Boulder School 2015: Lecture Notes

All files are in PDF format. There are also links to video. 

Week 1: Elasticity, chirality and frustration in soft matter
July 6Tom LubenskyElastomers and isostatic lattices IPDF | FiguresVideo
 Alex LevineFilaments, membranes and surfaces IPDFVideo
 Efi EfratiChirality and frustration IPDFVideo
July 7Tom LubenskyElastomers and isostatic lattices IISee Lecture 1Video
 Efi EfratiChirality and frustration IISee Lecture 1Video
 Alex LevineFilaments, membranes and surfaces IISee Lecture 1Video
 David NelsonPublic Lecture: The Physics of Thermal Crumpling and Wrinkling Video
July 8Tom LubenskyElastomers and isostatic lattices IIISee Lecture 1 
 Efi EfratiChirality and frustration IIISee Lecture 1Video
 Alex LevineFilaments, Membranes and Surfaces IIISee Lecture 1Video
July 9Vincenzo VitelliTutorial: Topological mechanics IPDF  
 David NelsonSeminar: Statistical mechanics of free-standing graphene ribbonsPDF | Notes 
July 10William IrvineFluid hydrodynamics I  
 Narayanan MenonMechanics of Wrinkling, Folding, and Crumpling IPDF 
 Vincenzo VitelliTutorial: Topological Mechanics IISee Lecture 1 
Week 2: Generalized elasticity and heterogeneity in soft matter
July 13Eric DufresneSurface Tension, Droplets, and Contact Lines IPDF | Slides 
 Narayan MenonMechanics of Wrinkling, Folding, and Crumpling IIPDF 
 William IrvineFluid Hydrodynamics II  
July 14Leo RadzihovskyIntroduction to quenched disorder ISlides 
 Eric DufresneSurface tension, droplets, and contact lines IIPDF 
 Oleg LavrentovichLiquid crystals IPDF 
July 15Leo RadzihovskyIntroduction to quenched disorder IIPDF 
 Narayanan MenonMechanics of Wrinkling, Folding, and Crumpling IIIPDF 
 Oleg LavrentovichLiquid crystals IIPDF 
July 16Eric DufresneSurface tension, droplets, and contact lines IIISlides 
 Leo RadzihovskyLecture: “Critical” soft matter: Introduction to quenched disorder IIISlides 
 Oleg LavrentovichLiquid Crystals IIIPDF 
July 17Noel ClarkSeminar: Chiral liquid crystals, DNS, origin of lifePDF 
 Ivan SmalyukhSeminar: Liquid crystals skyrmions, topological colloidsPDF 
Week 3: Nonequilibrium, heterogeneous soft matter
July 20Sid NagelGlasses IPDF 
 William IrvineSeminar: Life of vortex knots: conservation of helicity across scales  
 Noel ClarkSeminar: Athermal photo-fluidization of glassesPDF 
July 21Sid NagelGlasses IIPDF 
 William IrvineSeminar: Topological mechanics of gyroscopic metamaterials  
July 22Pierre Le DoussalDriven disordered systems IPDF | Slides 
 Sid NagelGlasses IIISee Lectures 1 and 2 
 Leo RadzihovskySeminar: “Critical” soft matter: liquid crystals, membranes, & elastomers Slides 
July 23Pierre Le DoussalDriven disordered systems IIPDF 
 Mark BowickSeminar: Flat faces from floppy vesiclesPDF | Slides 
July 24Pierre Le DoussalDriven disordered systems IIIPDF 
 Cristina MarchettiMicroscopics to hydrodynamics of active matter IPDF 
 Lisa ManningSeminar: Computational glassy dynamics in cellSlides 
Week 4: Active matter
July 27John TonerHydrodynamics of active matter IPDF 
 Cristina MarchettiMicroscopics to hydrodynamics of active matter IIPDF 
 Zvonimir DogicActive liquid crystals IPDF 
July 28Jean-Francois JoannyCytoskeletons, cells, tissue IPDF | Slides 
 John TonerHydrodynamics of active matter IIPDF 
 Cristina MarchettiMicroscopics to hydrodynamics of active matter IIIPDF 
July 29Jean-Francois JoannyCytoskeletons, cells, tissue IISee Lecture 1 
 John TonerHydrodynamics of active matter IIIPDF 
 Jennifer RossSeminar: Microtubules organization  
July 30Jean-Francois JoannyCytoskeletons, cells, tissue IIISee Lecture 1 
 Zvonimir DogicActive liquid crystals IIPDF 
 Mark BowickShape-Shifting Droplet Networks  
July 31Zvonimir DogicActive liquid crystals IIIPDF