SYLLABUS:
Physical Nature of Surfaces (and Interfaces)
BIOEN 7160 (3 credit hours), Fall Semester 2009
Time/Place: MWF 12:55 - 1:45 pm, WEB 110
Instructor: V. Hlady, Professor of Bioengineering
e-mail: vladimir.hlady@utah.edu (preferred means of communication)
Office: 108A BPRB, phone: 581-5042
Office hours: Wednesday after lecture 2:00 - 3:00 pm & by appoint.
Help - Grader: TBA
Prerequisite: A physical chemistry course, or consent of the instructor (here is some remedial material)
Textbook:
• Butt, Hans-Jurgen, Graf, Karlheinz, and Kappl, Michael, "Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces," 2nd ed. ISBN-10 3-527-40629-8, Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2006 (required, available via Amazon.com)(abbr: HJB)
• Jacob N. Israelachvili, "Intermolecular and Surface Forces," 2nd ed. Academic Press, 1992 (recommended) (abbr: JNI)
• Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Francoise Brochart-Wyart, David Quere."Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena," Spinger 2005 (translation from French, excellent but limited scope) (abbr: PGdG)
• Johannes Lyklema, "Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science, Vol. 1 - 5." Academic Press, (recommended as reference monographs, but extensive and expensive)
• Handouts will be available for download from: http://afm1.pharm.utah.edu/PNSCourse/index.html
• The course notes follow the textbook; with additional material included as indicated.
Grading (%):
Midterm Tests I and II (in class, tentatively scheduled on Mondays 9/30, 11/04, closed books) (20% + 20%),
Final Exam (2 hr., final exam week) (30%),
Surface Science Paper & Presentation (10% + 5%) (link to a typical surface science papers)(here are some suggestions for the paper topics),
Homeworks (10%)
Seminar reports (5%) (attendance of minimum 4 seminars in the field of surface and colloid science is required).
Schedule of lectures:
Week 1 (8/24) - I. Introduction; Liquid Surfaces
Reading Assignments: Ch. 1, Ch. 2 HJB, Capillary rise paper
Handout: Surface curvature, Some solved problems
Week 2 (8/31) - II. Thermodynamics of Interfaces
Reading Assignments: Ch. 3 HJB
Handout: Remedial thermodynamics
Week 3 (Labor Day, 9/7) - III. The Electric Double Layer;
Reading Assignments: Ch. 4 HJB, remedial chapter on electrostatics
Handout: Hyperbolic Functions
Week 4 (9/14) – IV. Effects at Charged Surfaces; Surface analysis method I;
Reading Assignments: Ch. 5 HJB
Handout: Extras on defintion of potentials
Week 5 (9/21) – V. Van der Waals Interactions
Reading Assignments: Ch. 6 HJB
Week 6 (9/28) – VI. MIDTERM 1, Surface Forces (updated version),
Reading Assignments: Ch. 6 HJB, Water on ice paper
Handout: Excess Polarizabilities
Week 7 (10/5) – VII. DLVO Theory and Stability of Nanoparticles in Solution
Reading Assignments: Ch. 6 HJB
Handout: Some solved problems for Week 7.
Week 8 (10/12) – Fall Break
Reading Assignments: Ch. 1-6 HJB
Week 9 (10/19) – VIII. Wetting, Dewetting and Applications Surface analysis method II;
Reading Assignments: Ch. 7 HJB
Handout:
Here are the solutions to the 1st MIDTERM
Week 10 (10/26) – IX. Real Surfaces;
Reading Assignments: Ch. 8 HJB
Handout: How to carry out Zisman plot experiment and analysis
Week 11 (11/2) – X. ESCA (XPS); Adsorption (Langmuir); Adsorption (BET)
Reading Assignments: Ch. 9 HJB
Handout:
Week 12 (11/9) – XI. MIDTERM II, Surface Modifications; Macromolecular Adsorption
Reading Assignments: Ch. 10 HJB, Polymer Adsorption review
Handout:
Here are the solutions to the 2nd MIDTERM
Week 13 (11/16) – XII. Protein Adsorption
Reading Assignments: Interpreting SPR kinetics
Handout: Protein Films review
Week 14 (11/23, Thanksgiving) – XIII. Surfactants, Micelles, Emulsions and Foams
Reading Assignments: Ch. 12 HJB
Handout:
Week 15 (11/30) – XIV. Thin Films and Lipid Bilayers; Adhesion, Friction and Lubrication
Reading Assignments: Ch. 6, 13, 11 HJB
Homework #4 solution
Handout:
Week 16 (12/7) – XV. Surface analysis method IV; (term papers due Monday at class); Students' Presentations
Reading Assignments: Ch. 8 HJB
Handout:
Week 17 (12/14) – FINAL EXAM WEEK
Typical week schedule:
M - lecture,
W - lecture,
F - lecture or discussion on reading assignments.