2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Introduction to Organic Materials
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Teruaki Hayakawa / Toshiaki Ougizawa / Martin Vacha / Hidetoshi Matsumoto / Yoshimitsu Sagara / Junko Morikawa / Shigeo Asai / Yuhei Hayamizu / Tsuyoshi Michinobu / Yuta Nabae / Takeharu Tsuge / Chie Kojima / Satoshi Kaneko / Meguya Ryu
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
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- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (WL2-101(W611)) / 7-8 Fri (WL2-101(W611))
- Class
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- Course Code
- MAT.P206
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Organic materials support our daily life as fibers, plastics, rubbers, wood, papers, and foods. They include informative materials used in liquid crystals and organic electroluminescence displays, electronic materials such as conducting and semiconducting molecules, medical materials such as artificial organs, and energy materials used in organic solar cells and fuel cells. Cutting-edge technology is based on all these materials. In this course, students will learn the synthesis and fundamental properties of organic materials.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will:
1) Gain the fundamental knowledge about organic materials.
2) Understand the functions of organic materials.
3) Learn industrial applications of organic materials.
Keywords
Organic and polymeric materials, materials engineering, organic synthesis, analysis methods, property measurements
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This lecture is an omnibus format by 13 faculty members, introducing basics and state-of-the-art research topics in organic materials science. The order of lectures might change depending on schedule.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
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| Class 1 | Guidance |
Learn about cutting-edge organic materials over the course of 13 lessons |
| Class 2 | Mechanical stimuli-responsive luminescent materials |
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| Class 3 | Functional design of polymeric nanofibers |
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| Class 4 | Nanoscale properties of organic materials via luminescence of single molecules |
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| Class 5 | Thermophysical properties of organic materials |
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| Class 6 | Biosensors with Engineered bio-nano interfaces |
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| Class 7 | Structure and property of polymers and polymer composites |
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| Class 8 | The relationship between bioplastics and microorganisms |
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| Class 9 | Self-organized functional materials and polymer thin films |
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| Class 10 | Synthesis of organic semiconducting polymers |
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| Class 11 | Structure and properties in polymer alloys, blends and composites |
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| Class 12 | Polymer-based Drug Delivery Systems |
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| Class 13 | Organic materials working as catalysts |
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| Class 14 | Development of Nanomaterials at the Single Molecule Scale |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Specified by an instructor as necessary.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Specified by an instructor as necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Student’s course scores are based on quizzes that are given at the end of each lecture.
Related courses
- MAT.P350 ： Organic Materials Laboratory I
- MAT.P351 ： Organic Materials Laboratory II
- MAT.P352 ： Organic Materials Laboratory III
Prerequisites
It is desired that students have taken Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology A, Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology B, and Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology C.