Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
| Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | |
|---|---|
| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Max Planck Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: | Munich |
| Facility location: | Mainz |
| Type of research: | Basic research |
| Subjects: | chemistry |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Employee: | about 500 |
| Homepage: | www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de |
The Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz is a center for researching new materials made from polymers .
The MPI-P was founded on June 1, 1983 and is one of the 82 institutes that the Max Planck Society (MPG) maintains. Founding directors were Erhard W. Fischer (1929–2011) and Gerhard Wegner . Within the MPG, the institute is assigned to the chemical-physical-technical section. More than 500 employees from Germany and abroad are currently working at the institute with the aim of producing and characterizing polymers in order to develop basic knowledge for new applications in the fields of electronics, energy technology, medicine, vehicle construction and material technology.
Work areas
The institute is dedicated to basic research in the field of soft matter, especially of polymers. The aim is to gain knowledge about the relationships between chemical structure, physical properties and function of macromolecular materials. For this purpose, the scientific work of the MPI-P is not strictly organized in departments, but across disciplines.
The main activities of the institute can be summarized as follows:
- Synthetic macromolecular chemistry
- Development of new synthetic methods
- Production of polymers with an unconventional structure
- Development of systems of selective functionality, in particular of polymers that transport charges or certain molecules
- Supramolecular Architectures
- Production of polymers with a columnar structure
- Systems with aggregation via hydrogen bonds
- highly branched macromolecules
- Model membranes
- ultra-thin films and layers
- defines structured organic-inorganic hybrid systems,
- Surface coatings with bio-functionality
- Structure and dynamics of macromolecular systems
- Investigation of the molecular and collective dynamics of polymer systems
- Transport phenomena in the glassy state
- Organizational behavior and dynamics of block copolymers
- Properties of synthetic and natural polyelectrolytes
- Development and optimization of experimental and theoretical methods for polymer characterization
- Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Electron spin resonance spectroscopy
- Mass spectrometry
- Optics of non-linear properties
- Surface plasmon optics
- Scanning probe microscopy, X-ray and light scattering
- Rheology
- Computer simulations of the statics and dynamics of melts, networks, mixtures and the aggregation behavior
- analytical theory based on statistical mechanics
- numerical computer simulation
- Measurement of surface forces
- Surface and interface properties of polymers
- Characterization of macromolecules at surfaces and interfaces
- Interaction of macromolecules with other materials
- Molecular Recognition
- Composite materials
- adhesion
- nanotechnology
Directors
The Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research houses six departments, each headed by a director.
- Molecular Electronics, Director: Paul Blom
- Molecular Spectroscopy, Director: Mischa Bonn
- Physics of Interfaces, Director: Hans-Jürgen Butt
- Theory of Polymers, Director: Kurt Kremer
- Physical chemistry of polymers, director: Katharina Landfester
- Synthesis of macromolecules, director: Tanja Weil
Emeriti and former directors
- Emeriti
- Polymer Spectroscopy, Director 1985–2012: Hans Wolfgang Spiess
- Solid State Chemistry, Director 1983–2008: Gerhard Wegner
- Former directors
- Polymer Physics, Director 1983–1997: Erhard W. Fischer
- Materials Science, Director 1993–2008: Wolfgang Knoll
- Synthetic Chemistry, Director: 1989–2016: Klaus Müllen
Research groups
In addition to the main departments, there are research groups led by funded young scientists.
- Water at interfaces, group leader Ellen Backus , ERC Starting Grant
- Raman at solid-liquid boundary phases, group leader Katrin F. Domke , DFG Emmy Noether Fellow
- Humboldt Research Group, group leader Kamal Asadi
- Light-controlled systems, group leader Seraphine Wegner , MaxSynBio research group
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ N , 8 ° 13 ′ 47 ″ E