Syllabus
Polymers, their structure, classification and practical significance1.1 Polymer chemistry and physics; material research, interdisciplinary links1.2 Polymer terminology1.3 Molecular characteristics of polymers and methods of their determination1.4. Molar masses of polymers and methods of their determination1.5 Characteristics of polymers on the material level1.6 Viscoelasticity - a unique property of polymers Synthesis of polymers2.1 Thermodynamics of polymerization2.2 Polymerization modes2.3 Types of monomers and their reactivity2.4 Monomer-monomeric unit relationships Chain-growth polymerization3.1 General mechanism, types of active centers, stationary states and their establishment3.2 Free radical polymerization3.3 Polymerization with transfer reactions3.4 Polymerization with control over termination and transfer reactions3.5 Types and characteristics of homogeneous and heterogeneous radical polymerizations3.6 Degree of polymerization distribution in free radical polymerization Ionic polymerization4.1 Influence of dissociation equilibrium on kinetics and selectivity of ionic polymerizations4.2 Anionic polymerization, initiators, types of monomers and polymerization modes4.3.
Living anionic polymerization and methods of implementation, polymer standards synthesis4.4 Thermodynamic aspects of living anionic polymerization4.5 Stereoselective anionic polymerizations4.6 Anionic polymerization of activated monomers.4.7 Group transfer polymerization4.8 Cationic polymerization, types of monomers and active centers, polymerization modes4.9 Cationic polymerization of heterocyclic monomers4.10 Cationic polymerization of p-monomers4.11 Transfer reactions in cationic polymerization4.12 Cationic polymerization of alkanes induced by superacids Coordination polymerization5.1. General aspects and classification of coordination polymerizations5.2 Insertion polymerization5.3 Metathesis polymerization5.4 Termination control in coordination polymerizations, synthesis of stereoregular polymers5.5 Transfer reactions in coordination polymerizations, control of molar mass of polymers5.6 Polymerization of triple bond-containing monomers Chain-growth copolymerization6.1.
Advantages of copolymers, relationship molecular structure - material properties6.2. Copolymerization equation for statistical copolymers6.3.
Distribution and mean length of homopolymer sequences in copolymers6.4. Methods of preparation of block and graft copolymers Step-growth polymerization7.1 Principles and classification of step-growth polymerization7.2 Polyesters, types and mechanisms of polyesterification, polyesters from renewable sources7.3 Polyamides, synthesis, types and traditional names, influence of H bonds on properties7.4 Polyimides, synthesis, types, properties, applications7.6 Polyurethanes (polycarbamates), types, synthesis, properties, applications7.7 Phenolic and amino resins, synthesis, properties, applications7.8 Oxidation polymerization; polyoxyphenylenes, polyanilines, polythiophenes,7.9 Preparation of polymers by coupling reactions (Suzuki-Miyaura, Stille, Negeshi)7.10 Kinetics of polyesterification and polyamidation7.11 Distribution of degree of polymerization in step-growth polymerization7.12 Three-dimensional polymer networks, gelation point Polymers with inorganic main chains8.1 Stability of inorganic linear chains8.2 Inorganic linear and branched polymers8.3 Polysiloxanes, types, preparation, properties and applications Constitutional-dynamic polymers - dynamers9.1 Constitutional-dynamic systems, principles and classification according to the type of links between constituents9.2 Supramolecular polymers, types, preparations, properties and applications9.3 Metallo-supramolecular polymers, types, preparations, properties and applications9.4 Covalent dynamers, types, preparation, properties and applications Dendritic polymers10.1 Dendrons and dendrimers, structure, terminology, classification and characterization10.2 Methods of preparation of dendrimers and dendritic polymers10.3 Properties and applications of dendrimers and dendritic polymers Chemical reactions of polymers and polymer recycling11.1 Classification and importance of chemical reactions of polymers11.2 Modification of functional groups of polymers11.3 Grafting of polymers11.4 Curing and vulcanization of polymers11.5 Degradation of polymers - types according to initiation and "reagents"11.6 Polymer degradation - kinetics for various positional cleavage types11.7 Depolymerization and its application in polymer recycling
Annotation
The course extends and deepens the basic knowledge on the structure and types of polymers and composite systems containing polymers, preparation, properties and recycling these materials, methods of their investigation and on their practical applications. Interdisciplinary overlaps of polymer chemistry, especially to the fields of material sciences and biomedicine are an integral part of the course.