CHM1303 SOLIDS AS ADVANCED POLYMER MATERIALS

This course can be taken by students with basic knowledge in Organic Chemistry and Polymer Science!

TOPICS:

• Organic Coatings (4 hrs) Prof. Mitch Winnik • Surface Properties of Polymers (4 hrs) Prof. Gilbert Walker• Polymer Nanomaterials (4 hrs) Prof. Dwight Seferos4. Polymer Electronics (4 hrs) Prof. Timothy Bender• Polymers in Drug Delivery (2 hrs) Prof. Christine Allen

Please contact Prof Seferos <dseferos@chem.utoronto.ca> for the logon name and password before the first lecture and download a copy of the

lecture notes.

Lectures: Wednesday 5-7 pm, Sept. 15 -Dec. 8, 2010 in LM 157

Course coordinator: Professor Dwight Seferos, e-mail: dseferos@chem.utoronto.ca Office hours: Thursday, 5-7 pm, LM628, by appointment

Evaluation: 3 h final exam, TBA 45%

Participation in discussion(s) 15%

Oral presentation of term topic 20%

Term topic 20%

Discussions are led by students and allow you to discuss reading assignments in

detail and you will be evaluated on your participation

Oral presentation and term papers should be given on the same topic, related to

advanced polymer materials, NOT RELATED to your research area or any research

project in the group.

Text: there is no single book covering the material included in this course.

Each lecturer will provide recommended reading.

   1. Polymer Coatings (Paints, paper coatings, latex films) Sept 15, 22

MW

• Surface Properties of Polymers       Sept 29, Oct 6th

GW

• Discussion Oct 13th DS

2. Polymer Nanomaterials (Self-assembly and template synthesis) Oct 20th, 27th

DS

3. Polymer Electronics Nov. 3rd, 10th TB

7. Student Oral presentations Nov. 21st , 28th DS/GW

8. Polymers for drug delivery (term paper due!) Dec. 1CA

9. Exam TBD

Schedule

Oral presentation

• PPT format• 15 min + 3-5 min questions (will be discussed later)• At least 2 class instructors will be evaluating the presentations• The topic has to be chosen by a student. NO PRESENTATION can be given on the topic that is in the scope of research in the student’s research group.

• Dates: Beginning on Nov. 17th, Order to be chosen by October 13, 2010.

•The evaluation will be based on:Novelty and complexity of presented work 20 %Understanding of the material 20 %Oral presentation 20 %Answers to questions 20 %Quality of slides 20 %

Suggestions for your term topic presentation

• Do not start working at the end of November!

• Do not exceed 15 slides

• Focus on 2-3 papers (do not try to embrace a huge project)

• Try to understand (and explain) EVERY slide you show• Structure: Introduction (current state of art in the field)

Justification of the project(s)

The main body of the proposal (system, methods, results, their

interpretation, etc)

Your assessment of the results, comparison, etc…

Term paper

• Format: 12 pages (including figures), double spacing

• Due date: December 1, 2010

• See recommendations for oral presentation

Exam

• December 13, 3 h, 6-9 pm (will be confirmed)

• One question for each topic. You have to answer 6 questions out of 7.

• Each class instructor will mark his/her question

• Essay format.