Polymer Science

AY2021/2022 Semester 1

It covers polymer chemistry and physics. The polymer chemistry part covers polymerization and copolymerization methods that involve different mechanisms, and industrial polymerization processes. In polymer physics part, the concept of average molecular weights and polydispersity will be briefly revisited, and the principles and techniques used to measure molecular weights are introduced. Factors affecting polymer properties are being taught that include polymer chain structures, the importance of thermal transitions in polymers, relationship between polymer microstructures and mechanical properties.