3 credits
Spring 2026 LectureData from last updated 2/24/2026
Spring 2026
Spring 2026 Instructors: ,
This course is designed to provide backgrounds in basic polymer chemistry, synthesis, characterization, solution properties, and recent advances in polymers for applications in drug delivery, biomedical devices, tissue engineering, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.
Learning Outcomes1Understand polymer synthesis and characterization techniques.
2Utilize Flory-Huggins theory of solutions to describe the polymer free entropy and enthalpy.
3Use thermodynamics to describe the design of smart polymer systems.
4Describe the properties that make a material biocompatible.
5Understand how to design drug delivery systems.
6Design experiments to characterize nano-scale polymeric platforms.
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