Complex Disordered Systems: Slides

Introduction

• Introduction to Disordered Systems [PDF] [HTML]

Colloids

• Interactions [PDF] [HTML]

• Phase behaviour [PDF] [HTML]

• Static and dynamic correlations [PDF] [HTML]

Polymers

• Definitions and models [PDF] [HTML]
• Polymers and solvents [PDF] [HTML]

Liquid Crystals

• Anisotropy and orientational order [PDF] [HTML]
• Maier-Saupe Theory, Lebwohl-Lasher Model, Frank Elasticity, Topological Defects [PDF] [HTML]

Surfactants

• Aggregation and micelles [PDF] [HTML]

Arrested states

• Equilibration and glassiness [PDF] [HTML]

• Gelation and jamming [PDF] [HTML]

Active matter

• Overview of active matter [PDF] [HTML]