KJM-MENA9555 – Polymers and Macromolecules

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

The course gives students a fundamental introduction to concepts used to understand composition and properties of polymers and macromolecular systems.

Learning outcome

After completing this course:

  • you can discuss and define fundamental concepts in polymer synthesis; especially radical polymerization, and you have laborative experience doing polymer synthesis.
  • you can describe physical properties for different polymers and relate microscopic structure to properties and dynamic on a macroscopic level.
  • you understand and are able to describe different experimental techniques that are used to characterize macromolecules. You also have practical experience with some methods of characterization of polymers in solution.
  • you know the most important theoretical models for polymer solutions and melts
  • you understand and are able to explain basic concepts of structure formation in solution and spontaneous creation of amphiphilic polymers.
  • you are familiar with the use of polymers in material technology, nanotechnology, and medicine.
  • you can compile and present scientific information to your peers.

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Before you can attend the mandatory laboratory courses, you have to have passed the following courses:

KJM-MENA3300 – Physical Chemistry III - Macromolecules, Condensed Phases and Dynamics (continued) eller KJM3310 – Physical Chemistry III - Statistical Thermodynamics for Chemistry

Overlapping courses

Teaching

The teaching in this course consists of:

  • Lectures (45 hours)
  • Group seminars (16 hours)
  • A mandatory laboratory course (28 hours)

In addition, the course coordinator will give you a scientific topic that?you must familiarize yourself with and present to your fellow students.

The mandatory laboratory course, as well as the presentation, must be approved before you can take the final exam.

A completed and approved laboratory course is valid for six semesters after the semester it was approved.?After this period, you must complete the laboratory course again before you can?take the final exam.

It is mandatory to attend the first lecture (including students on the waiting list). If you are unable to attend the first lecture, you must notify the Department of Chemistry before the start of the lecture, otherwise, your course registration will be canceled.

Attendance at the laboratory course is mandatory. If you are prevented from meeting, you have to show documentation that you were legally absent (medical note from a doctor or similar).

As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance.?Read about your insurance cover as a student.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depe