Lecture Notes

MB = Prof. Moungi Bawendi
KHS = Prof. Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli
LGG = Prof. Linda G. Griffith

LEC # TOPICS LECTURERS
1 Introduction to Thermo; 0th Law; Temperature; Work; Heat (PDF) MB
2 State Functions, 1st Law, Paths (PDF) MB
3 Joule and Joule-Thompson; Heat Capacity (PDF) MB
4 Reversible and Irreversible Processes (PDF) MB
5 Thermochemistry (PDF) MB
6 2nd Law; Entropy (Boltzmann and Clausius) (PDF) MB
7 ΔS for Reversible and Irreversible Processes (PDF) MB
8 Equilibrium; Maxwell Relations; Free Energy (PDF) MB
9 Chemical Potential; Phase Equilibrium (PDF) MB
10 Chemical Equilibrium; Equilibrium Constant (PDF) MB
11 Standard States; Gibbs-Duhem (PDF) MB
12 ΔG0= -RTlnK; Example (PDF) MB
  Hour Exam 1  
13 Boltzmann Distribution (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) KHS
14 Thermo and Boltzmann Distribution (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) KHS
15 Occupation of States (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) KHS
16 Third Law (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) KHS
17 Phase Equilibria, Single Component (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) KHS
18 Phase Equilibria II; Clausius Clapeyron (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) KHS
19 Regular Solutions; Mixing Energy; Mean Fields KHS
20 Nonideal Solutions KHS
21 Solvation; Colligative Properties (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
  Hour Exam 2  
22 Osmotic Pressure and Phase Partitioning (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
23 Surface Tension (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
24 Polymer 1 - Freely Jointed Chain (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
25 Polymer 2 - Chain Conformation (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
26 Polymer 3 - Rubber Elasticity (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 2.2 MB) LGG
27 Electrolyte Solutions (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
28 Electrolytes at Interfaces; Debye Length (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
29 Titration of Polyelectrolytes (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) LGG
30 Thermodynamics of DNA Hybridization (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.5 MB) LGG
31 Cooperativity (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) KHS
  Hour Exam 3  
32 Cooperativity, Part 2 KHS
33 Cooperativity, Part 3 KHS
34 Driving Forces for Self-Assembly KHS
35 Special Topic (Coarse Grain/Monte Carlo Model)  
36 Course Review and Evaluations