| 1. Structures in polymers
properties of single molecules
equilibrium properties of polymeric materials (MWD, polymer solutions, polymer blends, phases and phase diagrams)
2. Structuring processes
reactive (polymerization, setting, degradation)
non-reactive (mixing/demixing, solidification (vitrification, crystallization) and melting, LC transitions, nucleation in polymeric substances, secondary crystallization, solid-solid transitions, tempering)
combinations
3. The role of external physical quantities in structuring processes
the role of temperature and pressure, heat transfer, geometrical constraints (fronts, crystallization in thin specimens), kinetics, deformation induced kinetics
4. Structure – property relationships
bulk and interface properties, properties in small layers
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