Outline of Biophysical Chemistry I

1.Thermodynamics--how energy changes

• Fundamentals
  • 0th Law - Building a thermometer
  • 1st Law - The conservation of energy
  • 2nd Law - Entropy increases for a spontaneous change
  • 3rd Law - Perfect crystals have zero entropy at T=0
    
• Application
  • Chemical Equilibria
  • Physical Equilibria

2. Kinetics--how fast chemicals react

• Fundamentals of Kinetics
  • Rate Law
  • Orders of Reactions
  • Reaction Mechanisms
  • Temperature Dependence
  • Transition-state Theory
• Enzyme Kinetics

3. Statistical Thermodynamics -- how to look microscopic world

4. Molecular Transport--how molecules move

• Diffusion
• Sedimentation