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 and Discrete Probabilities
- -- Worksheet 1 - Probabilities
- Lecture 2 - Probability and Distributions
- Lecture 3 - Calculus review, partial derivatives, differentials
- Lecture 4 - Introduction to thermodynamics and the First Law
- Lecture 5 - Heat Capacity and Work
- -- Worksheet 2 - Heat and Work
- Lecture 6 - Second Law and Carnot Cycles
- Lecture 7 - Thermodynamic Definition of Entropy
- Lecture 8 - Statistical Entropy and Thermodynamic Potentials
- Lecture 9 - Mixtures and Chemical Potentials
- Lecture 10 - Phase Equilibria
- Lecture 11 - Chemical Potential of Mixtures
- -- Worksheet 3 - Concentration Scales
- Lecture 12 - Chemical Equilibrium
- -----Transition to Remote Classes-----
- Lecture 13 - Conformational Equilibrium
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- Lecture 14 - Kinetic Theory of Gasses
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- Lecture 15 - Rate Laws
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- Lecture 16 - Reaction Mechanisms
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- Lecture 17 - Intermediates
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- Lecture 18 - Enzymes and Intro to Statistical Thermodynamics
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- Lecture 19 - Microcanonical Ensemble and Canonical Intro
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- Lecture 20 - Canonical Ensemble Continued
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- Lecture 21 - Canonical Ensemble Pt. 3, and other ensembles
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- Lecture 22 - Ising Model
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- Lecture 23 - Helix Coil Model
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- Lecture 24 - Ligand Binding
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