Macromolecular Physics and Chemistry

lecturers: D. Richter, J. Allgaier, R. Biehl, W. Pyckhout-Hintzen, G. J. Schneider, L. Willner, R. Biehl; tutors: M. Lungova, T. Zinn
(Forschungszentrum Jülich, Neutron Scattering)

17th-21st September 2012 (lectures in the morning, exercises in the afternoon; registration by email to biosoft@fz-..., registration deadline: July 5, 2012)


  1. Basic Properties
    • Historical Background
    • Nomenclature
    • Tacticity, Architectures
    • Molecular Weight Distributions

  2. Polymer Synthesis
    • Chain Growth
      • Radical Polymerisation
      • Ionic Polymerisation
      • Metallocene Polymerisation

    • Stepwise Growth
      • Polycondensation
      • Polyaddition

    Technical Processes to be included in the synthesis part

  3. Polymer Characterisation
    • Gel Permeation
    • Chromotography
    • Scattering
    • Osmometry
    • End-group analysis
    • Maldi etc.

  4. Basic Techniques
    • Scattering: Neutrons and Photons
    • Spectroscopic Techniques (dielectric spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, mechanical spectroscopy)
    • Rheology
    • Computer Simulation

  5. Polymer Conformation and Scaling
    • Ideal polymers

  6. Rheology and Viscoelasticity

  7. Polymer Dynamics
    • Molecular models and experimental tests

  8. Biopolymers

  9. Rubber elasticity (phenomenology)