The synthesis of well defined functional homo- and block copolymers in aqueous media via Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization [Elektronische Ressource] / von Murat Mertoğlu

Universität Potsdam Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Dr. Laschewsky The Synthesis of Well-Defined Functional Homo- and Block Copolymers in Aqueous Media via Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades "doctor rerum naturalium" (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin "Kolloid und Polymer Chemie" eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam von Murat Merto ğlu geboren am 18.07.1978 in İstanbul Potsdam, im November 2004 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted to many people who helped me during the preparation of this thesis. I wish to express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. André Laschewsky for giving me the opportunity to conduct research under his supervision. He was all the time available and open to discuss about anything to support me. He encouraged and motivated me a lot, particularly, when the things go wrong in research. Lastly I want to thank him for his intimate and friendly manners both as an advisor and a person. I am especially grateful to Dr. Joachim Storsberg and Dr. Jean-François Baussard for their contribution to my thesis and particularly for their guidance in the laboratory to develop my bench skills and learn better the modern synthetic methods. I gratefully acknowledge the help of J.-L. Habib-Jiwan (Université catholique de Louvain) for taking FAB mass spectra, to F.