TY - JOUR A1 - Diez, Isabel A1 - Tauer, Klaus A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Polypyrrole tubes via casting of pyrrole-beta-naphthalenesulfonic acid rods N2 - A comprehensive study gives experimental evidence that a complex made from pyrrole and beta-naphthalenesulfonic acid in a molar composition of 3:1 acts as morphological precursor in the subsequent oxidative polymerization of pyrrole initiated with ammonium peroxodisulfate. The precursor complex itself is unable to polymerize but its outer parallelepipedal shape with a high aspect ratio is templated in the inner surface of the formed conducting polypyrrole tubes Y1 - 2004 SN - 0303-402X ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rottke, Falko O. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard A1 - Richau, Klaus A1 - Kratz, Karl A1 - Lendlein, Andreas T1 - An ellipsometric approach towards the description of inhomogeneous polymer-based Langmuir layers JF - Beilstein journal of nanotechnology N2 - The applicability of nulling-based ellipsometric mapping as a complementary method next to Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) and imaging ellipsometry (IE) is presented for the characterization of ultrathin films at the air-water interface. First, the methodology is demonstrated for a vertically nonmoving Langmuir layer of star-shaped, 4-arm poly(omega-pentadecalactone) (PPDL-D4). Using nulling-based ellipsometric mapping, PPDL-D4-based inhomogeneously structured morphologies with a vertical dimension in the lower nm range could be mapped. In addition to the identification of these structures, the differentiation between a monolayer and bare water was possible. Second, the potential and limitations of this method were verified by applying it to more versatile Langmuir layers of telechelic poly[(rac-lactide)-co-glycolide]-diol (PLGA). All ellipsometric maps were converted into thickness maps by introduction of the refractive index that was derived from independent ellipsometric experiments, and the result was additionally evaluated in terms of the root mean square roughness, R-q. Thereby, a three-dimensional view into the layers was enabled and morphological inhomogeneity could be quantified. KW - ellipsometric mapping KW - Langmuir monolayer KW - polyester KW - root mean square roughness KW - spectroscopic ellipsometry Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.107 SN - 2190-4286 VL - 7 SP - 1156 EP - 1165 PB - Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften CY - Frankfurt, Main ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rossberg, Joana A1 - Rottke, Falko O. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard A1 - Lendlein, Andreas T1 - Enzymatic Degradation of Oligo(epsilon-caprolactone)s End-Capped with Phenylboronic Acid Derivatives at the Air-Water Interface JF - Macromolecular rapid communications N2 - The influence of terminal functionalization of oligo(epsilon-caprolactone)s (OCL) with phenylboronic acid pinacol ester or phenylboronic acid on the enzymatic degradation behavior at the air-water interface is investigated by the Langmuir monolayer degradation technique. While the unsubstituted OCL immediately degrades after injection of the enzyme lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia, enzyme molecules are incorporated into the films based on end-capped OCL before degradation. This incorporation of enzymes does not inhibit or suppress the film degradation, but retards it significantly. A specific binding of lipase to the polymer monolayer allows studying the enzymatic activity of bound proteins and the influence on the degradation process. The functionalization of a macromolecule with phenyl boronic acid groups is an approach to investigate their interactions with diol-containing biomolecules like sugars and to monitor their specified impact on the enzymatic degradation behavior at the air-water interface. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201600471 SN - 1022-1336 SN - 1521-3927 VL - 37 SP - 1966 EP - 1971 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lavrenko, Peter N. A1 - Strelina, Irina A. A1 - Okatova, Olga V. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Orientation of naphthylene ring in the new poly(naphthylen-1,3,4-oxadiazole)s molecules Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bruma, Maria A1 - Hamciuc, Corneliu A1 - Hamciuc, Elena A1 - Mercer, Frank W. A1 - Belomoina, Nataliya A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Heterocyclic polyamides containing hexafluoroisopropylidene groups Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bruma, Maria A1 - Hamciuc, Corneliu A1 - Sava, Ion A1 - Hamciuc, Elena A1 - Mercer, Frank W. A1 - Fritzsche, P. A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - High temperature polyamides containing pendant imide groups Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhu, Shigen A1 - Schulz, Burkhard A1 - Bruma, Maria A1 - Brehmer, Ludwig T1 - Comparative study of the thermal properties of related aromatic polyhydrazides and poly(1,3,4-oxadiazole)s Y1 - 1996 UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/5401/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1581(199612)7:12<879::AID-PAT600>3.0.CO;2-X SN - 1042-7147 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Freydank, Anke-Christine A1 - Janietz, Silvia A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Synthesis and electrochemical behaviour of Amphiphilic 1,3,4-Oxadiazole derivatives Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hamciuc, Elena A1 - Hamciuc, Corneliu A1 - Bruma, Maria A1 - Stoleriu, Andre A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Poly(hydrazide-ester)s and poly(1,3,4-oxadiazole-ester)s containing pendent phenoxy groups N2 - A series of new arornatic poly(hydrazide-ester)s has been synthesized by solution polycondensation of two diacid dichlorides containing preformed ester groups with phenoxyterephthaloyl dihydrazide or with a mixture of phenoxyterephthaloyl dihydrazide with terephthaloyl- or isophthaloyl dihydrazide in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone. The thermal cyclization of the poly(hydrazide-ester)s gave the corresponding poly(1,3,4-oxadiazole-ester)s containing pendent phenoxy groups. The polymers were characterized by viscometry, solubility measurements, IR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orgzall, Ingo A1 - Lorenz, Bernd A1 - Mikat, Jürgen E. R. A1 - Dietel, Reinhard A1 - Knochenhauer, Gerald A1 - Schulz, Burkhard T1 - Raman and IR spectroscopic investigation of aromatic 1,3,4-oxadiazole polymers and oligomers N2 - The molecular structure of poly(p-phenylene-1,3,4-oxadiazole) (POD) is investigated using i.r. and Raman spectroscopy. Both methods reveal characteristic differences for the a- and b-POD forms that are most obvious in the spectral region between 1500 and 1650 cm-1. The spectra for dimer and tetramer compounds already show the same features as found for longer chains. Based on molecular modelling calculations these differences are assigned to cis and trans conformations of the main chain segments. High pressure measurements show a linear shift of the Raman lines and support the result of the thermodynamic stability of the trans conformation. Y1 - 1997 ER -