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CU-404 · Polymer & Soft Matter Chemistry

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The chemistry and physics of macromolecules and soft materials.

PREREQUISITES

CU-201, CU-206

Lectures

L01
Macromolecules: Scale Changes Everything
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L02
Classification of Polymers
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L03
Degree of Polymerisation
L04
Number- and Weight-Average Molar Mass
L05
Polydispersity
L06
Measuring Polymer Molar Mass
L07
Step-Growth Polymerisation
L08
The Carothers Equation and Conversion
L09
Chain-Growth Polymerisation
L10
Free-Radical Polymerisation Kinetics
L11
Ionic and Living Polymerisation
L12
Copolymers and Reactivity Ratios
L13
Tacticity and Stereochemical Control
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L14
Chain Conformation and the Random Coil
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L15
Polymer Solutions and Theta Conditions
L16
Flory–Huggins Theory
L17
The Interaction Parameter χ
L18
Phase Behaviour and Miscibility
L19
Crystallinity in Polymers
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L20
The Glass Transition
L21
Factors Affecting Tg
L22
Free Volume and the WLF Equation
L23
Viscoelasticity and Mechanical Behaviour
L24
Colloids, Surfactants, and Self-Assembly
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L25
Synthesis: From Monomer to Material

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