FY/FYP56: Soft Condensed Matter Physics (6 ECTS)

STADS: 701541

Level
PhD course

Teaching period

See study plan.

Teacher responsible
Email: miao@ifk.sdu.dk

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Comment:
Ph.D.-kursus.

Kurset er nedlagt i foråret 2005, pga. for få tilmeldte.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Thermal Physics (FY08); Solid State Physics (FY23) recommended.

Course introduction
Introducing students to a framework of statistical physics for describing and understanding the novel and complex physical properties of soft materials such as liquid crystals, polymer solution and melts, and biological membranes.

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
- Soft condensed matter systems: simple fluids, liquid crystals, polymers, microemulsions, biological membranes.
- Basic thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
- Structures, scattering and correlation functions, simple solids and fluids, one- or two-dimensional ordering and structures in complex fluids.
- Mean-field theories: van der Waals theory for simple fluids; Maier-Saupe theory for liquid crystals; Flory-Huggins theory for polymer solutions.
- Universality, scaling and power laws in physics: liquid-gas critical points; magnetic critical points; polymers; diffusion-limited aggregates and fractal structures.

Literature

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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Active participation and home work assignments. The final exam will be in the form of a small project involving applications of concepts and methods discussed in the course. A written report(and oral presentation)on the project will be required. Internal examiner.Marks: passed/not passed.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forlæsninger og opgaveregning (60 timer).
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English.

Remarks
Target group: Students in their senior years and Ph.D.-students.
The course may be taken by Masters students, but be aware that it is a Ph.D. course and that the level therefore is very high.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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