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Bløde materialers statistiske mekanik (Q3) ( forår 2010 - 5 ECTS )

Rammer for udbud

• Uddannelsessprog: engelsk
• Niveau: Graduate course
• Semester/kvarter: 3. kvarter
• Timer per uge: 6
• Deltagerbegrænsning: Ingen
• Undervisningssted: Århus
• Hovedområde: Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet
• Udbud ID: 18095

Formål

Statistical mechanics of soft matter is a senior undergraduate/graduate course requiring the introductory course in statistical physics

The aim of this course is the understanding and the description of the properties and behaviour of soft matter by using statistical mechanics techniques.

During the course, the student will be introduced to different soft matter systems, namely polymers, liquid crystals, surfactants and membranes.

For each of them, one or more statistical mechanics models will be introduced, and their typical properties will be obtained, with standard statistical mechanics approaches.

Indhold

Polymers: definitions; real, ideal and gaussian chains, continuous models (worm-like chain); polymers under external constraints, concept of blobs; swelling and collapse of a chain; polymer solutions.

Liquid crystals: definitions, phases, microscopic models.

Surfactants: definitions,  interactions, self assembly, interfaces.

Membranes: definitions; surface tension, bending rigidity and Helfrich hamiltonian; mechanical and dynamical properties, stress tensor.

Numerical tools for soft matter

Faglige forudsætninger

Statistical physics I

Underviser

Alberto Imparato

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

6 hours per week divided in lectures, exercises, group work, and internet

English

Litteratur

To be decided

Kursushjemmeside

http://www.aula.au.dk/

Eksamensterminer

Exam: 3. quarter

Re-exam: Arranged with lecturer

Udbyder

Institut for Fysik og Astronomi

Tilmelding til undervisning

Via selvbetjeningen på https://mit.au.dk/

Læringsmål

• define and discuss the basic concepts and physics of soft matter systems
• apply statistical physics to obtain the mechanical and dynamical properties and to explain phase behavior of soft matter
• solve simple models for soft matter systems
• analyze the behavior and phenomena in soft matter systems using energy and entropy arguments
• suggest suitable models and numerical simulations to study a particular problem in soft matter physics
• read and understand literature in the field

Studieordning og bedømmelse

Tilvalgsfag: Fysik og astronomi

• Mundtlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur

There will be an oral examination. The examination time is 25 minutes. There is no preparation. The student draws a question and gives a 10-15 minutes presentation. After that the examination has the form of a discussion between the student and the examiner with the presence of an internal examiner. Based on an over-all evaluation the student will get a grade according to the 7-scale.