A Comparative Analysis between Different Ether Carboxylic Acids with Respect to Wettability and Surface Topography of Abrasively Treated Polyester Fabrics

Dr. Victoria Dutschk was born in 1966 in Bendery (Moldova) and graduate from the Odessa State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in 1988. She obtained her PhD in 2000 at the at the Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department Material Science under the guidance of Prof. Wolfgang Pompe. Since 1994 she has been working as a research associate at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden in the field interfacial engineering focussing specifically on surface active agents.

M. Sc. Susu Myat was born in 1980 in Mandalay (Maynmar) and graduate from the Yangon Technical University (Maynmar) in 2002. In 2007 she received her Master Degree in Textile and Clothing Engineering from the at the Technische Universität Dresden.

Dipl.-Ing. Jan Märtin was born in 1979 in Köthen and studied Textile and Clothing Engineering at the at the Technische Universität Dresden. Since 2005 he has been working as a scientific co-worker at the Institute of Textile and Clothing Technology at the Technische Universität Dresden.

Dr. Martin Stolz was born in 1967 and studied chemistry at the University of Marburg. In 1994 he received his Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Dortmund for his studies about the structure of complex fluids prepared at the department of Prof. Dr. Winter. Since 1994 he has been working for different companies in the chemical industry focusing on physical chemistry and the application of surfactants. Within Sasol Germany, he is responsible for a R&D group which is working on the optimisation of surfactants for technical applications.

Dr. Burkhard Breitzke was born in 1967 and studied chemistry at the University of Bielefeld. After concluding his studies in 1996, he worked on molecular modeling of surfactants and obtained his Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Essen in the department of Prof. H. Rehage in 2000. Since 1999 he has been working for Sasol Germany in Marl employing computational methods on problems in surfactant chemistry.

Prof. Dr. Chokri Cherif studied Mechanical Engineering in the Textile Technology field at the RWTH Aachen (Germany) from 1986 to 1992. After graduating as an engineer, he commenced his additional studies in Economics at the same institute and graduated as a Diploma Industrial Engineer. Thereafter, he continued working at the RWTH as a research associate and succesfully obtained his PhD in 1998. After that, he went on to complete his habilitation. During his industrial activities, Professor Cherif was the Head of ‘Development and Construction’ as well as a member of the Executive Board which formed part of Business Unit ‘Drawing Frame’ (Rieter Ingolstadt, Textile Mashinery Manufacturer. Since 2005 he has been the Director of the the Institute of Textile and Clothing Technology at the Technische Universität Dresden. Adjacent to this, Chokri Cherif is a member of the Faculty Mechaical Engineering at the Technische Universität Dresden. In particular, he holds there the chair of Textile Technology at the Institute of Textile and Clothing Technology.

Prof. Dr. Gert Heinrich studied Physics from 1969 to 1973 at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena. He received his PhD at the University of Technology in Merseburg in Polymer Physics, and finalised his Habilitation in 1986. Between 1987 and 1990 he worked as Guest Professor at University Prague and as an Associate Professor for Theoretical Physics in Merseburg. Between 1990 and 2002 he worked for Continental AG, Hannover, as Senior Research Scientist and Head of Materials Research. Since 2003 G. Heinrich has been the Head of the Institute of Polymer Materials at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V. (IPF). Gert Heinrich is a member of the Faculty Mechanical Engineering at the Technische Universität Dresden. In particular, he holds there the Chair of Polymer Materials at the Institute of Materials Science.