Title: MACROMOLECULAR AND SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Teacher(s): Prof. Gaio Paradossi
Credits: 5
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of the course is to provide the general background on polymer and colloidal and “soft” materials needed for the understanding of phenomena and processes that students will encounter during their further studies or their future working actiivty. At the end of the course concepts such as the molecular weight distributions, step and chain polymerizations and the technology aspects, polymer solutions, gels and self assembly, experimental approaches to study polymer and self assembled materials, elastomers and mechanical behaviour of polymers, will be the knowledge background of the student in order to orient himself in future research topics and work issues.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course the student should know how to analyze the scientific literature at university level and the information contained in a laboratory report in the field of polymer and self assembly chemistry.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course the student should be able to understand and discuss in an organized way the logical steps in a problem solving activity in topics covered during the course, on the basis of the received concepts and information. Operative and conceptual aspects of the work and of the research will be managed in a critical and organized way.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS
One of the aims of the course is to raise a critical and independent approach in the reading of a scientific journal of the field or about a laboratory report, being able to work out connections and original logical steps
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
To master concepts worked out in thecourse is at the base of the ability to share such contents also in front of a not-specialized audience without loosing the logic and scientific rigor.
LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the class, the student is able to handle the studied contents in order to understand actively future issues and therefore to progress toward more specialized knowledge.
PREREQUISITES
There are no mandatory prerequisites for this course. However, it is advisable for students to have good basic knowledge of Physical Chemistry (Thermo and Kinetics), Organic Chemistry, Elements of Spectroscopy.
TOPICS
Understanding basic concepts of Polymer Chemistry and self Assembly processes.
Ability to apply the knowledge worked out during the couse to the behaviour of polymeric materials. Ability to perform and understand experiments concernng polymer and self assembling materials and to treat data according to simple theoretical models.
EVALUATION
- Type: written examination.
- Description:Verification of the knowledge and skills acquired by the student on the topics covered by the program. The the final written tests will consist of questions related to the topics covered by the program of the course. The questions are aimed at ascertaining the student’s knowledge and his/her reasoning skills in making logical connections between the different topics.
The final vote of the exam is expressed out of thirty and will be obtained through the following graduation system:
Not pass: important deficiencies in the knowledge and in the understanding of the topics; limited capacity for analysis and synthesis, frequent mistakes and limited critical and judgmental capacity, inconsistent reasoning, inappropriate language.
18-21: the student has acquired the basic concepts of the discipline and has an analytical capacity that comes out only with the help of the teacher. The way of speaking and the language used are almost correct, though not precise.
22-25: the student has acquired the basic concepts of the discipline in a discrete way; he/she knows how to disuss the various topics; he/she has an autonomous analysis capacity, while adopting a correct language.
26-29: the student has a well-structured knowledge base. He/She is able to independently adopt a correct logical reasoning; notations and technical language are correct .
30 and 30 cum laude: the student has a complete and in-depth knowledge base. The cultural references are rich and up-to-date, while being expressed by means of a brilliant technical language.
ADOPTED TEXTS
Slides provided by Professor.
P. J. Flory,
Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
Cornell University Press.
R.J. Young and P.A. Lovell
Introduction to polymers
CRC Editors.
Ian W. Hamley
Introduction to Soft Matter
Wiley.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. J. Flory,
Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
Cornell University Press.
R.J. Young and P.A. Lovell
Introduction to polymers
CRC Editors.
Ian W. Hamley
Introduction to Soft Matter
Wiley.
DELIVERY MODE (Presence/e-learning)
Precence.
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures to the student audience concerning concepts and examples (4 CFU).
Laboratory experiment concerning issues linked to the information provided in the theoretical modulus (1 CFU).