Colloids, Interfaces and Surfaces

CBE 310/EnSE 310

• Surface tension and surface free energy (theory and measurement methods)
• Surface films on liquid substrates (surface potential, monomolecular films, Langmuir-Blodgett layers)
• Capillarity
• Electrical aspects of surface chemistry (electrical double layer, zeta potential, DLVO theory)
• Surface of solids
• Solid-liquid interface, stability of dispersions, stabilization of suspensions
• Contact angle (theory and measurement methods)
• Emulsions, foams and aerosols
• Wetting of surfaces by liquids, Lotus effect
• Flotation, aggregation and flocculation
• Detergency, surfactants, self-assembly, micelles and vesicles
• Friction, lubrication and adhesion
• Adsorption
• Characterization of colloidal particles
• Applications of colloid and surface science in petroleum recovery, coating and painting, food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry
• Methods of surface characterization

Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules

CBE 230 / EnSE

• Configuration and conformation
• Amorphous state, glass-rubber transition, plasticizers
• Crystalline state, liquid-crystalline state
• Solution Thermodynamics
• Phase separation (theory and experimental aspects), polymer fractionation
• Mechanisms and kinetics of phase separation
• Miscibility of polymer blends and compatibilization
• Microphase separation and self-assembly
• Rheology of polymer solutions
• Viscosity of diluted and concentrated solutions, polymer gels
• Rheology of polymer melts and composites, relevance for polymer processing
• Elasticity and Viscoelasticity
• Thermal analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis
• Physical characterization (mechanical strengthen, scattering methods, etc)

Courses Materials

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