Course Offerings: Polymer
CHEM 773/7730-01 - Polymerizations Beyond Radical and Condensation Polymerization
Semester: Winter 2022
Professor: J. Duhamel
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Discipline: Polymer
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Campus: Waterloo
1. Refresher on basic concepts: Homopolymers vs. copolymers, molecular weight distributions and averages, polydispersity, free radical addition polymerization.
2. Emulsion polymerization: Initiators, surfactants and other components. Polymerization rate and molecular weight control.
3. Copolymerization equation, monomer reactivity ratios. Types of behaviors: random, alternating, blocky copolymers. Integrated copolymerization equation. Copolymer microstructure. ...
CHEM 770/7700 - Principles of Polymer Science
Semester: Fall 2022
Professor: J. Duhamel
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Discipline: Polymer
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Campus: Waterloo
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CHEM 773/7730 - Polymer Synthesis and Self-Assembly
Semester: Fall 2022
Professor: X. Wang
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Discipline: Polymer
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Campus: Waterloo
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 ...