The course emphasizes the application of recent experimental techniques in studying these problems. Topics include conduction processes, electrode kinetics, thermodynamics of Galvanic cells, modeling of electrolyte transport, the concept of limiting current and analysis of electrochemical processes. Time-correlation function formalism. Introduction to molecular orbital theory and the study of mechanisms of pericyclic, electron-transfer, photochemical and heterolytic reactions by the use of physical methods such as kinetics, isotope effects, substituent effects and spectroscopic methods. The structure and dynamics of single polymer chains, solutions and bulk polymers are discussed.
Emphasis is on concepts, illustrated with examples based on the properties of real materials.
Emphasis is on the interpretation of experimental results in terms of fundamental material properties and discussion of the latter in terms of molecular concepts for a variety of amorphous and crystalline polymers.