Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
Nanoscience, Materials and Processes: Chemical Technology at the Frontier |
Subjects |
NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERIC MATERIALS |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2014_15 |
Subject | NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERIC MATERIALS | Code | 20705216 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
4.5 | Optional | AN |
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. |