Plastics Testing and Polymer Physics
Hochschule
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
Fachgebiete
Materials Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Dauer
3-6 months
Deadline
February 15 for fall internship
October 1 for spring internship
Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Markus Susoff
Projektbeschreibung
Structure-property relationships of elastomers
Elastomeric plastics like rubber elastomers, thermoplastic elastomers and foamed elastomers are unique materials due to their viscoelastic nature and can be found across all kinds of industries from automotive, sports and leisure and medical device industry, e.g. Understanding of their viscoelastic behaviour and correlation to the underlying micro structure is crucial for the optimization of tailored elastomers for industrial applications.
Aufgaben
Mechanical and thermal characterization of elastomers by tensile testing
Dynamic mechanical analysis
Temperature scanning stress relaxation meas-urements
Morphological characterization by means of AFM and SEM (with professional assistance)
Rheological experiments
Anforderungen
First experiences in polymer sciences is needed
Lab skills would be desirable
Sprachen
English: fluent
German: basic knowledge useful, but not required
Möglicher Beginn
Within either the summer semester (March – August) or the winter semester (September – February)
Specific dates and duration to be agreed upon
Credits
tbd
Bezahlung
none