SFB TRR 102 Polymers under multiple constraints / A3 Crystallization in dynamic supramolecular polymers

The present project addresses the crystallization in supramolecular block copolymers under two constraints, the first one exerted from an amorphous block, the second one imposed from a supramolecular  (dynamic) element within the polymer. A major focus is directed towards the synthesis of the polymers by combining living polymerization methods with the attachment of supramolecular entities via "click"-reactions. Finally, crystallization kinetics and structure formation will be studied via SAXS-, TEM- and rheology as well as solid-state NMR-spectroscopy aiming at a fundamental understanding of either "confined" or "templated" crystallization in supramolecular polymers.