Course: Macromolecular Chemistry

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Course title Macromolecular Chemistry
Course code TUIP/TZMMC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Polášková Martina, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Macromolecules, molecular weight and its distribution, influence of molecular weight on physical properties of polymer. 2. Chemical bonds, intermolecular interactions, cohesion energy and shape of molecules. 3. Molecular structure of polymers, configuration of polymer chain and steric isomerism, conformation of polymers. 4. Supramolecular structure - polymer morphology, crystallization, crystal transformations. 5.Thermal behaviour of polymers, glass transition temperature, effect of molecular structure on glass transition temperature, effect of molecular structure on melting temperature. 6. Polymer solutions, good and bad solvents, solutions of high molecular weight electrolytes, miscibility of two polymers, morphology of immiscible mixtures. 7. Synthesis of macromolecules, functionality, polycondensation a polyaddition. 8. Chain polymerization reaction, radical polymerization, inhibition, retardation. 9. Copolymerization, methods of performing radical polymerisations and copolymerisations. 10. Ionic polymerization - cationic polymerization, anionic polymerization and complex coordination polymerization. 11. Enzymatic synthesis of biopolymers, proteins, polysaccharides, rubbers, polynucleotides. 12. Synthesis of graft and block copolymers. 13. Polymer chain reactions, intramolecular reactions, intermolecular reactions. 14. Destructive reaction of polymers, thermo-oxidative destruction, mechanical degradation, photo-oxidative destruction, chemical and enzymatic destruction.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • Malcom P. Stevens. Polymer Chemistry - An Introduction. New York, 1999. ISBN 0-19-512444-8.
  • Mleziva, J. Polymery - struktura,vlastnosti a použití. Praha : Sobotáles, 1993.
  • Rybnikář, F. Makromolekulární chemie I. Brno : VUT, 1988.
  • Zámorský, Z. Nauka o polymerech I. Brno : VUT, 1982.
  • Zámorský, Z. Nauka o polymerech II. Brno : VUT, 1985.


Study plans that include the course
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