327-0502-AAL Polymers I
Semester | Autumn Semester 2020 |
Lecturers | M. Kröger |
Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Comment | Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit. |
Courses
Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | |
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327-0502-AA R | Polymers I Self-study course. No presence required. | 90s hrs | M. Kröger |
Catalogue data
Abstract | Physical foundations of single polymer molecules and interacting chains. |
Learning objective | The course offers a modern approach to the understanding of universal static and dynamic properties of polymers. |
Content | Polymer Physics: 1. Introduction to Polymer Physics, random walks, ideal chains 2. Semiflexible chains 3. Excluded volume 4. Lattice models 5. Scaling theory 6. Interacting chains 7. Structure factor and scattering experiments 8. Solvent and temperature effects 9. Phase separation and critical phenomena 10. Flory theory, self-consistent field theory 11. Dendrimers and polymer brushes 12. Blob model 13. Polymer mixtures 14. Block copolymers 15. Polymer gels, theory of rubber elasticity 16. Rouse and reptation models 17. Rheology, viscoelasticity 18. Computer experiments 19. Dynamic light scattering 20. Fokker-Planck equations, stochastic differential equations |
Lecture notes | http://www.polyphys.mat.ethz.ch/education/courses/polymers-I |
Literature | 1. 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 / Notice | Computer experiments will use the simple MATLAB programming language and will be made available, if necessary or useful. |
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
ECTS credits | 3 credits |
Examiners | M. Kröger |
Type | end-of-semester examination |
Language of examination | English |
Repetition | A repetition date will be offered in the first two weeks of the semester immediately consecutive. |
Learning materials
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Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
There are no additional restrictions for the registration. |
Offered in
Programme | Section | Type | |
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Materials Science Master | Course Units for Additional Admission Requirements | E- |