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Soft Materials |
| Catalog Number: |
412046Y |
Hours/Credits: |
40/2 |
| Prerequisite(s): |
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Physical Chemistry，Inorganic Chemistry，Organic Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry
At least two Level 2 courses within the Chemistry Major. |
| Course Description: |
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The course is designed for material chemists who do not have an extensive math or physics background. It is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students. To extend the concepts and skills acquired in second year courses containing strong principles of physical, inorganic, and/or organic chemistry as their basis. Through this class, the students were expected to grasp the fundamental principles, concepts and basic mechanism, methodology and characterization concerning the chemistry involved in the fabrications, and thus lay a sound theoretical foundation for the future study. To blend recent and current research activities from selected peer-reviewed literature articles exemplifying chemistry and/or materials science with a focus on analyzing their fundamental principles. |
| Course Content: |
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Chapter 1 The concept of soft materials, the energy, force as well as the time scale involved
Chapter 2 Polymers, including the polymer blends and block-copolymers, polymer surface, polymer solution, polymer crystallization, etc
Chapter 3 Gel, related theories and models, application and processing
Chapter 4 Colloid, including type and formation, assembly and phase behavior, stabilization, micellization, application
Chapter 5 Amphiphiles, including assembly in the solvent, multilayer-membranes and vesicles, adsorption on the solid surface
Chapter 6 Natural Soft Materials, including Nucleic Acid, Protein, Cellulose, Biomembranes
Chapter 7 Nano-technology in Soft Materials |
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