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Overview

Helmut Ritter is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany, where the research focus centers on engineering and materials science. Their work spans key subfields including mechanical engineering, polymers and plastics, organic chemistry, and process chemistry and technology.

The primary research topics addressed by Ritter encompass epoxy resin curing processes, synthesis and properties of polymers, photopolymerization techniques and applications, and carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

This research is documented through publications in notable journals such as ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Polymer Chemistry, and Chemie in unserer Zeit. Recent papers include:

  • Fast curing of polyhydroxyurethanes via ring opening polyaddition of low viscosity cyclic carbonates and amines, 2020, Polymer Chemistry
  • Thermally Controlled Acceleration of Epoxy Resin Curing through Polymer-Bound Imidazole Derivatives with High Latency, 2022, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Kunststoffe für die Menschen: Nutzen und Nachteile, 2022, Chemie in unserer Zeit

Ritter frequently collaborates with other researchers, with common co-authors including Monir Tabatabai, Laura Hartmann, Philipp Reuther, Philipp Dünnwald, and Christian Schuh.

Best Publications

  • Switchable hydrogels obtained by supramolecular cross-linking of adamantyl-containing LCST copolymers with cyclodextrin dimers.

    Oliver Kretschmann;Soo Whan Choi;Masahiko Miyauchi;Itsuro Tomatsu

  • MACROMOLECULAR ELECTROLYTE FILM

    Helmer-Metzmann Freddy;Osan Frank;Schneller Arnold;Ritter Helmut

  • Formation of Physical Hydrogels via Host−Guest Interactions of β-Cyclodextrin Polymers and Copolymers Bearing Adamantyl Groups

    Carsten Koopmans;Helmut Ritter

  • Cyclodextrin functionalized polymers as drug delivery systems

    Jiawen Zhou;Helmut Ritter

  • Polymer Synthesis: Theory and Practice

    Dietrich Braun;Harald Cherdron;Matthias Rehahn;Helmut Ritter

  • Color Change of N-Isopropylacrylamide Copolymer Bearing Reichardts Dye as Optical Sensor for Lower Critical Solution Temperature and for Host−Guest Interaction with β-Cyclodextrin

    Carsten Koopmans;Helmut Ritter

  • Polymers and Dyes: Developments and Applications

    Carolin Fleischmann;Melanie Lievenbrück;Helmut Ritter

  • Complex macromolecular architecture design via cyclodextrin host/guest complexes

    Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt;Martin Hetzer;Helmut Ritter;Christopher Barner-Kowollik

  • Recent Advances in Microwave-Assisted Polymer Synthesis

    Sebastian Sinnwell;Sebastian Sinnwell;Helmut Ritter

  • Supramolecular Controlled Pseudo-LCST Effects of Cyclodextrin-Complexed Poly(ionic liquids)

    Sadik Amajjahe;Helmut Ritter

  • Pseudopolyanions Based on Poly(NIPAAM‐co‐β‐Cyclodextrin Methacrylate) and Ionic Liquids

    Sadik Amajjahe;Soowhan Choi;Maricica Munteanu;Helmut Ritter

  • Side‐Chain Polyrotaxanes with a Tandem Structure Based on Cyclodextrins and a Polymethacrylate Main Chain

    Markus Born;Helmut Ritter

  • Influence of cyclodextrin molecules on the synthesis and the thermoresponsive solution behavior of N-isopropylacrylamide copolymers with adamantyl groups in the side-chains.

    Helmut Ritter;Oleg Sadowski;Elmar Tepper

  • Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) Bearing Covalently Attached Cyclodextrin via Click-Chemistry: Synthesis, Characterization, and Complexation Behavior with Phenolphthalein

    Taina Trellenkamp;Helmut Ritter

  • Cyclodextrin Methacrylate via Microwave-Assisted Click Reaction

    Maricica Munteanu;SooWhan Choi;Helmut Ritter

  • Cyclodextrin Complexes of Polymers Bearing Adamantyl Groups: Host–Guest Interactions and the Effect of Spacers on Water Solubility

    Oliver Kretschmann;Christopher Steffens;Helmut Ritter

  • Cyclodextrin in polymer synthesis: a green way to polymers

    Helmut Ritter;Monir Tabatabai

  • New polymers from natural phenols using horseradish or soybean peroxidase

    Lorenzo Mejias;Matthias H. Reihmann;Silvia Sepulveda-Boza;Helmut Ritter

  • Synthesis of phenol polymers using peroxidases

    Matthias Reihmann;Helmut Ritter

  • Structure and Thermodynamics of Ionic Dendrimer-Dye Assemblies

    Immanuel Willerich;Helmut Ritter;Franziska Gröhn

  • Polymers with shape memory effect from renewable resources: crosslinking of polyesters based on isosorbide, itaconic acid and succinic acid

    Oliver Goerz;Helmut Ritter

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Christopher Barner-Kowollik Queensland University of Technology
Martin W. Hetzer
Martin W. Hetzer Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt
Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt University of Glasgow
Ute Kolb
Ute Kolb Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Helmut Ringsdorf
Helmut Ringsdorf Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Brigitte Voit
Brigitte Voit Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Matthias Rehahn
Matthias Rehahn Technical University of Darmstadt
Dieter Schollmeyer
Dieter Schollmeyer Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Oliver Peters
Oliver Peters German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Michael Przybylski
Michael Przybylski University of Konstanz

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