Readings

Reading assignments are from the following textbooks:

[SAB] Buy at Amazon Silbey, R., R. Alberty, and M. Bawendi. Physical Chemistry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471215042.

[DB] Buy at Amazon Dill, Ken A., and Sarina Bromberg. Molecular Driving Forces: Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry and Biology. New York, NY: Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 9780815320517.

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