Universität Duisburg-Essen
 Faculty of Chemistry
Technical Chemistry II - Prof. Dr. Mathias Ulbricht


Membrane Research and Technology

Functional Polymer Materials



      Research topics


      Surface functionalization of polymers
  • photoreactions / UV technology for surface design
  • polymer composite materials (thin polymer layers on polymers)
  • biofunctionalization, biomaterials
  • characterization of interfaces and thin polymer layers
      Molecularly imprinted polymers ("MIPs")
  • molecular imprinting of surfaces
  • MIP composite materials ("plastic antibodies", "plastic enzymes")
  • MIP membranes (membrane adsorbers, "membrane switches")
      Synthetic membranes

  • surface functionalization of membranes
  • affinity membranes, enzyme-membranes
      High performance processes for separation and analytics
  • substance-specific separations with membranes
  • integration of reaction and separation (enzyme-membrane reactor)


















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