| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Common | ||
| AC1 | CE1-Make correct use of modern techniques for characterizing chemical compounds. | |
| AC2 | CE2-Develop a thorough knowledge of the most advanced applications in synthesis and catalysis. | |
| AC3 | CE3-Correctly apply the most advanced methodologies in synthesis and catalysis. | |
| AC8 | CE8-Design synthesis routes for new products using modern techniques of chemical synthesis, chemical and physical structural characterization, high performance experimentation, data analysis and computational chemistry. | |
| AC9 | CE9-Develop a thorough knowledge of the modern techniques for discovering and optimizing new synthetic processes and new catalysers. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Common | ||
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Learning aims |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| AC1 AC2 |
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| Have a broad knowledge of the field of nanostructured polymeric materials: their synthesis, structural characteristics, characterisation techniques and applications. | AC1 AC3 |
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| Can formulate knowledge on genomics, metabolomics and proteomics. | AC8 AC9 |
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| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1. Introduction to the field of polymers. | Basic terminology. Polymeric architectures. Polymerization methods. Characterization and properties. |
| Topic 2. Copolymers |
Types. Block copolymers: self-assembly. Micelles. Micro-and nanoencapsulation. |
| Topic 3. Brush Polymers | Synthesis. Grafting from. Grafting onto. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 4. Dendrimers. | Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications. |
| Topic 5. Hyperbranched polymers. | Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 6. Linear-dendritic polymers. | Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 7. Star polymers. | Synthetic pathways and examples. Characterization. Applications |
| Topic 8. Top-down approach to nanostructured materials. |
Types. Preparation. Characterization. Applications. |
| Topic 9. Bottom-up approach to nanostructured materials. |
Types. Preparation. Characterization. Aapplications. |
| Topic 10. Introduction to liquid crystals. |
Terminology. Mesophases. Characterization techniques. Structure-assembly relationships. |
| Topic 11. Liquid crystal polymers. | Types. Charaterization. Structural applications and applications for advanced technologies. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Introductory activities |
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1.7 | 0 | 1.7 | |||||
| Lecture |
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34 | 57.8 | 91.8 | |||||
| Presentations / oral communications |
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8 | 8 | 16 | |||||
| Personal attention |
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Extended-answer tests |
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2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Activities designed to make contact with students, collect information from them and introduce the subject. |
| Lecture | Description of the contents of the subject. |
| Presentations / oral communications | Pupils make an oral presentation on a particular subject (previously presented in writing). |
| Personal attention | Time that each teacher has to speak to pupils and resolve their doubts. |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Presentations / oral communications | Oral presentation and answer of questions on the exposed subject | 50% | |
| Extended-answer tests | Answer to questions related to the theoretical contents of the subject. | 50% | |
| Others | Participació activa a classe |
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| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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The subject, to be approved, requires the minimum attendance of 80% of the hours. Some tests will be done at the end of each session to check what the student has understood and the previous preparation of the subject based on the documents uploaded to the moodle. During the exams, any mobil telephone, tablet or other device that has not been expressly authorized for the exam must be switched off and out of view. Any attempt to pass any exam of any subject by fraudulent means (be this physical or electronic) will result in the student being awarded a fail for the exam in question. In addition to this, the gravity of the offence may lead the faculty/school to propose that the student be subjected to disciplinary proceedings, which will be initiated by a resolution from the rector. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
G.R. Newkome, C.N. Moorefiled, F. Vögtle, Dendrimers and Dendrons , Wiley VCH , Weinheim, 2001
A. Donald, A. Windle, S. Hanna, Liquid Crystalline Polymers, 2on ed. Cambridge Univ. press, Cambridge, 2006
K. Matyjaszewski, Y. Gnanou, L. Leibler, Macromolecular Engineering, eds. Vol 1-4, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2007
Ch. Kumar, Polymeric Nanomaterials , ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2011
R.C. Advincula, W. J. Brittain, K.C. Caster, J. Rühe, Polymer Brushes , Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004
J-L. Halary, F. Lauprêtre, L. Monnerie, Polymer Materials, Wiley, Hoboken, 2011 |
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(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.