Adv Polym Sci (2013) 261: 151–154
DOI: 10.1007/12_2013_264
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 6 November 2013
The Years After the Retirement of Hermann
Staudinger: Research on Solution Properties
in the Physicochemical Group of Walther
Burchard
Walther Burchard
Contents
1 The First Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
2 Light Scattering, a New Technique for Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
3 Branched Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 152
4 Chain Stiffness and Excluded Volume Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
5 Hyperbranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
6 Ongoing Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 153
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
1 The First Years
In 1954, Professor Elfriede Husemann became the successor of Professor Staudinger
and took the chair for Macromolecular Chemistry in Freiburg. To prove that her
enzymatically synthesized amylose is a covalently linked macromolecule she needed
a reliable method for molar mass determination and expanded the mainly chemical
research towards physicochemical investigations.
W. Burchard (*)
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 31,
79104 Freiburg, Germany
e-mail: walther.burchard@makro.uni-freiburg.de
DOI: 10.1007/12_2013_264
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 6 November 2013
The Years After the Retirement of Hermann
Staudinger: Research on Solution Properties
in the Physicochemical Group of Walther
Burchard
Walther Burchard
Contents
1 The First Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
2 Light Scattering, a New Technique for Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
3 Branched Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 152
4 Chain Stiffness and Excluded Volume Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
5 Hyperbranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
6 Ongoing Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 153
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
1 The First Years
In 1954, Professor Elfriede Husemann became the successor of Professor Staudinger
and took the chair for Macromolecular Chemistry in Freiburg. To prove that her
enzymatically synthesized amylose is a covalently linked macromolecule she needed
a reliable method for molar mass determination and expanded the mainly chemical
research towards physicochemical investigations.
W. Burchard (*)
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 31,
79104 Freiburg, Germany
e-mail: walther.burchard@makro.uni-freiburg.de