2141341 Nanopolymer

Announcements

 

Final Examination

Date: December 7, 2007

Allow: one A4 sheet

Content: most of the questions will be from the lecture.

           Polymer processing : ~ 31%

           Thermal properties : ~ 25%

           Viscoelastic model : ~ 44 %

 

Guest Speakers

Monday Nov 12, 07 4:00 - 5:30 pm

      Assoc. Prof. Sanong Ekgasit, Dept of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, CU

 

Monday Nov 19, 07 4:00 - 5:30 pm

     Assoc. Prof. Pitt Supaphol, The Petroleum and Petrochemical College, CU

 

Term Paper

 

Monday Nov 5, 07                    Submit the first draft of the term paper (2 copies)

                                                    Sign up for 1 hr discussion regarding term paper

Mon - Fri Nov 12 - 16, 07        Discuss paper with instructors (~ 1 hr/group)

Thursday Nov 22, 07                Submit the complete paper (2 copies)

Mon & Fri Nov 26 & 30, 07    Present 15 min/group

                                                    Questions & answers 5 min/group

 

Notes:  The points for term paper is the average (1st draft & the complete one)

              The presentation score is the same for everyone in each group. If your friends can’t              answer questions, they will affect the performance of the whole.

 

             Term paper should be concise. Do not cut & paste from the papers (deduct 10 points for each spot) All figures and tables you show in your paper should be cited properly. (if it is not your own creation or your own results)

             Please do concern about “plagiarism”

             If you are not sure what plagiarism is, please consult the following websites

1) Writing tutorial services, Indiana University

2) The owl at Purdue

3) http://www.plagiarism.org/

 

An example of review article is here.

 

Here is an example of an article written by 4th year undergrad students doing a research project with me. It is published in Journal of Applied Polymer Science which has impact factor = 1.306. Don’t worry about your language. They can use simple words to explain their results so you can explain what you want to let us know about your topic too.

 

Final examination: allow 1 A4-paper sheet in the exam room

 

 

Homeworks

HW1 time-temperature superposition

 

Additional reading : Introduction to polymers by R.J. Young and P.A.Lovell, 2nd edi. Chapter 5

(available at Engineering library)

 

HW2 thermal properties of polymer

 

Readings

Polymer Chemistry: Properties and Applications by A. Peacock and A. Calhoun, 1st edi., Hanser Publishers 2006

             Chapter 6 - 10, 17 (should read)

             Chapter 11, 13 - 16 (or Polymer Processing file)

             Chapter 18 - 25 (types of polymer -> good to read)

 

 

Polymer Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling edited by R. Krishnamoorti and R.A. Vaia, 1st edi., Oxford University Press 2001

             Chapter 1, 2, 4, 13

 

Additional reading: What is rheology?