This class covers the topics of thermodynamics and kinetics, which are fundamental to understanding all chemical reactions. This year, it will be taught from a biomolecular perspective. Click here for the syllabus.
Lecture Notes
- Lecture 1 - Introduction (Live)
- Lecture 2 - Probability (Live)
- Lecture 3 - Distributions (Live)
- Lecture 4 - Calculus and Thermo Intro (Live)
- Lecture 5 - First law (Live)
- Lecture 6 - Work and Carnot Cycle (Live)
- Lecture 7 - Carnot continued and Entropy (Live)
- Lecture 8 - Entropy continued (Live)
- Lecture 9 - Mixtures (Live)
- Lecture 10 - Phase transitions (Live)
- Lecture 11 - Phase equilibrium (Live)
- Lecture 12 - Chemical equilibrium (Live)
- Lecture 13 - Chemical potentials of mixtures (Live)
- Lecture 14 - Conformational equilibrium (Live)
- Lecture 15 - Introduction to Kinetics (Live)
- Lecture 16 - Kinetics Continued (Live)
- Lecture 17 - Rate Laws (Live)
- Lecture 18 - Intermediates (Live)
- Lecture 19 - Complex reaction mechanisms, Lindemann mechanism, Intro to enzymes (technical difficulties)
- Lecture 20 - Enzymes, Intro to Stat Thermo (Live)
- Lecture 21 - Partition functions (Live)
- Lecture 22 - Ising Model (Live)
- Lecture 23 - Helix Coil Model (Live)
- Lecture 24 - Helix coil model, and ligand binding (Live)
- Lecture 25 - 2024 Thermo Review notes