CHEM 773/7730 - Polymer Synthesis and Self-Assembly
Semester: Fall 2023
Professor: X. Wang | Discipline: Polymer | Campus: WaterlooDescription
The course starts with an introduction to the design and synthesis of polymers with define chemical structures. A number of polymerization techniques will be descried briefly, including anionic, living free radical and migration insertion polymerizations. The principles guiding self-assembly behaviour of block copolymers and other building blocks will be discussed, followed by the material applications of the assembled polymeric nanomaterials.
Schedule
- Polymerization techniques (6-9 lectures).
- Self-assembly of amphiphiles and block copolymers (6-9 lectures).
- Living self-assembly (6-9 lectures).
- Aqueous assembly (6-9 lectures).
Materials
Teaching slides, Journal papers and text book.
Principles of Polymerization (3rd Edition) by G. Odian (Wiley: NY, 1991; QD281.P603 1991)
Evaluation
Term papers 20%
Mid-term: A report on the development of block copolymer self-assembly (mid-term) (30 %)
Final examines: Recent progress in supramolecular chemistry or supramolecular functional materials. writing report on the topic (30 %) and presentation (20 %)
Lab/Project
N/A
Schedule
- Tue: 8:30 am - 9:20 am in EIT 2053
- Thu: 8:30 am - 9:20 am in EIT 2053
