Explore the fundamental chemical concepts underlying the synthesis, properties, and design of a wide variety of organic materials important for engineering applications.
Organic and Biomaterials Chemistry Part 1: An Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online
Overview
Syllabus
- Explore the polymer descriptors that allow researchers to control polymer properties (e.g. molecular weight, dispersity, and topology).
- Understand the mechanisms of step-growth and chain-growth polymerization.
- Explain how varying reaction parameters such as temperature and solvent choice can affect the outcome of a polymerization reaction.
Taught by
Rob Macfarlane, Jessica Sandland, and John Harrold
