ST-Polymer Chemistry
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ST-Polymer Dynamics
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Seminar
Invited lectures by visiting academic and industrial scientists. Held regularly on Friday afternoons throughout the academic year. PS&E students required to register and attend. Credit, 1.
Intro To Research
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ST-Adv Polymer Engin
An overview of advanced polymer engineering concepts including yield and fracture, viscoelasticity and rubber elasticity, and polymer rheology/fluids. Continuation of material in POLYMER 604. Crosby, Lesser, Hoagland
Sptp-Polymer Solutns
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Independent Study
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Phys Chem Polymer II
Rubber elasticity, glass transition phenomena, phase separation kinetics, crystallization thermodynamics and kinetics, physics of polymer crystals, description and determination of crystalline and amorphous orientation. Muthukumar, Karasz, Russell, Strey
Research Proposal I
Students write and defend a proposal for experimental investigation of a research problem not directly related to their thesis topic. Project selected requires approval of thesis committee, and involves primarily library research. Credit, 1.
Orgnc Plymrztn Rctn
Mechanisms, kinetics, and thermodynamics of the principal polymerization reactions. Recent special topics included liquid crystalline polmers, piezoelectric polymers, biopolymers, olefin metathesis polymerization. Prerequisite: POLYMER 607. Coughlin, McCarthy, Penelle