Soft matter or Soft condensed matter is a subfield of condensed matter comprising a variety of physical states that are easily deformed by thermal stresses or thermal fluctuations. They include liquids, colloids, polymers, foams, gels, granular materials, and a number of biological materials. These materials share an important common feature in that predominant physical behaviors occur at an energy scale comparable with room temperature thermal energy.

Target group: Master students

Lecture contents:

  1. Basics of statistical physics
  2. Particle-particle association
  3. Forces & interactions in soft matter
  4. Flows and transport in liquids
  5. Polymers + networks
  6. Colloids, Liquid Crystals & Membranes

Semester: WiSe 2021/22