Study-unit BIOPOLYMERS AND BIO COMPOSITES
| Course name | Sustainable materials and processes engineering |
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| Study-unit Code | A002440 |
| Curriculum | Materiali per il green building |
| Lecturer | Debora Puglia |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Ingegneria dei materiali |
| Sector | ING-IND/22 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The course aims to provide students with the main notions on the structure, mechanical and physical properties, main applications, processing technologies and biodegradation phenomena of thermoplastic, thermosetting and elastomeric biopolymers and related composites. At the end of the course, the student will be able to correctly choose the most suitable material for each application he/she will have to deal with, evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using new bio-based materials, and study the possibility of realising components with different materials from those currently used, thus achieving savings in economic and environmental terms. |
| Reference texts | 1) "Biopolimeri" - edited by M. Alloisio - (2013) - Edizioni Nuova Cultura 2) Material from "Biopolymers from Renewable Resources" D.L. Kaplan Ed. - Macromolecular Systems - Materials Approach, Springer, 1998 3) Material from "Bio-Based Plastics: Materials and Applications - Stephan Kabasci (Editor), 2013, Wiley 4) Articles and notes provided by the lecturer |
| Educational objectives | The course aims to acquire knowledge on synthesis, process technologies, use, characterization techniques of natural, synthetic and composite biodegradable polymeric materials, to provide students with the necessary knowledge to evaluate the sustainability of a polymeric material, its application and disposal in the environment. They will also study the interactions and impact of the polymer with the environment throughout its life cycle, interpreting the property-structure correlations and predicting the physical and chemical properties of the polymer based on its molecular structure. |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of chemistry, physics and mathematics.science and technology of polymeric materials |
| Teaching methods | The course is articulated in frontal lectures with the help of Powerpoint presentations |
| Learning verification modality | Oral exam |
| Extended program | Definition and classification of biomaterials. Definitions Polymeric and composite biomaterials. Biodegradable, bioresorbable, bioactive materials. Composite biomaterials (metal-ceramic, metal-metal, ceramic-ceramic, polymer-ceramic). Problems of biomaterials: the various forms of degradation: functional degradation, environmental degradation and programmed degradation. Applications and technological processes of production and forming. Chemical methodologies and analytical techniques for the synthesis and characterization of biopolymers from microbial synthesis and biodegradable biopolymers. Advantages and disadvantages in terms of economic and environmental sustainability. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | This course contributes to the realisation of the UN goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |