Novel amphiphilic diblock copolymers by RAFT-polymerization, their self-organization and surfactant properties [Elektronische Ressource] / von Sébastien Garnier

Universität Potsdam Arbeitsgruppe Prof. A. Laschewsky Novel Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers by RAFT-Polymerization, Their Self-Organization and Surfactant Properties Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Kolloid- und Polymerchemie eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam von Sébastien Garnier geboren am 28.07.1979 in Montreuil Potsdam, im November 2005 „Aucune vérité ne doit être préférée à toutes les vérités possibles.“ Jean Rostand, 1959 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to express in this part my gratitude to the scientists, technicians and other people who were directly and indirectly involved in this work, without the help of whom the findings of this thesis surely would not have been so multifaceted and prolific. First of all, I would like to tender my sincere thanks to Prof. A. Laschewsky (University of Potsdam, and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Potsdam-Golm) for giving me the opportunity to do my PhD thesis under his supervision, with a varied and broaden research topic at the interface between controlled radical polymerization chemistry, polymer chemistry and physics, and colloid chemistry.