Reading

• 4/7/99: Introduction to a Material Design problem
  • Syllabus
  • Narayan, "Polymeric Materials from Agricultural Feedstocks", 14pp (Coursenotes Chapter 1: Engineering Applications)
  • Hocking, "The Classification, Preparation and Utility of Degradable Polymers", 11pp (Coursenotes Chapter 1: Engineering Applications)
  • for another perspective on the uses of degradable polymers, read Omichi et al., "Degradable Plastics", 6pp (Coursenotes Chapter 1: Engineering Applications) (optional)
  
  
• 4/9/99: Introduction to Property Estimation
  • Reid et al., Properties of Gases and Liquids, Ch. 1: The Estimation of Physical Properties", 6pp (Coursenotes Chapter 3: Property Estimation - Introduction)
  
  
• 4/12/99: Important hints to running modeling software
  • Hints and suggestions to be aware of
  • On-line documentation for MSI modeling software (see "how to run Biosym software from your Athena account" under Hints and Suggestions for more information.)
  
  
• 4/13/99: Introduction to Polymer Science
  • An introduction to polymers, 12pp (Coursenotes Chapter 2: Polymer Science Basics)
  • Polymer conformation, 6pp (Coursenotes Chapter 2: Polymer Science Basics)
  
  
• 4/14/99
  • Polymer Tacticity (Coursenotes Chapter 2: Polymer Science Basics)
  
  
• 4/16/99:
  Properties of Bulk Polymers (Coursenotes Chapter 2: Polymer Science Basics)
  • Properties of commercial polymers, 4pp
  • The meaning of the pair distribution function,
  • Amorphous polymers and the glass transition, 5pp
  
  
• 4/21/99:
  • Group Contribution Method, (Coursenotes Chapter 3: Property Estimation), including Chapter 18 of Van Krevelen's book.
  • Topological approach to property estimation in polymers: Synthia (Chapter 2 of "Prediction of Polymer Properties, by J. Bicerano), 33pp.
  
  
• 4/26/99:
  • The Basics of Molecular Simulation (Coursenotes Chapter 3: Property Estimation - Molecular Simulation)
  
  
• 5/4/99:
  • Engelberg and Kohn, "Physico-mechanical properties of degradable polymers...", 13pp
  • Gilbert et al, "The Design of Biodegradable Polymers: Two Approaches" (Coursenotes Chapter 1: Engineering Applications) 18pp
  • Doi, "Microbial Polyesters, Ch 6: Structure and Properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Ch 7: Solid State Properties of Copolyesters" (Coursenotes Chapter 1: Engineering Applications), 19pp