This is an advanced level course developed for the postgraduate students who desire to persue their research and career in polymer science.

Course outline

1. Introduction to Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers
2. Synthetic Strategies
3.  Cyclo and polyphosphazines
4.  Cyclo polyphosphazines containing polymers (Introduction, historical, synthesis and applications)
5.  Phosphorous, Sulphur and Boran containing polymers(Introduction, historical, synthesis, applications and latest developments)
6. Polysiloxanes (Introduction, historical, synthesis , applications latest developments latest developments)
7. Polysiloxanes and other Silicon containing polymers (Introduction, historical, synthesis, applications & latest developments)

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course students will be to understand, describe and apply the concepts of:

• clasification and history of inorganic & organometallic polymers
• Synthetic Strategies to synthesize different inorganic polymers for specific purpose
• Synthesis and structure elucidation og different polymers like cyclophosphazenes, polyphosphazenes, Phosphorous, Sulphur and Boran containing polymers, Polysiloxanes and Polysiloxanes and other Silicon containing polymers

Recommended Books

1. Ronald D. Archer, Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers (Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry Book 5), Wiley-VCH; 1 edition, 2007
2. Purcell, K.F and Kortz, J.C. 1980. An Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry. Saunders College Publishing.
3. Alexander, D.G and Boris I.K. 2003. Synthetic, Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York.
4. Chandrasekhar, Vadapalli, Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers, Springer, Germany (2007

Assesment Criteria