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3.00 Credits
This class is an introduction to the engineering and technology of polymeric materials. Topics include: additives, blends and composites, natural polymers and fivers, thermoplastics, elastomers, and thermosets, polymer degradation and stability, polymers in the environment, polymer rheology and polymer processing, and polymers for advanced technologies (membrane science, biomedical engineering, applications in electronics, photonic polymers). The lecture portion of this course (2 credit hours) is integrated with a laboratory or term paper component (1 credit hour). There is no limit on the number of students for the class as a whole. However, there is a limit of 12 students on the laboratory component (other students will do term papers).
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2.00 Credits
The course focuses on the concepts of supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly specifically as it applies to nano-polymeric systems. After dealing with many of the fundamental aspects of supramolecular chemistry the focus of the class deals with how to access/utilize nano-scale features using such processes, namely the 'bottom-up' approach to nanomaterials/systems. Areas which will be addressed include block copolymers, DNA assemblies, nanotubes and dendrimers. Prereq: EMAC 401 or EMAC 370.
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2.00 Credits
The course focuses on the concepts of inorganic and coordination chemistry specifically as they apply to polymeric systems. The fundamental aspects of coordination chemistry, including coordinative saturation, kinetics and mechanism will be presented and used as a vehicle to descript coordination polymerizations and supramolecular coordination phenomena. The chemistry and physics of nanoscale inorganic modification of polymers by clays, silsesquioxianes, metal oxides and metal particles will also be discussed. Prereq: EMAC 401 or EMAC 370.
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on green chemistry and engineering, particularly as it relates to polymers. Specific topics to be covered in this course will include green chemistry, catalysis, alternative solvents, green processing, renewable materials, and life cycle analysis. Case studies will be utilized to connect lecture topics to real-world examples. Prereq: EMAC 401 and EMAC 404.
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2.00 Credits
"Advanced Composite and Nanocomposite Materials and Interfaces" will aim at providing advanced concept in composite material structures, importance of interface on the property development, rheological background to be able to manufacture optimized materials, and appropriate processing techniques to choose for a specific product to be manufactured. Specifically, this course will discuss the following items: 1. Basic concept of heterogeneous materials including advantages and problems associated with making multiphase materials. 2. It will review broadly the materials used to make composites and nanocomposites. 3. Unique properties of composites/nanocomposites in rheological, mechanical, and physical properties will be discussed. 4. Various composite processing techniques will be discussed in detail. 5. Surface treatment of the reinforcing materials and interface/interphase structures of composites/nanocomposites will be discussed.
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2.00 Credits
This special topic focuses on polymer structure and morphology and their applications. Topics include solid-state physics of various polymeric materials, ranging from crystalline polymers to liquid crystalline polymers, and block copolymers. First, symmetry operation, space groups, reciprocal spaces are introduced. Examples of the crystalline structures of industrially important polymers and typical polymer crystalline morphology such as lamellar and spherulitic crystals are discussed. Defects in crystalline polymer is also an important issue that determines their physical properties. Second, typical phase structure and transitions of liquid crystals and liquid crystalline polymers are introduced, including both thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals. Finally, nanostructure and morphology of block copolymers are discussed. Prereq: EMAC 402 and EMAC 403.
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on the applications of Rheology to Polymer Engineering in general and processing technologies in particular. It starts with a general review of rheological concepts, including viscoelasticity and continues with the influence of shear rate, temperature, and pressure on the rheological properties. Next, the role of Rheology in support of polymer processing, including effects and defects of rheological origin will be analyzed; here the focus will be on the most common processing techniques - extrusion, injection molding, blow-molding, and thermoforming. Finally, there will be a brief introduction of the role of Rheology in the structural characterization of polymeric materials. Prereq: EMAC 376 or graduate standing.
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2.00 Credits
The course focuses on the principles of physical chemistry that are most relevant to macromolecular science. Prereq: EMAC 402, EMAC 403.
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2.00 Credits
Discuss the hierarchical solid state structure of synthetic and naturally occurring polymeric systems and relate these structures to their properties. Particular emphasis will be on natural systems containing collagen(s) and carbohydrate(s), and on synthetic crystalline, liquid crystalline, and reinforced composite polymeric materials. In order to prepare students for application of these concepts we will determine how mechanical, transport and optical (photonic) behavior can be controlled by structure manipulation. Prereq: EMAC 403 and EMAC 404 or EMAC 474 or EMAC 476.
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on application of microscopy techniques to the analysis of the microstructure of polymeric materials. Specifically, atomic force microscopy, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and optical microscopy will be discussed. Practical aspects of these techniques will be applied to a variety of systems, including block copolymers, nanocomposites, LC polymers, and multi-layered films. Prereq: EMAC 403 or EMAC 474.
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