Condensed Matter Physics

  1. Soft Condensed Matter
    1. Introduction to Soft Matter
      1. Characteristic Features
        1. Weak Interactions
          1. Large Response to External Fields
            1. Mesoscopic Structure
            2. Energy and Length Scales
              1. Thermal Energy Scale
                1. Intermolecular Distances
                2. Role of Thermal Fluctuations
                  1. Entropy-Driven Phenomena
                    1. Order-Disorder Transitions
                  2. Polymers
                    1. Polymer Structure
                      1. Monomers and Repeat Units
                        1. Molecular Weight Distribution
                        2. Chain Statistics
                          1. Random Walk Model
                            1. End-to-End Distance
                              1. Radius of Gyration
                              2. Polymer Solutions
                                1. Theta Conditions
                                  1. Good and Poor Solvents
                                    1. Scaling Laws
                                    2. Polymer Melts
                                      1. Entanglement Effects
                                        1. Reptation Model
                                        2. Glass Transition
                                          1. Vitrification
                                            1. Glass Transition Temperature
                                          2. Colloids
                                            1. Colloidal Particles
                                              1. Size Range
                                                1. Brownian Motion
                                                2. Interparticle Interactions
                                                  1. Van der Waals Forces
                                                    1. Electrostatic Interactions
                                                      1. Depletion Forces
                                                      2. DLVO Theory
                                                        1. Attractive and Repulsive Contributions
                                                          1. Stability Criteria
                                                          2. Phase Behavior
                                                            1. Crystallization
                                                              1. Glass Formation
                                                            2. Liquid Crystals
                                                              1. Orientational Order
                                                                1. Director Field
                                                                  1. Order Parameters
                                                                  2. Nematic Phase
                                                                    1. Long-Range Orientational Order
                                                                      1. Elastic Properties
                                                                      2. Smectic Phases
                                                                        1. Layered Structure
                                                                          1. Positional Order
                                                                          2. Cholesteric Phase
                                                                            1. Twisted Nematic Structure
                                                                              1. Pitch Length
                                                                              2. Defects in Liquid Crystals
                                                                                1. Disclinations
                                                                                  1. Topological Charge
                                                                                2. Amphiphiles and Self-Assembly
                                                                                  1. Amphiphilic Molecules
                                                                                    1. Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Parts
                                                                                      1. Critical Packing Parameter
                                                                                      2. Micelles
                                                                                        1. Critical Micelle Concentration
                                                                                          1. Spherical and Cylindrical Micelles
                                                                                          2. Vesicles
                                                                                            1. Bilayer Formation
                                                                                              1. Membrane Properties
                                                                                              2. Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
                                                                                                1. Surface Tension
                                                                                                  1. Monolayers

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