Density Functional Theory (DFT) is now a standard tool for describing (i) the many-body physics of electron liquids (fermions), (ii) the properties of classical atomic and molecular liquids, and (iii) the structure and phase behaviour of soft-matter systems such as colloidal suspension. In all these cases the starting point is a microscopic basis of particles (electrons, atoms, colloids) and the interactions between these building blocks of condensed matter.
This series of lectures will provide an elementary introduction to electronic DFT before describing DFT methods in the classical statistical physics of liquids and their application to phase transitions and fluid interfacial phenomena.
Basic familiarity with equilibrium statistical mechanics (partition function, ensembles) is assumed but otherwise the course is self-contained.
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