| chain structure
- Constitution
- Configuration
- Conformation (end-to-end distance, radius of gyration, conformation statistics)
polymers in solution
- Distribution functions
-- Ideal and real solutions
-- Thermodynamics of solutions
-- The theta state
molar masses
- Molar mass distributions
Molar mass determination methods (osmometry, ultracentrifuge, light scattering, viscometry, size exclusion chromatography)
equilibrium thermodynamics
- Phase diagrams, phase separation, mesophases
Structures in polymer solids
- phase transitions
Solidification of polymers (glass formation, crystallization)
Introduction to the kinetics of crystallization (nucleation, crystal growth)
- Crystallization during processing
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