View source for Physics of Soft and Biological Matter 1 WS 2013/2014

== Overview ==

;Type
:Lecture (2 SWS) and Tutorials (every 2nd week)
;Lecturer
:Prof. Dr. [[Christian Holm]] and [http://www.pi2.uni-stuttgart.de/contact/index.php?article_id=80&id=cb2 Prof. Dr. Clemens Bechinger] (Lecture); Dr. [[Jens Smiatek]] and [[Stefan Kesselheim]] (Tutorials)
;Course language
:English
;Location and Time
:October 17th, 2013 - February 6th, 2014
:Lecture: Thu, 14:00 - 15:30 (Seminar room ICP 1.079, Allmandring 3) 
:Tutorials: Every second week on '''Thursday, 08:00-09:30''' in CIP pool 1.033, ICP, Allmandring 3 

; Prerequisites
: B. Sc. 5. Semester or Master

== Scope ==
The lecture intends to give an overview about the physics behind soft and biological matter which has been established as a novel interdisciplinary research field over the last decades. Soft matter typically includes
easily deformable objects like colloids, polymers/polyelectrolytes, membranes, liquid crystals as well as vesicles and micelles. Most soft matter effects are driven by electrostatic, van-der-Waals, solute-solvent as well as 
entropic interactions. Typical phenomena include order-disorder phase transitions or aggregation behavior.
The lecture will focus on the physical principles behind the observed effects. In addition, fundamental principles and theories like the DLVO- and the Poisson-Boltzmann theory will be introduced.
The interdisciplinary character of this research field is reflected by the presentation of experimental and theoretical work in addition to numerical simulation results.  

== Recommended literature ==

* Pierre Gilles de Gennes: [http://rmp.aps.org/pdf/RMP/v64/i3/p645_1 ''Soft matter''], Rev. Mod. Phys. '''64''', 645 (1992)
* Richard A. L. Jones: ''Soft Condensed Matter'', Oxford University Press (2002)
* D. Fennell Evans and Hakan Wennerström: ''The Colloidal Domain - Where Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Technology Meet'', Wiley-VCH (1999)
* Robert J. Hunter: ''Foundations of Colloid Science'', Oxford University Press (2002)
* Gert R. Strobl: ''The Physics of Polymers: Concepts for Understanding Their Structures and Behavior'', Springer (2007)
* Jean-Pierre Hansen and Ian R. McDonald: ''Theory of Simple Liquids'', Academic Press (2006)
* Mohamed Daoud and Claudine E. Williams (Eds.): ''Soft Matter Physics'', Springer (1999)
* Pierre Gilles de Gennes: ''Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics'', Cornell University Press (1979)
* Ian W. Hamley: ''Introduction to Soft Matter'', J. Wiley (2000).
* Maurice Kleman and Oleg G. Laverntovich: ''Soft Matter Physics: An Introduction'', Springer (2003)
* Jacob Israelachvili: ''Intermolecular and Surface Forces'', Academic Press  (1992)
* Michael Rubinstein and Ralph H. Colby: ''Polymer Physics'', Oxford University Press (2003)
* Gerhard Nägele: [http://hera.physik.uni-konstanz.de/igk/news/workshops/Naegele.pdf ''Lecture Notes: The Physics of Colloidal Soft Matter''] (2004)

== Course Material ==

{| class="wikitable"
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!Date !! Subject !! Lecturer || Ressources

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|17.10.2013 || Motivation and historical overview || Bechinger || {{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_17_10_13.pdf|Lecture Notes}} and [[Media:Lecture_A.pptx|Slides]]

|-
|24.10.2013 || Many-particle systems: description of structural properties || Holm ||  {{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_24_10_13.pdf|Lecture Notes}}

|-
|31.10.2013 || Pair interactions between dispersed particles || Bechinger ||   {{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_31_10_13.pdf|Lecture Notes}}   {{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_24_10_13_ppt.pdf|Slides}}

|-
|07.11.2013 || Poisson-Boltzmann theory || Holm || 
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_07_11_13.pdf|Lecture Notes}}   

|-
|14.11.2013 || Introduction to polymer physics || Holm ||
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture5_14_11_13.pdf|Lecture Notes}}   

|-
|21.11.2013 || Polyelectrolytes I || Holm || 
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture5_21_11_13.pdf|Lecture Notes}}   

|-
|28.11.2013 || Polyelectrolytes II || Holm || 
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture5_21_11_13.pdf|Lecture Notes}} 
(Continued from 21.11.2013) 

|-
|05.12.2013 || Experimental techniques  || Bechinger ||
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture7_05_12.pdf|Slides}} 
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture7_05_12_notes.pdf|Notes}} 
|-
|12.12.2013 || Phase transitions || Bechinger, Holm ||
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture7_12_12_notes.pdf|Lecture Notes}}
|-
|19.12.2013 || Xmas lecture: Soft matter food science  || Bechinger, Holm ||
{{Download|FoodXMas.pdf|Lecture Notes}}

|-
|09.01.2014 || Phase transitions II || Holm || 
{{Download|Lecture10_09_01_notes.pdf|Lecture Notes}}

|-
|16.01.2014 || Depletion interactions I || Bechinger || 
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_16_01_14.pdf|Slides}}   {{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_16_01_14_ppt.pdf|Lecture Notes}}

|-
|23.01.2014 || Depletion interactions II || Bechinger ||
{{Download|Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_23_01_14_ppt.pdf|Lecture Notes}}
{{Download|Slides_230114.pdf|Slides}}

|-
|30.01.2014 || Biological soft matter || Holm ||
{{Download|Vorlesung14_30.1.2014.pdf|Slides}}

|-
|06.02.2014 || Lab tour || Bechinger ||
|}

== Additional Material ==
<bibentry filelink=yes>deserno01c</bibentry>
<bibentry filelink=yes>alexander84a</bibentry>
<bibentry filelink=yes>aubouy03a</bibentry>
<bibentry filelink=no>barrat03a</bibentry> 
{{Download|barrat-hansen-vdw.pdf|Extract on van-der-Waals equation of state}}   

== Work sheets ==
*'''[[Media:Tutorial_1.zip|Worksheet 1 (zip-File with work sheet and literature)]]''': ''1D-Random walk, Langevin equation and atomistic revolution''
** {{DownloadExt|/teaching/2012-ws-sim_methods/slides07.pdf|Slides: Simulating Brownian Motion}}
*'''[[Media:Tutorial_2.zip|Worksheet 2 (zip-File with work sheet and literature)]]''': ''Pair distribution functions and colloids in suspense''
** [http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bds2/ltsn/Edinburgh/lennard-jones/index.html 2D-Molecular Dynamics simulation of Lennard-Jones particles (Java-Applet)]
** [http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/chem/2007-0723-200250/lekke_96_colloidsinsuspense.pdf ''Colloids in suspense'' by Poon et al.; ''Physics World'' '''9''', 27, (1996)]
*'''[[Media:Tutorial_3.zip|Worksheet 3 (zip-File with work sheet and literature)]]''': ''Electrostatic screening and polymer properties''
*'''[[Media:Tutorial_4.pdf|Worksheet 4 ]]''': ''Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium and the van-der-Waals equation of state''
*'''[[Media:Tutorial_5.zip|Worksheet 5 (zip-File with work sheet and literature)]]''': ''Microscopy''
*'''[[Media:tutorial_6.pdf|Worksheet 6 ]]''': ''Phase transitions and solubilities''
*'''[[Media:tutorial_7.pdf|Worksheet 7 ]]''': ''Depletion interactions and Total Internal Reflection Microscopy'' {{Download|tirm.dat}}