Covers the general aspects of polymer materials, the 'Big 5' technical polymers, spider silk nanostructure, synthetic polymers, major application segments of plastics, and the activities of the Polymer Science department at EPFL.
Explores the challenges and methods of plastics recycling, including mechanical and chemical processes, energy recovery, and the impact on material properties.
Explores the classification, molecular structures, mechanical behavior, and viscoelastic properties of polymers, emphasizing temperature effects and material responses.
Explores polymer science, bioplastics, and sustainable market trends in the global bioplastics industry, emphasizing the shift towards renewable feedstock and novel bioplastic materials.
Covers the basics of polymer biophysics, including DNA conformation modeling and the Boltzmann principle, emphasizing the exponential decay of correlations between segments.
Explores polymer synthesis basics, including step and radical chain polymerization, molecular weight control, copolymerization, and crosslinked polymers for microengineering.
Explores autonomously moving and assembling soft matter systems, focusing on hydrogel actuators, latch-mediated spring actuation, and self-spinning filament bundles.
Explores sustainable living materials through a programmable microbial foundry and Engineered Living Materials, including AquaPlastic and stiff living materials.
