Course Offerings: Polymer
CHEM 773-7730 - Aqueous Self-Assembly
Semester: Fall 2026
Professor: X. Wang
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Discipline: Polymer
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Campus: Waterloo
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CHEM 770/7700-01 - Polymerization Beyond Radical and Condensation Polymerization
Semester: Winter 2026
Professor: J. Duhamel
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Discipline: Polymer
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Campus: Waterloo
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CHEM 770/7700-02 - Polymer Materials
Semester: Winter 2026
Professor: Yangju Lin
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Discipline: Polymer
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Basic definitions: Monomers, polymers, polymerization reactions. Polyme structure, nomenclature. Molecular weight distributions and average molecular weights.
Chain conformations: End-to-end distance, radius of gyration, molecular dimensions, excluded volume.
Molecular weight measurements: Colligative properties, osmometry, light scattering, viscosity, gel permeation chromatography.
Step-growth polymerization. Types of reactions. Reactivity, kinetics. ...