Group Leader "Innovative Membrane Materials"/ Field of Research "Surfaces of Porous Membrane Filters"
Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
Permoserstr. 15 / 04318 Leipzig / Germany
+49 (0)341 235-2231
daniel.breite(at)iom-leipzig.de
Fields of Expertise
- Radiation induced surface engineering of polymer membranes
- Adsorption of organic pollutants from water
- Membranes for recycling applications
Scientific Career
- 09/2022 - Today Group Leader "Innovative Membrane Materials" at Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering, Leipzig
- 04/2017 - 08/2022 Research Scientist at Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering, Leipzig
- 11/2012 - 03/2017 Dissertation at Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering / Leipzig University, Leipzig
- 10/2010 - 10/2012 Study of Chemistry (Master of Science) at Leipzig University
- 10/2007 - 09/2010 Study of Chemistry (Bachelor of Science) at Leipzig University
Selected Publications
- Z. Niavarani, D. Breite, A. Prager, I. Thomas, M. Kuehnert, B. Abel, R. Gläser, A. Schulze, Syn-thesis of composite imprinted polymer membranes for the selective removal of 17β-estradiol from water, Mater. Chem. Front. 7 (2023) 4460-4472, 10.1039/D3QM00345K
- G. von Haugwitz, K. Donnelly, M. Di Filippo, D. Breite, M. Phippard, A. Schulze, R. Wei, M. Baumann, U.T. Bornscheuer, Synthesis of modified poly(vinyl alcohol)s and their degradation using an enzymatic cascade, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62 (2023) e202216962, 10.1002/anie.202216962
- R. Das, P. Solís-Fernández, D. Breite, A. Prager, A. Lotnyk, A. Schulze, H. Ago, High flux and adsorption based non-functionalized hexagonal boron nitride lamellar membrane for ultrafast water purification, Chem. Eng. J. 420 (2021) 127721, 10.1016/j.cej.2020.127721
- D. Breite, M. Went, A. Prager, M. Kühnert, A. Schulze, Reduction of biofouling of a microfiltration membrane using amide functionalities - hydrophilization without changes in morphology, Polymers 12 (2020) 1379, DOI: 10.3390/polym12061379.
- R. Wei, D. Breite, C. Song, D. Gräsing, T. Ploss, P. Hille, R. Schwerdtfeger, J. Matysik, A. Schulze, W. Zimmermann, Biocatalytic Degradation Efficiency of Postconsumer Polyethylene Terephthalate Packaging Determined by Their Polymer Microstructures, Adv. Sci. 6 (2019) 1900491, DOI: 10.1002/advs.201900491.
- A. Delavari, D. Breite, A. Schulze, R.E. Baltus, Latex particle rejections from virgin and mixed charged surface, J. Membr. Sci. 584 (2019) 110-119, DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.04.065.
- D. Breite, M. Went, A. Prager, M. Kühnert, A. Schulze, Charge Separating Microfiltration Mem-brane with pH-Dependent Selectivity, Polymers 11 (2019) 3, DOI: 10.3390/polym11010003.
- M. Schmidt, D. Breite, I. Thomas, M. Went, A. Prager, A. Schulze, Polymer Membranes for Ac-tive Degradation of Complex Fouling Mixtures, J. Membr. Sci. 563 (2018) 481-491, DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.06.013.
- D. Breite, M. Went, A. Prager, A. Schulze, The Critical Zeta Potential of Polymer Membranes: How Electrolytes Dictate Membrane Fouling, RSC Adv. 6 (2016) 98180-98189, DOI: 10.1039/c6ra19239d.
- D. Breite, M. Went, I. Thomas, A. Prager, A. Schulze, Particle Adsorption on a Polyether Sul-fone Membrane: How Electrostatic Interactions Dominate Membrane Fouling, RSC Adv. 6 (2016) 65383-65391, DOI: 10.1039/C6RA13787C.
Conference Contributions
- D. Breite*, M. Krause, K. Kmoch, M. Went, A. Prager, M. Kühnert, A. Schulze, PET membranes prepared from recycled polymer waste using phase inversion process from high temperature solutions, 13th Int. Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes, Chiba, Japan, 09.-14.07. 2023
- D. Breite*, M. Krause, K. Kmoch, M. Went, A. Prager, M. Kühnert, A. Schulze, Preparation of porous PET membranes using recycled polymer in a phase inversion process, Euromembrane 2022, Sorrento, Italy, 20.-24.11. 2022
- D. Breite*, M. Went, A. Prager, M. Kühnert, A. Schulze, Prevention of algae fouling using amide functionalized microfiltration membranes, 12th Int. Congress on Membranes & Membrane Pro-cesses, Online, 07.-11.12. 2020