Soft Matter Physics HT07

Literature

- Course book: Soft Condensed Matter, R. L Jones, Oxford University Press.
- Selected papers and extracts (handed out during the course)

Extra reading:
- Soft Matter Physics, Daud and Williams, Springer Verlag
- The Physics of Polymers, G. Strobl, Springer Verlag
- Thermoreversible networks, K. T. Nijenhuis, Springer Verlag

Review questions:
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Interesting extra material: (most link work only within Chalmers)

Articles on glasses:
- Formation of Glasses from Liquids and Biomolecules
C. A. Angell. Science 267, 1924 (1995)
A nice review on the glass transition. Included in the course literature.

- The atomic arrangement in glass.
W. H. Zachariasen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 54, 3841 (1932)
A very old but interesting article on the structure of glasses from the early days.

- Models of the glass transition.
J. Jäckle. Reports on progress in Physics 49, 171 (1986)
A thorough review on the theories of the glass transition.

- Local Structure from Diffraction (1997)
E-book available here on Chalmers library. Follow the link (you might need to install a small program for reading). We recommend the chapter written by A. Soper, page 59 about the structure of glass and how to explore it using neutron scattering.

More on soft matter:
- Understanding foods as soft materials
R. Mezzenga et al Nature Materials 4 729 (2005)
A recent article where the title says it all.

- Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology
WCK Poon. E-book available on Chalmers. The book is edited, each chapter is written by different authors. Might be a good resource for a project work?

- Reference list for futher reading on liquid crystals

Centre for Functional Soft Matter Chalmers University of Technology 41296 Göteborg, Sweden