Research

Kurt Kremer is one of the founders of modern computer simulation methods for macromolecular systems, nowadays termed as “soft condensed matter”. Originating from statistical physics he (co-) developed models to perform efficient molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations for polymers, which have now been serving as basis for wide applications for many years.

He could prove the reptation of chains in a polymer melt and in subsequent work derived a way to construct the primitive path to determine the entanglement length of polymers based solely on the chain conformations. In his contributions to polyelectrolytes he demonstrated the relevance of spatial charge fluctuations.

Photo: Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung