Physical Chemistry of Polymers

Academic year

2025Year

Term

First Semester

Course title

Physical Chemistry of Polymers

Class type

Lecture

Course title (ENG)

Physical Chemistry of Polymers

Class code・Class name・Teaching forms

Z1100040 Physical Chemistry of Polymers

Instructor

MATSUDA Yasuhiro

Credits

2.0Credits

Day and Time

Thu.3Period

Campus

Hachioji Campus

Location

02-114講義室

Relationship between diploma policies and this course

A) A high degree of specialized expertise　100%
B) The skills to use science and technology　0%
C) The ability to conduct research independently, knowledge pertaining to society and occupations, and sense of ethics required of engineers and researchers　0%
D) Creative skills in specific areas of specialization　0%

Goals and objectives

The physical polymer science and technology includes very wide area, but this lecture of graduate-level course focusses on the understanding of the structures and properties of polymers in solution. The structures of solid-state polymers and physical properties of polymers are also lectures.

Prerequisites

There is no prerequisits for this course but it is better to take the polymer physics of undergraduate course.

Method Using AL・ICT

Not used

Class schedule

1. Introduction to polymer science
2. Geometry of polymers and Gauss chain
3. Excluded volume effect and wormlike chain
4. Thermodynamics of polymer solution
5. Static light scattering
6. Dynamic light scattering
7. Viscometry and size exclusion chromatography
8. Concentrated solutions
9. Measurements to analyze polymer structure
10. Conformation and configuration of polymers
11. Crystalline structure and higher order structures
12. Viscoelasticity
13. Viscoelastic behavior and non-linear viscoelasticity
14. Rubbery elasticity and glass transition
15. Conclusion

Evaluation

Students must submit the reports in the intermediate and end of this course.

Feedback for students

The feedback on this course will be presented in the 15th web lecture.

Textbooks

No textbook for this course.

Reference materials

The Physics of Polymers written by Gert R. Strobl, published by Springer-Verlag (2006)

Office hours and How to contact teachers for questions

14:10〜14:40 on Thursday, at Hachioji Campus 5-204 room.

Message for students

Course by professor with work experience

Not applicable

Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable

Teaching profession course

Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Program

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