Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt
Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Job History
| Since 1994 | Full Professor (W3), Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth |
| Since 2016 | Founding member of the Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI) |
| Since 2015 | Chairman of the Focus Area Polymer and Colloidal Science at the University of Bayreuth |
| Since 2013 | Director of the University of Bayreuth Graduate School |
| Since 2004 | Spokesman Elite Study Program Macromolecular Science, Elite Network of Bavaria |
| Since 2002 | Director Bayreuth Institute of Macromolecular Research (BIMF) |
| Since 2000 | Member Bayreuth Center for Colloids and Interfaces (BZKG) |
| 2009 – 2015 | Vice President of the University of Bayreuth, Research and Young Academics |
| 1998 – 2010 | Chairman Collaborative Research Center 481, German Research Foundation |
| 1997 – 1998 | Vice President of the University of Bayreuth, Teaching and Academic Affairs |
| 1993 | Visiting Professor at the Institute Charles Sadron (CNRS), Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg |
| 1989 – 1994 | Assistant und Associate (tenure) Professor of Materials, Materials Department, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA |
Education
| 1989 | Professoral thesis (“Habilitation”) – Macromolecular Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg |
| 1986 – 1989 | Research and Teaching Associate (C1), Philipps-University Marburg |
| 1985 – 1986 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Inc.), Experimental Station CR&DD, Wilmington, Delaware, USA |
| 1982 – 1985 | Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz |
| 1983 | Research stay at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts |
| 1982 | Diploma Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz |
| 1976 – 1982 | Studies of chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland |
Awards and other responsibilities
| 2010 | Staudinger-Durrer Medal, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich |
| 1991 | Polymer Curriculum Development Award, American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials |
| 1986 | Du Pont Accomplishment Award in Recognition of the Discovery of a Novel Solution Route to Kevlar, Films, Fibers and Coatings |
| 1982 – 1984 | Award of the German Chemical Industry Fund, Ph.D. Fellowship |
Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Aims of our research are synthesis, characterization, processing, and development of tailored organic functional materials and polymers for emerging technologies.
- Functional polymers and molecular materials
Holographic data storage and optical security elements | Displaytechnology | Photolithography and nanostructuring | Development of materials for microfluidic devices - Supramolecular materials
Gelators for medical, cosmetic and technical applications | Supramolecular polymer additives: Nucleating agents, clarifier, electret additives, processing aids, foam nucleation agents | Supramolecular nanofibers for filter applications | Supramolecular chromophores - Combinatorial methods and polymer processing
Combinatorial vapor deposition processes for thin film devices and photolithography | Blockcopolymer synthesis | Gradient materials | Polymer additives | Micro-scale polymer processing | 3D-priniting techniques
Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
10 selected publications
A complete list of publications of Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt is available here.
Stable mesoscale nonwovens of electrospun polyacrylonitrile and interpenetrating supramolecular 1,3,5-benzenetrisamide fibers as efficient carriers for gold nanoparticles
Drummer, M.; Liang, C.; Kreger, K.; Rosenfeldt, S.; Greiner, A.; Schmidt, H.-W.
ACS Applied Materials Interfaces 2021, 13, 34818-34828
Hierarchical superstructures by combining crystallization-driven and molecular self-assembly
Frank, A.; Hils, C.; Weber, M.; Kreger, K.; Schmalz, H.; Schmidt, H.-W.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 21767-21771
Melt electrowriting of amphiphilic physically crosslinked segmented copolymers
Bakirci, E.; Frank, A.; Gumbel, S.; Otto, P.F.; Fürsattel, E.; Tessmer, I.;
Schmidt, H.-W.; Dalton, P.D.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2021, 222, 2100259
Tailoring polypropylene for extrusion-based additive manufacturing
Jin, M.; Neuber, C.; Schmidt, H.-W.
Additive Manufacturing 2020, 33, 101101
A periodic system of supramolecular elements
Schmidt, H.-W.; Würthner, F.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 2-12
Mesostructured nonwovens with penguin downy featherlike morphology – top-down combined with bottom-up
Burgard, M.; Weiss, D.; Kreger, K.; Schmalz, H.; Agarwal, S.; Schmidt, H.-W.; Greiner, A.
Advanced Functional Materials 2019, 29, 1903166
Mesoscale polarization by geometric frustration in columnar supramolecular crystals
Zehe, C.S.; Hill, J.A.; Funnell, N.P.; Kreger, K.; van der Zwan, K.P.; Goodwin, A.L;
Schmidt, H.-W.; Senker, J.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56, 4432-4437
Pathway complexity in the enantioselective self-assembly of functional carbonyl-bridged triarylamine trisamides
Haedler, A. T.; Meskers, S. C. J.; Zha, R. H.; Kivala, M.; Schmidt, H.-W.; Meijer, E. W.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 10539-10545
Long-range energy transport in single supramolecular nanofibres at room temperature
Haedler, A. T.; Kreger, K.; Issac, A.; Wittmann, B.; Kivala, M.; Hammer, N.; Köhler, J.;
Schmidt, H.-W.; Hildner, R.
Nature 2015, 523, 196-199
“Designer” nucleating agents for polypropylene
Blomenhofer, M.; Ganzleben, S.; Hanft, D.; Schmidt, H.-W.; Kristiansen, M.; Smith, P.;
Stoll, K.; Mäder, D.; Hoffmann, K.
Macromolecules 2005, 38, 3688-3695
Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee
KeyLab coordinator
Universitätsstrasse 30
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4474
E-mail: hans-werner.schmidt@uni-bayreuth.de
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