Course: Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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Course title Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Course code TUTTTK/TE7AP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kašpárková Věra, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
- Introduction to applied colloidal and surface chemistry, definition of colloids, their importance, application potential, methods of colloids classification, preparation of colloid systems, key properties of colloids, development and historical milestones. - Intermolecular forces and interactions between colloidal particles. - Surface and interfacial tension, practical ways of obtaining results, applications, adhesion, spreadability, spreading coefficient at the interface of two liquids, advanced theories. - Basic laws of colloidal and surface chemistry, Young's equation, marginal wetting angle, adhesion work for solid interface substance - liquid, validity of Young equation, Young - Laplace equation, Kelvin equation and its applications, Gibbs adsorption equation and its applications, monolayers. - Surfactants, self-assembly, detergents, application properties, critical packaging parameter (CPP), application of micelles. - Wetting and adhesion, Zisman dependence, connection of Young's equation and adhesion work for the study of wetting and adhesion, application of wetting, theory of adhesion, adhesion force, practical application of adhesion and its limits. - Applications of adsorption in colloidal and surface chemistry. - Characterization methods of colloids - kinetic properties and rheology. - Characterization methods of colloids - optical properties. - Stability of colloids - van der Waals forces and electrostatic interactions in practice. - Stability of colloids - DLVO theory, aggregation kinetics. - Emulsions, application and characterization of emulsions, emulsion stability, emulsion destabilization. - Foams, application and characterization of foams, preparation of foams, stability of foams. - Multi-component adsorption, Langmuir theory for multi-component adsorption, ideal and real theory.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Practice exercises
  • Preparation for examination - 180 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to know the classification of colloidal systems and their basic properties.
to know the classification of colloidal systems and their basic properties.
to understand sedimentation, osmosis, and diffusion, as well as their applications.
to understand sedimentation, osmosis, and diffusion, as well as their applications.
to be able to describe the electrokinetic properties of colloids and their applications.
to be able to describe the electrokinetic properties of colloids and their applications.
to be able to describe the optical properties of colloidal systems, including their application.
to be able to describe the optical properties of colloidal systems, including their application.
to understand the rheological behavior of colloidal systems.
to understand the rheological behavior of colloidal systems.
Skills
to conduct calcuations necessary to work with colloidal systems.
to conduct calcuations necessary to work with colloidal systems.
to know applications of individual types of colloidal systems.
to know applications of individual types of colloidal systems.
to apply the methods for the characterization of colloidal systems.
to apply the methods for the characterization of colloidal systems.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Oral examination
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Bartovská, L., Šišková, M. Fyzikální chemie povrchů a koloidních soustav. Praha : VŠCHT, 2005. ISBN 80-7080-579-X.
  • BIRDI, K.S. Handbook of Surface and Colloid Chemistry.. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2015. ISBN 9781466596689.
  • CHEHIMI, M.M., PINSON, J. Applied Surface Chemistry of Nanomaterials. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2013. ISBN 978-1-62808-351-4.
  • KONTOGEORGIS, G.M., KIIL, S. Introduction to Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2016. ISBN 9781118881187.
  • NEUMANN, A.W., DAVID, R., ZUO, Y. Applied Surface Thermodynamics. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2017. ISBN 9781420009668.
  • PASHLEY, R., KARAMAN, M. Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2004. ISBN 0470868821.
  • SHAW, D. Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry. 4th Ed.. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 9780750611824.


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