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The base materials for membranes are polymers. Bulk polymers are commercially available. However, the commercial commodities often do not meet the needs for new, high tech developments.
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Special applications of membranes (e.g. in the medical sector) need tailor made materials. The functionalities, physical properties, molecular structure and morphology and the supramolecular structure have to be controlled. To understand the fundamental principles behind the processing of polymers to membranes, the knowledge of physical chemistry of polymers is indispensable.
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Development of tailor made materials by:
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 Advanced polymer synthesis
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Surface modifications
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Functionalisation and modification of polymers
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Crosslinking-chemistry
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Physical chemistry of polymers
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Material modifications by additives
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