Polymer Science & Engineering 745 - Colloidal Phenomena

This course examines the origins and consequences of interfacial interactions. Students will gain a qualitative perspective on various contributions to interfacial and small particle energies: Brownian, hydrodynamic, van der Waals, electrostatic interactions. At the same time students will develop quantitative tools to assess the magnitudes of these interactions. These fundamentals will be developed in basic form and then applied to nanoparticle stability, electrokinetic phenomena, nucleation, film stability, biomaterial interactions, and adhesion.