Lecture Courses

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MM 746: Advanced Concepts of Polymer Science and Engineering/ Polymer Physics

(Spring 2020, 2021, 2022)

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Reference (s):

Polymer Physics, Rubinstein and Colby, Oxford University Press

Soft Condensed Matter, Richard A. L. Jones, Oxford University Press

Polymer Chemistry, Hiemenz and Lodge, CRC Press

Introduction to Polymer Physics, David Bower, Cambridge University Press

The Physics of Polymers, Gert Strobl, Springer

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Outline:

• Polymer chain conformations and molecular structure

 

• Structure of glassy, crystalline, and rubbery states of polymers

 

• Dynamic properties of polymers: relaxation phenomena, role of time and temperature)

 

• Advanced experimental techniques to characterize polymers (including scattering, microscopy and rheology)

 

• Solution and melt thermodynamics of polymers

 

• Phase separation in polymer solution and melt

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• Fundamentals behind contemporary applications of polymers (nanocomposites, thin glassy films and semiconductors)

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MM 654: Advanced Composites (Autumn 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

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MM 409: Colloid and Interface Science (Autumn 2019, 2020, 2021)