Soft Matter

Texas A & M University-College Station

CourseMSEN 250

Structure, properties and function of various classes of soft matter including colloids, polymers, amphiphils, liquid crystals and biomacromolecules; basic concepts of viscoelasticity, glass transition, liquid-liquid and liquid-solid transitions and gelation; forces acting between mesoscopic objects; supramolecular self-assembly in soft condensed matter.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

MSEN 250

Related Courses

Prerequisites, corequisites, and courses that build on this one

Prerequisites

Complete these courses before enrolling

CHEM 120
Fundamentals of Chemistry II
4 credits
MSEN 201
Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering
3 credits

Required For

Courses that require this course as a prerequisite

MSEN 426
Polymer Laboratories
3 credits
MSEN 410
Materials Processing
3 credits
MSEN 360
Materials Characterization
3 credits