CHIM0698-1 : Physical Chemistry of Interfaces

Study Programmes 2015-2016

CHIM0698-1

Physical Chemistry of Interfaces

Duration :

20h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits :

Master in biomedical engineering (120 ECTS)		3
Master in chemical and materials engineering (120 ECTS)		2
Master in physical engineering (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Cédric Gommes

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This lecture is an introduction to the physical chemistry of nanometer-sized systems.
The following topics are notably covered: -Specific surface area -Surface energies and wettability -Dispersive forces and adsorption -Size effects for phase equilibria (Gibbs-Thomson and Kelvin relations) -Role of thermal fluctuations at the nanometer-scale.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The aim of this course is to have students understand why nanomaterials have specific properties. The focus of the course is on simple models as well as on the estimation of orders of magnitude.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

-A freshman course on physics corresponding to the topics covered in the Feynman Lectures on Physics -An introductory course in thermodynamics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

face-to-face