| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology at the Frontier |
 Subjects |
| NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERIC MATERIALS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2013_14 |
| Subject | NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERIC MATERIALS | Code | 20705216 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 4.5 | Optional | Only annual |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1. Introduction to the field of polymers. |
Basic terminology. Polymeric architectures. Polymerization methods. Characterization and properties. |
| Topic 2. Copolymers |
Types. Block copolymers: self-assembly. Micelles. Micro-and nanoencapsulation. |
| Topic 3. Brush Polymers | Synthesis. Grafting from. Grafting onto. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 4. Dendrimers. |
Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications. |
| Topic 5. Hyperbranched polymers. |
Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 6. Linear-dendritic polymers. | Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 7. Star polymers. |
Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 8. Top-down approach to nanostructured materials. |
Types. Preparation. Characterization. Applications. |
| Topic 9. Bottom-up approach to nanostructured materials. |
Types. Preparation. Characterization. Applications. |
| Topic 10. Nanostructurated flame retardant materials |
Introduction to flame-retardancy. Phosphacene, carborane and silsesquioxanes based systems. |
| Topic 11. Introduction to liquid crystals. |
Terminology. Mesophases. Characterization techniques. Structure-assembly relationships. |
| Topic 12. Liquid crystal polymers. | Types. Charaterization. Structural applications and applications for advanced technologies. |
