一、課程說明(Course Description)
<br>本課程的教學目的，在使研究生瞭解高分子的基本物理性質及熱統計學行為，如高分子的形變、大小、分佈、相變、機械性質、動力學行為等等。我們也將介紹高分子在不同領域的應用，如高分子刷、高分子電解質、高分子轉位通過奈米孔洞、侷限於奈米微流道的高分子行為等。
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<br>奈米生醫科技及綠色能源科技近年來已成為學術界及產業界重點發展的兩大方向，亦是現行國家著重的研究重點之一。研究人員從事相關研究及發展應用的過程裡，常需使用到大量的高分子物理化學的知識，舉凡對蛋白質、DNA等生物高分子的操控及檢測、生醫微流體晶片的設計、奈米高分子複合材料的發展、導電高分子及新世代光電材料的設計應用、表面改質及介面活化之分析處理、鋰電池、燃料電池及高分子太陽能電池效能的提升及發展等等，皆可看見高分子科學在學術研究及產業科技所扮演的重要角色。於此鼓勵同學來修課。
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<br>二、指定用書(Text Books)
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<br>三、參考書籍(References)
<br>1. Rubinstein & Colby, “Polymer Physics”, 2003
<br>2. Strobl, “The Physics of Polymers”, 3rd ed., 2007
<br>3. Sperling, “Introduction to Physical Polymer Science”, 4th ed., 2006
<br>4. Gedde, “Polymer Physics”, 1995.
<br>5. de Gennes, “Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics”, 1979.
<br>6. Doi & Edwards, “Theory of Polymer Dynamics”, 2003
<br>7. Muthukumar, “Polymer Translocation”, 2011
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<br>四、教學方式(Teaching Method)
<br>每週 3節課，板書上課講解。
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<br>五、教學進度(Syllabus)
<br>Week 1: Introduction to polymer science and its applications
<br>Week 2: Single chain conformations : ideal chains                  
<br>Week 3: Real chain conformations, scaling theory
<br>Week 4: Polymer under tension and compression, temperature effects on polymers
<br>Week 5: Thermodynamics of mixing
<br>Week 6: Polymer solutions and melts
<br>Week 7: Polymer brushes, adsorption of polymers
<br>Week 8: Midterm exam
<br>Week 9: Branched polymers, dendrimers, gelation, mean field model of gelation
<br>Week 10: Thermodynamics of rubbers, elasticity, swelling of polymer gels
<br>Week 11: Brownian motion, Langevin equation, time correlation, and response function
<br>Week 12: Unentangled polymer dynamics: Rouse model and Zimm model, dynamical scaling
<br>Week 13: Dynamics of a polymer in networks: Tube model and reputation
<br>Week 14: Polyelectrolytes and biopolymers
<br>Week 15: Polymer translocations
<br>Week 16: Polymers in nano-confinements
<br>Week 17: Computer simulations in polymer physics
<br>Week 18: Final presentations
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<br>六、成績考核(Evaluation)
<br>作業(30%)、期中考(40%)、期末上台報告(30%)、出席點名。
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<br>七、可連結之網頁位址
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