Laboratory № 13 – Polymer Morphology
Phone: (812) 328-85-03
Head of the Laboratory: Viktor Konstantinovich Lavrent’ev, researcher
E-mail: lavrentev1949@mail.ru
Experimental studies of morphology, supramolecular structure, and phase transformations in nano- and microstructured polymer materials and supramolecular systems by X-ray analysis, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, polarized light microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, and UV spectroscopy.
Lines of research:
- Study of morphology, supramolecular structure and phase transitions in nano- and microstructured polymer materials and supramolecular systems by X-ray structural analysis, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, polarized light microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, and UV spectroscopy.
- Development of methodology of studying the structure-property relationship in hybrid organic-inorganic nanosystems based on metal and metalloid nanoparticles stabilized with water-soluble polymers.
- Study of the structure and sorption properties of promising biomedical materials: gel films of bacterial cellulose intercalated with nanoparticles of various natures stabilized with polymers and hydrated calcium phosphates.
- Study of structure, morphology, and thermal properties of the nanocomposites intended for membrane technologies based on thermostable polymers filled with nanoparticles of different chemical natures.
- Study of structure and thermal properties of supramolecular inclusion complexes (polyrotaxanes and pseudopolyrotaxanes) on the basis of cyclic and linear polymers.
- Study of supramolecular structure and thermo-mechanical properties of porous polyethylene and poly(vinylidene fluoride) films; investigation of conducting composites based on these polymers and polyaniline (polypyrrole) at all stages of production (extrusion, annealing, orientational drawing, thermofixation).