Special issue of Chemistry Teacher International in Polymer Sciences
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Chin Han Chan
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Jan Apotheker
This special issue was a collaboration project between the Sub-committee of Polymer Education part of the IUPAC Polymer Division, and the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education.
This special issue contains articles which are intended to bridge the gap between research and education. The idea is to share the good practices for some topics in polymer sciences for educational purposes. We hope that lecturers at the universities may refer to these articles as the references to “teach” or to “lecture” young researchers. Another purpose is to inform the high-school teachers/pre-universities teachers about recent developments in polymer chemistry, so that they may introduce some of the topics in this issue to students.
The articles are based on the lecture notes presented at IUPAC Education Workshops in Polymer Sciences (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020+) and educational materials in polymer sciences covering topics of polymer synthesis (three articles), polymer characterization (five articles), polymer processing (two articles) and polymer applications and others (three articles). The educational materials shared in this special issue have been previously used by researchers with the aim of promoting polymer sciences.
We would like to acknowledge the cooperation of all authors. We are very pleased the special issue is now finally published.
© 2021 Chin Han Chan and Jan Apotheker, published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Special issue of Chemistry Teacher International in Polymer Sciences
- Review Articles
- Fundamentals of reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)
- Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerisation: chain polymerisation made simple
- Ring-opening polymerization
- Other
- Thermal analysis: basic concept of differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry for beginners
- Review Article
- Size-exclusion chromatography as a useful tool for the assessment of polymer quality and determination of macromolecular properties
- Other
- Basics of teaching electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of electrolytes for ion-rechargeable batteries – part 1: a good practice on estimation of bulk resistance of solid polymer electrolytes
- Special Issue Paper
- Basics of teaching electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of electrolytes for ion-rechargeable batteries – part 2: dielectric response of (non-) polymer electrolytes
- Good Practice Report
- Chirality analysis of helical polymers
- Other
- Fabrication and function of polymer membranes
- Review Article
- Nano- and microgels: a review for educators
- Other
- Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs
- Good Practice Report
- An understandable approach to the temperature dependence of electric properties of polymer-filler composites using elementary quantum mechanics
- Review Article
- Polymer degradation: a short review
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Special issue of Chemistry Teacher International in Polymer Sciences
- Review Articles
- Fundamentals of reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)
- Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerisation: chain polymerisation made simple
- Ring-opening polymerization
- Other
- Thermal analysis: basic concept of differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry for beginners
- Review Article
- Size-exclusion chromatography as a useful tool for the assessment of polymer quality and determination of macromolecular properties
- Other
- Basics of teaching electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of electrolytes for ion-rechargeable batteries – part 1: a good practice on estimation of bulk resistance of solid polymer electrolytes
- Special Issue Paper
- Basics of teaching electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of electrolytes for ion-rechargeable batteries – part 2: dielectric response of (non-) polymer electrolytes
- Good Practice Report
- Chirality analysis of helical polymers
- Other
- Fabrication and function of polymer membranes
- Review Article
- Nano- and microgels: a review for educators
- Other
- Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs
- Good Practice Report
- An understandable approach to the temperature dependence of electric properties of polymer-filler composites using elementary quantum mechanics
- Review Article
- Polymer degradation: a short review
