Prof.Dr. Roland Weidisch
Professor  for Micro- and Nanostructure based Polymer Composites
Institute of Chemistry / Fraunhofer-Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM

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Curriculum vitae von Prof.Dr. Roland Weidisch
Vita_R-Weidisch.pdf (68.4 KB)  vom 03.06.2010

List of publications
Publikationen_Weidisch.pdf (45.2 KB)  vom 23.06.2010

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Research Interests

Deformationsverhalten und Bruchmechanik von Blockcopolymeren mit komplexer Architektur, Mechanik von Polymer-Keramik-Hybrid-materialien und Nanokompositen, Morphologie und Rheologie von Blockcopolymeren und superelastischen Polymeren, Korrelation zwischen Morphologie, Verarbeitung und mechanischen Verhalten, Grenzschichten in Blockcopolymeren und deren Bedeutung für die mechanischen Eigenschaften, Entwicklung von mechanischen Prüfmethoden für Polymermaterialien

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Selected Publications

R. Weidisch*, M. Stamm, D. W. Schubert, M. Arnold, H. Budde, S. Höring:
Correlation between Phase Behavior and Tensile Properties of Diblock Copolymers.
Macromolecules 32 (1999), 3405.

R. Weidisch*, M. Enßlen, G. H. Michler, M. Arnold, H. Budde, S. Höring:
A novel scheme for prediction of deformation mechanisms of block copolymers based on phase behavior.
Macromolecules 34 (2001), 2528.

R. Weidisch*, J. Laatsch, G. H. Michler, B. Schade, M. Arnold, H. Fischer:
Transition from Crazing to Shear Deformation in Star Block Copolymers.
Macromolecules 35 (2002), 6585.

T. A. Huy, H. Hai, R. Adhikari, R. Weidisch*, G. H. Michler*, K. Knoll:
Influence of Interfacial Structure on Phase Behaviour and Deformation Behaviour of SBS Block Copolymers.
Polymer 44 (2003), 1237.

R. Lach, K. Schneider, R. Weidisch*, A. Janke, K. Knoll:
Application of The Essential Work of Fracture Concept to Nanostructured Polymers.
European Polymer Journal, 41/2 (2005), 383.

B. Satapathy, R. Weidisch*, A. Janke, P. Pötschke:
Crack Toughness Behaviour of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube (MWNT)/Polycarbonate Nanocomposites.
Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 2005, 26, 1246.

M. Thunga, U. Staudinger, B. K. Satapathy, R. Weidisch*, M. Abdel-Goad, A. Janke, K. Knoll:
Influence of molecular architecture of S-(S/B)-S triblock copolymers on rheological properties.
Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 2006, 44, 2776-2788.

U. Staudinger, B. K. Satapathy, M. Thunga, R. Lach, R. Weidisch*, K. Knoll:
Influence of Phase Miscibility and Morphology on Crack Resistance Behaviour and Kinetics of Crack Propagation of Nanostructured Binary Styrene-(Styrene/Butadiene)-Styrene Triblock Copolymer Blends.
Acta Materialia, 2007, 55, 5844-5858.

M. Ganß, B. K. Satapathy, M. Thunga, R. Weidisch*, P. Pötschke, D. Jehnichen:
Structural interpretations of deformation and fracture behavior of polypropylene/ multi-walled carbon nanotube composites.
Acta Materialia 2008, 56, 2247-2261.

Y. Duan, M. Thunga, R. Schlegel, K. Schneider, E. Rettler, R. Weidisch*, H. W. Siesler, M. Stamm, J. W. Mays, N. Hadjichristidis:
Morphology and Deformation Mechanisms and Tensile Properties of Tetrafunctional Multigraft Copolymers.
Macromolecules 2009, 42, 4155-4164.

R. Schlegel, D. Wilkin, Y. Duan, R. Weidisch*, G. Heinrich, D. Uhrig, J.W. Mays, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis
Stress softening of multigraft copolymers.
Polymer 2009, 50 (26), 6297-6304.

M. Thunga, A. Das, L. Häußler, R. Weidisch*, G. Heinrich
Preparation and properties of nanocomposites based on PS-b-(PS/PB)-b-PS triblock copolymer by controlling the size of silica nanoparticles with electron beam irradiation.
Composites Science and Technology 2010, 70 (2), 215-222.