About the course - General
General
Course plan
Course plan
Course plan
שעות הרצאה/תרגול/קבלה
שעות הרצאה/תרגול/קבלה
Lecture: Sundays 10:00 - 13:00
Reception hours: fix by email to okrichev@bgu.ac.ilשעות הרצאה/תרגול/קבלה
Lecture Notes and Problem Sets
Lecture Notes and Problem Sets
Lecture Notes and Problem Sets
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מדיניות הקורס
מדיניות הקורס
- Home exercises (3-4 in total): obligatory submission
- Final grade (default option): exam based on home exercises
מדיניות הקורס
Introduction. Review of Statistical Mechanics.
Molecular interactions. Van der Waals interactions. Mixing energy. Second virial coefficient
Molecular interactions. Van der Waals interactions. Mixing energy. Second virial coefficient
Molecular interactions. Van der Waals interactions. Mixing energy. Second virial coefficient
Liquid structure theory. Radial distribution function. Tonks gas/Frenkel liquid.Distribution functions. Yvon-Born-Green hierarchy. Kirkwood closure.
Liquid structure theory. Radial distribution function. Tonks gas/Frenkel liquid.Distribution functions. Yvon-Born-Green hierarchy. Kirkwood closure.
Liquid structure theory. Radial distribution function. Tonks gas/Frenkel liquid.Distribution functions. Yvon-Born-Green hierarchy. Kirkwood closure.
Radial Distribution function (continuation). Density-Density correlation function. Structure Factor. Polymers: Types of solvents: good, theta and bad. Ideal polymer models: Freely Jointed Chain. Entropic elasticity of an Ideal polymer.
Radial Distribution function (continuation). Density-Density correlation function. Structure Factor. Polymers: Types of solvents: good, theta and bad. Ideal polymer models: Freely Jointed Chain. Entropic elasticity of an Ideal polymer.
Radial Distribution function (continuation). Density-Density correlation function. Structure Factor. Polymers: Types of solvents: good, theta and bad. Ideal polymer models: Freely Jointed Chain. Entropic elasticity of an Ideal polymer.
Confinement of an Ideal polymer to a tube.Freely Rotating Chain and Worm-like Chain. Gaussian chain. Real chain: Flory theory, force-extension, Pincus blobs.
Confinement of an Ideal polymer to a tube.Freely Rotating Chain and Worm-like Chain. Gaussian chain. Real chain: Flory theory, force-extension, Pincus blobs.
Confinement of an Ideal polymer to a tube.Freely Rotating Chain and Worm-like Chain. Gaussian chain. Real chain: Flory theory, force-extension, Pincus blobs.
Real Chain in a tube. Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions. Dilute, semi-dilute and dense regimes. Osmotic pressure.
Real Chain in a tube. Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions. Dilute, semi-dilute and dense regimes. Osmotic pressure.
Real Chain in a tube. Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions. Dilute, semi-dilute and dense regimes. Osmotic pressure.
Debye-Huckel theory of screening in electrolytes. Overlap concentration. Screening in polymer solutions: Edwards' theory. Mesh size/screening length: scaling theory. Osmotic pressure of semidilute solutions. Coil size in semidilute solutions.
Debye-Huckel theory of screening in electrolytes. Overlap concentration. Screening in polymer solutions: Edwards' theory. Mesh size/screening length: scaling theory. Osmotic pressure of semidilute solutions. Coil size in semidilute solutions.
Debye-Huckel theory of screening in electrolytes. Overlap concentration. Screening in polymer solutions: Edwards' theory. Mesh size/screening length: scaling theory. Osmotic pressure of semidilute solutions. Coil size in semidilute solutions.
Polymer Dynamics. Brownian motion. Smoluchowski/Langevin equations. Smoluchowski time. Ballistic and diffusion regimes. Rouse model of polymer dynamics. Rouse modes.
Polymer Dynamics. Brownian motion. Smoluchowski/Langevin equations. Smoluchowski time. Ballistic and diffusion regimes. Rouse model of polymer dynamics. Rouse modes.
Polymer Dynamics. Brownian motion. Smoluchowski/Langevin equations. Smoluchowski time. Ballistic and diffusion regimes. Rouse model of polymer dynamics. Rouse modes.
Rouse model: segmental mean square displacement. Hydrodynamic interactions. Zimm model. Dynamics of semidilute solutions: individual vs. collective dynamics. Reptation: tube, tube time, individual diffusion coefficient.
Rouse model: segmental mean square displacement. Hydrodynamic interactions. Zimm model. Dynamics of semidilute solutions: individual vs. collective dynamics. Reptation: tube, tube time, individual diffusion coefficient.
Rouse model: segmental mean square displacement. Hydrodynamic interactions. Zimm model. Dynamics of semidilute solutions: individual vs. collective dynamics. Reptation: tube, tube time, individual diffusion coefficient.
Segmental mean-square displacement dynamics in semidilute solutions. Collective diffusion coefficient in semidilute solutions. Dynamic (quasielastic) light scattering technique. Fluorescence Correlation spectroscopy.
Segmental mean-square displacement dynamics in semidilute solutions. Collective diffusion coefficient in semidilute solutions. Dynamic (quasielastic) light scattering technique. Fluorescence Correlation spectroscopy.
Segmental mean-square displacement dynamics in semidilute solutions. Collective diffusion coefficient in semidilute solutions. Dynamic (quasielastic) light scattering technique. Fluorescence Correlation spectroscopy.
Fluorescence Correlation spectroscopy (FCS). Scanning FCS. Surfactants, spherical and rod-like micelles, bilayers. Interactions between micelles. Interactions within soap films: Newton and black films. Free energy of a bilayers.
Fluorescence Correlation spectroscopy (FCS). Scanning FCS. Surfactants, spherical and rod-like micelles, bilayers. Interactions between micelles. Interactions within soap films: Newton and black films. Free energy of a bilayers.
Fluorescence Correlation spectroscopy (FCS). Scanning FCS. Surfactants, spherical and rod-like micelles, bilayers. Interactions between micelles. Interactions within soap films: Newton and black films. Free energy of a bilayers.
Self-assembled structures: dependence on surfactant head area and tail volume. Free energy of a membrane confined to a slit.
Self-assembled structures: dependence on surfactant head area and tail volume. Free energy of a membrane confined to a slit.
Self-assembled structures: dependence on surfactant head area and tail volume. Free energy of a membrane confined to a slit.
Critical micelle concentration. Cases of spherical and rod-like micelles. Emulsions.
Critical micelle concentration. Cases of spherical and rod-like micelles. Emulsions.
Critical micelle concentration. Cases of spherical and rod-like micelles. Emulsions.