Otto Vogl
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Research Interests:
Higher aliphatic aldehyde polymerization. general concept of stereospecific polymerization, helical polymers, stereoregular oligomers.
Functional Polymers:
Bioiologically active polymers, polymerizable and polymeric stabilizers, spacer effects in polymeric structures
Macromolecular Architecture:
Structure/property relationship of unusual polymers and polymer blends. reactions on polymers, optical properties of solid polymers,
Polymer Science and the Arts:
Japanese lacquers, Coatings of "Old Masters"
Origin of Chirality:
Chiral crystallization, chiral nucleation and chiral polymerization, optically active polymers, the single polychloral helix
Current Research:
Emeritus Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Honors and Distinctions:
- Honorary Member: Society of Polymer Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Honorary Member: Austrian Chemical Society, Vienna, Austria
- Honorary Member: Slovak Chemical Society, Bratislava, Slovac Republic
- Honorary Member: Society of Plastics and Rubber Engineers, Zagreb, Croatia
- Honorary Cross for Arts and Sciences, Republic of Austria
- Gold Medal of the City of Vienna, Austria
- ACS Award in Applied Polymer Chemistry
- Humboldt Prize, Germany
- Exner Medal, Austrian Trade Association
- Golden Ring of Honor, City of Traiskirchen
- Former Position: President, Pacific Polymer Federation
- Former Position: Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Polymers
- Former Position: NAS:Chairman, NRC Committee on Macromolecular Chemistry
- Former Position: Monbusho Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
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