Physical Properties of Polymers  (Polymer Physics: Statics and Dynamics) 

Gregory Beaucage
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:10-11:05
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beaucag@uc.edu

Polymer Science Graduate Curriculum at UC
(Former Undergraduate Materials Curriculum)

Polymer Physical Properties gives students a basic level of knowledge of the terminology and mathematics involved in the physical understanding of polymers. Most of the topics deal with post-1970 concepts involving the static's of polymeric materials. The course is intended for graduate students who need to gain a cursory understanding of modern approaches to polymer physics. The course will use Strobl's text The Physics of Polymer (2007) chapters 1 to 4, 8, 9 and the appendix. Introductory courses in polymers and thermodynamics are necessary for the course. The course requires a basic understanding of calculus and statistical mathematics such as should be covered in a "traditional" undergraduate science or engineering degree.

This course is designed as a required graduate course but undergraduates and graduate students outside of Chemical and Materials Engineering often take this class. For undergraduates a letter grade boost is given (and A is an 80 or higher for undergraduates) and for non-majors who take this course as an elective some informal grading concessions are usually made on a case-by-case basis.

Slides for Class:
Gaussian Chain Slides 1.ppt, .pdf; Long-Range Interactions Slides 2.ppt, .pdf, Hydrodynamic Radius Rg/Rh.ppt, .pdf, Kabir Rh, Perturbations to the Chain Slides 3.ppt, .pdf, Polymer Dynamics.ppt, .pdf; Rouse Model .ppt, .pdf, CR Ch. 8a; NewRouse.ppt; NewRouse.pdf; Rouse 1953 paper; Debye Heat Capacity 1912 U. Zurich slide 38.pptx;page 38.pdf; Debye 1946; Machine Learning.ppt; Machine Learning.pdf; Nanocomposites.ppt; Nanocomposites.pdf; BeaucageACS2022S.ppt; ACS 2022.pdf; Sukumaran 230403 ; Membranes.ppt; Membranes.pdf
( Review , Ion Exchange Membranes , Supported Liquid Membranes , 1983 Science Henis Tripodi )

Books

Class recordings:

2024: 240108; 240110; 240112; 240117; 240119; 240122; 240124; 240126; 240129; 240131; 240202: 240205; 240207; 240209; 240212; 240214; 240216; 240219; 240223; 240226; 240228; 240301; 240308; 240318; 240320; 240322; 240325; 240327;

Old Class Videos

Homework:

2024:

HW1, Li Paper, Larson, Cates Paper, Specific Viscosity, Hydrotrope;
HW2; Coacervates Van Westerveld; Wiki Coacervate; Wiki Primordial Soup; Wiki PSA; Wiki Debye Length/screening; Bjerrum Length; Pluronics/Poloxamer; Triton X100; RAFT Polymerization; Linear Rheology; Wiki TTS; WLF vs Arrhenius; Winter Chambon; Van Gurp-Palmen Plot; Fluid Regime at low frequency LAOS; Figure 19 p19 Winter Chambon gel; Other Paper; Supporting Info other paper Stockmayer for other paper
Hydrotrope;
HW3; Chan 2024; Chan 2021;Chan supplemental 2021 Nature 2021; RAFT for Bottle Brush 2022; exp(-s/2l) equation 1 page 4; Olefin Methasis Polymerization schrock and gubbs; Polymer Brush; Methasis polymerization (ROMP)
HW4, Chen, Tzounis, Binder, GROMACS, PERM method , dihedral angle wiki , leap frog method , steepest decent , Ensembles, dihedral angle protein structure , protein data bank, .pdb viewer
HW5, Colby 2020, Colby Supplemental, Conductive Polymers, Kevlar, Glass transition, Glass Transition by DMA, Debye Relaxation, Mech. of Dyn., Modes of Relaxation, Specfic Rel., Liquid Crystal, Debye Waller Factor, Lindemann Criterion (10% rule), Group Contribution (method of last resort?), Flory-Fox and Fox eqns., Wiki DSC, Characterization Class DSC, DSC Polymer Science Learning Center Macrogalleria
HW6, Zhang Paper (2024), Zhang Supplemental, Wiki on protein folding
HW7, Kolbeck, Supporting Information, Video, Zero-mode waveguide, Halperin, de Gennes, Williams, Tongue Model, Poiseuille Equation, adeno-associated virus, Track Etched Membranes, Poly (2-oxaolines), Zero-mode waveguide, Capsid, Stockmeyer 1959 eqn 2.5
HW8, Schulz Lang 2024, Supporting Information, Preceeding Paper with simulation/synthesis, Tagged Chains Same Group 2024
HW9, Chaudhuri 2020, Chaudhuri 2019, Polymer Mixing: Tadmor Gogos chapter 7 p. 322-399 add f to end
HW10, Robles-Hernández, Supporting Info RH, Alfonso, Benoit 1953, Benoit 1957
HW11, Meier, Ref. 29, Ref. 50, Ref. 51, Ref. 57

Old Homework and Quizzes

Old Class Notes:

Old Class Notes


Textbook:

  1. "The Physics of Polymers, 2'nd Edition, Concepts for Understanding Their Structure and Behavior" G. Strobl, Springer Press 1997 (3'rd Ed. 2007).
  2. "Introduction to Polymer Physics" M. Doi, Clarendon Press 1996. Available at Amazon.com for $25 search Masao Doi
  3. Class Notes Posted on the Web at:
    http://www.eng.uc.edu/~gbeaucag/BeaucageResearchGroup.html
  4. "Scaling concepts in polymer physics" P. G. de Gennes 1979.
  5. "The theory of polymer dynamics" Oxford University Press, 1986.
  6. "Principles of polymer chemistry." P. J. Flory, 1953.
  7. "Polymer Chemistry, The Basic Concepts", Paul C. Hiemenz, Marcel Dekker 1984/2005.
  8. Berlin html Notes Very Similar to This Course
  9. A Math review page that may be useful for some.
  10. Book on Neutron Scattering and good sections on polymers by Boualem Hammouda of NIST (UC Link)

Grades

 

Only whole grades will be given: A = 90.0 to 100; B = 80.0 to 89.9; C = 70.0 to 79.9; D = 60.0 to 69.9 , undergraduates will be give a 10 point boost

Final Exam:  Senior undergraduates are exempt from finals in thier last semester. The final is an individual take home composed of two homework problem sets of five questions each. It is valued at 5 homeworks.  

 


Books:

Book by Teraoka Brooklyn Polytechnic
Debye Controversy
Book by Strobl (available at UC only)
Strobl
Rubinstein and Colby
Doi
Hiemenz 1984
Hiemenz 1997
Hiemenz Colloids 2007
Giant Molecules Grosberg
Tanaka Polymer Physics and Gels
Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Vanderbilt Rubber Handbook
Degennes
">Polymers in Solution RH pp. 415
Comprehensive Polymer Science V1; V2; V3; V4; V5; V6; V7; V8; V9; V10
Einstein 1905 Brownian Motion
Soft and Fragile Matter, Cates and Evans
Flory I; Flory Biography until Cornell
Bower Polymer Crystals and Engineering Aspects Leeds 2001
Stein and Powers
Gedde
Polymer Colloids (Pickering Emulsions) 2020
Related Book pdf
Polymer Solutions Textbook 2002 BPI
Hill Statistical Thermodynamics 1960
Guggenheim Mixtures
Theory of Simple Liquids with Applications to Soft Matter Hansen & McDonald 2013
Theory of Simple Liquids 2006
Friedricksen Simulation Text book
Landau and Binder Monte Carlo Methods
Particle Methods for Multiscale Physics
Simulation Methods for Polymers
Frenkel and Smit Materials Simulations
Computational Methods in Physics (Extensive Webpage)
Block Copolymers Hamley
Atkins Physical Chemistry
Dimarzio Book Chapter on Biopolymers
The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids, R. Larson
Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers, J. D. Ferry
Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers, I. M. Ward
Dynamics of Polymer Liquids (Vol. 1) Bird, Armstrong, Hassager
Dynamics of Polymer Liquids (Vol. 2) Bird, Armstrong, Hassager
The Physics of Rubber Elasticity, Treloar
Mesoscopic Theory of Polymer Dynamics, Pokrovskii
Lipatov Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Lipatov Polymer/Fillers
Dynamic Light Scattering
Colloidal Rheology
Carbon Black
Brinker and Scherrer Sol gel science
Smoke Dust and Haze Friedlander
Membranes and Surfaces
Polymer Processing
Macosko Rheology
Paul Russo Lab
Jamieson and Simha
Fried
Tadmor Gogos
Winter and Chambon
Mewis and Wagner
Percolation Theory Intro
Polymer Microscopy
Membrane Technology
Bee Quasielastic Neutron Scattering
Polymer Processing Collais Baird

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