270178 VO Physical Chemistry C (2007S)

(A) Liquid phase: Introduction, thermodynamics, PVT-behaviour, theorem of corresponding states, molecular distribution and correlation functions; spectroscopic methods for determination of structure; effective pairwise potental energy functions; models for the structure of liquids; transport properties; selected properties of some important liquids. (B) Solid phase: Introduction, the crystalline state, symmetry in solids, space lattices, introduction into the crystallographic description of solid matter, structure of matter, production of X-ray radiation, theory of diffraction, experimental techniques for determination of structure via X-ray and neutron diffraction, structural-chemical description of solids, radiation safety.
(C) Macromolecules: from small molecules to big ones, molecular weight & distribution; Kinetics of polymerization; structure & configuration; polymer-spectroscopy; stereochemistry -tacticity - isomers; copolymers, multi-component-polymers; degree of polymerization, methods to determine molecular- osmosis, light-scattering, viscosity; macromolecules in solution- thermodynamics; polymers in motion, (self) diffusion and reptation; polymer solids - the crystalline state, the amorphous state, glass-transition; mechanical, dielectric, magnetic methods, relaxation & dispersion ; rubber elasticity- equation of state -; viscous flow, -elasticity; opto-electronic & photonic properties of polymers, polymer light-emissive diodes (LED), polymer electronics