Students will acquirein-depthknowledgeinareasrelevant to the applicationofphysical chemistry, particularly in thesurface andnanoscience andheterogeneouscatalysis.The students understandkey processesinAtmospherical andEnvironmental Chemistryandacquiredetailed knowledgein the field ofphase transitionswith practical applicationsin materials science.
Thermodynamicdescriptionand classificationof phase transitions,Landau theoryofphase transitions,the order parameterandcritical phenomena,nucleation andsurface melting, glass transition, experimentalmethods of observationof phase transitions