Introduction to Polymer Physics - Oct 7th exam - score has been published.

Dear learner

The results for Oct 7th exam have been published.

How to check the results:

 To check the results goto nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in
  1. Login with the course enrolled mail id.
  2. Clicking on the course name will redirect to the score board.
  3. Click on Exam Scores - Both the Assignment scores and Exam score will be displayed.
  4. Final score is the certification score

Calculation Logic for each course is provided in the same page.

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Note: For each course, reporting of issues comes with its own deadline (date and time) check the exam score/e-certificate as soon as you receive our notification.

Once the certificates are printed, reprint of certificates with corrections will be done only by paying additional fees.

To check the status of scores and e-certificates:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQaoYL29evv_mFdA5pWadHGmtI-uXwWJKmLlcLusgddlcgtjzjVIpzgN1dzNOILZ551Zjb0W95xcOTo/pubhtml

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E-certificates

E-certificates will be available in http://nptel.ac.in/noc/  3 days after the release of the scores.

You will be informed via mail and SMS about the release of the results and the release of e-certificates

If you are unable to see the scores/e-certificates, please write to nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in

If you want to bring any specific issues wrt the scores/e-certificates to our attention, you can file the issue in http://nptel.ac.in/noc/ (Available in candidates login at http://nptel.ac.in/noc/)

- NPTEL TEAM

Feedback for Introduction to Polymer Physics

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is : https://goo.gl/G7rWgt

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team  

Regarding upcoming course examination

Dear all,


As you know, the examination for the course is scheduled on 07 Oct (Sunday). Below are some important points regarding the examination:
  • The questions will be either multiple-choice type or fill-in-the-blank (i.e., single answer, numeric) type.
  • For multiple-choice questions, there will be ONLY ONE correct option.
  • There is no negative marking.
  • There will be almost uniform representation of material from the different weeks in the examination.
  • For a multiple-choice question, if your answer is coming out to be different from the options available, try to select the option that is closest to your obtained answer (as rounding off/truncation during your calculations may lead to slightly different values).
  • Make sure you go through the solutions of all the Assignments and understand the steps involved in solving the problems.
  • You are expected to know and learn the different formulas/mathematical results derived or discussed in the course. Such formulas will not be provided in the examination.
  • In Week 8 (polymer dynamics), for quantities where exact results have been discussed (characteristic time and viscosity in Rouse model, diffusion coefficient and characteristic time in the Zimm model etc.), make sure you use those exact results/expressions in your calculations. For other quantities where only approximate expressions have been discussed (e.g. reptation time), use the approximate results in your calculations wherever needed.
  • An important point is to be careful and consistent with the units being employed. Do not mix different systems of units. Unless stated otherwise, use absolute temperature (in Kelvin) wherever needed.

Regarding the video lectures and course slides (ppt files), there were a couple of errors in the slides shown in the video lectures. Specifically, in lecture #14 (second lesson of Week 5 titled 'Branching, Network Formation and Gelation'):
  • There was a small error in the equation relating P_sol (sol fraction) and p (extent of reaction) in the last slide
  • The numbers mentioned in the example calculation for Dendrimers were incorrect 
These have been corrected in the MS powerpoint files of the lectures that have been posted on the portal. Please refer to the relevant files.


Please let us know if you have any doubts or queries about the video lessons, powerpoint slides, assignments or the upcoming examination. 

Wishing you the best for your examination. Hope all of you perform well.

-AK

Regarding reevaluation of Assignment 6

Dear Learners,

We would like to notify you that reevaluation of Question 9 of Assignment 6 has been done. So, there will be change in your score accordingly in your progress tab.

Best Regards

-Course Team

Solution of Assignments 5 to 8 and Reevaluation of Assignment 6

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

Solutions of the Assignments from week 5 to week 8 are now available online, under respective week's course content. Please click on the link for solution and in that page, click on the link for "Text Version" to open the solution for respective week or you can download each week's solution from the following links directly: 

Week 5: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GdB-8nXY9pwqPzfQQi9G4wJLBNwK3IIJ
Week 6: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1s51_Z5AqAf7kChXRBbPlnyQ4EFqSIsfJ
Week 7: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rSrM1U5R04JFGX-PpJ1fCwYXDGxlw3tk
Week 8: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KDU9adQCmkhyN9184BuJyQI9sc13ja2W

We would also like to notify you that there was error in the options of Question 9 of Assignment 6, so reevaulvation will be done for assignment 6 and there will be change in your score accordingly.

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.


-Course Team

Reevaluation of Assignment 7

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

As there was an error in Question 11 of Assignment 7, reevaluation has been done for Assignment 7 and there will be change in your score accordingly.
 
-Course Team.

PowerPoint Presentation of Week 7 & 8 and Solution of Assignments 1 to 4

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The PowerPoint Presentations (PPT) of Week 7 & 8 are now available online, under respective week's course content. Please click on the link for PPT and in that page, click on the link for "Text Version" to open the PPT for respective week or you can download each week's PPT from the following links directly: 
  
Week 7: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qa3mXe41Dhfh5HdimZUv2oPntjqjQKUH
Week 8: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yoqPpiv1ezlMGJfB-dM8-kZcUTI-QvRq

Solutions of the Assignment from week 1 to week 4 have also been made available online. You can download them by following the same procedure as given for downloading PPTs or you can directly download from the following links:

Week 1: https://drive.google.com/open?id=16oOnhPt2tzNXIMho1YjRC8qt1efo5f3L
Week 2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mucCafYGm8wWVrsh20yJDbC3fEqKXpa1
Week 3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=146WsJwjrexhhpelgHqBJEobjhfuREQQJ
Week 4: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1U0041CtKyDFDV9cgbn7MM3IE8RjBiRSn

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.


-Course Team

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 8 Course

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "Week 8" course content is now available online

Kindly find the following link for the course videos:  

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=58&lesson=60 

and

"Assignment 8" is available in the following link: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=58&assessment=59

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 03-10-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Hall ticket for October 07, 2018 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

1. If you have registered and paid successfully for the October 07 NPTEL Online certification exams, your Admit Card/Hall ticket is now available at http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link. Click on the download tab under the hall ticket for the Oct 7 exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket: if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links, kindly write to us at noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in
 
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on October 07, 2018. 

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam centre address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
 In case you don't get the hall tickets for any particular course, please write to  noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in .

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city is NOT POSSIBLE.
2. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to write the exam if you are showing up at the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof. Proof on the mobile phones or soft copy of hall ticket is NOT PERMITTED.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Exam and Certificate Format :Introduction to Polymer Physics

Dear Learners,

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 24 - 26th Sep 2018. We will notify the same through email.

 FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate

2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"

3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top

4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

 
-NPTEL Admin

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 7 Course

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "Week 7" course content is now available online

Kindly find the following link for the course videos:  

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=43&lesson=44 

and

"Assignment 7" is available in the following link: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=43&assessment=47

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 26-09-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

PowerPoint Presentation of Week 1 to Week 6

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) of Week 1 to Week 6 is now available online, under respective week's course content. Please click on the link for PPT and in that page, click on the link for "Text Version" to open the PPT for respective week or you can download each week's PPT from the following links directly: 
  
Week 1: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dg2c0caKWjvgVYWnmPoRwVEMWJCWZMrF
Week 2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1D38KNSjNCWDDiANsb6NljXLWaI84Z_lU
Week 3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V9mlHDVAZVI5LZtNys2JUERc4N5WVxFu
Week 4: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1B_0NDqcrOqnyuUgA2oyPbnjBR-NU_a0c
Week 5: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11b2H_fVcpG73rVPUuHNRo4vwhaUM2NKc
Week 6: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sRf-lMiO13FxHwr9GGguqrH0HF-11X-u

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 6 Course

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "Week 6" course content is now available online

Kindly find the following link for the course videos:  

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=38&lesson=39 

and

"Assignment 6" is available in the following link: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=38&assessment=42

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 19-09-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

Regarding exam registration form

Dear Learners,

The exam registration form is currently down and the team is working to fix it. Once it is up we will send an intimation and the form will be available for registration for a few hours after that.

Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for understanding

-Course Team.

Regarding exam registration form

Dear Learners,

We are happy to announce that the Exam Registration form is working fine now. Those who have not registered till now, they may register for the exam till 11.00 PM today (Sep. 3, Monday, IST), others kindly ignore.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards
-Course Team.  

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 5 Course

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "Week 5" course content is now available online

Kindly find the following link for the course videos:  

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=33&lesson=34 

and

"Assignment 5" is available in the following link: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=33&assessment=37

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 12-09-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 4 Course

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "Week 4" course content is now available online

Kindly find the following link for the course videos:  

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=27&lesson=28 

and

"Assignment 4" is available in the following link: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=27&assessment=32

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 12-09-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

Exam Registration extended till Sep 3, 2018!!

Dear Learners

We have received requests from colleges and learners in Kerala to extend the exam form and hence it is being extended till 3 September 2018 10am. Payment can be done till 4 September 2018 10am. This is for courses that have exams on 7 October 2018.

We are facing some problem with the exam form currently. Our team is working on fixing it. Apologies for the inconvenience. So please do login and try later on the day today.

-NPTEL Team

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 3 Course

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "Week 3" course content is now available online

Kindly find the following link for the course videos:  

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=20&lesson=21 

and

"Assignment 3" is available in the following link: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=20&assessment=25

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 29-08-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Due dates for Assignment 2 and 3 Extended!!

Dear Learners

In view of the large scale flooding in Kerala, we are getting multiple requests from colleges through emails and forum requests. So we have decided to extend the deadline of the assignments.

Deadline for Assignment 2 and 3 has been extended till Sep 5, 2018.

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 2 Course

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "Week 2" course content is now available online

Kindly find the following link for the course videos:  

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=15&lesson=16 

and

"Assignment 2" is available in the following link: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=15&assessment=19

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 22-08-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team

Introduction to Polymer Physics : Week 1

Dear Learners

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: "Introduction to Polymer Physics"

The "week 1" course content is now available online

Kindly find the video in the following link:  https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=8&lesson=11 and

"Assignment 1" available in the following link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ch26/unit?unit=8&assessment=14

Please watch the lectures and submit the assessment before the due date: 22-08-2018, 23:59 IST

Wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

-Course Team




Introduction to Polymer Physics : NPTEL signs MOU with AICTE for Faculty Development Program

Dear Learners

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and NPTEL have signed an MOU on July 24, 2018 whereby advanced NPTEL online certification courses are approved for Faculty Development Programme (FDP) by AICTE.

According to the above notification, the course " Introduction to Polymer Physics " is approved for Faculty Development Programme (FDP) by AICTE.

Hope this benefits faculty in more ways and we invite you to participate and enjoy the process of learning through NPTEL.

For more details please visit: http://nptel.ac.in/AICTE_FDP/

NOTE:  The AICTE FDP is applicable from Jul-Dec 2018 semester onward. This will NOT be applicable to previously completed NPTEL Certification Courses.

-NPTEL Team

Progressive Web App (PWA) for NPTEL Online Certification Courses

Dear Learners

We have launched the PWA version of the onlinecourses portal, that is mobile friendly.  Login and see the view for the courses you have enrolled to. It will work better with chrome.

NOTE: Mobile App won't allow you to join the courses and submit the assignments. This can be done only through desktop for now.

Step 1:  Goto https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/ through mobile

Step 2:  Allow notifications when it prompts. 

Step 3: Add it to the Home screen when it prompts / Add to home screen from chrome settings.

Step 4: Login with your enrolled id.

Here is the link for the short video: https://youtu.be/CPpVacKtHTw

 We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations on this. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better. 

Here is the link for the Feedback form: https://goo.gl/ScLq3m 

In case of any queries please write to us at : nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in

-NPTEL Team

Reminder-1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Learner:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2018 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.  If you want to register for the exam for this course, login using the same email id used to enroll to the course.

Till the start date of the course, every Monday and Thursday at 5pm, we will sync the enrollment data on the exam form. If you enroll in between, please wait till the nearest Monday/Thursday to register for the exam. Once the enrollment is closed, the enrollment data will be completely loaded and you can register any time.

Dates of exam: October 07, 2018

Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
Exam Session time: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/images/examcities_final.pdf

Registration fees: Rs 1100/- per course exam

(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.)

Last date for registration:  August 27, 2018 10.00 Am (Monday) .

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively in the end of September 2018. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score >= 40%

Please check the Announcements section of your course for further details on this.


The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. No changes will be entertained after that.   You can register for a maximum of 4 course exams ( 2 on Oct 7 and 2 on Oct 28. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

Please read the instructions carefully before submitting the form.
In case of any queries please write to us at noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: Introduction to Polymer Physics

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Introduction to Polymer Physics". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on according to the dates shared with you. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.     
•    The Ask a Question which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course:  Introduction to Polymer Physics
Course duration : 8 weeks
Date of exams: OCTOBER 7, 2018
Time of Exams: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.