Course Content (Syllabus)
Interfacial chemistry, thermodynamics of interfaces. Surface tension, methods for measuring surface tension. Monolayers. Surfactants. Colloidal structures in surfactant solutions, micelles, (structure, critical micellar concentration, aggregation number, solubilization, importance of micelles in industrial and biological treatments). Stability of colloidal dispersions (DLVO theory, kinetics of coagulation) electrokinetic phenomena and measurement of ζ(zeta)-potential. Application of phase diagrams in colloids. Emulsions (preparation, properties, stability, destabilization). Microemulsions, Experimental methods of studying colloids
Additional bibliography for study
Surfactants and interfacial phenomena, Milton Rosen, John Wiley and Sons, 1978, ISBN 0-471-73600-7.
Colloid and surface chemistry a laboratory guide for exploration of the nano world, Seyda Bucak, Deniz Rende, CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4665-5310-1.
Introduction to colloid and surface chemistry, Duncan Shaw, Butterworths 1980, ISBN 0-408-71049-7.
Applied colloid and surface chemistry, Richard M. Pasley, Marilyn E. Karaman, Wiley, 2004, ISBN 978-0-470-86882-9.
Surfactant aggregation, John H. Clint, Blackie, 1992, ISBN 0-216-92905-9.
Applied surfactants principles and applications, Tharwat F. Tadros, Wiley, 2005, ISBN 978-3-527-30629-9.
Handbook of applied surface and colloid chemistry vols. 1 and 2, Edited by Krister Holmberg, Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-471-49083-0.
The colloidal domain: where physics, chemistry, biology and technology meet, D. Fennel Evans, Hakan Wennerstrom, VCH,1994, ISBN 1-56081-525-6.