The Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung) is a scientific center in the field of

polymer science Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and elastomers. The field of polymer science includes researchers in multiple disciplines includ ...

located in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

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. The institute was founded in 1983 by Erhard W. Fischer and Gerhard Wegner. Belonging to the Chemistry, Physics and Technology Section, it is one of the 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (''Max-Planck-Gesellschaft'').

Research

Using a basic research approach, its scientists strive to design and characterize innovative applications in the fields of

electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

energy technology Energy development is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of energy from natural resources. These activities include production of renewable, nuclear, and fossil fuel derived sources of energy, and for the recovery and reuse ...

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and

nanomaterials * Nanomaterials describe, in principle, materials of which a single unit is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 and 100 nm (the usual definition of nanoscale). Nanomaterials research takes a materials science-based approach to na ...

. The institute specializes in new approaches to synthesis, supramolecular architectures, developing new methods, functional materials and components, structure and dynamics and surfaces and interfaces.

Organization

The beginning of 2014 saw a total of 511 people working at the institute, of whom 134 were supported by third-party funding and 79 were privately sponsored. The workforce was made up of 123 scientists, 150 doctoral and diploma students, 41 visiting scientists and 164 technical, administrative and auxiliary staff, altogether from approximately 40 different countries.

Departments

The MPIP consists of six departments each managed by a director: * Molecular Electronics, Paul Blom * Molecular Spectroscopy, Mischa Bonn
Physics of Interfaces, Hans-Jürgen Butt

Polymer Theory

Kurt Kremer Kurt Kremer (born 17 June 1956 in Kapellensüng (Lindlar)) is a German physicist. Career Kremer studied physics from 1974 to 1980 at the University of Cologne, where he also did his PhD in 1983 under supervision of Prof. Dr. Kurt Binder. From ...

* Physical Chemistry of Polymers, Katharina Landfester
Synthesis of Macromolecules
Tanja Weil

Emeriti and former directors

Emeriti * Hans-Wolfgang Spiess, Director, Polymer Spectroscopy (1985-2012) * Gerhard Wegner, Director, Solid State Chemistry (1983-2008) Former Directors * Erhard E. Fischer, Director, Polymer Physics (1983-1997) * Wolfgang Knoll, Director, Material Science (1993-2008)

Graduate programs

The International Max Planck Research School for Polymer Materials is a graduate program offering a doctorate degree. The school is run in cooperation with the

Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 st ...

. The Max Planck Graduate Center (MPGC) is a virtual department across the MPIP, the

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (Otto Hahn Institute; german: Max Planck Institut für Chemie - Otto Hahn Institut) is a non-university research institute under the auspices of the Max Planck Society (German: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) in Ma ...

, and four faculties of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, created for interdisciplinary projects. It offers a PhD program in these research topics to candidates from all over the world.

References

External links

Portrait of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research at the Homepage of the Max Planck Society

Homepage of the Max Planck Graduate Center (MPGC)
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