@article{HeinzeMangPopescuetal.2016,
  author    = {Heinze, D. and Mang, Thomas and Popescu, C. and Weichold, O.},
  title     = {Effect of side chain length and degree of polymerization on the decomposition and crystallization behaviour of chlorinated poly(vinyl ester) oligomers},
  series = {Thermochimica Acta},
  volume    = {637},
  journal   = {Thermochimica Acta},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0040-6031 (electronic)},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.tca.2016.05.015},
  pages     = {143 -- 153},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Four members of a homologous series of chlorinated poly(vinyl ester) oligomers CCl₃-(CH₂CH (OCO(CH₂)ₘCH₃))ₙ-Cl with degrees of polymerization of 10 and 20 were prepared by telomerisation using carbon tetrachloride. The number of side chain carbon atoms ranges from 2 (poly(vinyl acetate) to 18 (poly(vinyl stearate)). The effect of the n-alkyl side chain length and of the degree of polymerization on the thermal stability and crystallization behaviour of the synthesized compounds was investigated. All oligomers degrade in two major steps by first losing HCl and side chains with subsequent breakdown of the backbone. The members with short side chains, up to poly(vinyl octanoate), are amorphous and show internal plasticization, whereas those with high number of side chain carbon atoms are semi-crystalline due to side-chain crystallization. A better packing for poly(vinyl stearate) is also noticeable. The glass transition and melting temperatures as well as the onset temperature of decomposition are influenced to a larger extent by the side chain length than by the degree of polymerization. Thermal stability is improved if both the size and number of side chains increase, but only a long side chain causes a significant increase of the resistance to degradation. This results in a stabilization of PVAc so that oligomers from poly(vinyl octanoate) on are stable under atmospheric conditions. Thus, the way to design stable, chlorinated PVEs oligomers is to use a long n-alkyl side chain.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HagerHentschkeHojdisetal.2015,
  author    = {Hager, Jonathan and Hentschke, Reinhard and Hojdis, Nils and Karimi-Varzaneh, Hossein Ali},
  title     = {Computer Simulation of Particle-Particle Interaction in a Model Polymer Nanocomposite},
  series = {Macromolecules},
  volume    = {48},
  journal   = {Macromolecules},
  number    = {24},
  issn      = {1520-5835},
  doi       = {10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01864},
  pages     = {9039 -- 9049},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{SauerbornLiebenstundRaueetal.2017,
  author    = {Sauerborn, Markus and Liebenstund, Lena and Raue, Markus and Mang, Thomas and Herrmann, Ulf and Dueing, Andreas},
  title     = {Analytic method for material aging and quality analyzing to forecast long time stability of plastic micro heliostat components},
  series = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
  volume    = {1850},
  booktitle = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
  number    = {1},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.4984388},
  pages     = {030045-1 -- 030045-8},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MayerHentschkeHageretal.2017,
  author    = {Mayer, Jan and Hentschke, Reinhard and Hager, Jonathan and Hojdis, Nils and Karimi-Varnaneh, Hossein Ali},
  title     = {A Nano-Mechanical Instability as Primary Contribution to Rolling Resistance},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  number    = {Article number 11275},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {2045-2322},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {en}
}