| Responsible Department | Department of Basic Science and Environment | ||||||||||
| Research School | Polymer Research School | ||||||||||
| Course Dates | Wednesdays, February - May | ||||||||||
| Course Abstract | The random walk model, pair correlation functions, radius of gyration, non-ideal chains, excluded volume, thermodynamic properties of polymer solutions, correlation fluctuation in polymer solutions, scaling theory, polymer blends, block copolymers, elasticity of rubber, the stress optical law, swelling of gels, Brownian motion, Rouse theory, Zimm theory, dynamic light scattering, reptation, entanglement effects and the tube model, viscoelasticity of polymers. | ||||||||||
| Course Home Page | http://www.kurser.dtu.dk/28904.aspx?menulanguage=e... | ||||||||||
| Course Registration | Registration to course responsible: Kell Mortensen (KU) or Ole Hassager (DTU). | ||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | January | ||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | 13 weeks of about 4 hours lectures and more than 10 hour preparation and praxis. Total workload 190 hour. | ||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||
| A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: .Model polymer conformations at equilibrium .Interpret scattering experiments with polymers .Model the thermodynamics of polymers in solution .Model phase behavior of polymeric systems .Describe diffusion in polymeric systems by Brownian dynamics .Describe diffusion in polymeric systems by Fokker Planck equations .Model relaxation behavior in polymer melts .Model the linear viscoelastic properties of polymer solutions | |||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||
| Lectures by teacher and by participants. | |||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||
| Theoretical understanding of the physics of polymer and macromolecular systems, their structure and their dynamics. | |||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||
| M Doi: Introduction to Polymer Physics (Oxford Science Publ) | |||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||
| Kell Mortensen, kell@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Biophysics, Phone: 353-32311 | |||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||
| Ole Hassager, DTU | |||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||
| pass / not pass, internal examiner | |||||||||||
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