no
previous knowledge required
Open for bachelor and master students
After active participation in the module, students will be able to apply advanced concepts of soft matter and biological physics to understand and quantify fundamental concepts as well as to develop according theoretical frameworks.
Lecture: The lecture will address highly relevant and advanced topics
of the field of soft matter and biological physics. The following topics will be covered: -
Natural and synthetic
semiflexible polymers (cytoskeleton & DNA nanotechnology) -
Statics and dynamics of
networks/bundles of semiflexible polymers -
Non-affine &
non-linear behaviors in soft matter -
Jamming transitions
& glass-like behavior -
Non-equilibrium
fluctuations -
Equilibrium
self-assembly vs. non-equilibrium self-organization -
Plasticity -
Molecular motors &
self-propelled particles -
Active soft matter
(active actin structures & cells) -
Material properties in
the development of tissues -
Neurophysics -
Physics of cancer
- Trainer/in: KubitschkeHans
- Trainer/in: SchnaußJörg
- Trainer/in: SmithDavid