Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PH6235 : Fundamentals of Soft Matter { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Sidhartha S. Jena
Syllabus
| Module 1 : |
Introduction: Overview of Soft Matter, Similarity and dissimilarity of soft matter from condensed matter, Interaction energies, Different kinds of forces and bonds, Time and Length Scale. Phase behaviour and phase transitions, Thermal fluctuations and Brownian motion. Colloids: Introduction to colloids, Stokes law and Brownian motion, Forces governing the stability colloids, phase behaviour of colloids, Polymers: Introduction to polymers, statistics of polymer chains, polymer solutions, rubber elasticity, viscoelasticity of polymers, reputation model and scaling theory. Gels: Introduction to gels, Classes of gels, Theory of gelation, Percolation, Self-Assembly and supra-molecular structure, Soft matter in nature. |
Course Objective
| 1 . |
Introducing to the world of soft condensed matter physics |
| 2 . |
Understanding the fundamentals of various soft matters like polymers, biopolymers, colloids and gels |
| 3 . |
Soft matter and applications |
Course Outcome
| 1 . |
By the end of the course students should be comfortably placed to start a research career in the exciting field of Soft Matter Physics |
Essential Reading
| 1 . |
Richard A. L. Jones, Soft Condensed Matter, Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| 2 . |
L. S. Hirst, Fundamentals of Soft Matter Science, CRC Press , 2013 |
Supplementary Reading
| 1 . |
R. Borsali and R. Pecora, Soft Matter Characterization, Springer , 2008 |
| 2 . |
W. C. K. Poon and D. Andelman, Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology, Taylor & Francis , 2006 |