Welcome,

this course is held by Prof. Claudio Luchinat (claudio.luchinat@unifi.it) and Prof. Roberta Sessoli (roberta.sessoli@unifi.it).

Lectures can be attended either in the classroom or remotely.

The timetable is

 Monday 15:30 - 16.50

 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:20

room 186 in the Department of Chemistry, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino

starting from 28/9/2020.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you need additional information.

GENERAL:

• Possible structures (homo- and co-polymers, linear, branched, grafted, network, random, statistic, block, gradient)
• Advanced Synthesis and Characterization (step and chain growth, ATRP, RAFT, ROMP, ROP, living, MIP)
• Renewable, compostable, biocompatible, sustainable polymers (introduction, main type, applications)
• Polymer Functionalization

SMART POLYMERS AND APPLICATIONS

• Pharma-polymers and Polymeric Biomaterials
• Stimuli-responsive polymers
• Smart polymer hydrogels
• Metal Polymers
• Polymers of Intrinsic Porosity (Mixed Matrix Membrane Vapor/Gas adsorption)
• Conducting/Semiconducting/Conjugated Polymers