CHM 6650 - Physical Polymer Chemistry

Credit Hour(s): 3

Course Description: This course is designed to give the student a basic understanding of the relationship between structural features and properties in polymeric materials. Topics to be covered include chain structure and configuration, molecular weights, solution behavior, the amorphous and crystalline states, the glass-rubber transition, fundamentals of rheology, cross-linked polymers, block copolymers, branched polymers, stimuli-responsive polymers and polymer composites.

Enrollment Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate, Medical, Professional.

Course Level: Graduate
Schedule Type(s): Lecture
Grade Mode: Standard
Term(s) Offered: Spring