Polymer Chemistry

Course contents

- Introduction: crystallinity, glass transition, polydispersity, tacticity, copolymers, thermodynamic, thermal, mechanical, and optical properties, rubber elasticity
- Conventional polymers:
o polypropylene (structure, synthesis, properties)
o polyvinyl chloride (structure, synthesis, properties)
- Biopolymers:
o cellulose (structure, synthesis, properties)
o starch (structure, synthesis, properties)
o chitin/chitosan (structure, synthesis, properties)
o lignin (structure, synthesis, properties)
- Biodegradable plastics:
o polyglycolic acid (structure, synthesis, properties)
o polylactic acid (structure, synthesis, properties)
o polycaprolactone (structure, synthesis, properties)
o polyhydroxyalkanoate (structure, synthesis, properties

Department

Master's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering