Prof. Laura Mazzocchetti

• Fondamentale sarà l'utilizzo di materiale distribuito dal docente reso disponibile su Virtuale a partire dal giorno precedente la lezione e degli appunti di lezione.

Argomenti del programma: 1. Introduzione, scopo del corso e mercato dei polimeri e dei compositi 2. definizioni e struttura dei polimeri 3. Principali polimeri industriali 4. Struttura dei solidi polimerici e proprietà termiche 5. Additivi per polimeri e compositi e proprietà 6. Proprietà meccaniche 7. degradazione, durabilità e test di invecchiamento 8. gomme e proprietà elastomeriche 9. Reologia e viscoelasticità e metodi di misura 10.

• All lecture notes and supplementary teaching materials will be provided through the Virtuale platform throughout the course.
• Marco Giorgetti (2013). "A Review on the Structural Studies of Batteries and Host Materials by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy". Free download at:
• Marco Giorgetti and Lorenzo Stievano (2017). "X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Battery Materials". Free download at:
• Other specific material will be given by the teacher.

Argomenti del programma: Solid-State Concepts for Molecular and Organic Materials Classification of the States of Matter. Overview of solid, liquid, gas, and mesophases. Focus on the solid crystalline state. Introduction to amorphous vs crystalline solids, with emphasis on molecular crystals relevant to organic electronics. The Solid Crystal State.

• Teaching material (power point presentations and, when necessary, scientific papers) will be available on line on Virtuale, at the latest the day before lectures.
• Additional reading material (reports, statistics and in-depth papers focussing on specific issues), will also be available. This additional material, that will not be essential for the course, will be clearly labelled as "Supplementary…

Argomenti del programma: Prerequisites Basic knowledge of organic chemistry, general chemistry and physical chemistry concepts. Syllabus Basic knowledge of polymer science: Polymerization processes; Molecular weight distribution and its assessment; Amorphous phase and glass transition Crystal phase Structure-properties correlation in polymers: thermoplastics, thermosettings, elastomers and fibers.