Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025
Course director
Kovács Barna Szilárd
associate professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics and University Pharmacy
Number of hours/semester
Lectures: 28 hours
Practices: 0 hours
Seminars: 0 hours
Total of: 28 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OPF-POL-T
- 2 Credit
- Pharmacy
- Optional module
- spring
OPA-PC1-T finished
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 people – max. 15 people
Topic
The course is an introduction to polymer chemistry. The most important chemical pathways of polymer synthesis, the modification of natural polymers will be presented. Students taking the course will learn on polymers, plastics, composites that are present in the everyday life. They could extend their knowledge on plastics and polymers used for medical applications as well as in pharmacy and pharmaceutical technologies. Environmental pollution caused by plastics is one of the global problems, therefore biodegradable polymers and possible bioremediation methods will be also discussed.
Lectures
- 1.
The classification of polymers. Natural and modified natural polymers
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 2.
Synthetic polymers, co-polymers and their classes
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 3.
Most important physical-chemical properties of polymers
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 4.
Structures, isomers, stereo regularity, tactility
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 5.
Synthesis of artificial polymers
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 6.
Radical polymerization methods. Frequently used initiators
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 7.
Photochemical polymerization
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 8.
Polyaddition and polycondensation in emulsion. The control of molecular mass and size distribution
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 9.
Polymerization in micellar systems
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 10.
Aqueous and non-aqueous dispersions
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 11.
Preparation of nano beads
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 12.
The sol-gel process and its application
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 13.
Plastics and polymer blends. Composites, structural materials
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 14.
Conventional processing of plastics; 3D printing
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 15.
Mechanical, electronic and chemical properties of plastics and polymers
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 16.
Chemical degradation of plastics; biodegradable polymers. Bioremediation
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 17.
Plastics for everyday use. Plastics and structural composites in crafts, vehicles
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 18.
Sporting goods, tires, adhesives
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 19.
Polymers in food industry and cosmetics
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 20.
Medical applications of polymers
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 21.
Natural polymers in pharmacy and pharmaceutical technologies
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 22.
Synthetic polymers in pharmacy and pharmaceutical technologies
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 23.
Electric conductive polymers
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 24.
Polymeric liquid-crystals and their applications
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 25.
Project group work
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 26.
Project group work
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 27.
Project group work
- Kovács Barna Szilárd - 28.
Summary, test
- Kovács Barna Szilárd
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
G.Moad, D.H. Solomon: The Chemistry of Free Radical Polymerization, 2nd ed. Elsevier, 2006.
R. Fitch: Polymer Colloids, Elsevier, 2007
James E. Mark (ed): Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, Springer, 2007
Literature developed by the Department
Notes
Recommended literature
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Participating in the project groupwork, grade of the written test
Mid-term exams
Oral, during the project groupwork
Making up for missed classes
By arrangement with the lecturer.
Exam topics/questions
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Examiners
- Kovács Barna Szilárd