PHYS 3210 Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics

PHYS 3210 Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics
Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics
An introduction to the physics of polymers and the physical bases underlying the biofunctionality of macromolecules in living systems. Themes of molecular self-organization, conformation, complementarity, and information content are emphasized and related to protein, lipid, and nucleic acid structure and processes. Introduction to scattering and other spectroscopic techniques.
Pre-requistites: PHYS 2350 or equivalent, CHEM 1070 or equivalent, and MATH 1220 or equivalent.
credit hours: 3