Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.575J (Spring 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Statistical Thermodynamics of Complex Liquids 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Nuclear Science and Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Sow-Hsin Chen 
• Course Introduction:
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  22.52J / 8.575J / 10.44J Statistical Thermodynamics of Complex Liquids
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features problem sets, quizzes and a reading list.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course explores the theory of self-assembly in surfactant-water (micellar) and surfactant-water-oil (micro-emulsion) systems. It also introduces the theory of polymer solutions, as well as scattering techniques, light, x-ray, and neutron scattering applied to studies of the structure and dynamics of complex liquids, and modern theory of the liquid state relevant to structured (supramolecular) liquids.