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Welcome to the courses offered by the Chair of Polymer Materials. We are involved in the education of students of MWWT, Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, MINT plus etc. and offer lectures and practical courses for these degree programmes as well as coursework, project work and final theses for all levels of education.
We recommend that MWWT students who are interested in polymers attend the following courses before attending the ‘Polymer Materials’ lecture series (in order of importance). This is not compulsory, but will make your life much easier if you wish to specialise in polymer materials:
- Lecture General Chemistry (minor subject)
- Lecture Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (minor subject)
- Chemistry internship for students on the MWWT, Bachelor Plus MINT and Junior Chemistry programmes
- Lecture Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry
Current information on courses in the current semester can be found in LSF. Access to lecture materials will be announced in the respective course. If you would like to do an internship, a project or a thesis with us, please contact our secretary's office to make an appointment.
Aim: To understand how the chemical structure of polymers influences their material properties.
Contents: Basic concepts of organic chemistry and polymer science; chemical structure and topological structure of polymers, especially intra- and intermolecular interactions; classification of polymers according to chemical structure and material properties; polymerisation mechanisms, polymer analogous reactions; polymer analytics.
Aim: To understand how the physical properties of polymers influence their material properties.
Contents: Basic concepts of polymer physics; polymers in solution, polymer blends, polymer melts; polymer materials in the solid state: interactions in polymer materials, structure formation, amorphous polymers, semi-crystalline polymers, thermoplastics, elastomers, thermosets; characterisation of polymer morphology in the solid state; thermal, mechanical, electrical, dielectric, magnetic, optical and acoustic properties of polymer materials and their experimental determination.
Aim: To understand how polymer surfaces are different from bulk polymers, how specific polymer properties can be used to design interfacial properties, and how polymer surfaces are made, modified, analyzed and applied in research and industry.
Lecture contents: Physical properties of surfaces and interfaces; surface activation and chemical modification; fabrication of polymer thin films and coatings and analytical methods to study their chemical and physical properties; surface wetting and adhesion; micro- and nanostructuring of polymer surfaces; functional coatings and applications.
Aim: To understand how polymer materials are made, formulated, and processed in research and industry; and how these processes lead to advanced materials, e.g. with stimulus-responsive and programmable properties.
Lecture contents: Technical polymerization processes (batch and flow processes); polymer additives; compounding; polymer blends; polymer processing (molding, forming and joining), additive and subtractive manufacturing, 3D printing; polymer (nano)fibers and (nano)composites; thermoresponsive, electroactive and magnetic polymers.