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Course Name	Turkish	Akıllı Polimerik Malzemeler
	English	Smart Polymeric Materials
Course Code	KIM 621E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Oğuz Okay
Course Objectives		1) Develop an essential understanding of structure-property relationship of smart polymeric materials as well as their use in practical applications; 2) Develop student's capability to design functional structures using smart and self-healing polymeric materials; 3) Provide students an opportunity to learn new knowledge from the behavior of natural biological systems.
Course Description		Classical versus smart materials, Biomimetic materials research, Self-healing mechanisms in biological systems, Smart wormlike surfactants, Smart polymers and gels, Reversible polymer networks, Macroporous responsive polymers, Drug delivery using smart polymers, Gels for sensors and actuators, Shapememory, Self-healing strategies, Damage and healing theories, Artificial self-healing systems, Fracture mechanics of polymeric materials, Self-healing in thermoplastic and thermoset materials, Self-healing smart hydrogels.
Course Outcomes		Ph.D. students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skills and competency in the following subjects; 1- Structure-property relationships of smart polymeric materials 2- Biomimetic materials research: What can we learn from nature’s structural materials, 3- Self-healing strategies in natural materials, 4- Design principles of smart and self-healing polymeric materials, 5- Smart gels and their application areas 6- Self-assembly systems including micelles and reversible networks
Pre-requisite(s)		Candidates holding a BS or MS. degree in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Pharmacy, and in any of the engineering programs are eligible to register to the course.
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Other References		) Smart Polymers: Applications in biotechnology and biomedicine. I. Galaev, B. Mattiasson. CRC Press, New York, 2008 2) Hydrogel Sensors and Actuators. G. Gerlach, K. F. Arndt. Springer, 2009 3) Self Healing Materials: An Alternative Approach to 20 Centuries of Materials Science. S. van der Zwaag, Springer, Dordrecht, 2007. 4) Macroporous Polymers. Production, Properties and Biotechnological/Biomedical Applications. CRC Press, New York, 2010. 5) Scientific papers on smart and self-healing materials published within the last 10 years.

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