This subject will cover basic organic and polymer chemistry and focus on relationships between structures and properties of polymers. It consists of four main parts: basic organic chemistry, polymerization of conventional polymers and characterization, synthesis of conducting polymers and characterization, and application of conducting polymers.

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Midterm test 35 %
Final/term project 35 %
Homework 20 %
Attendance 10 %

Conjugated Polymer I and II : Theory, synthesis, properties, and characterization
(edited by Terje A. Skotheim and John R. Reynolds, CRC Press, 2007)

chapter 1 _ Basic organic chemistry I
chapter 2 _ Basic organic chemistry II
chapter 3 _ Basic organic chemistry III
chapter 4 _ Polymer Generals and Radical Polymerizations
chapter 5 _ ZN Catalysts
chapter 6 _ Metallocene Catalysts
chapter 7 _ Anionic Polymerizations
chapter 8 -9 _ Cationic and Condensation Polymerizations - 1
Chapter 10 _ Controlled radical Polymerizations
chapter 11 _ Metathesis Polymerizations
chapter 12 _ Cross coupling reactions
chapter 13 _ Helical Polyacetylene synthesized in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal
chapter 14 _ Blue-Emitting Poly(para-Phenylene) Type Polymers
chapter 15 _ Poly(paraphenyleneethylene)s and Poly(aryleneethynylenes) Materials with a Bright Future
chapter 16 _ Recent Advances in Polypyrrole
chapter 17 _ REGIOREGULAR POLYTHIOPHENES
chapter 18 _ Poly(3,4-Ethylene-dioxythiophene)-Scientific Importance, Remarkable Properties, and Applications
chapter 19 _ Low Bandgap Conducting Polymers
chapter 20 _ Structure-property Relationships and Applications of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes