Course Name: Basic thermodynamics: Classical and Statistical Approaches

Course abstract

In this course, we will now find out the reason for changes in matters (Chemical Principles II). The earlier course, Chemical Principles I, deals with the matter itself, and the understanding of it comes from quantum mechanics. However, for the change of matter, thermodynamics says the final word. The most critical quantity in thermodynamics is the entropy, and this course is all about understanding entropy and related thermodynamic potentials. Although classical thermodynamics was developed from observations and heuristic understanding, statistical thermodynamics provides a microscopic basis of it. In this course, a holistic approach covering three different approaches (classical, statistical, and postulate-based) of thermodynamics will be covered. The objective of this course is demystification the enigma of entropy.


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Prof. Arnab Mukherjee

Prof. Arnab Mukherjee did his B. Sc from Jadavpur university, Kolkata in 1998. He then joined Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as an integrated PhD student in chemical sciences. He completed his Ph. D. from S. S. C. U. department of IISc Bangalore in 2005 under the supervision of Professor Biman Bagchi. Dr. Mukherjee then went for his postdoctoral research in Ecole Normale Superierure, Paris, France from 2005 to 2007 and then to University of Colorado, Boulder from 2007 to 2009. He then joined IISER Pune as an assistant professor in November, 2009. He became associate professor in 2015. Dr. Mukherjee works on the computational biophysics area such as drug-DNA intercalation, DNA structural change, single water entropy, protein folding and protein-DNA binding, dynamical recrossing and internal friction in proteins, etc. He also collaborates with experimental colleagues in various projects such as synthetic ion channels, spectroscopic investigation of molecular recognition, etc. He has over eight years of teaching experience at IISER Pune.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2022

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 Enrollment : 14-Nov-2021 to 31-Jan-2022

 Exam registration : 13-Dec-2021 to 18-Mar-2022

 Exam Date : 24-Apr-2022

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