2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Advanced Polymer Assembly
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Takeshi Serizawa
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.P414
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on polymeric assemblies, and gives an overview of preparation methods and their principles of polymeric assemblies based on various intermolecular interactions. Subsequently, assembled structures, physical properties, and functions of polymeric assemblies are outlined. Not only assemblies of polymers but also small-molecular assemblies, which apparently behave as polymeric assemblies, are included. Self-assembly in solutions, monolayers on water or solid surfaces, polyelectrolyte multilayers on solid surfaces, etc. are the topics of this course.
The aim of this course is to deeply understand preparation methods and their principles, assembled structures, physical properties, and functions of polymeric assemblies, and to gain ability to propose research ideas about polymeric assemblies.
Course description and aims
Students will gain the following abilities from this course.
1) Students can explain preparation methods and their principles of polymeric assemblies composed of small molecules or polymers.
2) Students can explain structures, physical properties, and functions of polymeric assemblies composed of small molecules or polymers.
Keywords
self-assembly, lipid bilayer, monolayer on water surface, Langmuir-Blodgett film, self-assembled monolayer, polyelectrolyte multilayer, intermolecular interaction
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each class deals with a different topic and contains not only a lecture but also a 10-minute discussion. Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Lipid bilayer -Preparation method and principle | Explain the preparation method and principle of lipid bilayer. |
| Class 2 | Monolayer on water surface (1) -Preparation method and principle | Explain the preparation method and principle of monolayer on water surface. |
| Class 3 | Monolayer on water surface (2) -Research example | Explain the structures, physical properties, and functions of monolayer on water surface. |
| Class 4 | Self-assembled monolayer -Preparation method and principle, and research example | Explain the preparation method and principle, structures, physical properties, and functions of self-assembled monolayer. |
| Class 5 | Polyelectrolyte multilayer (1) -Preparation method and principle | Explain the preparation method and principle of polyelectrolyte multilayer. |
| Class 6 | Polyelectrolyte multilayer (2) -Research example | Explain the structures, physical properties, and functions of polyelectrolyte multilayer. |
| Class 7 | Practice problems and interpretation for confirming the level of understanding | Solve practice problems by accurate understanding of the above all lectures. |
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)
Not fixed.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials for this course are distributed.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Level of understanding about preparation methodｓ and their principles, structures, physical properties, and functions of polymeric assemblies is evaluated by examination (90%) and report (10%).
Related courses
- CAP.Y305 : Biopolymer Chemistry
- CAP.Y307 : Polymer Materials Chemistry
Prerequisites
Not fixed.