To introduce the participants to current research in molecular modelling of polymer dynamics.
Kursusindhold:
Characteristics of complex fluids; intermolecular interactions; equilibrium statistical mechanics; coarse-grained models; sampling and Monte Carlo simulation; molecular dynamics simulation; linear and nonlinear viscoelasticity; stochastic processes and Brownian motion; Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations; Brownian dynamics simulations; hydrodynamics; viscoelastic fluid mechanics; applications to biophysics, rheology and microfluidics.
Bemærkninger:
The course is given in cooperation with the Graduate School of Polymer Science (www.polymers.dk/grad-school).