CHPH633

This course is focused on both the theories and experimental works of studying structure and dynamics of soft matter materials using scattering techniques (light, x-ray and neutron scattering). These scattering techniques can probe the structure from a few Angstrom to micrometer and the dynamics from picosecond to second, are thus widely used to reveal the structure-performance relationship of different materials. The course discusses the physics principles of these techniques and explains the details of general theories and commonly used models in characterizing soft matter materials such as polymer, protein, colloidal, thin film, and gel systems.