Interfacial phenomena are a key item of relevance to almost all areas of everyday life and industry. They are the basis for all applications in energy conversion, biomaterials, electronic materials, and so on. The aim of this course is to provide a practical grounding in the broad field of colloid and interface chemistry in general.
By taking this course, students will be able to know and explain the basic vocabulary of colloidal interface chemistry.
Intermolecular forces, Electric dipole, van der Waals interaction, Surface tension, Adsorption, Processes at solid surface, Colloid, Interface, Surfactant, Electric double layer
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
At the beginning of each class, solutions to exercise problems that were assigned during the previous class are reviewed. Towards the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to the lecture given that day to solve. To prepare for class, students should read the course schedule section and check what topics will be covered. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Electric Dipole Moment | Understand electric dipole moment, polarization, and polarizability. |
Class 2 | Intermolecular Forces | Understand dipole/dipole interactions, dipole/induced-dipole interactions, and induced-dipole/induced-dipole interactions. |
Class 3 | Gases, Liquids, and Solids | Understand molecular interactions in beams, surface tension, the Laplace equation and contact angle. |
Class 4 | Solid Surfaces | Understand growth and structure of surfaces. |
Class 5 | Adsorption at Surfaces | Understand physisorption and chemisorption, and the Langmuir isotherm. |
Class 6 | Catalytic Activity at Surfaces | Understand catalytic activity at surfaces. |
Class 7 | Mid-term examination. | Check the level of knowledge acquired. |
Class 8 | Electric characteristics of interface 1 | Learn about the physical properties of interfaces, such as the work function. |
Class 9 | Monolayer and surfactant | Learn about molecular layer and surfactant. |
Class 10 | Electric characteristics of interface 2 | Learn about the electrochemical properties of interfaces, such as the electric double layer. |
Class 11 | Wetting, contact angle, adhesion... | Learn about the formation of the interface. |
Class 12 | Emulsion | Learn about the Emulsion. |
Class 13 | particle suspension and slurry | Learn about particle suspension and slurry. |
Class 14 | Preliminary date | Preliminary date |
Class 15 | Examination | Check the level of knowledge acquired. |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula, Atkins' Physical Chemistry, last volume, 10th Ed., Chapters 16 and 22, Tokyo: Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, ISBN: 978-4-8079-0909-4
Materials used in class can be found on T2SCHOLA .
Exam. (80%), Report (20%)
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.