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Surface chemistry · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Surface chemistry syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Surfaces and interfaces
- Surface excess and Gibbs dividing surface — Surface excess and Gibbs dividing surface
- Surface tension and capillarity — Surface tension and capillarity
- Young's equation and contact angle — Young's equation and contact angle
- Wetting, spreading, and hydrophobicity — Wetting, spreading, and hydrophobicity
- Surface energy of solids and liquids — Surface energy of solids and liquids
Adsorption
- Physical vs chemical adsorption — Physical vs chemical adsorption
- Langmuir isotherm: derivation and assumptions — Langmuir isotherm: derivation and assumptions
- Freundlich and BET isotherms — Freundlich and BET isotherms
- Determination of surface area by BET method — Determination of surface area by BET method
- Adsorption kinetics and activation energy of desorption — Adsorption kinetics and activation energy of desorption
Colloids and dispersions
- Colloid classification: lyophobic and lyophilic — Colloid classification: lyophobic and lyophilic
- Brownian motion and Einstein–Stokes equation — Brownian motion and Einstein–Stokes equation
- Light scattering: Tyndall effect, Rayleigh scattering — Light scattering: Tyndall effect, Rayleigh scattering
- Zeta potential and electrokinetic phenomena — Zeta potential and electrokinetic phenomena
- DLVO theory: van der Waals and electrostatic forces — DLVO theory: van der Waals and electrostatic forces
Surface modification and nanomaterials
- Thin film deposition: physical and chemical vapor deposition — Thin film deposition: physical and chemical vapor deposition
- Atomic layer deposition (ALD) principles — Atomic layer deposition (ALD) principles
- Surface functionalization with silanes and thiols — Surface functionalization with silanes and thiols
- Nanoparticle synthesis in colloidal media — Nanoparticle synthesis in colloidal media
- Core-shell nanoparticles and surface passivation — Core-shell nanoparticles and surface passivation
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- Surfaces and interfaces
Surface excess and Gibbs dividing surface
Coming soon - Adsorption
Physical vs chemical adsorption
Coming soon - Colloids and dispersions
Colloid classification: lyophobic and lyophilic
Coming soon - Surface modification and nanomaterials
Thin film deposition: physical and chemical vapor deposition
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