Dr. Benedict Sandmann

Product Management in the division of adhesives - Management and optimization of the product portfolio 1-C-polyurethane based assembly adhesives and adhesives in window and door constructions - Conception and introduction of new products and product applications - Execution of market and competitive analyses - Technical customer support

Methacrylate-based polymer resins for industrial floor coatings, mortars and orthopaedic resins. • Conception, development and market launch of customer focused products • Selection, evaluation and implementation of novel raw materials into the binder production processes • Development of measurement and test procedures for the mechanical characterization of elastomeric and thermosetting coatings

• Supervising cooperation projects with the Ivoclar Vivadent AG – dental composite materials based on click-chemistry and core-shell nanoparticles • Conducting DFG project “Self-healing metallopolymers”

• Executing structure-based natural substance research programmes

• Title of the diploma thesis: “Synthesis and characterization of dopants for OLED applications”

• Conducting project “Nanogold-merino scale up“

Quality control in the departments of: • Wet chemical analysis (Fine Chemicals/Acetyls) • Chlorine-/HCl-production (titrations, ICP-measurements) • Instrumental analysis (gas chromatography, liquid chromatography)

Department: Raw material income, quality and safety • Assistance in raw material income control • Elaboration of FT-IR technology for raw material control

Doctoral programme focusing on polymer chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry and metal complex chemistry. Title of the dissertation: “Design and application of functional polymers: From self-healing materials via hard tissue composites to methacrylate tougheners“

Title of the diploma thesis: “Synthesis and characterization of dopants for OLED applications”