| Course Name | Advanced Polymer Chemistry |
| Course Code | 15CHY231 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B. Tech. in Civil Engineering, B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering, B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Newer Polymers and Polymerizations: Polymeric Liquid Crystals – Inorganic and Organometallic polymers – Synthesis and reactions of Phosphorus – Nitrogen polymers – Boron – Silicone polymers. Cyclisation versus Linear Polymerization – Molecular weight control in linear polymerization – Molecular weight distribution in linear polymerization – Molecular weight distributions in nonlinear polymerization – Multichain Polymerization – Metallocene Polymerization.
Solid-state irradiation polymerization – Atom transfer radical polymerization – Plasma Polymerization – Zwitterionic Polymerization – Isomerization polymerization – Polymer supported solid phase reactions – Merrifield method.
Polymer degradation and stabilization: Mechanism of different types of degradation – Commonly used antidegradants and the mechanism of their stabilization.
Polymer solutions: Criteria for solubility – Heat of Dissolution and Solubility parameters – Conformation of polymer chains in solutions – Nature of polymer molecules in solution – Size and shape of macromolecules in solution – Thermodynamics of polymer solutions – Phase equilibria – Entropy and heats of mixing of polymer solutions – Effect of molecular weight on solubility – Solubility of crystalline and amorphous polymers – Flory Huggins theory of polymer solution, Equation of state theory, Flory Krigbaum theory and cluster type theory – Viscosity of dilute polymer solutions
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