Electrospun nanofibers of a copolymer consisting of polyvinylalcohol that has been crosslinked with an inorganic polymer containing phosphorus, oxygen and nitrogen only.

Dr. Holger Helten

RWTH Aachen University
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
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Tel.: +49 241 80 97 005

Expertise
Organometallic chemistry; organoboron compounds; organophosphorus compounds; main group chemistry; coordination chemistry; organic chemistry; inorganic chemistry; polymer chemistry; inorganic polymers; hybrid materials; catalysis; quantum chemical calculations.

Equipment
Access to equipment of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University, in particular:
• Single crystal X-ray diffractometer, Bruker D8 goniometer, SMART APEX CCD area-detector,
  Oxford Cryostream 700 controller
• NMR Spectrometer (Avance II-400, Bruker)
• GPC Agilent 1100 Series
• DSC Netzsch 204
• FT-IR spectrometer (Nicolet Avatar 360 FT-IR ESP)
• UV/Vis spectrometer (Jasco V-630)
• Spectrofluorometer (Jasco FP-6500)
• Potentiostat for cyclovoltametry, Solartron, EG&G/Princeton Applied Research
  Galvanostat/Potentiostat Model 283
• Access to other services of the university, in particular mass spectrometry, elemental analysis,
  electron microscopy