ULUND Sweden Satellite Partner

	Partner Identity
	Legal Name of host Institution: Lunds universitet Name of Dept./Lab involved in NoE: Polymer Science & Engineering Host Institution Internet Address: www.polymer.lth.se Responsible Scientist: Prof. Frans H. J. Maurer email Active in WP#: 10 # of Participating Scientists: 2

	Material relevant to the Institute

	General Research Activities of the Dept./Lab
	Synthesis of polymers, copolymers, and ionomers Proton and ion-conducting polymers and membranes Nanocomposites and blends; interphases; new materials Free volume and mobility; transport properties Rheology; homogeneous and heterogeneous systems/modelling Polymerdispersions; film-formation

	Research Activities relevant to NoE
	see Powerpoint presentation

	Contribution to NoE (Analytical description)
	WP 10: Nanostructure-property relations

	Dedicated Staff
	1. Frans H.J. Maurer email 2. Patric Jannasch email

List of relevant publications

1. Free Volume and Density Gradients of Amorphous Polymer Surfaces As Determined by Use of a Pulsed Low-Energy Positron Lifetime Beam and PVT Data. Macromolecules, 2004, 37(11), 4201-4210.
2. Direct and Reverse Mechanical Modeling of an Alkyd Acrylic Hybrid System: A Morphological Study, Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 2596-2602.
3. Characteristics of Gel Electrolytes Formed by Self-Aggregating Comb-Shaped Polyethers With End-Functionalised Side Chains, Solid State Ionics, 2004, 166, 417-424.
4. Ion Conductive Electrolyte Membranes Based on Co-Continuous Polymer Blends. J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 2168 – 2176
5. Recent developments in high-temperature proton conducting polymer electrolyte membranes, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci., 2003, 8, 96-102
6. Median implantation depth and implantation profile of 3-18 keV positrons in amorphous polymers, Phys. Rev. B: Cond. Matter Mater. Phys., 2003, 67, 125404/1-125404/7.
7. Sulfophenylation of Polysulfones for Proton-Conducting Fuel Cell Membranes. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2002, 23, 896-900
8. Ionic Conductivity in Physical Networks of Polyethylene-Polyether-Polyethylene Triblock Copolymers, Chem. Mater., 2002, 14, 2718-2724
9. Free-volume quantities from PVT-EOS analysis and PALS, Polymer, 2000, 41, 8419-8424
10. Miscibility of Styrene-maleic anhydride and Styrene-acrylonitrile Blends Studied by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy, Macromolecules, 1998, 31, 3322–3327

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