| Date |
Leader |
Reading (prior to class) |
1. W. Sept. 5
Intro. to course |
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... |
| 2. F. Sept. 7 |
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Chapter 1 |
| 3. M. Sept. 10 |
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Chapter 2 |
| 4. W. Sept. 12 |
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Chapter 3 |
| 5. F. Sept. 14 |
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Chapter 4 |
| 6. M. Sept. 17 |
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Chapter 5 |
| 7. W. Sept. 19 |
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Chapter 6 |
| 8. F. Sept. 21 |
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Chapter 7 |
| 9. M. Sept. 24 |
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Chapter 8 |
| 10. W. Sept. 26 |
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Chapter 9 |
| 11. F. Sept. 28 |
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Chapter 10 |
| 12. M. Oct. 1 |
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Chapter 11 |
| 13. W. Oct. 3 |
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Chapter 12 |
14. F. Oct. 5
midterm planning |
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Chapter 13 |
| 15. M. Oct. 8 |
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review Chapters 8-13; start Chapter 14 |
| 16. W. Oct. 10 |
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complete Chapter 14; start Chapter 15 |
| 17. F. Oct. 12 |
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complete Chapter 15; start Chapter 16 |
| 18. M. Oct. 15 |
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complete Chapter 16; read Chapter 17 (review of vector calculus) |
| 19. W. Oct. 17 |
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Chapter 18 |
| 20. F. Oct. 19 |
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Chapter 19 |
| 21. M. Oct. 22 |
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Chapter 20 |
| 22. W. Oct. 24 |
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Chapter 21 |
| 23. F. Oct. 26 |
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Chapter 22 |
| 24. M. Oct. 29 |
R. Molt |
Dill, chap. 23: Poisson-Boltzmann equation; Debye-Hückel theory |
| 25. W. Oct. 31 |
L. Fiedler |
Dill, chap. 24: Intermolecular interactions |
| 26. F. Nov. 2 |
H. Leverentz |
Dill, chap. 25: Phase diagrams |
| 27. M. Nov. 5 |
E. Kuechler |
Dill, chap. 26: Cooperativity (excluding Zimm-Bragg model) |
| 28. W Nov. 7 |
H. Heldenbrand |
Dill, pp. 505–507 and Am. J. Phys. 1999, 67, 1212–1215: Zimm-Bragg model |
| 29. F. Nov. 9 |
D. Sadowsky |
Dill, start chap. 27: Langmuir adsorption isotherm and chromatography |
| 30. M. Nov. 12 |
J. Han |
Dill, complete chap. 27: Michaelis-Menten kinetics: catalysis |
| 31. W Nov. 14 |
B. Hon |
Dill, chap. 28: Multi-site and cooperative ligand binding |
| 32. F. Nov. 16 |
N. Barnett |
Dill, chap. 29: Water and ice |
| 33. M. Nov. 19 |
J. Hinke |
Am. J. Phys. 1999, 67, 1141–1143: One-dimensional ice |
| 34. W Nov. 21 |
A. Brownson |
Dill, chap. 30: Aqueous solutions and mixtures |
| 35. M Nov. 26 |
J. Lewin |
Dill, chap. 31: Polymer solutions; Flory-Huggins theory |
| 36. W Nov. 28 |
P. Valentini |
Dill, chap. 32: Polymer elasticity |
| 37. W Nov. 30 |
L. Yin |
Dill, chap. 33: Polymer conformational dynamics
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| 38. M Dec. 3 |
E. Papajak |
Am. J. Phys. 1987, 55, 725–733, 1999, 67, 1096-1098: Thermodynamics of mixing
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| 39. W Dec. 5 |
Z. Ertem |
Am. J. Phys. 1996, 64, 1261–1271: Entropy and statistical energy sharing |
| 40. F Dec. 7 |
D. O'Brien |
Am. J. Phys. 1999, 67, 1114-1122: The units of entropy |
| 41. M Dec. 10 |
M. Huang |
Am. J. Phys. 1989, 57, 106–117: The continuum limit of statistical mechanics |
| 42. W Dec. 12 |
B. Wang |
Nano Lett. 2001, 1, 111–112, 159–160, 273–275: Nanothermodynamics |