Polymeric materials have distribution in their molecular weight, and they form characteristic aggregate structure (solid-state structure) in various scale. Both the chemical structure (molecular structure) of repeat units constituting polymer chain and the aggregate structure (solid-state structure) act as an important factor in regulating their physical properties and functions of materials. By this lecture, I survey it about the relationships between physical properties and functions of polymeric materials and the molecular structure, solid-state structure, and molding method of polymer materials, and also explain it about the basic way of thinking for designs of polymer materials having appropriate performance.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Selecting the synthetic methods based on their understanding of the features of polymeric materials
2) Design high performance polymeric materials based on their understanding of the solid-state structure and processing techniques
3) Design high functional polymeric materials based on their understanding of the surface modification techniques
4) Propose original strategy for development of novel functional polymeric materials
Polymer synthesis, molecular structure, solid-state structure, surface structure, high-performance polymeric materials, high-functional polymeric materials
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Two-third of each class is devoted to fundamentals and application. The rest is provided to exercise problems related to the contents of this course. The course is held as intensive lectures, and each two classes is held in one day.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Syntheses and molecular structure of polymeric materials-1 | Understand the features of polymeric materials and synthetic methods |
Class 2 | Syntheses and molecular structure of polymeric materials-2 | Understand the features of polymeric materials and synthetic methods |
Class 3 | Regulation of solid-state structure and design of high-performance materials-1 | Understand the relationship between the solid-state structure and physical properties |
Class 4 | Regulation of solid-state structure and design of high-performance materials-2 | Understand the relationship between the solid-state structure and physical properties |
Class 5 | Modification of surface structure and design of high-functional materials-1 | Understand the surface modification methods and functionality imparting techniques |
Class 6 | Modification of surface structure and design of high-functional materials-2 | Understand the surface modification methods and functionality imparting techniques |
Class 7 | Topics of novel functional polymers and perspective-1 | Understand the required characteristics of novel functional polymer materials and propose their design guidelines |
Class 8 | Topics of novel functional polymers and perspective-2 | Understand the required characteristics of novel functional polymer materials and propose their design guidelines |
Not specified.
Handouts will be distributed at the beginning of class when necessary and elaborated on using PowerPoint slides.
Assessment is based on the attendance point (50%) and the level of attainment of students judging from the exercise (50%).
No prerequisites are necessary.
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