Discusses how polymer structure affects crystallinity and the propensity of polymers to crystallize, distinguishing between amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers.
Explores the classification, molecular structures, mechanical behavior, and viscoelastic properties of polymers, emphasizing temperature effects and material responses.
Explores polymer synthesis basics, including step and radical chain polymerization, molecular weight control, copolymerization, and crosslinked polymers for microengineering.
Covers the basics of polymer biophysics, including DNA conformation modeling and the Boltzmann principle, emphasizing the exponential decay of correlations between segments.
Explores real polymer chains, effective interaction potentials, excluded volume, and solvent classification, providing insights into polymer solutions and melts.
