Synthesis
- Polymerization methods
- Poly-condensation polymerization and kinetics; Free Radical Polymerization, Kinetics; Ionic and Cationic polymerization; Controlled Radical Polymerization; Characterization (NMR, IR, GPC).
MEMY-503
Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Course Type
- Core
- Semester
- Second
- ECTS Credits
- 10
Syllabus
Polymer Physics
- Fundamentals
- Main characteristics of soft matter (length, time and energy scales); Fractal concepts, volume fraction, overlap concentration, molecular weight distribution; Ideal and Real polymer chains (Freely Rotating Chain, Kuhn Chain, Excluded Volume, Solvent quality); Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions; Deformation, entropic elasticity, relation of characteristic sizes to moduli; Polymer Dynamics (Rouse, Zimm, Reptation); Forces and Interaction in colloidal suspensions, Brownian Motion; Phase behaviour of Brownian Hard Spheres, Rods and Discs; Softness: From polymers to Colloids.
Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to fundamental concepts of soft matter synthesis and physics. The course covers topics such as various synthetic routes for polymers, spectroscopic characterization of polymers and introductory polymer-colloid physics (characteristic sizes and times, thermodynamics and phase behavior, flow properties of polymers in relation to their processability).
Suggested Bibliography
Related academic journals
- Macromolecules
- ACS Macro Letters
- Soft Matter