Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics (PS)5 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Physics seminar(s))

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• • Computational Soft Matter Physics (Seminar)
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Klaus Mecke et al., 14:00 - 18:00, TL 1.140; 8:00 - 12:00, SR 00.103; 12:00 - 18:00, HB)

Inhalt:

This seminar will explore some of the diverse areas of research in soft matter physics.
Students are expected to prepare their talk during the term, with support by the tutors;
Some of the topics, marked [num], offer the possibility to do an additional numerical project as part of "CP2" (module WP-2).

Foams and minimal surfaces

• Liquid Foam Structure and Topology

• Aging and coarsening of liquid foams (Evolver) [num]

• Self-assembly of triply-periodic minimal surfaces
  

Melting in confinement and other phase transitions

• Melting in two dimensions (Metropolis Monte Carlo, XY model) [num]

• Packing on curved surfaces: Topological defects [num]

• Nucleating a crystal (Molecular dynamics) [num]

• Liquid/gas transition in a LJ fluid (Wang-Landau) [num]

• Percolation: Conductance of carbon nanotube assemblies [num]
  

Liquids

• Density functional theory for liquids [num]

• Swimming at low Reynolds numbers
  

Granular Media

• Granular Media: Jamming as a phase transition?

• Numerical simulation of jammed packings (Lubashevsky-Stillinger) [num]

• Imaging granular media by computed tomography [num]

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students

• comprehend an interesting physical topic in a short time frame

• identify and interpret the appropriate literature

• select and organize the relevant information for the presentation

• compose a presentation on the topic at the appropriate level for the audience

• use the appropriate presentation techniques and tools

• criticize and defend the topic in a scientific discussion

Literatur:

Will be provided individually for each talk.

Bemerkung:

Vorträge auf Deutsch möglich.

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics (Prüfungsnummer: 856013)

(englischer Titel: Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics)

Prüfungsleistung, mündliche Prüfung, Dauer (in Minuten): 45, benotet

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

weitere Erläuterungen:
Mandatory Attendance / Anwesenheitspflicht
Masterstudierende mit Studienbeginn ab Sommersemester 2015 können Prüfungen in deutscher Sprache nur mit Genehmigung des Prüfungsausschussvorsitzenden ablegen.

Erstablegung: WS 2017/2018

1. Prüfer:

Matthieu Marechal,

2. Prüfer:

Klaus Mecke