Faculty of Science

Geometry and Topology in Contemporary Material Science
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5876-17-11-31
	Enrollment deadline: 27/08/2017

Place

Niels Bohr Institute

Date and time

03.09.2017, at: 09:00 - 09.09.2017, at: 16:00

Regular seats

ECTS credits

5.00

Contact person

Julie Meier E-mail address: juliemh@nbi.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser

Jacob Judas Kain Kirkensgaard E-mail address: jjkk@food.ku.dk

Written language

English

Teaching language

English

Study board

Study Board of Physics, Chemistry and Nanoscience

Block note

Duration: 1 week

Scheme group note

Scheduled dates: september 2017

Course workload

Course workload category	Hours
Preparation / Self-Study	75.00
Course hours	50.00

Sum	125.00

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

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