Research topic:<\/strong> Modified interactions in A-beta (1-40) fibrils Research topic:<\/strong> Composites with self-assembled block copolymer matrices Research topic:<\/strong> Structure-property relationships in spider silk Title of thesis:<\/strong> Structure and relaxation dynamics of comb-like polymers with rigid backbone Research topic:<\/strong> Solid-State NMR Investigations and MD Simulations of Lipid Bilayers in Interaction with Amphiphilic and Polyphilic Molecules Research topic:<\/strong> Structure formation and crystallization in semiconducting side chain polymers Title of thesis<\/strong>: Biophysikalische Untersuchungen an Amyloidfibrillen Research topic:<\/strong> Structure formation in the presence of specific interactions Research topic: <\/strong>Structure formation in comb-like polymers with rigid backbones Research topic:<\/strong> Dynamic and structural properties of amyloid forming and intrinsically disordered polypeptide chains Research topic:<\/strong> Structure properties of block copolymers for organic solar cells Research topic<\/strong>: Substrate induced molecular order and nuclation in polyer thin films Research topic:<\/strong> Polymer chains at the air-water interface Research topic<\/strong>: Polymer crystallisation at the air-water interface Research topic<\/strong>: Structural Driving Forces and Their Spectroscopic Signatures: From Protonation Dynamics to Amyloid Formation Research topic:<\/strong> MC simulation of polymers on different length scales Research topic:<\/strong> Amphiphilic block copolymers synthesis<\/strong> Research topic:<\/strong> Amyloid peptides near biologically relevant interfaces Date of defence<\/strong>: September 17, 2015 Research topic:<\/strong> Characterization of the Self-Assembly Process of Hydrophobins ath the Surface and in Solution Research topic:<\/strong> Amyloid formation Research topic:<\/strong> Microrheology of glass-forming polymer melts Research topic:<\/strong> Characterization of crystalline and amorphous phase of semi crystalline polymers by solid state NMR Research topic:<\/strong> Molecular dynamics of polymers close to a metal interface Research topic:<\/strong> NMR studies of self-healing elastomers Research topic: <\/strong>Nonstandard finite-size effects at discontinuous phase transitions \u2013 Degenerate low-temperature states and boundary conditions Research topic:<\/strong> 1H-NMR of stretched elastomers Research topic:<\/strong> Synthesis and crystallization of polymers with conformational constraints Research topic:<\/strong> Concentrated protein solutions and molecular dynamics via NMR Research topic:<\/strong> NMR investigations in sem icrystalline polymers Research topic:<\/strong> Structure determination for Polythiophene molecules on ideal surfaces Research topic:<\/strong> Effects of topological constraints in polymer melts on crystallization and structure formation Research topic:<\/strong> Effects of topological constraints in polymer melts on crystallization and structure formation Research topic:<\/strong> Polymorphic materials in nanopores Research topic: <\/strong>Interface induced crystallization in polymer thin films Research topic:<\/strong> Interaction of Single Polymer Chains in a Thermophoretic Trap Research topic:<\/strong> Dynamics of entangled polymer melts Research topic:<\/strong> Organization and interaction of eye-lens crystallins <\/p>\n\n\n\n Research topic:<\/strong> Intra-molecular structure formation through variation of stiffness and the effect of specific interactions Research topic:<\/strong> Characterization of the Boundary Diffusion Mechanism for the Helix-Coil Transition in Peptides by Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer Research topic: <\/strong>Long-term adhesion and mechanisms of polyurethane based coatings on thermoplastic substrates under the influence of aqueous and alcoholic carriers Research topic:<\/strong> Dynamics of self-assembled supramolecular polymers
Date of defence<\/strong>: October 27, 2015
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR):
2) Structure investigation of secondary structures:
– cross-polarization (CP)
– proton driven spin diffusion (2D)
– Dynamics (DIPSHIFT)
3) Fluorescence spectroscopy<\/p>\n\n\n\nAguiar da Silva, Cecilia \u2013 Polymer engineering (Beiner, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis<\/strong>: \u201cInfluence of morphology on the softening behavior of vulcanized BR-SBR diblock copolymers\u201d
Date of defence<\/strong>: November 4, 2016
<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnton, Arthur Markus \u2013 Experimental physics (Kremer, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis<\/strong>: \u201cInfrarotspektroskopie zur Strukturanalyse weicher Materie\u201d
Date of defence:<\/strong> November 15th, 2016
Method:<\/strong> Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) (temperature, pressure, orientation)<\/p>\n\n\n\nBabur, Tamoor \u2013 Experimental physics (Beiner, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: August 16, 2017
Method:<\/strong> X-ray diffraction, Dynamic mechanical analysis, Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS)<\/p>\n\n\n\nB\u00e4renwald, Ruth \u2013 Experimental physics (Saalw\u00e4chter, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: November 07, 2018
Method:<\/strong> Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Magic Angle Spinning (MAS), 1H, 13C NMR, DIPSHIFT, Determination of dipolar coupling<\/p>\n\n\n\nBalko, Jens \u2013 Experimental physics (Thurn-Albrecht, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis<\/strong>: \u201cStrukturbildung und Kristallinit\u00e4t von Poly(3-Hexylthiophen) im Volumen und in d\u00fcnnen Filmen\u201d
Date of defence<\/strong>: July 29, 2015
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS)
2) Flash Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Flash-DSC)<\/p>\n\n\n\nBaumann, Monika \u2013 Experimental physics (Balbach, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: June 19, 2017
Methods:<\/strong> Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), 1H, 15N, 13C, High-pressure NMR, Protein expression and purification, DNA modification, Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy<\/p>\n\n\n\nB\u00f6ker, Arne \u2013 Theoretical physics (Paul, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: November 4, 2019
Methods: <\/strong>Monte-Carlo-Simulation<\/p>\n\n\n\nDanke, Varun \u2013 Engineering (Beiner, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence:<\/strong> 18.09.2020
Method: <\/strong>X-ray Scattering<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnke, Peter \u2013 Biochemistry (Kiefhaber, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: 12.03.2021
Method:<\/strong> Triplett-Triplett Energy Transfer (TTET)<\/p>\n\n\n\nFischer, Matthias \u2013 Experimental physics (Thurn-Albrecht, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence:<\/strong> 01.07.2020
Methods: <\/strong>Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS), Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)<\/p>\n\n\n\nFlieger, Ann-Kristin \u2013 Experimental physics (Thurn-Albrecht, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title<\/strong>: Grenzfl\u00e4cheninduzierte Kristallisation von Polymeren durch Prefreezing
Date of defence<\/strong>: September 04, 2017
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
– Intermittent Contact Mode
– Temperature dependent
2) Diffraction on thin polymer films
– Grazing incidence diffraction (GID)
– X-ray reflectivity (XRR)<\/p>\n\n\n\nFuchs, Christian \u2013 Phys. chemistry (Kre\u00dfler, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> \u201cSelbstorganisation von Homopolymeren und amphiphilen Triblockcopolymeren auf w\u00e4ssrigen Subphasen\u201d
Date of defence:<\/strong> February 27. 2017
Methods: <\/strong>
1) Monolayer microscopy
2) Langmuir measurements
3) Brewster angle microscopy
4) Langmuir-Blodgett<\/p>\n\n\n\nHasan, Nazmul \u2013 Physical chemistry (Kre\u00dfler, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis<\/strong>: \u201cPolymer Crystallization in Ultrathin Films at the Air-Water Interface\u201d
Date of defence:<\/strong> February 23, 2023
Method:<\/strong> IRRAS<\/p>\n\n\n\nHoffmann, Felix \u2013 Theoretical Chemistry (Sebastiani, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: April 23, 2018
Method: <\/strong>Molecular Dynamics Simulations<\/p>\n\n\n\nIvanov, Momchil \u2013 Theoretical physics (Janke, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: May 28, 2019
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Markov Chain Monte-Carlo simulation
2) Statistical physics
3) Computational physics
4) Computer modelling: coarse grained models, atomistic models<\/p>\n\n\n\nJbeily, Mark \u2013 Physical chemistry (Kre\u00dfler, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> Fluorophilicity in Biologically Relevant Systems Studied with Fluorinated Rhodamines
Date of defence:<\/strong> April 21, 2017
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP)
2) Reversible Addition\u2013Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT)
3) Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
4) Synthetic fluorophylic dyes<\/p>\n\n\n\nJohn, Torsten \u2013 Physical chemistry (Abel, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence:<\/strong> 13.02.2020
Methods: <\/strong>Molecular Dynamics simulations (MD), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)<\/p>\n\n\n\nKipnusu, Wycliffe Kiprop \u2013 Experimental physics (Kremer, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Research topic:<\/strong> Dynamics of glass forming systems confined under 1D and 2D confinement
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS)
2) Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)<\/p>\n\n\n\nKordts, Martin \u2013 Physical chemistry (Hinderberger, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence:<\/strong> 16.07.2020
Method: <\/strong>Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\nKorn, Alexander \u2013 Experimental physics (Huster, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> NMR Investigations of the Self-Organization and Dynamics of Mutated Amylid Protein Fibrils
Date of defence:<\/strong> September 2, 2022
Method:<\/strong> Solid-state NMR<\/p>\n\n\n\nKuhnhold, Anja \u2013 Theoretical physics (Paul, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis<\/strong>: \u201cUntersuchung der passiven und aktiven Mikrorheologie einer unverschlauften Polymerschmelze mittels Molekulardynamik-Simulationen\u201d
Date of defence<\/strong>: November 20, 2014
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Microrheology
2) Molecular Dynamics simulation (MD)<\/p>\n\n\n\nKurz, Ricardo \u2013 Experimental physics (Saalw\u00e4chter, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: October 22, 2018
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
2) Double quantum (DQ) NMR
3) DIPSHIFT
4) Simple Free Induction Decay (FID<\/p>\n\n\n\nMapesa, Emmanuel Urandu \u2013 Experimental physics (Kremer, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: October 30, 2014
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS)
2) Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
3) AC Calorimetry
4) Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
5) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)<\/p>\n\n\n\nMordvinkin, Anton \u2013 Experimental physics (Saalw\u00e4chter, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: December 4, 2019
Method: <\/strong>Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)<\/p>\n\n\n\nM\u00fcller, Marco \u2013 Theoretical physics (Janke, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: February 01, 2018
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Monte-Carlo simulation (MC)
2) Multi canonical<\/p>\n\n\n\nNaumova, Anna \u2013 Experimental physics (Saalw\u00e4chter, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: December 9, 2019
Method: <\/strong>Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)<\/p>\n\n\n\nReimann, Sophie \u2013 Macromolecular chemistry (Binder, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: April 11, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\nRoos, Matthias \u2013 Experimental physics (Saalw\u00e4chter, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis: <\/strong>\u201cBrownian Dynamics of Globular Proteins under Macromolecular Crowding as Studied by NMR\u201d
Date of defence:<\/strong> December 16, 2016
Method:<\/strong>
Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
– Spin relaxation
– Spin diffusion
– Pulse Field Gradient (PFG) NMR
– Micro-viscometer<\/p>\n\n\n\nSch\u00e4fer, Mareen \u2013 Experimental physics (Saalw\u00e4chter, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> Structure formation, crystallization and dynamics in different semicrystalline polymers
Date of defence:<\/strong> July 15, 2021
Method:<\/strong> Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)<\/p>\n\n\n\nSchreck, Erik \u2013 Experimental physics (Widdra, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> Rastertunnelmikroskopische Untersuchungen von Polythiophen-Molek\u00fclen auf idealen Oberfl\u00e4chen
Date of defence:<\/strong> May 26, 2023
Method: <\/strong>Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)<\/p>\n\n\n\nSchulz, Martha \u2013 Experimental physics (Thurn-Albrecht, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> “Einfluss intrakristalliner Dynamik auf Morphologie und Schmelzverhalten teilkristalliner Polymere”
Date of defence:<\/strong> July 12, 2021
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)
2) Differential Scanning Calorimetry \/ Flash-DSC<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeidlitz, Anne \u2013 Experimental physics (Thurn-Albrecht, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis<\/strong>: \u201cEinfluss von Kristallisationskinetik und Dynamik im Kristall und in der Schmelze auf die Strukturbildung teilkristalliner Polymere\u201d
Date of defence<\/strong>: July 14, 2016
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)
2) Polarization Microscopy
3) Rheology<\/p>\n\n\n\nSonnenberger, Nicole \u2013 Experimental chemistry (Beiner, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence:<\/strong> July 14, 2020
Methods: <\/strong>Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Inverse Gas Chromatography (IGC)<\/p>\n\n\n\nTariq, Muhammad \u2013 Experimental physics (Thurn-Albrecht, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Interface-Induced Crystallization
Date of defence:<\/strong> May 3, 2021
Method:<\/strong> Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)<\/p>\n\n\n\nThalheim, Tobias \u2013 Experimental physics
(Cichos, UL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence: <\/strong>January 15, 2021
Methods<\/strong>:
1) Single particle tracking
2) Optical heating<\/p>\n\n\n\nTrutschel, Marie-Luise \u2013 Experimental physics (Saalw\u00e4chter, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: January 25, 2019
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
2) Multi-quantum NMR<\/p>\n\n\n\nWeininger, Susanne \u2013 Experimental physics (Balbach, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> \u201cMolekulare Ursachen der Kataraktentstehung \u2013 Einfluss von UV-B Strahlung und Interaktion einzelner Kristalline\u201d
Date of defence:<\/strong> March 10, 2021
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Protein expression and purification
2) DNA modification<\/p>\n\n\n\nWerlich, Benno \u2013 Theoretical physics (Paul, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: May 15, 2018
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Monte-Carlo simulation (MC)
2) Wang-Landau
3) Umbrella sampling
4) Stochastic Approximation Monte-Carlo (SAMC)<\/p>\n\n\n\nWicht, Stefan \u2013 Biochemistry (Kiefhaber, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence<\/strong>: March 04, 2019
Methods: <\/strong>Triplett-Triplett Energy Transfer (TTET), Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy<\/p>\n\n\n\nWittchen, Sergei \u2013 Engineering (Beiner, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date of defence:<\/strong> 12.11.2020<\/p>\n\n\n\nYan, Tingzi \u2013 Experimental physics (Thurn-Albrecht, MLU)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Title of thesis:<\/strong> \u201cSelf-assembly, rheological properties and self-healing studies of supramolecular polymers in the bulk state\u201d
Date of defence<\/strong>: November 30, 2015
Methods:<\/strong>
1) Rheology
2) Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)
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