.
)
Completed projects
Central soft matter simulation platform
(Project Heads
Brinkmann, André
;
Kremer, Kurt
)
Colloids in crossed electric and magnetic fields
(Project Heads
Butt, Hans-Jürgen
;
Schmidt, Annette M.
;
Vollmer, Doris
)
Computer simulation of electrokinetics in colloidal systems
(Project Head
Dünweg, Burkhard
)
Design, synthesis, physical and theoretical characterization of new charge-transfer complexes
(Project Heads
Baumgarten, Martin
;
Müllen, Klaus
)
Phonon-driven control of electronic properties in hybrid perovskites and organic charge-transfer salts
(Project Heads
Bonn, Mischa
;
Kim, Heejae
)
Rational design with input from DFT calculations and preparation of coordination polymer-based quantum magnets
(Project Heads
Baumgarten, Martin
;
Wagner, Matthias
)
Spin+Chemical Sensing: Transfer of angular momentum between electron and nuclear spins for NMR signal enhancement
(Project Heads
von Harbou, Erik
;
Hasse, Hans
;
Münnemann, Kerstin
)
TRR 6: Physics of Colloidal Dispersions in External Fields
(Spokesperson
Löwen, Hartmut
)
TRR 49: Condensed Matter Systems with Variable Many-Body Interactions
(Spokesperson
Lang, Michael
)
International Research Training Groups
Completed projects
GRK 1404: Self-organised Materials for Optoelectronics
(Spokesperson
Zentel, Rudolf
)
Graduate Schools
Completed projects
GSC 266: Materials Science in Mainz
(Spokesperson
Kläui, Mathias
)
Research Training Groups
Current projects
GRK 2516: Control of structure formation in soft matter at and through interfaces
(Spokesperson
Besenius, Pol
)
Clusters of Excellence
Completed projects
EXC 259: Smart Interfaces - Understanding and Designing Fluid Boundaries
(Spokespersons
Stephan, Peter
;
Tropea, Cameron
)
NFDI technical and methodological consortia
Current projects
FAIRmat – FAIR Data Infrastructure for Condensed-Matter Physics and the Chemical Physics of Solids
(Spokesperson
Draxl, Claudia
)
Subinstitutions
Arbeitskreis Molekulare Elektronik
Arbeitskreis Molekulare Spektroskopie
Arbeitskreis Physik der Grenzflächen
Arbeitskreis Physikalische Chemie der Polymere
Polymer Analytics Group
Arbeitskreis Synthese von Makromolekülen
Arbeitskreis Synthetische Chemie
Arbeitskreis Theorie der Polymere
