Working group: Prof. Tschierske

Laboratory: Lab: Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, room 305

FAX: 27346

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Fields of work:

• Design of new molecules showing liquid crystalline behaviour
• Synthesis of polyphilic molecules for interaction with membranes
• Investigation of lyotropic mesophase behaviour

Methods:

• Synthesis/ purification (from common organic to transition-metal-catalyzed C-C-coupling reactions under inert athmosphere) and characterization by common methods (NMR, MS, EA)
• Polarisation microscopy
• Differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray