Topics for Master and Bachelor thesis are available
Please contact: greiner@uni-bayreuth.de and agarwal@uni-bayreuth.de
Topics for Master and Bachelor thesis:
We offer a wide variety of topics dealing with different aspects of polymer science such as synthesis of novel functional polymers by using different techniques like controlled radical polymerizations (ATRP and RAFT), anionic , condensation and polyaddition polymerization. These combined with different polymer processing techniques like extrusion, electrospinning, chemical vapour deposition will provide functional polymer materials for a wide variety of applications like catalysis, fuel cells, water purification, metal sequestration, functional textiles and biomedical applications.
Topical research areas are:
- Functional polymer nanofibers by electrospinning
- Catalysis in polymer nanoconfinement
- Functional polymers for energy, pharmaceutical, medical, dental, and agricultural applications
- Light-weight polymer structures
- Biobased polymers
- Biodegradable polymers
- Smart (responsive) polymers
- Designed polymer surfaces (superhydrophobic, low-friction, antimicrobial, conductive)
- Polymer / bacteria composites
- Polymer- metal nanoparticle conjugates
- Colloidal polymer formulations for speciality processing
- Liquid crystalline polymers and supramolecular polymers
- Synthesis and self-assembly of block copolymers
- Synthesis of π-conjugated oligomers and polymers for optical applications