Course

MSE-431: Physical chemistry of polymeric materials

Lectures in this course (59)

Explores chemical kinetics, including reaction rates, transition state, and catalysts, emphasizing the impact of concentration and temperature on reaction rates.

Optical Properties: Materials and Light

Explores the optical properties of materials, including reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission, as well as the behavior of light in optical fibers.

Chemical Equilibrium and Thermodynamics

Provides a summary of chemistry, covering atomic behavior, periodic elements, and chemical equilibrium.

Rubber Elasticity: Theory and Applications

Explores the theory of rubber elasticity, synthetic rubber types, and crosslinking strategies.

Polymer Viscoelasticity

Explores the viscoelastic behavior of polymeric materials, covering stress relaxation, mechanical models, molecular dynamics, and rheology concepts.

Crystalline Phase in Polymers

Explores the crystalline phase in polymeric materials, focusing on characterization, kinetics, and thermodynamics of crystallization.

Glass Transition: Theory and Applications

Explores the glass transition of polymeric materials, covering its definition, theory, and practical implications.

The Solid State of Polymers

Introduces the solid state of polymers, including the structure, amorphous state, glass transition, and characterization methods.

Physical Chemistry of Polymeric Materials: Introduction

Covers the physical principles of synthetic macromolecules, focusing on polymer structure and characteristics.

Quantum Mechanical Model: Wavefunction

Explores the Quantum Mechanical Model, including wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, and electron orbitals.

Mechanical Properties of Materials: Toughness and Hardness

Explores toughness, hardness, and material properties, including critical crack length and hardness testing methods.

Materials Fatigue: Fracture and Toughness

Explores fatigue, fracture toughness, stress intensity, and crack propagation in materials.

Thermodynamics: Energy Transformation

Covers energy transformation in thermodynamics, discussing laws, entropy, and spontaneity criteria for reactions.

Chemical Equilibrium: Thermodynamics and Reversibility

Explores chemical equilibrium, Gibbs energy, Le Chatelier's Principle, and reaction evolution prediction.

Thermal Properties and Diffusion

Explores thermal properties, diffusion, and temperature effects on materials to prevent problems and accidents.

Thermal Properties and Diffusion: Acid-Base Reactions

Explores thermal properties, diffusion, and acid-base reactions, including ionization of water and pH scale.

Acid-Base Equilibrium

Covers acid-base equilibrium principles, pH scale, strong/weak acids, bases behavior, and pH calculation.

Electrochemistry: Redox Reactions

Explores electrochemistry principles, redox reactions, standard potential, and electrolysis applications.

Electrical Properties: Materials and Conductivity

Explores electrical properties of materials, including semiconductivity, insulators, and conductivity in metals.