2023
Robijn Bruinsma – Self assembly in biology
- Lecture 1 notes
- Lecture 2 notes
- Lecture 3 notes (updated 6/9)
- Lecture 4 notes
- Lecture slides
- Homework
- Lecture videos
Patrick Charbonneau – Glass physics
- P. Charbonneau, J. Kurchan, G. Parisi, P. Urbani, and F. Zamponi, Glass and Jamming Transitions: From Exact Results to Finite-Dimensional Descriptions, Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 8, 265 (2017) (pdf)
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- Lecture 3 slides
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Camille Duprat – Fibers and flows
- Lecture 1 notes
- Lecture 2 notes
- Homework
- Lecture videos
Jonathan Selinger – Mechanics and geometry of liquid crystals
- J. V. Selinger, Introduction to the Theory of Soft Matter: From Ideal Gases to Liquid Crystals (Springer, 2016) (pdf, link)
- J. V. Selinger, Interpretation of Saddle-Splay and the Oseen-Frank Free Energy in Liquid Crystals, Liq. Cryst. Rev. 6, 129 (2018) (pdf, link)
- J. V. Selinger, Director Deformations, Geometric Frustration, and Modulated Phases in Liquid Crystals, Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 13, 49 (2022) (pdf, link)
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- Lecture videos
2022
Group photo – Summer School 2022
Mark, Bulbul, Menon, and Julia
2022 Lecture videos and materials are available using the link which was emailed to all participants.
2021
Group photo – Summer School 2021
Wim van Saarloos – Non-equilibrium Pattern Formation
- M. van Hecke, P. C. Hohenberg, W. van Saarloos, Amplitude equations for pattern forming systems.
- Slides for lecture 1: pptx, pdf
- Lecture 1 video
- Slides for lecture 2: pptx, pdf
- Lecture 2 video
- Slides for lecture 3: pptx, pdf
- Lecture 3 video
- Slides for lecture 4: pptx, pdf
- Lecture 4 video
Katia Bertoldi – Physics of Flexible Meta-Materials
- B. Deng. et al., Characterization, stability, and application of domain walls in flexible mechanical metamaterials
- Slides for lecture 1
- Lecture 1 video
- Slides for lecture 2
- Lecture 2 video
- Slides for lecture 3
- Lecture 3 video
- Lecture 4 video
Ajay Gopinathan – Collective Motion in Soft and Biological Materials
2020
2019
Jacinta Conrad – Flow of Complex Fluids
- Lecture 1: Complex fluids and continuum mechanics
- Lecture 2: Rheology
- Lecture 3: Microrheology
- Lecture 4: Shear thickening
Arshad Kudrolli – The Physics of Granular Media
- Please use the link that was emailed to all participants
Peter Palffy-Muhoray – The Physics and Mathematics of Liquid Crystals
- Please use the link that was emailed to all participants
Chris Sangtangelo – Geometry and Topology of Soft Matter
- Please use the link that was emailed to all participants
2018
Eleni Katifori – Networks
Leo Radzihovsky – Critical Soft Phases
2017
Photos
- At the summit of Mount Sugarloaf 5/30/17
- A hand-waving argument from Benny 6/1/17
- Listening intently 6/1/17
Dan Blair – Rheo-Optical Methods
Eric Weeks – Colloidal Glasses and Jammed Emulsions
Xiaoming Mao – Critical Mechanical Structures
- Lecture 1 slides
- Lecture 1 notes
- Lecture 1 homework
- Lecture 2 notes
- Lecture 2 homework
- Lecture 3 and 4 notes
- Lecture 3 and 4 homework
Benny Davidovitch – Elastocapillarity
2016
David Dean
Petia Vlahovska
Robert Deegan
Corey O’Hern
2015
Aparna Baskaran – Nonequilibrium StatMech
Mark Schlossman – Electrostatics at Soft Interfaces