Living Physics Portal: Diffusion - Instructor Documents

Abstract: This page includes an instructional "module" on random motion and diffusion. While the physics associated with these concepts are not covered in traditional introductory physics classes, these topics are of great importance in biology and chemistry, especially in cellular and subcellular biology and in biochemistry. For this reason, we have chosen to include a significant consideration of the physics underlying these phenomena in NEXUS/Physics.

Resource Types: Instructor supplement

Author:

Edward Redish

University of Maryland, College Park

TOPICS

Physics Topics:

Thermo & Stat Mech > Kinetic and Diffusive Processes > Brownian Motion, Diffusion

Thermo & Stat Mech > Statistical Physics

Life Sciences Topics:

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts > Causal Mechanisms > Physical Mechanisms

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts > Matter/energy Transfer & Transforms > Cross-membrane Transport

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts > The Cell > Cellular Structure

Medical Applications

Molecular and Cellular Biology > Cellular Dynamics

Math Topics:

Algebra; Differential Calculus

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