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:
- Basics of statistical physics
- Particle-particle association
- Forces & interactions in soft matter
- Flows and transport in liquids
- Polymers + networks
- Colloids,
Liquid Crystals & Membranes
- Trainer/in: Patrick Irmisch
- Trainer/in: Julene Madariaga Marcos
- Trainer/in: Ralf Seidel
Semester: WiSe 2021/22