Physics of polymers

Course: Chemistry (Master)

Structural unit: Faculty of Chemistry

Title
Physics of polymers
Code
ВБ.7.09
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding of subject area and understanding of professional activity. Ability of abstract thinking, analysis and synthesis. Ability to use information and communication technologies. Ability to search, critically analyze and process information from various sources.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Basic knowledge of professional disciplines of the educational program "Chemistry"
Course content
1. The elements of fluctuation kinetics of physical and chemical processes in condensed polymer media, in particular: fluctuational effects in kinetics of critical phenomena in autocatalytic processes of polymers formation, destruction, and oxidation of polymers; fluctuation approach to the crystallization and related physico-chemical processes in macromolecular systems. 2. Polymeric form of existence of matter - stable and metastable polymer phases of low-Z element compounds: thermodynamic stability and metastability of low-Z elements molecular compounds phases, in particular, organic matter phases; quasi-equilibrium phase transformations and irreversible kinetic transitions in the systems based on compounds of low-Z elements - equilibrium and “metastable” Р,Т phase diagrams of different elemental composition phases of elements of the 1st and 2nd periods of the Periodic Table;
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1 Katja Lindenberg, Gleb Oshanin and Masanori Tachiya - Chemical kinetics beyond the textbook: fluctuations, many-particle effects and anomalous dynamics // Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.-2006.-19.-N6.-060301(Preface). 2 Mikhailov A.S. Selected topics in fluctuational kinetics of reactions // Physics Reports.-1989. - Volume 184. - Issues 5-6. - P.-307-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(89)90148-8. 3 Gómez-Uribe C.A., Verghese G.C. Mass fluctuation kinetics: Capturing stochastic effects in systems of chemical reactions through coupled mean-variance computations // The Journal of Chemical Physics.- 126, 024109, 2007.- PP. 024109-1 - 024109-12. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2408422 4 (Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics. Volume 34) Kotomin E., Kuzovkov V. Modern Aspects of Diffusion-Controlled Reactions. Cooperative Phenomena in Bimolecular Processes – Elsevier Science, 1996, P. 636.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester control includes homework, tests and defense of practice work .The evaluation is based on 100-points system. The maximum / minimum number of points that can be obtained by a student during semester assessment is 60 points / 36 points. The final evaluation is conducted in the form of written exam. The maximum / minimum number of points that can be obtained by a student during written exam is 40 points / 24 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sergiy Studzinsky
Macromolecular Chemistry Department
Faculty of Chemistry

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Macromolecular Chemistry Department
Faculty of Chemistry