O Introduction
I Molecular structure and weight distributions
1. chemical structure, chain architecture and classification
2. polymerization processes and mol. weight distributions
3. determination of molecular weight and distributions
II Structure of single chains
1. ideal chains: random walk statistics and Gaussian coil
2. real chains: rot. isomeric states, coarse graining and excluded volume
3. static structure factor
III Polymers in bulk
- viscoelasticity, relaxations, glass transition, rubber elasticity, semicrystalline polymers
IV Polymer dynamics
- diffusion, Rouse model, reptation
V Polymer solutions and mixtures
- thermodynamics, phase equilibria, viscosity
VI Block copolymers
VII Polyelectrolytes
