NNT611 - NANOTECHNOLOGY METHODS IN POLYMER ENGINEERING
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NANOTECHNOLOGY METHODS IN POLYMER ENGINEERING | NNT611 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Question and Answer Team/Group Work | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve Gültekinoğlu Bayram | |||||
| Course objective | This course includes: Introduction to Polymer Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (history, trends, approaches, concepts, new synthetic pathways and processing, nanostructures, main important properties, and application areas for the polymer nanocomposites, nanohybrids and nanomaterials | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | History, classification, terms, concepts, approaches, trends and last developments; classification, structures, properties of matrix polymers utilized in nanotechnology processing, and their nanoscience and industrial applications; classification, modfication methods, physical and chemical structures of inorganic ve organic nanofillers and their bioengineering and industrial applications; inorganic ve organic nanoclays and functionalized silica: structures and properties, and their polymer engineering and nanomedicine applications; interlamellar (co)polymerization of functional monomers, and controlled/living polymerization methods: radical copolymerization of functional monomers in the presence of organic nanofillers; Reactive extrusion systems in polymer nanotechnology and processing: thermoplastic polymers and elastomer-rubber based nanocomposites and nanomaterials, thermoset nanocomposites (enjection and moulding methods); use of laboratory reactive extrusion system for synthesis o | |||||
| References | Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials, Shiro Kobayashi, Klaus Müllen, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2 Nanomaterials and Polymer Nanocomposites, Editor: Niranjan Karak,, Elsevier, 1st Edition - October 24, 2018, | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Polymer Science, Organic Structures |
| Week 2 | Nanoscale Polymeric Nanostructures, Polymeric Nanofabrication |
| Week 3 | Polymers used in nanoscale materials, Molecular weight, Glass transition temperature, Elasticity |
| Week 4 | Fundamentals of Condensation and Radical Polymerization |
| Week 5 | ATRP, RAFT and CRP polymerizations, Cationic, Anionic and Zwitterionic Polymers |
| Week 6 | Block copolymers, pattern formation, Micelles |
| Week 7 | General synthesis methods of polymer nanohybrids and nanocomposites |
| Week 8 | Midterm |
| Week 9 | Sol-gel method used in the synthesis of nanostructures and nanohybrids |
| Week 10 | Enthalpy and Entropy in polymeric solutions and synthesis |
| Week 11 | Polymer specific characterization techniques DLS, DSC, TGA, XRD |
| Week 12 | Characterization techniques specific to nanoscale polymeric systems |
| Week 13 | Industrial and medical applications of nanocomposites and nanomaterials (nanofilms, nanocoatings and nanofibers) |
| Week 15 | Preparation and presentation of seminar-exam topics and program for student or group work |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 1 | 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 38 | 38 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 101 | 270 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Being able to use mathematics, science, and engineering information to develop new methods in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 2. Being able to search information in Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine fields and to reach, to evaluate and to comment on this information | X | ||||
| 3. Being able to make supplements to the literature and to develop a skill for presenting their studies fluently in written and oral forms in national and international media. | X | ||||
| 4. To have a Professional ethics and social responsibility. | X | ||||
| 5. By adopting the importance of lifetime learning in principle, actively following the developments in novel technological applications with databases and other sources. | X | ||||
| 6. Being able to choose and to use techniques, devices and software with the suitable information and communication Technologies in order to solve engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 7. To communicate in oral and written forms in a foreign language at least in the C1 grade level of European Language Portfolio in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 8. Being able to design experiments, to do experimentation, to analyze and evaluate experimental results and to prepare a report to present. | X | ||||
| 9. Being able to do within discipline and interdisciplinary teamwork | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest