Degradable rubber
Reuse and life-cycle-enhancement of rubbers is among the most pressing societal needs, as they form a significant amount of the overall polymer-waste mostly form tyres. Both, chemical synthesis, novel catalysts, and enzymatic degradation of rubber are studied to generate polymers with improved life-cycle as modern, environmentally friendly materials. Novel synthetic methodologies, self-healing behavior and the use of rubber-degrading enzymes intertwines technology with fundamental research.
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![Portrait Prof. Dr. Mario Beiner](https://www.polifaces.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Prof.-Dr.-Mario-Beiner.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Mario Beiner
![Portrait Prof. Dr. Martin Weissenborn](https://www.polifaces.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Prof.-Dr.-Martin-Weissenborn.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Martin Weissenborn
![Portrait Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Binder](https://www.polifaces.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Prof.-Dr.-Wolfgang-H.-Binder.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Binder
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Prof. Dr. Kay Saalwächter
Publications
Adjedje VKB, Schell E, Wolf YL, Laub A, Weissenborn MJ, Binder WH. Enzymatic degradation of synthetic polyisoprenes via surfactant-free polymer emulsification. Green Chemistry 2021, 23 (23), 9433-9438, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC03515K
Nagaraja SM, Henning S, Ilisch S, Beiner M. Common Origin of Filler Network Related Contributions to Reinforcement and
Dissipation in Rubber Composites. Polymers 2021, 13 (15), 2534. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13152534
Chen S, Mahmood N, Beiner M, Binder WH. Self-Healing Materials from V- and H-Shaped Supramolecular Architectures. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (35), 10188-10192. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201504136
Karekar A, Schicktanz C, Tariq M, Oßwald K, Reincke K, Cepus V, Langer B, Saalwächter K. Effects of artificial weathering in NR/SBR elastomer blends. Polym. Degrad. Stab. 2023, 208, 110267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2023.110267
Karekar A, Oßwald K, Reincke K, Langer B, Saalwächter K. NMR Studies on the Phase-Resolved Evolution of Cross-Link Densities in Thermo-Oxidatively Aged Elastomer Blends. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 24, 11166-11177. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01614
Mordvikin A, Döhler D, Binder WH, Colby RH, Saalwächter K. Terminal Flow of Cluster-Forming Supramolecular Polymer Networks: Single-Chain Relaxation or Micelle Reorganization?. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2020, 125, 127801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.127801
Collaborative research centers / Network
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Patents / Awards
Patent „Biomimetic synthetic rubber“ (WO2020/043268), Wendler, U.; Malke, M.; Müller, L.G.B.; Schulze Gronover, Ch.; Prüfer, D.; Wötzel, J.; Beiner, M.; Gupta, G.
Hugo Junkers Prize 2020 „Innovativstes Projekt der Angewandten Forschung“
https://www.hugo-junkers-preis.de/preistraeger/preistraeger-2020