Login for PhD students/staff at UCPH      Login for others
Geometry and Topology in Contemporary Material Science
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5876-17-11-31 
Enrollment deadline: 27/08/2017
PlaceNiels Bohr Institute
Date and time03.09.2017, at: 09:00 - 09.09.2017, at: 16:00
Regular seats35
ECTS credits5.00
Contact personJulie Meier    E-mail address: juliemh@nbi.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserJacob Judas Kain Kirkensgaard    E-mail address: jjkk@food.ku.dk
Written languageEnglish
Teaching languageEnglish
Study boardStudy Board of Physics, Chemistry and Nanoscience
Block noteDuration: 1 week
Scheme group noteScheduled dates: september 2017
Course workload
Course workload categoryHours
Preparation / Self-Study75.00
Course hours50.00
Sum125.00
Content
This 5 ECTS point course will explore the geometry and topology of ordered cellular patterns such as foams, bicontinuous and polycontinuous forms and nets found in synthetic and biological materials, including:

mesoporous silicates
metal organic frameworks and coordination polymers
amphiphiles, lipids and star polyphiles
block copolymers including star miktoarm copolymers

Lectures will emphasise the fundamental structural aspects, with an introduction to the following concepts from modern geometry, crystallography and topology:

two-dimensional symmetries and orbifolds
graph theory and net embeddings
triply-periodic minimal surfaces and related polycontinuous patterns

No specialised mathematical knowledge is assumed, apart from some elementary familiarity with the shape of space, polyhedra and symmetry. The course will introduce students to unifying structural concepts in a range of ordered multi-phase hard/soft materials. We encourage students with theoretical or experimental backgrounds to attend.


The course will familiarise students with open-source software for construction and characterisation of structures from nets to surfaces. Hands-on tutorials will explore the concepts, via models and software.

The course is free to attend, but all travel, accommodation and meals are at participants own expense. A limited number of participants will be chosen from the applicants.

More information here:

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=938


Search
Click the search button to search Courses.


Course calendar
See which courses you can attend and when
JanFebMarApr
MayJunJulAug
SepOctNovDec



Publication of new courses
All planned PhD courses at the PhD School are visible in the course catalogue. Courses are published regularly.