Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik
Lectures: Dr. Yulia Gordiyevskaya
SoSe 2026
Exercises: Dr. A. López de Guereñu
Exercise 1
1. Think of examples of polymers that can be found in different areas of life: household items,
medicine, industry. Think of at least 2 examples of each category, and tell me about their
molecular structure and proper�es
2. What is a deriva�ve?
Can you give examples of d/d(x) of:
- a constant?
-x
-x2
-x3
Think of examples of physical phenomena corresponding to these deriva�ves
(Energy vs. force, Lennard-Jones poten�al)