Thermodynamic foundations of phase equilibria, intermolecular interactions, and molecular self-assembly; kinetics of chemical reactions and transport processes

Establishing a link between known phenomena, concepts and spectroscopic techniques in polymer physics on the one hand and the study of unstructured biological macromolecules on the other. Attention is paid to the relationship between molecular interactions in biopolymers and their tendency to form molecular condensates, such as membraneless organelles.

Introduction of the basics of signal processing in spectroscopy. Fourier transformation, linear response theory, stochastic signals, digital data processing, Fourier spectroscopy.