Closed Looped Materials
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.
Publications
Lehner, E.; Liebau, A.; Menzel, M.; Schmelzer, C. E. H.; Knolle, W.; Scheffler, J.; Binder, W. H.; Plontke, S. K.; Mäder, K. Characterization of PLGA versus PEG-PLGA intracochlear drug delivery implants: Degradation kinetics, morphological changes, and pH alterations. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 2024, 99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2024.105972.
Katcharava, Z.; Orlamünde, T. E.; Tema, L. T.; Hong, H.; Beiner, M.; Iliev, B.; Marinow, A.; Binder, W. H. Designing Conductive Pyrrolidinium‐Based Dual Network Gel Electrolytes: Tailoring Performance with Dynamic and Covalent Crosslinking. Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34 (39). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202403487.
Adjedje, V. K. B.; Wolf, Y. L.; Weissenborn, M. J.; Binder, W. H. Rubber Oxygenase Degradation Assay by UV-Labeling and Gel Permeation Chromatography. Macromol Rapid Commun 2024, 45 (11), e2400032. DOI: 10.1002/marc.202400032
Sattler, R.; Zhang, R.; Gupta, G.; Du, M.; Runge, P. M.; Altenbach, H.; Androsch, R.; Beiner, M. Influence of Crystallization Kinetics and Flow Behavior on Structural Inhomogeneities in 3D-Printed Parts Made from Semi-Crystalline Polymers. Macromolecules 2024, 57 (7), 3066-3080. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01940
Hildebrandt, J.; Taubert, A.; Thunemann, A. F. Synthesis and Characterization of Ultra-Small Gold Nanoparticles in the Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Dicyanamide, [Emim][DCA]. ChemistryOpen 2024, 13 (2), e202300106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202300106
Paul, M. B.; Bohmert, L.; Thunemann, A. F.; Loeschner, K.; Givelet, L.; Fahrenson, C.; Braeuning, A.; Sieg, H. Influence of artificial digestion on characteristics and intestinal cellular effects of micro-, submicro- and nanoplastics. Food Chem Toxicol 2024, 184, 114423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2023.114423
Sieg, H.; Schaar, C.; Fouquet, N.; Bohmert, L.; Thunemann, A. F.; Braeuning, A. Particulate iron oxide food colorants (E 172) during artificial digestion and their uptake and impact on intestinal cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2024, 96, 105772. DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2024.105772
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
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
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
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
Collaborative research centers / Network
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