Outline of lecture

Wettability has been a research subject at the border between physics and chemistry, and is an important property of solid surface from both fundamental and application aspects. This course provides fundamentals on surface wettability control for the understanding of surface phenomena and the designing surface functions of solids.

Purpose of lecture

Wettability has been a research subject at the border between physics and chemistry, and is an important property of solid surface from both fundamental and application aspects. This course provides fundamentals on surface wettability control for the understanding of surface phenomena and the designing surface functions of solids.

Plan of lecture

1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of solid surface
3. Surface energy and contact angle (1)
4. Surface energy and contact angle (2)
5. Surface structure and wettability (1)
6. Surface structure and wettability (2)
7. Sliding of liquid droplets (1)
8. Sliding of liquid droplets (2)
9. Dynamic wettability
10. Anti-snow adhesion
11. Materials for wettability control and their coating technology
12. Superhydrophobicity
13. TiO2 photocatalyst
14. Research proposal presentation by students (1)
15. Research proposal presentation by students (2)

Textbook and reference

Textbook: none

Related and/or prerequisite courses

Thermodynamics

Evaluation

Term paper(Research Proposal):50%
Presentation for Research Proposal:50%