Overview:
The basic background in modeling and simulating macromolecules will be taught to enable the students to use highly dynamic polymer scaffolds as an organising matrix for smart nanoelements and active devices. A particular focus will be on methods for bridging the many length and time scales which hamper efficient computer simulations of multifunctional polymer scaffolds.
Topics:
General concepts of statistical and polymer physics, basic ideas and selected applications of multiscale modeling, polymer adsorption, experimental deposition techniques, polymers under external forces, force measurements by optical tweezers, bending stiffness effects of semiflexible polymers, chain-growth computer simulations (PERM), Monte Carlo simulations (generalized ensembles).
Venue:
20 June 2013: ITP, Universität Leipzig, Brüderstr. 16, Room 113
21 June 2013: ITP, Universität Leipzig, Brüderstr. 16, Room 210
International Guest Lecturers:
- Stefan Förster (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
- Hsiao-Ping Hsu (Universität Mainz)
- Kurt Kremer (MPI für Polymerforschung, Mainz)
- Sanjay Kumar (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India)
Timetable:
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Time |
Lecturer |
Programme |
Location |
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Day 1 (20.06.2013) |
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09:15-09:30 |
Wolfhard Janke |
Introduction |
Room 113 |
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09:30-11:00 |
Sanjay Kumar |
(Bio)polymers under mechanical force I |
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11:00-12:30 |
Hsiao-Ping Hsu |
Polymer simulations with PERM I |
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LUNCH |
Informal Discussions |
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13:30-15:00 |
Hsiao-Ping Hsu |
Polymer simulations with PERM II |
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15:00-16:30 |
Wolfhard Janke |
Computer simulations of polymer adsorption |
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16:30-18:00 |
Stefan Förster |
Single polymer deposition |
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18:00-18:30 |
All participants |
Plenary Discussion |
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Day 2 (21.06.2013) |
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09:30-11:00 |
Kurt Kremer |
Multiscale modeling I |
Room 210 |
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11:00-12:30 |
Sanjay Kumar |
(Bio)polymers under mechanical force II |
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LUNCH |
Informal Discussions |
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13:30-15:00 |
Kurt Kremer |
Multiscale modeling II |
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15:00-16:30 |
Friedrich Kremer |
Receptor/Ligand interactions as measured by Optical Tweezers |
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16:30-17:00 |
All participants |
Plenary Discussion |
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Contact:
Institut für Theoretische Physik