Chemistry for Materials (MAT5002) -Lecture 1 Introduction to polymer structures Dr Petra Ágota Szilágyi Engineering #123 Office hour: Thursday 11 am – 12 noon
[email protected] Introduction • 5 weeks x 3h per week = 15h of lectures • Lecture on 26/11/2019 cancelled – re-schedule only if necessary • Introduction to polymer structures and mechanisms • Step growth mechanism, polyesters, polyamides, esterification • Chain growth mechanism, free radical mechanism, reaction kinetics • Controlled polymerisation, anionic, cationic, ring opening, controlled radical polymerization • Kinetics of polymerisation reactions • Determination of molar mass of polymers, degradation mechanisms • X-linked polymers, networks, gels, elastomers, gelation point • Revision lectures - TBC • Coursework: Hand in date: 9/12/2019 1 Books • Principles of Polymerisation G Odian • Polymer Synthesis P Rempp and E W Merrill • Polymers: Chemistry & Physics of Modern Materials J M G Cowie • Polymer Chemistry : An Introduction G Challa • Polymer Chemistry Second Edition P Hiemenz and T P Lodge • Introduction to Polymers Third Edition R J Young and P A Lovell 2 E-Books from QMUL library 3 Review articles • Chemical Reviews – Frontiers in Polymer Science thematic issue number 11, 2009. • Kamigaito, M.; Ando, T.; Sawamoto, M. Chem. Rev. 2001, 101, 3689. • Matyjaszewski, K.; Xia, J. Chem. Rev. 2001, 101, 2921. • Hawker, C.; Bosman, A. W.; Harth, E. Chem. Rev. 2001, 101, 3661. • Gridnev, A. A.; Ittel, S. D. Chem. Rev. 2001, 101, 3579. • Barner, L.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Davis, T. P.; Stenzel, M. H. Aust. J. Chem. 2004, 57, 19-24. • Chiefari, J.; Chong, Y. K.; Ercole, F.; Krstina, J.; Jeffery, J.; Le, T. P. T.; Mayadunne, R. T.