讲学主题：Introduction to Phases and Phase Transitions of Polymers

主讲人：Prof. Dr. An-Chang Shi (McMaster University)

讲学时间：

第1讲  2019年12月3日（周二）上午9:00-11:30

Introduction to polymers and their phase behavior: from macroscopic phase separation to self-assembly

第2讲  2019年12月4日（周三）上午9:00-11:30

Introduction of phase transition theory: thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

第3讲  2019年12月5日（周四）上午9:00-11:30

Mean-field theory of phase transitions: Order parameter, Landau theory, self-consistent field theory of polymers

第4讲  2019年12月6日（周五）上午9:00-11:30

Self-assembly of block copolymers

*每讲分三节，每节各45分钟，节间休息5分钟。

讲学地点：北区科技园2号楼324报告厅

此次讲学属于“校级海外名师讲授学分课程项目”，是《Advanced Polymer Physics》的对口课程，欢迎广大师生踊跃参加。 

分子科学与工程学院

华南软物质科学与技术高等研究院

2019年11月26日

讲学内容简介：

This course is an introduction to the phenomena and theory of phases and phase transitions of polymeric systems. 

Polymers are a class of soft matter, which are ubiquitous in technological, biological and daily applications. Polymeric materials exhibit rich phase behavior including phase separation and self-assembly of ordered phases. Understanding the phase behavior of polymeric systems is an important and active research area in soft condensed matter physics. Furthermore, polymers provide an interesting playground for the development and application of soft matter theory, which is applicable to various soft matter systems.

In this course I will introduce the phenomena and theory of phases and phase transitions of polymers. There will be 4 lectures each lasting for 2.5 hours. I will assume that the students are familiar with elementary statistical mechanics. A brief and concise introduction to elementary statistical mechanics is the book by Kerson Huang, Lectures on Statistical Physics and Protein Folding.

Textbooks: There is no required textbook. The content of my lectures will be taken from different sources. The slides of the lectures will be made available to the class.

主讲人简介：

Prof. An-Chang Shi received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988. He then went to McMaster University in Canada as a Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate. In 1992 he became a Member of Research Stuff at Xerox Research Centre of Canada. In 1999 he joined the Department of Physics & Astronomy at McMaster University as an Associate Professor, and promoted to Professor in 2004. Prof. Shi is a world renowned soft matter theorist.  His research interests include theory of phases and phase transition of soft matter, self-assembly and morphology of block copolymers, statistical mechanics of conformation of macromolecules, and theory of bilayer membranes. He has published over 200 papers (~7000 citations) in peer-reviewed journals including PNAS, PRL, JACS, and given more than 50 invited talks in international conferences. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010.