| LEC # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction; hard vs. soft solids; polymerization (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
| 2 | Chains; thermodynamics of polymer solutions (PDF) |
| 3 | Thermodynamics (cont.): Mean field; Flory Huggins and lattice theory; entropy and enthalpy of mixing; phase diagrams (PDF) |
| 4 | Polymer blends; viscosity; osmometry (PDF) |
| 5 | Osmometry (cont.); SEC (size exclusion chromatography) and GPC (gel permeation chromatography) (PDF - 1.3 MB) |
| 6 | Scattering; Zimm plots (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
| 7 | Glass transition temperature Tg (PDF) |
| 8 | Diffusion of polymers; reptation; elasticity (PDF) |
| 9 | Gels; Flory-Rehner theory (PDF - 2.0 MB) |
| 10 | Self organization (PDF - 2.0 MB) |
| 11 | Intermaterial dividing surface (IMDS); polymer-based photonics (PDF - 3.0 MB) |
| 12 | Photonic crystals (PDF - 2.2 MB) |
| 13 | Influence of chain architecture on microdomain characteristics (PDF - 1.8 MB) |
| 14 | Block copolymer-homopolymer blends (PDF - 1.2 MB) |
| 15 | Hierarchically ordered BCP-nanoparticle composites (PDF) |
| 16 | Top down meets bottom up (PDF - 1.6 MB) |
| 17 | Chain folding; polyethylene and nylon; spherulites (PDF - 1.2 MB) |
| 18 | Mechanical properties; crazing; microframes and millitrusses (PDF) |
| 19 | Mechanical properties (cont.) (PDF) |
| 20 | Single wall and multi-wall nanotubes (SWNT, MWNT) (PDF) |
| 21 | Electronic polymers (PDF - 2.3 MB) |
| 22 | Polymer conductives; polypyrrole chains; optical interactions (PDF) |
| 23 | Wrap-up and review |
Supplemental Readings
Ruzette, A.-V., and L. Leibler. "Block copolymers in tomorrow's plastics." Nature Materials 4 (2005): 19-31.