KJM9530 – Amphiphilic Polymers
Course description
Course content
Amphiphilic polymers are heterogeneous with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts. This type of polymer, associates in aqueous solution and exhibits several interesting features and can be used in connection with many industrial and pharmaceutical applications. This course gives a survey of synthetic methods, characterization, and physical methods that can be utilized to characterize polymers structural, dynamical, and rheological properties in aqueous solutions and gels. Elements in the course are: different synthetic methods, thermodynamics, scattering methods, and rheology.
Learning outcome
On successful completion of this course:
- you will acquire a basic knowledge of amphiphilic polymers.
- you will obtain knowledge about different experimental methods to characterize amphiphilic polymers in solution.
- you will learn new theoretical concepts in polymer science.
- you will acquire understanding of association processes.
- you will acquire special understanding by giving a special seminar on a specific topic.
Admission
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
KJM5500. It is advantageous to have taken part in the courses: KJM3200 – Organic Chemistry II, KJM3300 – Physical Chemistry II (discontinued).
Overlapping courses
- 9 credits overlap with KJ433
- 10 credits overlap with KJM5530 – Amphiphilic Polymers (discontinued)
Teaching
The course comprises 40 hours of lectures and 10 hours of seminars. You will also prepare and give a seminar based on a separate article curriculum. The seminar has to be approved before you can take the exam.
The first lecture is mandatory. If you are unable to join, the Expedition Office has to be informed in advance (phone 22 85 54 46, or e-mail ekspedisjonen@kjemi.uio.no). If you fail to register as an active student for the course in either of these ways, you will loose the access to the course for the given semester.
Examination
Oral examination counts 100%. You will also prepare and give a seminar based on a separate article curriculum. The seminar has to be approved before you can take the exam.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
If this course is part of your approved plan for the PhD program at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO, please contact the study administration at your Department for registration.
If you have been admitted to a ph.d.-programme at another faculty or learning institution, and the course enters into the approved training part of the ph.d.-programme there, you must within a given deadline apply for status as Visiting ph.d.-student.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.