Boulder School 2012: Reading Material

Reading Material

List of Reading Material

1. Introduction to computer simulations I [K.Kremer]

2. Introduction to computer simulations II [K.Kremer]

3. Polymer physics I [A.Grosberg]

  • A. Y. Grosberg & A. R. Khokhlov “Statistical Physics of Macromolecules” AIP 1994; Chapter 1 (pages 1-27 and 41-59); Chapter 2 (pages 79-93)
  • M. Rubinstein & R. H. Colby “Polymer Physics”, Oxford 2003; Chapter 2 (pages 49-63 and 66-78 and 98-102)
  • A. Y. Grosberg & A. R. Khokhlov “Giant Molecules: Here, There, and Everywhere”, World Scientific 2010 (pages 152-162)

4. Polymer physics II [M.Rubinstein]

  • M. Rubinstein & R. H. Colby “Polymer Physics”, Oxford 2003; Chapter 3 (pages 102-109, 113-121 and 125-129); Chapter 4 (pages 137-159 and 163-165)

5. Polymer physics III [M.Rubinstein]

  • M. Rubinstein & R. H. Colby “Polymer Physics”, Oxford 2003; Chapter 5 (pages 171-186 and 190-191)

6. Polymer physics IV [A.Grosberg]

  • A. Yu. Grosberg & A. R. Khokhlov “Statistical Physics of Macromolecules” AIP 1994 chapter 1 (pages 27-41) Chapter 3 (pages 119-148)

7. Charged polymers I [M.Rubinstein]

8. Charged polymers II [M.Rubinstein]

9. Charged polymers III [M.Rubinstein]

10. Networks and gels I [Y.Rabin]

  • M. Rubinstein and R.H. Colby, “Polymer Physics” (Oxford, 2003), Chapters 6 & 7
  • P.-G. de Gennes, “Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics” (Cornell, 1979), Chapter 5

11. Networks and gels II [Y.Rabin]

12. Biopolymers [A.Grosberg]

  • A. Y. Grosberg & A. R. Khokhlov “Statistical Physics of Macromolecules” AIP 1994, Chapter 7, pages 289-333

13. Disordered polymers [A.Grosberg]

14. Surfactants and membranes I [S. Safran]

15. Biology and Soft Matter by Numbers. [Y.Rabin]

  • R. Phillips, J. Kondev, J. Theriot, “Physical Biology of the Cell” (Garland, 2009) A.D. Bates and A. Maxwell, “DNA Topology” (Oxford, 2005)

16. Viruses I [R.Bruinsma]

17. Biophysics [Bruinsma]

  • G.Benedek, F.Villars “Phyisics with Illustrative Examples from Medicine and Biology: v. 3 Electricity and Magnetism”, second edition, Springer Verlag, 2000, Chapter III
  • Meyer B. Jackson “Molecular Biophysics”, Cambridge University Press 2006, Chapters 13-16

29. Polymer Dynamics [McLeish]

32-33. Brushes and micelles [E. Zhulina]