🎓Quantitative analysis of biopolymers using molecular spectroscopy combined with chemometric methods

Biopolymers are becoming increasingly important in many medical and industrial applications. The use of raw materials such as lignin as a basis for industrial applications requires analytical methods to characterise their properties such as purity, composition and molecular weight. These properties fluctuate significantly in some cases and therefore need to be constantly monitored. PhD student Rene Burger is developing analytical methods that make this information accessible by combining molecular spectroscopic techniques such as infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with multivariate data analysis and modelling. These new methods represent fast and resource-efficient alternatives to conventional instrumental and wet-chemical techniques.