Advanced Polymer Physics
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The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Polymer Physics (subject code ME03084011) as prescribed for PE · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 53 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME03084011)Unit 1 Introduction to Polymers and Polymer Chains
- ● Fundamentals of Polymers: Macromolecules and Life
- Molecular Flexibility
- Classification of Polymers
- Types of Polymerization. ● Polymer Chain Models: Random walk models in polymer physics: 1-D random walk (drunkard walk)
- 2-D random walk on a lattice
- freely jointed chain
- modified freely jointed chain
- freely rotating chain. ● Polymer Molar Mass & Distribution: Average Molecular Weights and Polydispersity
- Determination of Polymer Molar Mass by Osmometry
- Light Scattering
- Frictional Properties
- Size Exclusion Chromatography. ● Branching & Network Formation: Gelation process
- Structural properties of polymer networks
Unit 2 Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions and Blends
- ● Polymer Solution Thermodynamics: Mixing and Phase Separation
- Osmotic Pressure
- Chemical Potential
- Thermodynamic Origin of Diffusion. ● Lattice Models and Theories: Flory-Huggins Theory of Polymer Solutions
- Definition of Partition Function and Free Energy
- Binodal and Spinodal Curve
- Critical Point
- Extension to Polymer Blends and Melt. ● Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers: Phase Behavior
- Miscibility, and Solubility Parameters. ● Excluded Volume Effects: Flory Theory in Good Solvent
- Bad Solvent, and Theta Solvent
Unit 3 Mechanical and Rheological Properties of Polymers
- ● Polymer Phases: Crystalline and Amorphous Polymer Phases
- Mechanical Properties. ● Viscoelastic Behavior: Maxwell and Voigt Models
- Non- Newtonian Behavior and Rheology
- Rubber Elasticity
- Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Plastics Engineering Subject Code: ME03084011 Subject Name: Advanced Polymer Physics ● Polymer Chain Elasticity: Elastic Energy of Polymer Chain
- Bead-Spring Model
- Ideal Polymer Chain
- Finite Extension Models
- Radius of Gyration
- Pair Correlation Function. ● Scattering Experiments: Experimental Analysis of Polymer Chain Dynamics
Unit 4 Polymer Dynamics and Brownian Motion
- ● Unentangled Polymer Dynamics: Rouse and Zimm Models. ● Entangled Polymer Dynamics: Reptation Theory. ● Brownian Motion and Correlation Functions: Time Translational Invariance
- Time Reversal Symmetry
- Brownian Motion of a Free Particle
- Einstein Relation
- Brownian Motion in a Potential Field. ● Introduction to Computational Techniques: Monte Carlo Simulations of a Polymer Chain
- Importance Sampling
- Metropolis Criteria
- Monte Carlo Simulations in Good Solvent and Bad Solvent Regime
Unit 5 Experimental Rheology and Computational Modeling
- ● Continuum Mechanics: Equations of Motion
- Stress Tensor
- Deformation Tensor
- Deformation Gradient Tensor
- Constitutive Relations of Solids
- Liquids, and Rubber
- Microscopic Definition of Stress Tensor. ● Experimental Rheology: Rheometers
- Linear Viscoelasticity
- Superposition Principle
- Relaxation Modulus
- Storage Modulus
- Loss Modulus. ● Molecular Dynamics and Brownian Dynamics: Application in Polymer Physics. ● Practical Aspects of Computational Modeling: Simulation- Based Analysis of Polymer Properties
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