Explores the challenges and methods of plastics recycling, including mechanical and chemical processes, energy recovery, and the impact on material properties.
Explores the classification, molecular structures, mechanical behavior, and viscoelastic properties of polymers, emphasizing temperature effects and material responses.
Explores polymer synthesis basics, including step and radical chain polymerization, molecular weight control, copolymerization, and crosslinked polymers for microengineering.
Explores sustainable living materials through a programmable microbial foundry and Engineered Living Materials, including AquaPlastic and stiff living materials.
Covers the fundamental concepts of polymer science, including the birth and production of polymers and the influence of molecular characteristics on polymer properties.
Covers the general aspects of polymer materials, the 'Big 5' technical polymers, spider silk nanostructure, synthetic polymers, major application segments of plastics, and the activities of the Polymer Science department at EPFL.
