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Polymer Physics

Subjects: Chemistry · Physics

Art: Georg Agricola, De re metallica - dowsing (125711292), 1556 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Edwin (Ned) Thomas
Term: Spring 2007
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 30 other files · 2 web pages
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Polymer Physics

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Lecture 1: Introduction; hard vs. soft solids; polymerization ( PDF - 1.5 MB )

Lecture 2: Chains; thermodynamics of polymer solutions ( PDF )

Lecture 3: Thermodynamics (cont.): Mean field; Flory Huggins and lattice theory; entropy and enthalpy of mixing; phase diagrams ( PDF )

Lecture 4: Polymer blends; viscosity; osmometry ( PDF )

Lecture 5: Osmometry (cont.); SEC (size exclusion chromatography) and GPC (gel permeation chromatography) ( PDF - 1.3 MB )

Lecture 6: Scattering; Zimm plots ( PDF - 1.1 MB )

Lecture 7: Glass transition temperature Tg ( PDF )

Lecture 8: Diffusion of polymers; reptation; elasticity ( PDF )

Lecture 9: Gels; Flory-Rehner theory ( PDF - 2.0 MB )

Lecture 10: Self organization ( PDF - 2.0 MB )

Lecture 11: Intermaterial dividing surface (IMDS); polymer-based photonics ( PDF - 3.0 MB )

Lecture 12: Photonic crystals ( PDF - 2.2 MB )

Lecture 13: Influence of chain architecture on microdomain characteristics ( PDF - 1.8 MB )

Lecture 14: Block copolymer-homopolymer blends ( PDF - 1.2 MB )

Lecture 15: Hierarchically ordered BCP-nanoparticle composites ( PDF )

Lecture 16: Top down meets bottom up ( PDF - 1.6 MB )

Lecture 17: Chain folding; polyethylene and nylon; spherulites ( PDF - 1.2 MB )

Lecture 18: Mechanical properties; crazing; microframes and millitrusses ( PDF )

Lecture 19: Mechanical properties (cont.) ( PDF )

Lecture 20: Single wall and multi-wall nanotubes (SWNT, MWNT) ( PDF )

Lecture 21: Electronic polymers ( PDF - 2.3 MB )

Lecture 22: Polymer conductives; polypyrrole chains; optical interactions ( PDF )

Lecture 23: Wrap-up and review