Surfaces, Interfaces & Colloids
A 18-module path through surfaces, interfaces & colloids, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Surface Tension and Surface Free Energy
- Laplace Pressure and Curved Interfaces
- The Kelvin Equation
- Wetting and Contact Angle
- Capillary Rise and Adhesion
- The Gibbs Adsorption Isotherm
- Surfactants and Surface Activity
- Physisorption versus Chemisorption
- Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm
- Freundlich and Temkin Isotherms
- BET Isotherm and Multilayer Adsorption
- Surface Area Determination
- Capillary Condensation and Pore Analysis
- Heterogeneous Catalysis at Surfaces
- Colloids and Their Classification
- Lyophilic and Lyophobic Colloids
- Micelles and the Critical Micelle Concentration
- The Electrical Double Layer, Zeta Potential and Coagulation