Researchers Never Walk Alone
- Datum: 13.03.2026
- Uhrzeit: 13:00 - 18:00
- Vortragende(r): Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen
- Ort: MPI für Polymerforschung, Mainz
- Raum: Hermann Staudinger Lecture Hall
Over the past 40 years, the MPI for Polymer Research has covered a wide range of topics including synthesis. Many of these were influenced by Klaus Müllen and his cooperation partners, inside and outside MPIP,in academia and in industry. He has now compiled his networked research in a book entitled "Die Chemie muss stimmen" (The chemistry get to be right) from the book series "Lives in chemistry - Lebenswerke in der Chemie". This prompted the idea of bringing together the many partners in a conference. Its focus is on demonstrating theimportance of collaboration in basic research, especially at a time when so much in our world is drifting apart.
13:00 Coffee in the Staudinger Foyer
● 13:15 Prof. Tanja Weil (MPIP): Introduction ● 13:30 Prof. Klaus Müllen (MPIP): The chemistry get to be right ● 14:00 Prof. Andreas Herrmann (DWI, Aachen ): Polymer mechanochemistry enables the activation of drugs, proteins andnucleic acids by ultrasound ● 14:20 Prof. Johan Hofkens (KU Leuven, Belgium): tba ● 14:40 Prof. Thomas Basché (JGU, Mainz): And don´t be afraid of the dark: bright stuff is going to come ● 15:00 Dr. Johann-Diedrich Brand (BASF): The European Chemical Industry ● 15:20 Coffee Break ● 16:00 Prof. Ullrich Scherf (Bergische Universität, Wuppertal): Conjugated ladder polymers - the post-polymerization approach ● 16:20 Prof. Steven DeFeyter (KU Leuven, Belgium): From 1D to 2D polymers ● 16:40 Prof. Paolo Samori (Université de Strasbourg, France): From structural complexity to functional complexity: an enlightening chemistry journey ● 17:00 Prof. Lifeng Chi (Soochow University, China): Confinement induced selectivity by on-surface reactions ● 17:20 Prof. Georg Fytas (ISEL FORTH, Heraklion Greece): Strong and deaf soft materials ● 17:40 Prof. Kurt Kremer (MPIP): Theory at MPIP - from entanglements to organic electronics ● 18:00 Prof. Tanja Weil & Prof. Klaus Müllen | Closing remarks
● 13:15 Prof. Tanja Weil (MPIP): Introduction ● 13:30 Prof. Klaus Müllen (MPIP): The chemistry get to be right ● 14:00 Prof. Andreas Herrmann (DWI, Aachen ): Polymer mechanochemistry enables the activation of drugs, proteins andnucleic acids by ultrasound ● 14:20 Prof. Johan Hofkens (KU Leuven, Belgium): tba ● 14:40 Prof. Thomas Basché (JGU, Mainz): And don´t be afraid of the dark: bright stuff is going to come ● 15:00 Dr. Johann-Diedrich Brand (BASF): The European Chemical Industry ● 15:20 Coffee Break ● 16:00 Prof. Ullrich Scherf (Bergische Universität, Wuppertal): Conjugated ladder polymers - the post-polymerization approach ● 16:20 Prof. Steven DeFeyter (KU Leuven, Belgium): From 1D to 2D polymers ● 16:40 Prof. Paolo Samori (Université de Strasbourg, France): From structural complexity to functional complexity: an enlightening chemistry journey ● 17:00 Prof. Lifeng Chi (Soochow University, China): Confinement induced selectivity by on-surface reactions ● 17:20 Prof. Georg Fytas (ISEL FORTH, Heraklion Greece): Strong and deaf soft materials ● 17:40 Prof. Kurt Kremer (MPIP): Theory at MPIP - from entanglements to organic electronics ● 18:00 Prof. Tanja Weil & Prof. Klaus Müllen | Closing remarks