Athina Anastasaki: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |  |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Athina Anastasaki |
| Field | Sustainable Polymers |
| Address | Professur für Polymere Materialien ETH Zürich, HCI G 523 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 70 89 |
| athina.anastasaki@mat.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Materials |
| Relationship | Associate Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327-0312-00L | Materials Synthesis I - Polymers | 4 credits | 4G | A. Anastasaki, D. Opris | |
| Abstract | The course teaches the basics and terminology of polymer synthesis. To synthesize various polymeric materials, different polymerization techniques are required. This course will introduce representative polymerization methodologies and will discuss how they operate in order to yield materials with enhanced polymeric characteristics. | ||||
| Learning objective | 1) The students will be able to recognize different polymer types and associate them with their chemical structure and properties (i.e. rubber elasticity, glass transition temperature, etc.) 2) The students will become familiar with various synthetic methods to produce polymers of different architectures and topologies 3) The students will be exposed to different characterization methods (e.g. size exclusion chromatography, mass-spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance) that are necessary to confirm the successful synthesis and structure of a polymer 4) The students will understand the mechanism of selected polymerization methodologies 5) The students will be introduced to state-of-the-art polymer synthesis and recent literature examples will be critically discussed | ||||
| Content | conventional chain growth polymerization, living chain growth polymerization, step growth polymerization, polymeric architectures, molecular weight determination methods, polymer properties, polymerization mechanisms, polymer characterization methods | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture slides with references to further literature will be available on Moodle | ||||
| Literature | L. Mandelkern „An Introduction to Macromolecules“ J. M. G. Cowie “Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials publications mentioned on the slides | ||||
| 327-0313-00L | Materials Characterization I | 3 credits | 3G | A. Lauria, A. Anastasaki | |
| Abstract | Introduction into the main spectroscopic methods and their applications to gain compositional and structural information. | ||||
| Learning objective | The aim of the course is to enable the students to select and apply the optimal analytical/spectroscopic methods for the identification of organic, inorganic and polymeric materials. | ||||
| Content | Particular emphasis is given to qualitative and quantitative analysis of material composition at the atomic/molecular level by mass spectrometry, atomic absorption, vibrational and UV-vis spectroscopy, thermal analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance. The course will include lectures as well as hands-on practical sessions. | ||||