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 Prof. Dr. Clemens Bechinger (Lecture); Dr. Jens Smiatek (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: tba.
- 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.
Course Material
Date | Subject | Lecturer | |
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17.10.2013 | Motivation and historical overview | Bechinger | |
24.10.2013 | Many-particle systems: description of structural properties | Holm | |
31.10.2013 | Pair interactions between dispersed particles | Bechinger | |
07.11.2013 | Phase transitions: general introduction | Holm | |
14.11.2013 | Poisson-Boltzmann theory | Holm | |
21.11.2013 | Introduction to polymer physics | Holm | |
28.11.2013 | Polyelectrolytes | Holm | |
05.12.2013 | Experimental techniques | Bechinger | |
12.12.2013 | Phase transitions in 2D systems | Bechinger, Holm | |
19.12.2013 | Xmas lecture: Soft matter food science | Bechinger, Holm | |
09.01.2014 | Depletion interactions I | Bechinger | |
16.01.2014 | Depletion interactions II | Holm | |
23.01.2014 | tba. | Bechinger | |
30.01.2014 | Biological soft matter | Holm | |
06.02.2014 | Lab tour | Bechinger |