CLL773

CLL773
Thermodynamics of Complex Fluids
Credits	3
Structure	3-0-0
Pre-requisites	CLL121
Overlaps	PYL202

CLL773 : Thermodynamics of Complex Fluids

Intermolecular forces. Statistical mechanical approach to thermodynamic potentials. Characterization of free energy curves. Entropically driven phase separation, nucleation and spontaneous phase separations in complex fluids. Characterization of structures: Minkowski functionals. Phase separation in confinement. Mean field theories for phase transition, their break-down, introduction to field theory. Thermodynamics of colloidal systems and polymers.