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Apr 30, 2024
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2011-2013 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CM 7923 Natural Polymers and Materials3 Credits
This course introduces natural and biomimetic polymers and is taught with an interdisciplinary view of biology, chemistry and macromolecular science. Topics covered include natural building blocks and methods by which nature carries out polymer synthesis and modification reactions; DNA; structural proteins; plant proteins; polysaccharides; polyesters; biosurfactants; polymers built from natural monomers and a wide variety of renewable resources; uses of these polymers as fibers, films, rheological modifiers, flocculants, foams, adhesives and membranes; special applications of natural polymers in medicine and as biodegradable plastics.
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate physical chemistry or Adviser approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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