B. Step- growth Polymerizations

divided into those which proceed with CC- and CO­and CN- bond formation: Suzuki, Heck, ADMET, classical polycondensations, mild polycondensa­tions with methods from peptide synthesis, silyl­method etc.

VL Selected Topics of Polymer Chemistry UE Seminar on Basic Polymer Synthesis

1 cr

1 cr

UE Lectures/ colloquia on Polymer Synthesis

1 cr

PR Basic Lab on Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

6 cr

Course in the semester break( topic optional)

1 cr

ried oblo 15 cr

Abbreviations:

VL= lecture course; UE= seminar or practice; PR= practical labora­tory course; IC= integrated course

2.

Quarter" Polymer Physics" at the HUB

4 cr

VL Introduction to Macromolecular Physics

Configuration and conformation of isolated poly­mer chains, rotational isomeric state model, ther­modynamics and statistical mechanics of polymer solutions, scaling theory, single chain dynamics, viscoelasticity, glass transition, phase separation, self- assembly

VL Polymer Characterization

3. Quarter" Polymer Technology and Processing" at TUB

VL Polymerization Technology

yd 2 cr

Engineering principles applied to the analysis and -ved design of polymerization processes. Mathematical animodeling of polymerization kinetics, mass polym­Hoiva erization, solution polymerization emulsion polym­poleerization, ideal polymerization reactors, heat and otode mass transfer, reactor dynamics and optimization, nanomixing effects, up- scaling. Examples of important industrial processes.

3 cr 11

Mass spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatogra­phy, viscosimetry, spectroscopies( NMR, ESR, in­frared, Raman, steady state and time resolved fluo­rescence, non- linear optics), differential scanning calorimetry and other thermal methods, scattering of light, x- rays& neutrons, microscopies using light, electrons& scanning probes, mechanical test­ing, molecular modeling

UE Seminar on Polymer Technology

1 cr

PR Laboratory course on Polymerization Technology3 cr IC Polymer Processing

3 cr

Fluid mechanics, definition and measurement of material functions of complex fluids, linear and nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity, material functions of important polymer fluids, application of engineering principles to the analysis of polymer processes such as extrusion, roll coating, mixing,

etc.

VL Surface Science of Polymers

2 cr

Surface properties of polymers: morphology and surface energies, wetting and dewetting behavior, thin polymer films and coatings;

Polymer adsorption and surface anchored polymer layers: structures, slippage, adhesion and adhesives, functionalization of polymer surfaces;

Biocompatible polymers: cell adhesion, biofouling

UE Surface Science of Polymers

IC Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions

1 cr

2 cr

UE Seminar on Polymer Physics

1 cr

Selected topics of current polymer physics

UE Seminar on Polymer Characterization

1 cr

dumo

Vapor pressure of polymer solutions, UCST- and LCST- de- mixing, high pressure phase equilibria, Flory- Huggins- Theory, extended lattice models, equations of state, perturbation theory of polymers, phase equilibrium calculation, influence of molecu­lar weight polydispersity

Novel methods for polymer characterization

PR Lab course on structural and thermal characteriza­tion of polymers( during spring break)

1 cr

PR Polymer Characterization Laboratory

3 cr

15 cr

21

Optical spectroscopy( Infrared, UV- VIS, Fluores­cence, Non- linear), Optical-, Electron-& Scanning Probe- Microscopies, X- ray Scattering, Molecular Modeling

PR Laboratory on Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces ( during summer break)

3 cr

15 cr

115