MSE 514 Molecular Aspects of Soft Matters

Spring 2013-2014

Instructor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mustafa M. Demir & Asst. Prof.Dr. Hadi Zareie

Office: Science Faculty Building Room Number 216

Phone: 75 11 – 75 57

Lecture hours:

e-mail: &

Classroom: Science Building D9

Textbook: You can make use of the following sources:

-  General Chemistry Principles and Modern Applications by Petrucci (9th Edition) You can find three copies of this book at the library. The code of the books is QD31.2.P48 1989

-  Principles of Polymerization by G. Odian

-  Principles ofPolymer Chemistry, P.Flory.

-  Reviews and Articles for Single Molecules and Light Emitting Molecules

Course Outline:

1-  Chemical Compounds (1 week)

2-  Chemical Bonding I: Basic Concepts (1 week)

3-  Macromolecules (2 weeks)

4-  Self-Assembly (1 week)

5-  Single Molecule Science (2 weeks)

6-  Instrumentation for Single Molecule Measurements (2 weeks)

7-  Property Based Design of Light Emitting Molecules (1 weeks)

Representative Journals based on Soft Matters at İYTE Library:

Nature Materials
Chemistry of Materials
Science Magazine
Advanced Materials
Advanced Functional Materials
Angewandte Chemie
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
Account for Chemical Research
Materials Today
Journal of Materials Chemistry
Journal of Materials Research
Journal of Materials Science / Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Polymer Engineering and Science
Polymer Journal
Macromolecules
Biomacromolecules
Macromolecular Theory Polymer
Biopolymers
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Annual Review of Materials Science
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Journal of Materials Science Letters

Grading Policy:

1st Midterm: % 20 Date: To be announced later

2nd Midterm: % 20 Date: To be announced later

Final exam: % 30

Seminar: %30

Seminar

Each student must present a frontier research article OR a Review article in the classs through the end of the semester. There should be 5 speakers for each week. The date of presentations depends on the number of students attending the class so that the dates are announced to be later. Time duration of presentation is nearly 30 min. The presentations shorter than 25 min is not acceptable. A set of representative topics are listed below.This list can be extended according to your research topic.

Representative Topics

1-  Carbon Nanostructures: Nanotubes, Buckyballs, Fullorenes (Book Chapter from Owens)

2-  Polymer Nanocomposites: Going beyond Nanoparticle Filled Polymers (Review by Vaia Chem. Mater. 2007,19, 2736.)

3-  Block Copolymer Nanocomposites (Review of MR Bockstaller et al, Adv. Mater. 2005)

4-  Chemical Patterning and Lithography (Book: Nanochemistry, Ozin and Arsenoult)

5-  Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly (Book: Nanochemistry, Ozin and Arsenoult)

6-  Nanocontact Printing and Writing – Stamps and Tips (Book: Nanochemistry, Ozin and Arsenoult)

7-  Self-Assembling Block Copolymers (Book: Nanochemistry, Ozin and Arsenoult)

8-  Biomaterials and Bioinspiration (Book: Nanochemistry, Ozin and Arsenoult)

9-  Self-Assembly of Large Building Blocks (Book: Nanochemistry, Ozin and Arsenoult)

10- Examples of Soft Materials in Nature (Ch.3 of Self-Assembled Nanostructures)

11- The Effect of Nanoparticle Shape on Polymer Nanocomposites, ST Knauert, Journal of Polymer Science: Part B polymer Physics, 2007.

12- Stephan Förster “From Self-Organizing Polymers to Nanohybrid and Biomaterials” Review of Angew. Chem. 2002, 41, 688.

Presentation Dates

Date / Speaker / Topic / Article
1 / Elif Özçeri / Carbon Nanostructures
2 / Tuğba Isık / Fiber-reinforced Composites
3 / Öncel Kırkbaş / Soft materials in nature
4 / Tuğrul Güner / From Self-organizaing polymers …
5 / Refika Dal / Layer-by-layer self assembly
6 / Derya Mete / Bioinspiration and biomaterials
7 / Kenan Yılmaz / Stimuli responsive polymers
8 / Hakan Dogan / BCP – nanoparticle composites
9 / Sema Yıldız / Polymer particle nanocomp.
10 / Tuğba Coşgun / Lithografi
11 / Ummugulsum / Nanoscale ionic materials
12 / Zeynep Fidan / The role of Nanoparticle shape in NC
13 / Gizem Mendirek / ????
14 / Kıvanç Karaoğlan / ????

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