This course provides an introduction to soft-condensed matter physics. Atomic and molecular forces. Hard-core repulsion. Polymers. Elasticity of DNA. Correlations in the fluctuations of solvent molecules; diffusion in fluids, electrostatics in solution. Poisson-Boltzmann theory. Electrophoresis; liquid interfaces and droplets. Lipid bilayers and vesicles.; membrane fluctuations, cell mechanics; Colloids. Liquid crystal phases. Random aggregation and fractals; hydrodynamics of an isotropic fluid: the Navier-Stokes equation. The Reynolds number; laminar flow. Viscoelasticity; Experimental methods - dynamic light scattering, self-assembling processes, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, measuring interactions with laser tweezers and tracking experiments.
| AUs | 3.0 AUs |
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| Prerequisite | PAP311 |
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| Not Available To All Programme With | (Admyr 2011-onwards) |
| Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme | |
| Not Available As Core To Programme | |
| Not Available As PE To Programme | |
| Mutually Exclusive With | PH4603 |
| Not Offered As BDE | Yes |
| Not Offered As Unrestricted Elective | |
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