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Chem 5395 Analytical Surface and Colloid Chemistry 2009

Course Schedule

Course Information

Tentative Schedule Chem 5395, Fall 2009

Lecture Topics from the Textbook - one per student:


date

Basic Topics

Pages in text

presenter

?M W Aug 31
Sept 2

Introduction, Microscopy, particle size,

Chapter 1

JR

Sept 4-11

No class, lecture prep time

 

 

 

Prof. Xudong Yao will moderate student talks

between Sept? 14-30

 

 

 

 

 

M Sept 21

1. Sedimentation

62-100

Naimish

 

And Diffusion???

 

 

 

 

 

 

M Sept 23

3. Osmotic Pressure

105-119

Chi Tang

 

 

 

 

M Sept 28

5. Rheology and Viscosity

145-160

Dhanuka PULASTHI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M Oct 5

Surface tension

Chapter 6

JR

W Oct 7

Adsorption from solution

297-343

JR

F Oct 9

Surfactant structures

Chapter 8

JR

M Oct 12
W Oct 14

Surfactant structures; monolayer films

Chapter 8

JR

F Oct 16

Light Scattering

Chapter 5

JR

 

 

 

 

M Oct 19

XPS and Auger Spectra

Skoog, Chapter 21*

JR

W Oct 21

Atomic force Microscopy

Skoog, Chapter 21*

Prof. Bryan Huey

F Oct 23

IR; reflectance spectra

 

JR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M Oct 26

Layer-by layer thin films

Y. Lvov reviews

JR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W Nov. 4

Carbon nanotubes

Handout review

Prof. Fotis Papadimitrakopoulos