The research of the Polymer Chemistry Research Group is organized around three main research lines.
On the right-hand side, typical keywords that are characterizing those topics, can be found.
A selection of recent references are given; many more can be found in the publication list.
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Click chemistry
- Sequence-defined macromolecules
From polymer functionalisation
to absolute control
to absolute control
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Chem. Sci (2023), Angew. Chemie (2023), Angew. Chemie (2022), JACS (2022), Angew. Chemie (2022), Adv. Sci (2021), Adv. Sci (2020), Polym. Chem (2020), Nat. Chem. (2014)
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Self-healing polymers
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Vitrimers
- Circular thermosets
Dynamic and self-healing polymeric materials
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Adv. Materials (2023), Macromolecules (2023), Nat. Comm (2022), JACS (2022), JACS (2021), Chem. Sci (2021), Angew. Chemie (2020), Mater. Hor. (2020), Polym. Chem. (2020)
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Thiolactones
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Terpene-based adhesives
- Plant foils
Giving renewable materials function(ality)
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Polym. Chem (2022), Prog. Polym. Sci. (2021) Green Chemistry (2020), Polym. Chem. (2019), ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. (2019), Polym. Chem (2018), Green Chemistry (2017)