Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction to Thermo; 0th Law; Temperature; Work; Heat
2 State Functions, 1st Law, Paths
3 Joule and Joule-Thompson; Heat Capacity
4 Reversible and Irreversible Processes
5 Thermochemistry Problem set 1 due
6 2nd Law; Entropy (Boltzmann and Clausius)
7 ΔS for Reversible and Irreversible Processes Problem set 2 due
8 Equilibrium; Maxwell Relations; Free Energy
9 Chemical Potential; Phase Equilibrium
10 Chemical Equilibrium; Equilibrium Constant Problem set 3 due
11 Standard States; Gibbs-Duhem
12 ΔG0= -RTlnK; Example
Hour Exam 1
13 Boltzmann Distribution
14 Thermo and Boltzmann Distribution Problem set 4 due
15 Occupation of States
16 Third Law
17 Phase Equilibria, Single Component Problem set 5 due
18 Phase Equilibria II; Clausius Clapeyron
19 Regular Solutions; Mixing Energy; Mean Fields
20 Nonideal Solutions Problem set 6 due
21 Solvation; Colligative Properties
Hour Exam 2
22 Osmotic Pressure and Phase Partitioning
23 Surface Tension
24 Polymer 1 - Freely Jointed Chain Problem set 7 due
25 Polymer 2 - Chain Conformation
26 Polymer 3 - Rubber Elasticity
27 Electrolyte Solutions Problem set 8 due
28 Electrolytes at Interfaces; Debye Length
29 Titration of Polyelectrolytes
30 Thermodynamics of DNA Hybridization Problem set 9 due
31 Cooperativity
Hour Exam 3
32 Cooperativity, Part 2
33 Cooperativity, Part 3
34 Driving Forces for Self-Assembly Problem set 10 due
35 Special Topic (Coarse Grain/Monte Carlo Model)
36 Course Review and Evaluations