COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MME 5057 POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYLIN ZIYLAN

Offered to

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering

Course Objective

Over the past decade, polymer nanocomposites have attracted considerable interests in both academia and industry, owing to their outstanding mechanical properties with only a small amount of the nanoadditives. The aim of this course is to introduce the graduate students polymer nanocomposites who might use them in designing their researchs or projects. This course covers polymer nanocomposites containing layered silicates (clay) as well as other nanoadditives such as graphite. Many thermoplastics and thermosets are included such as polyamide, polypropylene, polystyrene, poly(ethyl acrylate), epoxy resin, biodegradable polymers, water soluble polymers and acrylate photopolymers. In addition to synthesis of polymer nanocomposites, their unique properties are also discussed. Finally, each student will be asked to give two seminars on the covered subjects from the recent papers in the literature and their evaluations will affect the success of the student.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend fundamental principles of polymeric nanocomposites.
2   Realize the importance of the use of polymeric nanocomposites in various fields.
3   Interpret the structure-property relationship of polymeric nanocomposites.
4   Explain and discuss the related topics via oral presentations and class discussions.
5   Recognize the contributions of different disciplines on the success of the covered topics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Chapter 1- Polyamide/clay nanocomposites 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Nylon 6-clay hybrid (NCH) 1.3. Synthesis of nylon 6-clay hybrid (NCH) 1.4. Properties of NCH 1.4. Naylon 6-kil hibritin özellikleri
2 Chapter 2- Epoxy nanocomposites based on layered silicates and other nanostructured fillers 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Epoxy-layered silicate nanocomposites 2.3. Epoxy-nanocomposites based on other nanofillers
3 Chapter 3- Biodegradable polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Definition and categories of biodegradable polymers 3.3. Properties and drawbacks of biodegradable polymers
4 4.1. Biodegradable polymers and their nanocomposites 4.2. Foam processing of biodegradable nanocomposites
5 Chapter 4, 5- Polypropylene layered silicate nanocomposites, polystyrene/clay nanocomposites 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Properties of nanocomposites
6 Chapter 6- Poly(ethyl acrylate)/bentonite nanocomposites 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Synthesis of PEA/bentonite nanocomposites 6.3. Performance of PEA/bentonite nanocomposites
7 Chapter 7- Clay-acrylate nanocomposite photopolymers 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Synthesis of clay-acrylate nanocomposites 7.3. Properties of clay-acrylic nanocomposites
8 FIRST MIDTERM
9 Chapter 8- Nanocomposites based on water soluble polymers 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Dispersion of Na+ montmorillonite in water soluble polymers 9.3. Materials properties of poly(vinyl alcohol)/Na+ montmorillonite nanocomposites
10 Chapter 19- Polymer/graphite nanocomposites 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Properties of nanocomposites
11 Student literature presentations on the covered topics
12 Student literature presentations on the covered topics
13 Student literature presentations on the covered topics
14 Student literature presentations on the covered topics

Recomended or Required Reading

Yiu-Wing Mai and Zhong-Zhen Yu, Polymer Nanocomposites, ISBN-10: 1-85573-969-0,
Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge-England, 2006.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lectures, exams, assignments and student oral presentations on homeworks.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm: LO 1, LO2, LO3
Assignments and assignment presentations: LO1, LO4, LO5
Final exam: LO 1, LO2, LO3

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: aylin.albayrak@deu.edu.tr
phone: 0 232 3017383

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.53555555

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