I developed and were preponsible for the course during 2006-2009. Lectures were given by myself (CS), C. Oliveira, R. Deen and J.S. Pedersen.
Soft-condensed matter is an inter-disciplinary field combining expertise from chemistry, physics, biology and materials. Some examples of soft matter are polymers, surfactants, colloids, liquid crystals, biological materials etc. The purpose of the course is to introduce the studnets to the physical chemistry concepts and theories that are required in the understanding of soft-condensed matter, and a few of the experimental and computational techniques, that can be applied for characterizing these interesting system.
This course aims to enable students to:
Reflect on the molecular origins of macroscopic material properties
Apply theoretical concepts to describe soft-condensed matter systems
Explain how material properties are related to molecular properties for the systems presented during the course
Analyse and Interprete experimental and simulation results
Discuss papers from the primary literature in this field
| Introduction to soft-condensed matter (RD) |
| Introduction to statistical mechanics (CS) |
| Introduction to Computer simulations (CS) |
| Interactions (CS) |
| Rheology (CS) |
| Scattering experiments (CO/RD) |
| Phase transitions (CO/RD) |
| Colloids (CO/RD) |
| Polymers 1 (CS) |
| Polymers 2 (CS) |
| Gelation (CS) |
| Polymer crystalization (CS) |
| Liquid Crystals (CS) |
| Self-assembly (CO/RD) |
| Biological soft-condensed matter (CS) |