Macromolecular Systems I & II              

Virtual Macro Book

(undergoing development; much material is referred to as "notes" that are slowly being converted to chapters and reorganized)

Many books are available on reserve in the Chemistry Library.  We are developing this virtual book to tell the macromolecular story our own way, but it takes time and may never quite substitute for a real book.  Even if it did, advanced students should read several books.  Patience! 

Section I, Chem 4010: Chapters 1 - 10

Chapter 1 Introduction:  how big is big, how much do we use, etc.  (SlideShow) 

• Appendix A More Introduction, with pictures & examples (by Gudrun Schmidt)
• Appendix B More Introduction (by William H. Daly)
• Appendix C A bit about rubber (Russo, in preparation) (Slide Show)

Chapter 2 Poly(classifications):  the many ways to classify macromolecules (SlideShow)

Chapter 3-Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distribution

Part 1 Introduction & Statistical Viewpoint

Part 2 Kinetic Viewpoint (Dooley) (Spreadsheet)

     (Slide Show: How MWD is measured) (Alternate Slide Show:  GPC) (History of GPC)

Appendix A: Excel for Big 3 Distributions

Appendix B: MALDI-TOF notes  

Appendix C: Radical Polymerization Kinetics (Russo)

Chapter 4 Viscosity--Staudinger's hypothesis, a bit of polymer history, and tangible evidence for large molecules

Chapter 5 Polymer Chemistry

Part 1 Polymer Chemistry Overview (Daly) (SlideShow) (Etomica Simulation)

Part 2 Polycondensations (Daly) (Slide Show)

Part 2a Anatomy of Addition Polymerization (Daly) (Slide Show)

Part 2b  Polyurethanes (Russo)

Part 2c Nylon & other polyamides (Russo)

Part 3 Precipitation Chemistry (Daly)

Part4a Types of Vinyl Polymerization (Slide Show)

Part 5 Coordination Polymerization (Daly to convert to text) (Slide Show)

        Appendix_Movie of Ziegler-Natta synthesis (web link) 

        Appendix Polymer Properties in a Nutshell (Daly)

Chapter 6 Polymer Dimensions (Slide Show) (Our Random Walk Simulation)

• Appendix: Persistence length

Chapter 7 Morphology: Microscopy & Scattering (Slide Show)

• Appendix by Link:  Bragg Law & Miller Indices from Penn. State
• Appendix by Link: Polarized Light Microscopy--Am. Lab Article
• Appendix by Link: David Burk's Pennington Microscopy Center Page
• Nature Method of the Year Video
• Nikon Seminar Video  Another Nikon Video (more detailed)

BELOW THIS LINE IS SOURCE MATERIAL POORLY INTEGRATED INTO THE VIRTUAL BOOK

Chapter 8 Thermal Properties (Slide Show)

Thermal Transitions (Tg, DSC, etc.)  

• Notes 18  from Prof. Negulescu--- Thermal DSC DTA TG all slides Oct 28 2002  
• Notes 19  from Prof. Negulescu--- Lab PET Melting

Chapter 9 Rheology/Processing

•    Viscoelasticity (and a Revealing Relationship to Absorption of Light)
•    Prof. Dooley's Notes  (Reference:  Donald Baird,  "Polymer Processing: Principles and Design" , Wiley, 1998)
•    ­  For either of the above:  (Slide Show by Negulescu Slide Show Dooley adaptation)
•     A professional's quick view of rheology (Gudrun Schmidt, now departed for the greener pastures of Purdue) 
•     Legacy Notes of F2000 Class Polymer Processing
•     Very nice commercial processing link 
•     Reptation--Building an understanding of viscoelasticity  Slide Show
•     Appendix:  neat rheology supplement from web
•     Appendix:  Complex Numbers 
•     Appendix:  Elasticity comes from entropy, the entropy spring movie

Chapter 10 Biopolymers               

• Biopolymers I Slide Show (Hammer)  
• Biopolymers II  Slide Show (Licata)
• Biopolymers III Polysaccharides Slide Show (Laine)
• Appendix:  Gel Electrophoresis (Kristy Brumfield PowerPoint)  Simulation Link

Section II, Chem 4011 Chapters 11 Onward

 Chapter 11. Thermodynamics Review

    Thermodynamics Summary

    Spinodal Decomposition Library

 Chapter 12.  Macromolecular Thermodynamics

Origin of Nonideality in Polymeric Systems

Brilliant Successes of the Flory-Huggins Theory

Abysmal Failures of the Flory-Huggins Theory

Flory-Huggins Library

Chapter 13.  Electricity & Magnetism (<--InProgress)

Chapter 13old.  Electricity & Magnetism Old Notes  

• See also:  Electricity & Magnetism

• See also:  Lorentz-Lorenz Development of Local Field (from U. Central Florida)

• See also: Introductory Electricity (Historical site suggested by students)

Chapter 14. Scattering

    Scattering Library

    Scattering HowTo Guides

• Appendix:  Pressure vs. Altitude (Spreadsheet)

• Appendix:  Legacy Light Twist Photos (Jason Campbell, others)

  Twist 1   Twist 2  Twist 3

• Appendix:  On-line Light Scattering (SlideShow)

Chapter 15:  Methods based on Transport

    Part 1:  Flux, Friction and Diffusion

    Part 2:  Sedimentation-based Methods

    DLS Library

    AUC Library

• Appendix: More Centrifugation Details in Pretty Rough Shape

• Appendix:  The HowTo Guides for DLS and Sedimentation are well developed

• Appendix:  The Sedimentation Community is Particularly Good at Tutorials

• Appendix:  The Sedimentation Community also Provides Free Software

Chapter 16.  Spectroscopic Methods  (Slide Show)

Section III Applications

Chapter 17.  Liquid Crystals (Slide Show)

Chapter 18. Polymers for Batteries (Slide Show)

Chapter 19. Drug Delivery (Slide Show)

Chapter 20. Adhesives and Fillers

Section IV  Math & Simulations

Chapter 24. Math and Other Basic Resources

• Vector Calculus -- Grad Div Curl and All That (Useful in Diffusion, E&M, etc.)

• Complex Number Tune-up:  Needed for Viscoelasticity and Light Propagation

• Diffusion

  • Legacy Project on Classical Gradient Diffusion

  • Video microscopy of magnetic Stober spheres Field On  Field Off

• Supramolecular Chemistry (special lecture based on recent Stang articles)
• Spectroscopy of Macromolecules (still in draft form!)

Chapter 25. Polymer Simulations (Slide Show Prof. Francisco Hung)

Section V  Epilog

Chapter 26. Beyond Macromolecular

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