The classical applications of polymers are in the field of constructing and structuring materials, which are focussed on mechanical properties. Nowadays a growing importance of functional polymers in non structural fields can be noticed. Specific properties like electrical, magnetic and optical are of particular interests.

On this background technological oriented research projects and services are realised in the area of synthetic functional polymer materials and polymer systems, organic nanolayers and nanolayer-composites as well as technologies for micro-structuring and micro-processing.

Also industrial high-performance-polymers and high-tech-polymers with a high melting point will be modified chemically and physically with functional, migrationable and reactive polymer additives for generating special surface and interface properties inclusive their processing to foils and filaments for the fibre- and polymer industries.

fields of activity

	Polymer modification of functional polymer systems
	Development of technologies for polymer based electronics, photovoltaic and micro structuring especially by the use of laser technologies and the development of organic nanolayers and nanolayer-composites

projects

	Polymer modification of functional polymer systems
	Development of technologies for polymer based electronics, photovoltaic and micro structuring especially by the use of laser technologies and the development of organic nanolayers and nanolayer-composites

techniques

	3D-microscope
	Device for plasma treatment
	atom-force-microscopy
	ColorView
	ellipsometer
	infrared spectrometer
	equipment for measurements of polymer electronics
	high temperature spinning machine
	infrared microscopy
	contact angle measurement instrument
	laboratory-scale extruder
	optical microscopy
	mini lab compounder Rheomex CTW 5
	poly lab - measuring kneader Rheocord 90
	scanning electron microscope
	SEM/EDX
	coater (spin-coater, sputter-coater)
	several lasers
	video camera for microscopic coloured photos

Contact
Mr. Prof. Dr. Klaus Heinemann
Head of the department
Physical Research and
Functional Polymer Systems
phone: 0049 3672 / 379 230
fax:  0049 3672 / 379 379
email:  heinemann(a)titk.de

Thuringian Institute of Textile
and Plastics Research
Breitscheidstraße 97
07407 Rudolstadt
Germany
email: info(a)titk.de
phone: 0049 3672 / 379 0
fax:  0049 3672 / 379 379