advanced physical chemistry of surface
- Definition of surfaces and introduction to liquid and solid surfaces:
surface tension and capillarity, Yang-Laplace equation, Kelvin equation and capillary condensation
- Definition of surfaces and introduction to liquid and solid surfaces:
Crystal structure of solid surfaces, surface relaxation and rearrangements
- Thermodynamics of interfaces between solid and liquid surfaces:
definition of excess properties, thermodynamic definition of interface and Gibbs equation
- Thermodynamics of interfaces between solid and liquid surfaces:
Gibbs mono layer, determination of interface, surface energy and surface tension of liquids
- Thermodynamics of interfaces between solid and liquid surfaces:
Thermodynamics of solid surfaces, surface tension and surface energy of solid interface and surface defects
- Surface forces:
Van der Waals forces
- Surface forces:
Capillary and hydrodynamic forces
- Surface forces:
Hydration and Solvation forces, liquid forces of thin films
- Wetting and contact angle measurements
- Adsorption
Introduction and definitions, adsorption thermodynamics
- Adsorption:
Adsorption isotherms, experimental methods for adsorption measurements
- Surface modification methods:
CVD method, macromolecular adsorption, micelles and emulsions and foams
- Thin films on liquid surfaces:
Definition, application and characterization