Oligomeric surfactants as novel type of amphiphiles [Elektronische Ressource] : structure - property relationships and behaviour with additives / von Laurent Wattebled

Universität Potsdam Arbeitsgruppe Prof. A. Laschewsky Oligomeric Surfactants as Novel Type of Amphiphiles: Structure – Property Relationships and Behaviour with Additives 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 Laurent Wattebled geboren am 16.06.1980 in Lesquin Potsdam, im Dezember 2006 “Not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge” Edgar Allan Poe, The Power of Words (1850) ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to express my profound gratitude to the staffs of scientists and technicians and other persons directly or indirectly involved in the completion of this work. The findings within this dissertation would never have been so fruitful without the help of these people. First of all, I would like to thank sincerely Prof. André Laschewsky (University of Potsdam and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research) for giving me the opportunity to carry out my PhD thesis under his supervision, on a research topic of colloid and polymer science. I enjoyed the multiple fields addressed within this PhD work, including surfactant chemistry (synthesis and analysis) and physics (characterization), as well as polymer science.