Energy levels of the different conformations of a 4 bead polymer. (Image by Kim Hamad-Schifferli and MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Prof. Kim Hamad-Schifferli
Prof. Linda Griffith
Prof. Moungi Bawendi
Prof. Robert Field
20.110J / 5.601J / 2.772J
Fall 2005
Undergraduate
This subject deals primarily with equilibrium properties of macroscopic and microscopic systems, basic thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase, and macromolecular interactions.