Polymer Physics
- Macromolecules and macromolecular sizes
- Macromolecular time and length scale. Glass, crystal, rubber, melt.
- Chain statistics and elasticity
- Polymer chain statistics, chain elasticity. Solutions and solvent quality.
- Phase behaviour
- Phase diagrams, polymeric mixtures. Networks and gels.
- Macromolecular motion
- Coarse graining. Viscoelasticity and diffusion. Molecular models: short chains: dumbbell, Rouse, Zimm. Flow and diffusion predictions. Dynamic structure factor. Dynamic light scattering. Mechanical spectroscopy and time-temperature superposition. Long chains – entanglements. Reptation and model of deGennes–Doi–Edwards. Solutions: dilute, semi-dilute, dense.
- Special topics
- Selected special topics in polymer physics.