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Science and Technology of Polymers

Science and Technology of Polymers. Instructor: Prof. Basudam Adhikari, Materials Science Centre, IIT Kharagpur. The main theme of the course on Science and Technology of Polymers is to focus understanding of science and technology of polymer synthesis and its characterization. Knowledge on solid state structure and properties of polymers will enable their proper selection for applications in domestic as well as industrial appliances.

As per the need of the day the essentiality of biodegradation of stable commodity as well as engineering polymers vis-a-vis design and development of biodegradable polymers have become a priority. Polymers have been established as very promising materials in electronic and medical implant devices.

Being a very good tailoring material polymer can be easily modified to suit a specific application provided there is knowledge in structure and properties of polymers. In order to prepare a suitable polymer product some input is necessary in compounding and processing behavior of polymers both in solution and melt state followed by product fabrication involving machineries. This course will highlight the above areas including polymer composites. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 08 - Radical Chain Polymerization: Chain Initiation

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:05:46] 1. Rate of Initiation
[00:33:00] 2. Initiation Modes: Thermal, Redox and Photochemical Initiations

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Basic Concepts on Polymers
Lecture 01 - Basic Concepts on Polymers: Definition and Features
Lecture 02 - Basic Concepts on Polymers: Classification of Polymers
Lecture 03 - Basic Concepts on Polymers: Thermal Response
Polymer Raw Materials
Lecture 04 - Polymer Raw Materials
Principles of Polymer Synthesis
Lecture 05 - Polymer Formation, Polymerization Principle, Step Reaction Polymerization
Lecture 06 - Step Reaction Polymerization: Kinetics, Molecular Weight, Multi-chain Polymerization
Lecture 07 - Multi-chain Polymerization, Radical Chain Polymerization
Lecture 08 - Radical Chain Polymerization: Chain Initiation
Lecture 09 - Radical Chain Polymerization: Autoacceleration, Chain Propagation and Transfer
Lecture 10 - Ionic Chain Reaction Polymerization
Structure and Properties of Polymers
Lecture 11 - Structure and Properties of Polymers: Molecular Weight of Polymers
Lecture 12 - Structure and Properties of Polymers: Molecular Weight of Polymers (cont.)
Lecture 13 - Structure and Properties of Polymers: Effect of Temperature
Lecture 14 - Structure and Properties of Polymers: Solubility
Polymerization Techniques
Lecture 15 - Polymerization Techniques: Polymerization in Homogeneous Systems
Lecture 16 - Polymerization Techniques: Solution Polymerization
Lecture 17 - Polymerization Techniques: Polymerization in Heterogeneous Systems
Polymer Products
Lecture 18 - Polymer Products: Plastic Products
Lecture 19 - Polymer Products (cont.)
Rubber Products
Lecture 20 - Rubber Products
Lecture 21 - Rubber Products (cont.)
Conducting Polymers
Lecture 22 - Conducting Polymers
Lecture 23 - Conducting Polymers (cont.)
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Lecture 24 - Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Stimuli Responsive Polymer and its Application
Lecture 25 - Stimuli Responsive Polymer and its Application
Lecture 26 - Stimuli Responsive Polymer and its Application (cont.)
Polymeric Nanomaterials and Devices
Lecture 27 - Polymeric Nanomaterials and Devices
Lecture 28 - Polymeric Nanomaterials and Devices (cont.)
Lecture 29 - Polymeric Nanomaterials and Devices (cont.)
Environmental Degradation of Polymers
Lecture 30 - Environmental Degradation of Polymers
Lecture 31 - Environmental Degradation of Polymers (cont.)
Polymer Composites
Lecture 32 - Polymer Composites
Lecture 33 - Polymer Composites (cont.)
Lecture 34 - Polymer Composites (cont.)
Multicomponent Polymeric Materials
Lecture 35 - Multicomponent Polymeric Materials
Lecture 36 - Multicomponent Polymeric Materials (cont.)
Lecture 37 - Multicomponent Polymeric Materials (cont.)
Viscoelasticity
Lecture 38 - Viscoelasticity
Engineering and Speciality Polymers
Lecture 39 - Engineering and Speciality Polymers
Lecture 40 - Engineering and Speciality Polymers (cont.)