Functionalization Core
This core is dedicated to methods that alter surface properties for enhanced performance. Techniques include functionalization through aqueous dispersions, melt modification, grafting, and immobilization. It also covers microstructuring and drug delivery systems, with a strong focus on tailoring surfaces for specific applications, including reactive and functionalized materials.
Fields
Multifunctional Adaptive Polymer Coating
Functional polymer films have potential in various applications but face scalability challenges for commercial use. A bio-inspired phosphorylcholine nanocoating illustrates successful adaptation, offering anti-fouling, anti-fog, and ice-reducing properties.
Process-Integrated Surface Modification of Plastic
This research focuses on process-integrated surface modifications of thermoplastics—by melt processing or targeted energy exposure—enabling efficient, application-oriented structuring and functionalization of surfaces through a deep understanding of nanoscale interfacial reactions and mechanics.
PEGylated Styrene-Maleic Acid Copolymers
PEGylated styrene-maleic acid copolymers ("anchor polymers") enable precise, durable, and adaptable surface biofunctionalization through tunable adsorption, versatile bioactive conjugation, and dynamic in situ modification for advanced biomedical and biotechnological applications.
Low Pressure plasma-based surafce engineering of polymers
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Multifunctional Powder Coatings
Powder coatings are highly sustainable, durable, and solvent-free coatings that offer advanced functionalities—such as weather resistance, deep-drawability, and self-healing—through innovative crosslinking systems and catalytic processes, enabling efficient, high-performance applications in modern manufacturing..