Some information about the course: Solid state properties of amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers and biopolymers. Course Objectives: a. Extend basic polymer/biopolymer chemistry and physics to advanced solution and solid-state behavior for predictive engineering of bulk properties from molecular structure. b. Examine current literature in the correlation of properties with polymer chain dimensions, dynamics and architecture. REQUIRED TEXT BOOK: Introduction to Physical Polymer Science 4th edition (2006), L.H. Sperling, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0471-70606-9 |
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