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- Graduate major in Physics
- Instructor(s)
- Ema Kenji
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon3-4(H119B)
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- Course number
- PHY.C451
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2016
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2016/4/27
- Lecture notes updated
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- Japanese
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Course description and aims
The course teaches the physics of soft matters according to the schedule shown below.
Student learning outcomes
By completing this course, students will be able to recognize and understand:
1) What are soft matters?
2) What kind of researches have been done in this field?
3) What kind of differences and similarities exist between this field and other fields in condensed matter physics?
Keywords
soft matter, liquid crystal, phospholipid, gel, polymer, phase transition
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
While basically following the schedule shown below, more details will be included upon request from the students.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | What are soft matters? (Overview) | Mention some fields included in soft matters. |
| Class 2 | Liquid crystal, part I (Basic phases, the mechanism leading to the exhibition) | Describe some basic liquid crystal phases. |
| Class 3 | Liquid crystal, part II (Major theoretical researches, Maier-Saupe theory, Landau-de Gennes theory) | Give an example of theoretical research on liquid crystals, and explain it briefly. |
| Class 4 | Liquid crystal, part III (Relating topics including critical phenomena) | Describe critical phenomena in liquid crystal phase transitions. |
| Class 5 | Amphiphilic molecules, part I. (Overview, basic facts on phase transitions in bilayer phospholipids) | Describe phase transitions in bilayer phospholipids. |
| Class 6 | Amphiphilic molecules, part II. (Theoretical researches on phase transitions in bilayer phospholipids) | Give an example of theoretical research on phase transitions in bilayer phospholipids, and describe it briefly. |
| Class 7 | Other soft matters (gel, polymer, microemulsion, etc) | Give examples of other soft matters. |
| Class 8 | Summary, and recent topics | Describe some researches made so far in the field of soft matters. |
Textbook(s)
Unspecified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Unspecified.
Assessment criteria and methods
Learning achievement is evaluated by a final exam.
Related courses
- PHY.C445 ： Surface Physics
- PHY.S440 ： Statistical Mechanics III
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites.
