| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Thermo; 0th Law; Temperature; Work; Heat | SAB 1.1-1.4, 1.8-1.9, 2.1 |
| 2 | State Functions, 1st Law, Paths | SAB 2.2-2.6 |
| 3 | Joule and Joule-Thompson; Heat Capacity | SAB 2.7-2.9 |
| 4 | Reversible and Irreversible Processes | SAB 2.10, 3.1 |
| 5 | Thermochemistry | SAB 2.11-2.13 |
| 6 | 2nd Law; Entropy (Boltzmann and Clausius) | SAB 3.2 |
| 7 | ΔS for Reversible and Irreversible Processes | SAB 3.3-3.5 |
| 8 | Equilibrium; Maxwell Relations; Free Energy | SAB 4.1-4.2, 4.9 DB 8 |
| 9 | Chemical Potential; Phase Equilibrium | SAB 4.3-4.4, 4.6-4.7 |
| 10 | Chemical Equilibrium; Equilibrium Constant | SAB 5.1-5.4 |
| 11 | Standard States; Gibbs-Duhem | SAB 4.8 |
| 12 | ΔG0= -RTlnK; Example | SAB 8.1-8.2 |
| Hour Exam 1 | ||
| 13 | Boltzmann Distribution | DB 6 SAB 3.6, 16.1-16.2 |
| 14 | Thermo and Boltzmann Distribution | DB 10 (first half) |
| 15 | Occupation of States | DB 10 (second half) |
| 16 | Third Law | SAB 3.8 |
| 17 | Phase Equilibria, Single Component | SAB 6.1-6.2 DB 14 |
| 18 | Phase Equilibria II; Clausius Clapeyron | SAB 6.3 |
| 19 | Regular Solutions; Mixing Energy; Mean Fields | DB 15 Class notes |
| 20 | Nonideal Solutions | |
| 21 | Solvation; Colligative Properties | DB 16 Class notes |
| Hour Exam 2 | ||
| 22 | Osmotic Pressure and Phase Partitioning | DB 16 |
| 23 | Surface Tension | DB 14 |
| 24 | Polymer 1 - Freely Jointed Chain | DB 31 |
| 25 | Polymer 2 - Chain Conformation | DB 31 |
| 26 | Polymer 3 - Rubber Elasticity | DB 32 |
| 27 | Electrolyte Solutions | |
| 28 | Electrolytes at Interfaces; Debye Length | Class notes |
| 29 | Titration of Polyelectrolytes | Class notes |
| 30 | Thermodynamics of DNA Hybridization | Class notes |
| 31 | Cooperativity | DB 26 |
| Hour Exam 3 | ||
| 32 | Cooperativity, Part 2 | DB 28 |
| 33 | Cooperativity, Part 3 | |
| 34 | Driving Forces for Self-Assembly | |
| 35 | Special Topic (Coarse Grain/Monte Carlo Model) | |
| 36 | Course Review and Evaluations |
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Study Materials
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Reading assignments are from the following textbooks:
[SAB] Silbey, R., R. Alberty, and M. Bawendi. Physical Chemistry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471215042.
[DB] Dill, Ken A., and Sarina Bromberg. Molecular Driving Forces: Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry and Biology. New York, NY: Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 9780815320517.