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327-1206-00L 5 Credits BSC , DR , MSC D-HEST , D-MAVT , D-PHYS , D-ITET , D-MATL , D-CHAB
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Chemistry of Soft Materials

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Athina Anastasaki, Prof. Dr. Tae Lim Choi, Dr. Peng Liu
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Last Updated: 2026-06-01 11:33:01

Abstract

This course will cover the basic links between organic and polymer chemistry, state-of-the-art polymerization methods in industry and academia (e.g materials each method can synthesize), the synthesis of complex materials, chemical recycling of polymeric materials (chemistry, engineering, thermodynamics), polymeric nanoparticles (effect of shape on properties & applications and polymer elecronics.

Objective

The goal of the two courses combined is to present the students with a toolbox for materials engineers to design, study and make soft materials.

Content

Where physics, chemistry and biology meet engineering.

Resources

Lecture Notes

Copies of the slides and a set of lecture notes will be provided.

Literature

For the first and the second part combined there are a few books of recommended reading, but their is no textbook that we will rigorously follow. Introduction to Soft Matter: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials Paperback by Ian W. Hamley ISBN-13: 978-0470516102 ISBN-10: 0470516100 Structured Fluids: Polymers, Colloids, Surfactants by Thomas A. Witten, Philip A. Pincus (OXford) ISBN-13: 978-0199583829 ISBN-10: 019958382X

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC , DR , MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
end-of-semester examination
Mode
written 120 minutes
Aids
None

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Chemistry of Soft Materials
  • Fri 09:45-11:30 (HIL E 8)
  • Fri 13:45-15:30 (HIL E 8)
4 h weekly

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