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Polymer Separation

Welcome to the Polymer Separation, an international research group spanning across Europe and Africa. The group was established in 2007 and joins together researchers from Stellenbosch University and Leibniz-Intitut für Polymerforschung.

about us

We are a joint research group across Stellenbosch University and Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden with more than 15 years’ experience. Our main focus areas are interaction and size exclusion chromatography, field flow fractionation and multiple detection techniques. Through a collaborative effort that includes postgraduates, scientists and technicians alike, we study the structure-property relation of advanced macromolecular systems.

The polymer Separation Group

We are an international group of scientists with research facilities in Germany and South Africa.

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Our Latest Publications

Palinske, M., Muza, U.L., Moreno, S., Appelhans, D., Boye, S., Schweins, R. and Lederer, A., 2023. Potential of Small‐Angle Neutron Scattering for Evaluating Protein Locus within a Polymersome. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 224(1), p.2200300.

https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202200300

Wang, D., Moreno, S., Boye, S., Voit, B. and Appelhans, D., 2023. Crosslinked and Multi‐Responsive Polymeric Vesicles as a Platform to Study Enzyme‐Mediated Undocking Behavior: Toward Future Artificial Organelle Communication. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, p.2200885.

https://doi.org/10.1002/MARC.202200885

Xu, X., Moreno, S., Boye, S., Wang, P., Voit, B. and Appelhans, D., 2023. Artificial Organelles with Digesting Characteristics: Imitating Simplified Lysosome‐and Macrophage‐Like Functions by Trypsin‐Loaded Polymersomes. Advanced Science, p.2207214.

https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202207214

Muza, U.L., Williams, C.D. and Lederer, A., 2023. Unravelling the thermo-responsive evolution from single-chain to multiple-chain nanoparticles by thermal field-flow fractionation. Polymer Chemistry.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3PY00426K

Stanvliet, Z., Deng, Y., Appelhans, D., Moreno, S., Boye, S., Gaitzsch, J. and Lederer, A., 2023. Responsive tertiary amine methacrylate block copolymers: uncovering temperature-induced shape-shifting behaviour. Polymer Chemistry, 14(17), pp.2022-2026.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3PY00287J

TOSOH PolyAnalysis Forum

We would like to draw your attention to the PolyAnalysis Forum on 30.November 2023 at the IPF Dresden.

This years forum is entitled Polymers of the Future: Spotlight on sustainable materials and biomedical applications.

October, 2023

Welcome to Stellenbosch, Upenyu & Andy!

Dr Muza visits Stellenbosch again, this time to introduce to the Thermal Field-Flow fractionation technique, Andy, a new MSc student in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam.

August, 2023

Webinar on AF4 by Dr. Susanne Boye

In case that you missed the last one, join us for a webinar on Tuesday, August 29 at 17:00 CEST. Dr. Susanne Boye will again present on applications of AF4 in the elucidation of complex nanostructures.