Working group members
Head of Group
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Research group leader
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstrasse 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: B218, TMC
Telephone: +49 40 2395-26007
Key aspects of activity
- Rapid emulsion polymerization
- Polymerization technology
Doctoral researchers
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PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: A06, TMC
Key aspects of activity
- Development of high-performance elastomer materials for sensitive robot drives and bellows grippers
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PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C224, TMC
Telephone: +49 40 2395-25256
Key aspects of activity
- Propoxylation of polyalcohols using double metal cyanide catalysts
PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C229, TMC
Key aspects of activity
- Inline reaction monitoring during the production of various resin polymers, including the use of Raman chemometrics
- Process optimization of polymerization reactions based on mechanistic modeling
Photo: Beiersdorf
PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C229, TMC
Key aspects of activity
- Investigation and scale-up of exothermic radical batch, semi-batch, and continuous polymerization processes
- Investigation of mass transport and the influence of mixtures during seed emulsion polymerization
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PhD student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstrasse 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: D32, TMC
Telephone: +49 40 2395-23492
Key aspects of activity
- Investigation and optimization of polymerizations on a pilot plant scale
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PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundestraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C224, TMC
Telephone: +49 40 2395-26054
Key aspects of activity
- Implementation of a ring-opening polymerization by means of a spray polymerization
- Optimization of droplet generation for spray polymerisation using 3D printing
- Ring-opening polymerization in a fluidized bed reactor
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PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C224, TMC
Telephone: +49 40 2395-25311
Key aspects of activity
- Synthesis and investigation of responsive hydrogels
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PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: A06, TMC
Telephone: +49 40 2395-28245
Key aspects of activity
- Development of thermoplastic polyurethane for robotic actuator elements
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PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C229, TMC
Key aspects of activity
- Anionic polymerization of styrene derivatives
- Molecular fundamentals and structure-property relationships of tackifiers
- Development of sustainable, EHS-optimized tackifier resins
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PhD Student
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: A204, TMC
Key aspects of activity
- Microfluidic production of porous polymer particles
- Surface functionalization of polymers using crown ethers
- Filtration of alkali metals from seawater
Technical staff
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Chemical laboratory assistant
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C226, TMC
Telephone: +49 40 2395-24255
Key aspects of activity
- Gas chromatography, GPC,TGA
Master's students
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Masterand
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstraße 45
20146 Hamburg
Room: C223, TMC
Management staff
Photo: Hans-Ulrich Moritz
Retired research group leader
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Research Group Moritz
Bundesstrasse 45
20146 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Polymerization technology
- Disperse systems
- Online measurement technology
- Modelling & Chemical kinetics
- Mikroreaktion technology