一、課程說明 (Course Description)
This course is designed to provide background in basic polymer chemistry,
biomedical
polymer and recent advances in smart polymers for applications in
pharmaceutics,
biomaterials, tissue engineering and biotechnology.

二、指定用書 (Text Books)
1. Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Polymer Chemistry 7/e.
2. J. S. Temenoff and A. G. Mikos, Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology
and
Materials Science, Pearson, International Edition, 2008.

三、參考書籍 (References)
1. B. D. Ratner, Biomaterials Science, 3rd Ed., 2013.

四、教學方式 (Teaching Method)
Lectures

五、教學進度 (Syllabus)
1. Introduction to Polymers
2. Polymer Structures: Introduction to polymers, Synthetic polymers, Natural
polymers
3. Polymer Syntheses: Addition (chain-growth) polymerization, Step-growth
polymerization, Ring-opening polymerization
4. Polymer Solution Properties: Dimension of an ideal polymer chain,
Statistical
thermodynamics of polymer solution, Dilute polymer solution, Frictional
property
5. Polymer Bulk Properties: Transition behaviors, Viscoelsticity and
mechanical
behavior, Rubber elasticity, Swelling theory of network polymer, Diffusion in
polymers
and hydrogels
6. Smart Polymers: Stimuli-sensitive polymers, Biodegradable polymers,
7. Polymers in Tissue Engineering and Cell Delivery
8. Soluble Drug Carriers/Polymeric Micelles: Polymeric soluble drug carrier,
Polymeric
micelles and nanoparticles
9. Polyelectrolytes
10. Polymers in Pharmaceutics: Polymers & macromolecules in controlled drug
delivery
11. Polymers in Biotechnology: Polymers in separation, Self-organizing
polymers



六、成績考核(Evaluation)
30% The 1st Midterm Exam, 30% The 2nd Midterm Exam, 30% Final Exam, 10% On-
class
discussion, 100% Total