327-0502-00L  Polymers I

SemesterAutumn Semester 2018
LecturersM. Kröger
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionGerman


AbstractPhysical foundations of single polymer molecules and interacting chains.
Learning objectiveThe course offers a modern approach to the understanding of universal static and dynamic properties of polymers.
ContentPolymer Physics:
1. Introduction to Polymer Physics, Random Walks
2. Excluded Volume
3. Structure Factor from Scattering Experiments
4. Persistence
5. Solvent and Temperature Effects
6. Flory theory
7. Self-consistent field theory
8. Interacting Chains, Phase Separation and Critical Phenomena
9. Rheology
10. Numerical methods in polymer physics, computer experiments
Lecture notesA script is available at http://www.polyphys.mat.ethz.ch/education/courses/polymere-I
Literature1. M. Rubinstein and R. H. Colby, Polymer Physics (Oxford University Press, 2003)
2. P. G. de Gennes, Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1979)
3. M. Doi, Introduction to Polymer Physics (Oxford, Oxford, 2006)
4. M. Kröger, Models for polymeric and anisotropic liquids (Springer, Berlin, 2005)
Prerequisites / NoticeComputer experiments will use the simple MATLAB programming language and will be made available, if necessary or useful.