Overview
- Type
- Lecture (2 SWS) and Tutorials (every 2nd week)
- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Christian Holm and 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 Tuesday, 16:00-17:30 (Stefan Kesselheim) in Seminar room ICP 1.079, Allmandring 3 and Thursday, 08:00-09:30 (Jens Smiatek) in CIP pool 1.033, ICP, Allmandring 3
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Please notice: The first dates for extraordinary meetings are Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 and Thursday, October 24th, 2013! The regular tutorials start at Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 and Thursday, October 31st, 2013! |
- 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: 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)
- David Nelson, Steven Weinberg and Tsvi Piran: Statistical Mechanics of Membranes and Surfaces, World Scientific Publishing (2004)
- Michael Rubinstein and Ralph H. Colby: Polymer Physics, Oxford University Press (2003)
Course Material
Date |
Subject |
Lecturer |
Ressources
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17.10.2013 |
Motivation and historical overview |
Bechinger |
Soft_Matter1_WS1314_lecture1_17_10_13.pdf|Lecture Notes} Slides (7.09 MB)
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24.10.2013 |
Many-particle systems: description of structural properties |
Holm |
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31.10.2013 |
Pair interactions between dispersed particles |
Bechinger |
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07.11.2013 |
Phase transitions: general introduction |
Holm |
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14.11.2013 |
Poisson-Boltzmann theory |
Holm |
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21.11.2013 |
Introduction to polymer physics |
Holm |
|
28.11.2013 |
Polyelectrolytes |
Holm |
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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 |
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09.01.2014 |
Depletion interactions I |
Bechinger |
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16.01.2014 |
Depletion interactions II |
Holm |
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23.01.2014 |
tba. |
Bechinger |
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30.01.2014 |
Biological soft matter |
Holm |
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06.02.2014 |
Lab tour |
Bechinger |
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Work sheets