Research

The research at the institute is devoted to technical aspects of polymer chemistry. The focus is on the following topics:

• Emulsion polymerizations
• Polymerization of bio-based monomers
• Recycling of polymers
• Rheology
• Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations using the modeling platform mcPolymer developped at the institute
• Machine Learning and AI-methods applied to e.g. Reverse Engineering
• Detailed investigations into kinetics and mechanism of radical polymerizations
• Ionic polymerizations
• Supercritical carbon dioxide as process medium

Additional topics are listed in the section research areas / equipment.