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Overview

Helmut Schlaad is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily engages with the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, encompassing a range of subfields related to polymer science and materials chemistry.

The main areas of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these, the subfields of focus are:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Biomaterials

Schlaad's research topics cover:

  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Synthesis and properties of polymers
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Flame retardant materials and properties

Their recent papers include:

  • "Sol-Gel-Derived Ordered Mesoporous High Entropy Spinel Ferrites and Assessment of Their Photoelectrochemical and Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Performance" (2023) published in Small
  • "Epoxidized 1,4-polymyrcene" (2020) published in Polymer Chemistry
  • "Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Unsaturated Carbohydrate Derivatives: Levoglucosenyl Alkyl Ethers" (2021) published in Macromolecules
  • "Ring-Opening Terpolymerisation of Elemental Sulfur Waste with Propylene Oxide and Carbon Disulfide via Lithium Catalysis" (2024) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Anionic polymerization of dienes in 'green' solvents" (2020) published in Polymer International

Frequent coauthors in Schlaad's publications are:

  • Marcus Einert
  • Arslan Waheed
  • Stefan Lauterbach
  • Lysander Q. Wagner
  • Jan P. Hofmann

Common venues where the scientist's work has appeared include:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymer International
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Langmuir

Best Publications

  • "Clicking" Polymers or Just Efficient Linking: What Is the Difference?**

    Christopher Barner-Kowollik;Filip E. Du Prez;Pieter Espeel;Craig J. Hawker

  • Thio-click modification of poly [2-(3-butenyl)-2-oxazoline]

    Anja Gress;and Antje Völkel;Helmut Schlaad

  • The formation of polymer vesicles or "peptosomes" by polybutadiene-block-poly(L-glutamate)s in dilute aqueous solution.

    Hildegard Kukula;Helmut Schlaad;Markus Antonietti;Stephan Förster

  • Poly(2-oxazoline)s as Smart Bioinspired Polymers

    Helmut Schlaad;Christina Diehl;Anja Gress;Matthias Meyer

  • Thiol#Ene Modification of 1,2-Polybutadiene Using UV Light or Sunlight

    Niels ten Brummelhuis;Christina Diehl;Helmut Schlaad

  • Thermoresponsive poly(2-oxazoline)s, polypeptoids, and polypeptides

    Richard Hoogenboom;Helmut Schlaad

  • Synthesis of nearly monodisperse polystyrene-polypeptide block copolymers via polymerisation of N-carboxyanhydrides.

    Ivaylo Dimitrov;Helmut Schlaad

  • Peptoids and Polypeptoids at the Frontier of Supra- and Macromolecular Engineering.

    Niklas Gangloff;Juliane Ulbricht;Thomas Lorson;Helmut Schlaad

  • Bioinspired functional block copolymers

    Hans G. Börner;Helmut Schlaad

  • Replication of lyotropic block copolymer mesophases into porous silica by nanocasting: Learning about finer details of polymer self-assembly

    Arne Thomas;Helmut Schlaad;Bernd Smarsly;Markus Antonietti

  • Thermo-Responsive Polyoxazolines with Widely Tuneable LCST

    Christina Diehl;Helmut Schlaad

  • Synthesis of alpha,omega-heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycol)s by metal-free anionic ring-opening polymerization.

    Helmut Schlaad;Hildegard Kukula;Jan Rudloff;Ines Below

  • Block copolymers with amino acid sequences: Molecular chimeras of polypeptides and synthetic polymers.

    Helmut Schlaad;Markus Antonietti

  • Bioinspired Poly(2-oxazoline)s

    Richard Hoogenboom;Helmut Schlaad

  • Thiol−Ene Clickable Polypeptides

    Jing Sun;Helmut Schlaad

  • Toward a toolbox of functional block copolymers via free-radical addition of mercaptans

    Justyna Justynska;Zofia Hordyjewicz;Helmut Schlaad

  • pH-Responsive Bioactive Glycopolypeptides with Enhanced Helicity and Solubility in Aqueous Solution

    Kai-Steffen Krannig;Helmut Schlaad

  • Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

    Shuangyan Hu;Junpeng Zhao;Guangzhao Zhang;Helmut Schlaad

  • An Easy Way to Sugar-Containing Polymer Vesicles or Glycosomes

    Liangchen You;Helmut Schlaad

  • Modular chemical tools for advanced macromolecular engineering

    Jean-François Lutz;Helmut Schlaad

  • Formation of amphiphilic polyion complex vesicles from mixtures of oppositely charged block ionomers

    Stefan Schrage;Reinhard Sigel;Helmut Schlaad

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel H. E. Müller
Axel H. E. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Helmut Cölfen
Helmut Cölfen University of Konstanz
Bernd M. Smarsly
Bernd M. Smarsly University of Giessen
Andreas Taubert
Andreas Taubert University of Potsdam
Jiayin Yuan
Jiayin Yuan Stockholm University
Andreas Fery
Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Günter Reiter
Günter Reiter University of Freiburg
Richard Hoogenboom
Richard Hoogenboom Ghent University
Thomas Hellweg
Thomas Hellweg Bielefeld University

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