General Prerequisites:
Course Term: Hilary
Course Lecture Information: 16 lectures
Course Weight: 1
Course Overview:
16 Lectures.
Areas: CMT, Astro.
1 unit.
Lecturers: Prof Ard Louis and Prof Julia Yeomans
Method of assessment: Homework completion only
Sequel: Topics in Soft and Active Matter Physics (TT).
This a Physics course. Additional course materials such as problem sheets, homework hand in, and lecture recording can be found at the Canvas site at:
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/courses/110068 Lectures can be accessed from this link, but if you need a direct link to lectures they can be found at:
https://canvas.ox.ac.uk/courses/110068/external_tools/496
Learning Outcomes:
Course Synopsis:
Phase ordering. Liquid Crystals and topological defects. Active
matter and mechanobiology. Polymers: statics and dynamics. Self-assembly.