Research Group SMART

Sustainable materials and recycling technologies

 

Research Fields

The research in the field of sustainable materials and recycling technologies is devoted to the following topics:

  • Polymers for enewable energy production and energy storage
  • Bio-based polymers and comosites for high performance applications
  • Polymer recycling, second-life options and ciruclar economy
  • Micro- and nanoplastics

Team

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    Assoz.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Katharina Resch-Fauster
    Head of SMART Group

    katharina.resch-fauster(at)unileoben.ac.at 
    +43 3842 402 - 2105
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    Research: sustainable energy production and storage, green engineering, polymers and
     composites based on renewable

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    Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Michael Feuchter
    michael.feuchter(at)unileoben.ac.at 
    +43 3842 402 - 2110
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    Research: polymeric nanocomposites, recycling of polymers and composites, morphology analysis
     with X-ray scattering, advanced dynamic mechanical analysis

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    Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Haiden

    lukas.haiden(at)unileoben.ac.at 
    +43 3842 402 - 2107
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    Research:

Research Summaries

2023

Biobased and biomimetic functionally structured stretch film
Michael Feuchter

Adapting the optical reflectivity of carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) on nano-scale
Lukas Haiden

Exploring crystallinity of polymer blends on nanoscale
Kateřina Plevová

Dual latent heat storages
Katharina Resch-Fauster

Novel bio-based material for the field of orthopedics
Markus Schwaiger