Publications 2001-2003

On the mechanisms of recrystallization after melting in semicrystalline polymers: The effect of the initial melt state

M. Al-Hussein, G. Strobl. Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics B42, 677-685 (2003)

Fluorescence of a dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal film in the region of the stop band: theory and experiment

J. Schmidtke and W. Stille. Eur. Phys. J. B 31, 179 (2003)

Investigating polymer crystallization by time-dependent light scattering: a direct approach in the data analysis applied for s-polypropylene

Anke Hoffmann, Gert Strobl. Polymer 44, 5803-5809 (2003)

Defect Mode Emission of a Dye Doped Cholesteric Polymer Network

J. Schmidtke, W. Stille, H. Finkelmann. Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 083902 (2003)

Condensed Matter Physics: Crystals, Liquids, Liquid Crystals, and Polymers

Gert Strobl. Springer 2003, ISBN 978-3540003533

Role of the entangled amorphous network in tensile deformation of semicrystalline polymers

Y. F. Men, J. Rieger, G. Strobl. Physical Review Letters 91, 095502 (2003)

Photonic defect modes in cholesteric liquid crystal films

J. Schmidtke and W. Stille. Eur. Phys. J. E 12, 553 (2003)

Characteristic variations in the effect of diluents on polymer crystallization and melting observed for a sample of poly (ethylene-co-octene)

Barbara Heck, Gert Strobl, Michael Grasruck. Eur. Phys. J. E 11, 117-130 (2003)

Editorial: Special issue on Properties of Thin Polymer Films

Günter Reiter (Editor) and James Forrest (Guest Editor). Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 101 (2002)

Morphological Phase Transitions in Spontaneous Dewetting of Thin Films on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Surfaces

A. Sharma, G. Reiter. Phase Transitions 75, 377-399 (2002)

Pattern formation and ordering in thin films of crystallisable block copolymers

Günter Reiter, Gilles Castelein, Jens-Uwe Sommer. Macromol. Symp. 183, 173–178 (2002)

Some relevant parameters affecting the glass transition of supported ultra-thin polymer films

Y. Grohens, L. Hamon, G. Reiter, A. Soldera, Y. Holl. Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 217-224 (2002)

Are changes in morphology clear indicators for the glass transition in thin polymer films? Tentative ideas

Günter Reiter. Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 251-255 (2002)

The melting line, the crystallization line, and the equilibrium melting temperature of isotactic polystyrene

M. Al-Hussein, G. Strobl. Macromolecules 35, 1672-1676 (2002)

From crystalline block slips to dominance of network stretching - Mechanisms of tensile deformation in semi-crystalline polymers

Yongfeng Men, Gert Strobl. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 20, 161-170 (2002)

Role and importance of radius of gyration of chains in the melt in the crystalization of poly(1-butene)

Qiang Fu, Gert Strobl. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 20, 143-154 (2002)

Evidence for a mechanically active high temperature relaxation process in syndiotactic polypropylene

Yongfeng Men, Gert Strobl. Polymer 43, 2761-2768 (2002)

Strain-controlled tensile deformation behavior of isotactic poly(1-butene) and its ethylene copolymers

M. Al-Hussein, G. Strobl. Macromolecules 35, 8515-8520 (2002)

Change of modulus and yielding properties of syndiotactic polypropylene with the glass transition

Y.F. Men, G. Strobl, P. Wette. E-Polymers, 040 (2002)

Morphological basis for the complex melting behaviour of isotactic polystyrene

M. Al-Hussein, G. Strobl. E-Polymers, 038 (2002)