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 - Thermo Intro (Live)
- Lecture 5 - First law and Change of State (Live)
- Lecture 6 - Gas expansions (Live)
- Lecture 7 - Carnot Engines (Live)
- Lecture 8 - Entropy (Live)
- Lecture 9 - Boltzmann Entropy (Live)
- Lecture 10 - Thermodynamic Potentials (Live)
- Lecture 11 - Mixtures (Live)
- Lecture 12 - Chemical potentials and phase coexistence (Live)
- Lecture 13 - Dependence of chemical potential on temperature and pressure (Live)
- Lecture 14 - Chemical potentials for mixtures (Live)
- Lecture 15 - Chemical equilibrium (Live)
- Lecture 16 - More chemical equilibrium (Live)
- Lecture 17 - Configurational equilibrium and protein folding (Live)
- Lecture 18 - Kinetic theory of gasses (Live)
- Lecture 19 - Rate laws (Live)
- Lecture 20 - Reaction mechanisms (Live)
- Lecture 21 - Intermediates and enzymes (Live)
- Lecture 22 - Statistical ensembles (Live)
- Lecture 23 - Canonical Ensemble, continued (Live)
- Lecture 24 - Ising model (Live)
- Lecture 25 - Helix coil model, and ligand binding (Live)
- 2022 Thermo Review notes
Past versions of this class
- Material from Thermodynamics and Kinetics 2020 can be found at this link.