I. INTRODUCTION to PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY of MACROMOLECULES

a. Motivations and typical features of macromolecules

b. Statistical thermodynamics (ensembles, partition function, fluctuations, interacting particles, configuration integral, virisl expansions, Mayer functions)

c. Computer simulations

II. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY of MACROMOLECULES

a. Ideal chain

b. Real chain

c. Polymer solutions

d. Thermodynamics of mixing

III. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

a. NMR, size exclusion chromatorgraphy, mass spectrometry

b. Colligative methods, viscosity, sedimentation, diffusion

c. Static and dynamic cattering

d. Micelles (fluorometry, tensiometry, etc.)

e. Miroscopy techniques

f. Rheology, techniques for study of bulk polymers