Name: Thermodynamics and energetics of soft matter systems
Start: 2018-07-24T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2018-07-26T16:50:00+02:00
Location: ILL4

Thermodynamics and energetics of soft matter systems

from Tuesday, 24 July 2018 (08:30) to Thursday, 26 July 2018 (16:50)

Monday, 23 July 2018
Tuesday, 24 July 2018

08:30

08:30 - 09:00
Room: Entrance Hall

09:30

09:30 - 12:00

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:30

13:30

13:30 - 14:00
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick
14:00 Lecture 1: Introduction to colloid and interface Science - Emanuel Schneck
Lecture 1: Introduction to colloid and interface Science
- Emanuel Schneck
14:00 - 15:30
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick Introduction to colloid and interface science & its applications. Basic concepts. Van der Waals interactions, the electric double layer, and DLVO theory. Further interaction mechanisms (steric, depletion).
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Lecture 2: Fundamentals of self-assembly processes - Christoph Schalley
Lecture 2: Fundamentals of self-assembly processes
- Christoph Schalley
16:00 - 17:30
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick Basic Principles in Supra- molecular Chemistry. Non- Covalent Interactions and Host- Guest Complexes. Free energy landscape, polydispersity, cooperativity.
17:30 Poster Session & Discussion with Wine and Cheese
Poster Session & Discussion with Wine and Cheese
17:30 - 19:30
Room: Entrance Hall
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
09:00 Lecture 3: Methods in Calorimetry and Volumetry - Guiseppe Lazzara
Lecture 3: Methods in Calorimetry and Volumetry
- Guiseppe Lazzara
09:00 - 10:30
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick Free energy and its derivatives: the partial molar quantities. Relevance in colloidal systems and methods to access them. Enthalpy changes in supramolecular aggregates: van’t Hoff vs direct methods. Introduction and experimental tips in calorimetry and volumetry. lsothenral titration calorimetry: equilibrium and kinetics. Prediction abilities and case studies.
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 Lecture 4: Methods to probe energetics in biological systems - Roland Winter
Lecture 4: Methods to probe energetics in biological systems
- Roland Winter
10:45 - 12:15
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick Methods to probe the energetics, structure and conformational dynamics of biomolecular systems - Introduction to cell membranes, model biomembranes, lipid phase transitions. Proteins and their stability, free energy landscape, folding kinetics, interactions. Methods to probe the thermodynamics, conformation, dynamics and interactions of biomolecules.
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 14:00

14:00

14:00 - 16:00
Room: Visitor Center

16:00 Poster Session & Discussion
Poster Session & Discussion
16:00 - 17:30

17:30

17:30 - 20:00

20:00

20:00 - 23:00
Thursday, 26 July 2018
09:00 Lecture 5: Physics of macromolecular systems - Julian Oberdisse
Lecture 5: Physics of macromolecular systems
- Julian Oberdisse
09:00 - 10:30
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick Conformation of polymer chains, chain statistics, polymer solutions and blends, thermodynamics, phase separation, mechanical properties.
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 Lecture 6: Thermodynamics of interfaces - Antonio Stocco
Lecture 6: Thermodynamics of interfaces
- Antonio Stocco
10:45 - 12:15
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick Thermodynamics of interfaces and adsorption, surface tension, contact angle, wetting. Interaction between surfaces and stabilisation mechanisms (foams, emulsions).
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 14:00
14:00 Lecture 7: Solvation and Solubilization - Dominik Horinek
Lecture 7: Solvation and Solubilization
- Dominik Horinek
14:00 - 15:30
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick Ideal and real mixtures and solutions. Molecules and macromolecules in solution. Free energy of solvation, chemical potentials, activity coefficients: experimental and theoretical approaches. A microscopic view from homogeneous to structured solutions: osmolytes, hydrotropes, surfactants. Concepts from Kirkwood-Buff theory. Solubilization in micro-structured solvents.
16:00

16:00 - 16:20
Room: ILL4/rdc-1 - Amphi Chadwick