Polymer Synthesis Wei You
Course Information Lectures MWF 9:00-9:50 Chapman 125 Office Hours By appointment only Grading Assistant ???? Reference Book “Principles of Polymerization” George Odian “Polymer Chemistry” by Malcolm P. Stevens (3rd Edition) (an entry level book) Problem Sets (no grading) Approx. 3 Exams and Final Use Blackboard!
An International Collaboration! 09/07/2011 Wed 6. Polymer parameters: LC (Ed Samulski) 10/03/2011 Mon 15. Special topic: Michael Addition (Yezi You) 10/05/2011 Wed 16. Special topic: conjugated polymers (Wei You) 10/26/2011 Wed 22. Emulsion (2) (Shiyong Liu) 11/04/2011 Fri 26. Transition metal catalyzed polymn (Maurice Brookhart) 11/07/2011 Mon 27. Special topic: Polymers used in MEME (Joe DeSimone) 11/14/2011 Mon 30. Living polymn (2) (Ruke Bai) 11/18/2011 Fri 32. Cationic polymn (Guoqing Zhang)
Exams and Grading There will be three exams and a final exam. Only the material presented in class will be covered. You will not be allowed to bring any notes or books to the exams or the final. 09/19 (M), 10/17 (M), 11/21 (M) and final Grading Three Exams (60%) Final (40%) Graduate: High Pass, Pass, Low Pass, Fail Undergraduate: A, B, C, D, F
Course Outline I. Polymer Parameters Molecular weight distribution; Chemical composition; Isomerism; Morphology; Additives; Price. II. Step Growth Kinetics and molecular weight; Equilibrium considerations – open vs. closed system; Polyesters; Polyamides; Polyurethanes; Engineering Polymers. III. Chain Growth Free radical; Copolymerizations; Anionic (living polymerizations, block copolymers, graft copolymers, thermoplastic elastomers); Cationic; Polyolefins; Ring-opening polymerization. VI. Thermosetting Systems Kinetics, gel point, TTT diagrams; Epoxies V. Special Topics Polymers for use in microelectronics; polymers used for electronics and photonics; drug delivery and biomaterials; Security/military
Anything else?
Packaging
Sporting Goods
Miscellaneous Appliances
Automotive
Fuel Cells
Electronic and Medical Devices
Organic Electronics Actuator OLED http://www.ifm.liu.se/biorgel/ http://www.universaldisplay.com/ http://www.ifm.liu.se/biorgel/
Integrated Circuits
Teflon Teflon PFA™, FEP™ Nafion™ Tefzel™
Antifouling Coatings