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327-1206-00L 5 Credits BSC , MSC D-HEST , D-MAVT , D-PHYS , D-ITET , D-MATL , D-CHAB
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Advanced Building Blocks for Soft Materials

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Eric Dufresne, Prof. Dr. Athina Anastasaki
VVZ CR n/a

Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:07:59

Abstract

Part 1 of the course (Spring semester) focuses on the chemistry of the building blocks and to learn how structures can be manipulated by chemistry, composition and phase behaviour. The goal is to learn what can be done, both in an idealized research environment and in the realm of industrial scale production.

Objective

The goal of the two courses combined is to present the students with a toolbox for materials engineers to design, study and make soft materials.

Content

Where physics, chemistry and biology meet engineering.

Resources

Lecture Notes

Copies of the slides and a set of lecture notes will be provided.

Literature

For the first and the second part combined there are a few books of recommended reading, but their is no textbook that we will rigorously follow. Introduction to Soft Matter: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials Paperback by Ian W. Hamley ISBN-13: 978-0470516102 ISBN-10: 0470516100 Structured Fluids: Polymers, Colloids, Surfactants by Thomas A. Witten, Philip A. Pincus (OXford) ISBN-13: 978-0199583829 ISBN-10: 019958382X

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC , MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
end-of-semester examination
Mode
written 120 minutes
Aids
None

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Advanced Building Blocks for Soft Materials
  • Fri 09:45-11:30 (HIL E 8)
  • Fri 13:45-15:30 (HIL E 8)
4 h weekly

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