• continuous and discontinuous manufacturing of thin functional layers for multi-layer stacks (reel-to-reel and in a laboratory scale)
• Development of technologies for the processing of functional multilayers and their application for polymer electronics and photovoltaics
• Optical microscopy using equipment (several microscopes, polarisation microscopy, differential phase contrast), speciality: representation of thin film surfaces and 3D representations
• Quantitative evaluation of micrographs, e.g. distribution of fibre lengths, particle analysis
• Confocal microscopy for representation of three-dimensional micro and nano structures and roughness of surfaces
• Measuring of contact angles and determination of surface energy and tension

Projects

• Development of a pressure sensor for explosively endangered rooms
• Development of an opto-electronical signal guide for safety applications

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