Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 10.569 (Fall 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Synthesis of Polymers 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Chemical Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Paula Hammond 
• Course Introduction:
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  10.569 Synthesis of Polymers
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive list of readings and a design project description.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  Studies synthesis of polymeric materials, emphasizing interrelationships of chemical pathways, process conditions, and microarchitecture of molecules produced. Chemical pathways include traditional approaches such as anionic polymerization, radical condensation, and ring-opening polymerizations. Other techniques are discussed, including stable free radical polymerizations and atom transfer free radical polymerizations (ARTP), catalytic approaches to well-defined architectures, and polymer functionalization in bulk and at surfaces. Process conditions include bulk, solution, emulsion, suspension, gas phase, and batch vs. continuous fluidized bed. Microarchitecture includes tacticity, molecular-weight distribution, sequence distributions in copolymers, errors in chains such as branches, head-to-head addition, and peroxide incorporation.
  
  

  Acknowledgements

  
  
  

  The instructor would like to thank Karen Shu and Karen Daniel for their work in preparing material for this course site.