Specialized lecture for BEAM: Amphiphilic and polyphilic self-assembly

– From elemental particles and fundamental forces via atoms and molecules to intermolecular forces
– Amphiphilicity and self-assembly, hydrophobic, fluorophobic… etc. effects
– Interface curvature and self-assembly of amphiphiles and polymers
– Minimal surfaces and networks
– Hard and soft sphere packings, Voronoi polyhedra and foams
– Effects of molecular shape and conformation on self-assembly
– Periodic tiling patterns in 2D and 3D space and quasiperiodic tilings
– Geometric frustration and complexity arising in the Self-assembly of polyphilic molecules and polymers
– Chiral self-assembly, helicity, and mirror symmetry breaking; homochirality and life