CHEM 5610 — Polymer Chemistry

3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: MBostonTraditional

Discusses the synthesis and analysis of polymer materials. Covers mechanisms and kinetics of condensation/chain-growth polymerization reactions and strategies leading to well-defined polymer architectures and compositions, including living polymerizations (free radical, cationic, anionic), catalytic approaches, and postpolymerization functionalization. Discusses correlation of chemical composition and structure to physical properties and applications.

Prerequisites

one of:
- all of:
  - one of:
    - CHEM 2317 (min C-)
    - CHEM 2313 (min C-)
  - one of:
    - CHEM 3401 (min C-) (may be taken concurrently)
    - CHEM 3421 (min C-) (may be taken concurrently)
    - CHEM 3431 (min C-) (may be taken concurrently)
- graduate program admission

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	1	13	40	33%	27.0
Fall 2024	1	14	40	35%	26.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 52% · T 48% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%

Common patterns: M (52% of sections), T (48% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Ke Zhang (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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