Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Molecular architecture, configuration, conformation of ideal and real chains, Random Walk models of polymer conformations, Gaussian chain, Self-avoiding walks and excluded-volume interaction, the amorphous phase and its chemical-physical aspects, the glass transition phenomenon, the WLF-equation, crystalline state and its chemical-physical aspect, cross-linked polymers and rubber elasticity, behaviour of polymers in solutions and mixtures, viscoelasticity and rheology of polymers, mechanical properties, physical properties of fibres: moisture absorption properties, mechanical properties, optical properties, thermal properties.