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Mechanism for the Formation of Millimeter-Long Solid Filaments by Spin Coating Dilute Solutions of a Crystallizable Polymer

Da Huang, Thorsten Hugel, and Günter Reiter. Macromolecules, published online

huang.jpgWe have investigated the formation of millimeter-long filaments induced by spin-coating ca. 130 °C dilute para-xylene solutions of rapidly crystallizable polyethylene chains with a contour length in the micrometer range onto ca. 80 °C mica substrates. These filaments were radially oriented and accumulated on the periphery of the substrate. Our observations can be explained by the stretching of polymers through the flow field induced by spinning the solution on a solid substrate. The corresponding loss in conformational entropy emphasized attractive interactions between polymers, which resulted in the formation of bundles and their assembly into long filaments. Caused by a Plateau–Rayleigh-type instability of a liquid coating on a solid filament and due to crystallization, these filaments were decorated with various small-scale structures. (more...)


Competing influences of cooling rate and diluent concentration on crystallization of poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Mina Alizadehaghdam, Farhang Abbasi, Günter Reiter. J. Phys. Chem. C 128 (2024) 4757–4765

mina.jpgCrystallization of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) was studied in mixtures of different concentrations of 3-hexylthiophene (3HT) as a diluent. Two coexisting crystal populations, socalled “thin” and “thick” crystals, with melting temperatures differing by more than 10 °C were observed in these mixtures. Intriguingly, the “thick” crystals represented transient unstable structures, with a mass fraction that was the highest ФH for rapidly crystallized P3HT in presence of significant amount of diluent. Reflecting its dependence on growth kinetics, ФH decreased with increasing crystallization temperature, extended crystallization time or lower cooling rate. The presence of a diluent led to a “depression” of the melting temperature, described by Raoult’s law and the Flory equation, which was similar for P3HT samples crystallized in various ways. (more...)


Tuning the hydraulic resistance by swelling-induced buckling of membranes in high-aspect-ratio microfluidic devices

Claas-Hendrik Stamp, Binyam Solomon, Friederike Lang, Efstathios Mitropoulos and Thomas Pfohl.
Lab Chip 23 (2023) 3662-3670

stamp.jpgControlling fluid flow in microfluidic devices and adapting it to varying conditions by selectively regulating hydrodynamic properties is of critical importance, as the field of microfluidics faces increasingly complex challenges in its wide range of applications. One way to manipulate flows in microfluidic devices is to introduce elastic elements that can be actively or passively deformed. In this work, we developed a membrane-based microfluidic device that allows us to study the deformation of swollen thin membranes as a function of the volume fractions in binary mixtures – here isopropanol and water. (more...)

 

 

List of Publications

Live cell X-ray imaging of autophagic vacuoles formation and chromatin dynamics in fission yeast
N. Strelnikova, N. Sauter, M. Guizar-Sicairos, M. Göllner, A. Diaz, P. Delivani, M. Chacon, I. M. Tolić, V. Zaburdaev, T. Pfohl, Scientific Reports 7 (2017) 13775
Second messenger-mediated tactile response by a bacterial rotary motor
I. Hug, S. Deshpande, K. S. Sprecher, T. Pfohl, U. Jenal, Science 358 (2017) 531-534
Manipulating the dewetting dynamics of polymer films by creating non-equilibrium conformational states at the interface
Adrian Linn, Master Thesis 2017
Induziertes gerichtetes Kristallwachstum einer kristallisierbaren Polymerkomponente innerhalb eines nicht-kristallisierbaren Polymernetzwerks und Untersuchung der resultierenden mechanischen Energie
Stephan Laule. Inauguraldissertation 2017
Self-Assembly and Polymerization of Diacetylene Molecules on Epitaxial Graphene
Fallou Fall, Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrads der Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik der Universität Freiburg, 2017
Vesicle Origami and the Influence of Cholesterol on Lipid Packing
Radu Tanasescu, Martin A. Lanz, Dennis Mueller, Stephanie Tassler, Takashi Ishikawa, Renate Reiter, Gerald Brezesinski, and Andreas Zumbuehl. Langmuir 32 (2016) 4896−4903
Self-assembly behavior of a rod-like polypeptide at the air-water interface
Renate Reiter, Frédéric Wintzenrieth, Günter Reiter. Polymer 107 (2016) 379–386
Covalent Functionalization by Cycloaddition Reactions of Pristine Defect-Free Graphene
L. Daukiya, C. Mattioli, D. Aubel, S. Hajjar-Garreau, F. Vonau, E.Denys, G. Reiter, J. Fransson, E. Perrin, M-L. Bocquet, C. Bena, A. Gourdon, and L. Simon. ACS Nano 11 (2017) 627–634
How Molecules with Dipole Moments Enhance the Selectivity of Electrodes in Organic Solar Cells – A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach
Uli Würfel, Martin Seßler, Moritz Unmüssig, Nils Hofmann, Mathias List, Eric Mankel, Thomas Mayer, Günter Reiter, Jean-Luc Bubendorff, Laurent Simon, and Markus Kohlstädt. Adv. Energy Mat. 1600594 (2016)
Flow-Induced Dendritic β-Form Isotactic Polypropylene Crystals in Thin Films
Bin Zhang, Binghua Wang, JiaJia Chen, Changyu Shen, Renate Reiter, Jingbo Chen, and Günter Reiter. Macromolecules 49 (2016) 5145−5151
Assembling semiconducting molecules by covalent attachment to a lamellar crystalline polymer substrate
Rainhard Machatschek, Patrick Ortmann, Renate Reiter, Stefan Mecking and Günter Reiter. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 7 (2016) 784–798
When hole extraction determines charge transfer across metal-organic-metal structure
L. V. Govor, G. Reiter and J. Parisi, EPL, 113 (2016) 57002
Influence of interfacial trap states on injecting and extracting of charges across a metal-organic interface
L.V. Govor, G. Reiter and J. Parisi. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 (2016) 135306
Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs: A Research Review
James H. Nebelsick, Christoph Allgaier, Benjamin Felbrich, Daniel Coupek, Renate Reiter, Günter Reiter, Achim Menges, Armin Lechler, Karl-Heinz Wurst. In book: Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction. Eds. Jan Knippers, Klaus Nickel, Thomas Speck. Springer 2016
Tunneling of charge carriers across a gold–squaraine interface
L.V. Govor, G. Reiter and J. Parisi, Physics Letters A 380 (2016) 1493–1498
Intrinsic Stresses in Thin Glassy Polymer Films Revealed by Crack Formation
Mithun Chowdhury, Xiaoyuan Sheng, Falko Ziebert, Arnold C.-M. Yang, Alessandro Sepe, Ullrich Steiner, and Günter Reiter. Macromolecules 49 (2016) 9060−9067
Revealing Order and Disorder in Films and Single Crystals of a Thiophene-Based Oligomer by Optical Spectroscopy
Sajedeh Motamen, Dominic Raithel, Richard Hildner, Khosrow Rahimi, Thibaut Jarrosson, Françoise Serein-Spirau, Laurent Simon, and Günter Reiter. ACS Photonics 3 (2016) 2315–2323
Poly(2,5-dioctylphenyl-3-thiophene) synthesized by direct arylation polycondensation: End groups, defects and crystallinity
Daniel Schiefer, Hartmut Komber, Fanuel Mugwanga Keheze, Susanna Kunz, Ralf Hanselmann, Guenter Reiter, Michael Sommer. Macromolecules 49 (2016) 7230-7237
Transient cooperative processes in dewetting polymer melts
Sivasurender Chandran, Günter Reiter, PRL 116 (2016) 088301
Crystallization and Resulting Optical Properties of Thiophene-Based Oligomers
Sajedeh Motamen. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrads der Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik der Universität Freiburg, 2016
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