The short course "Mass transport and sorption thermodynamics of low molecular weight compounds in polymers" consists of two lectures.
The first one is focused on sorption thermodynamics of low m.w. compounds in rubbery and glassy polymers. Several theoretical approaches dealing with rubbery polymers will be presented, focusing the attention on lattice fluid models and perturbative approaches. Then, suitable theoretical approaches will be presented to cope with peculiarities of sorption in out of equilibrium glassy polymers.
The second lecture deals with modeling of mass transport in rubbery and glassy polymers. In particular, mainly free-volume theories for diffusion in rubbery polymers and their extension to glassy polymers will be discussed.
Examples of several experimental approaches, including gravimetric, permeation and vibrational sectroscopy techniques, will be illustrated, both with reference to sorption thermodynamics and to mass transport.
Speaker
Prof. Giuseppe Mensitieri - Università degli Studi di Napoli - Federico II
When
Monday, June 29th from 2.30 to 4.30 pm
Tuesday, June 30th from 10 am to noon
Where
The course is online on Microsoft Teams
How to attend the course
Send an email to davide.comoretto@unige.it