21906 Statistical Physics and Soft Matter
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(Cross-institutional PhD-course)
Engelsk titel: Statistical Physics and Soft Matter
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Sprog: engelsk
Point: 9 |
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Type: | kursus på phd-niveau Sprog: engelsk |
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Vejledende placering: Sidst i studiet.
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Undervisningsform: 1 fixed week-day through one semester.
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Evalueringsform Rapportaflevering
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Karakter: bestået/ikke bestået
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Kontaktperson: | Ole G. Mouritsen, bygn. 206, tlf. 4525 2462, email ogm@kemi.dtu.dk |
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Institut: Institut for Kemi
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Kursusmål: The course is expected to be relevant for physicists and chemists as well as physically oriented students working within materials science and life sciences. Topics covered include; Free-energy functionals, Landau and mean-field theory, fluctuations, scaling, universality, renormalization-group theory, transfer matrix, master equations, numerical simulation methods, phase transitions and critical phenomena, fluctuating interfaces, interface instabilities, wetting, far-from equilibrium dynamics, conformational complexity, polymers, microemulsions, random surfaces and polymer networks, soft surfaces and interfaces, lipid bilayers and membranes.
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