Number of hours
- Lectures 12.0
ECTS
ECTS 1.5
Goal(s)
This course offers an overview of the physical chemistry of surfaces in a broad sense. All the possible interfaces between the three states of matter -solid, liquid and gas- are addressed to various degrees of details.
TO SEE FICHE 2A-FAME 4PMFCCM2
Contact David RIASSETTO
Content(s)
A) Liquids and their interfaces: i) A Quiescent Interface? ii)
Thermodynamics of Liquid Interfaces iii) Orientation at Interfaces iv) The
spreading of one liquid on another
B) Surfaces of solids: i) A Quiescent Surface! ii) Description of surfaces iii)
Thermodynamics of Crystals iv) Surface crystallography
C) Surface tension measurement methods : i) Wilhelmy plate ii) Du Nouy ring iii) Bubble pressure
D) The solid-gas interface: i) Types of adsorption process ii)The Adsorption
Time iii) The Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm iv)The BET and Related
Isotherms
E) The solid-liquid interface
Prerequisites
None
Test
The exam is given in english only 
2 hours exam
Additional Information
This course is given in english only
Course list
Curriculum->Internationals Cursus->Semester 4
Curriculum->Master RI FAME->Semester 4
Bibliography
- Bubert H & Jenett H., Surface & Thin Film Analysis : Principles, Instrumentation, Applications
- Adamson A.W. & Gast A.P. Physical chemistry of Surfaces
- De Gennes P.G, Brochard-Wyart F. Quéré D., Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena : Drops, Bubbles, Pearls, Waves
French State controlled diploma conferring a Master's degree
