Lecture 1 - Introduction to interfaces
Lecture 2 - Importance of surface; Application of interfaces
Lecture 3 - Basics of classical and emerging tools
Lecture 4 - Concepts of capillarity and surface tension (ST) and measurement of ST and contact angle
Lecture 5 - Overview of various surface tension measurement techniques
Lecture 6 - Young-Dupre equation; Tutorial
Lecture 7 - Young-Laplace equation; Tutorial
Lecture 8 - Kelvin equation; Tutorial
Lecture 9 - Contact angle for ideal and non-ideal cases; Application of Young-Dupre
Lecture 10 - Measurement of contact angle of surfaces at fluid-fluid interfaces
Lecture 11 - Washburn approach; Tutorial
Lecture 12 - Work of cohesion, adhesion, and spreading coefficient
Lecture 13 - Girifalco-Good Fowkes equation; Tutorial
Lecture 14 - Demonstration of force tensiometer
Lecture 15 - Demonstration of optical tensiometer
Lecture 16 - Shapes of micelles, critical micelle concentration (CMC); critical packing parameter (CPP)
Lecture 17 - Thermodynamic principles of self-assembly
Lecture 18 - Micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF): A surfactant-based separation technique
Lecture 19 - HLB guidelines; Debye plot
Lecture 20 - Surface excess concepts and problem solving
Lecture 21 - Gibbs adsorption isotherm equation
Lecture 22 - Deposition of Langmuir Blodgett (LB) films; Adsorption from solution
Lecture 23 - Demonstration of double barrier LB deposition technique
Lecture 24 - Emulsion and microemulsion; Application of microemulsion
Lecture 25 - Demonstration of emulsification using several emulsifying devices
Lecture 26 - Demonstration of particle size analyzer
Lecture 27 - Demonstration of particle/droplet tracking using an inverted microscope
Lecture 28 - Introduction to colloids
Lecture 29 - Understanding Intermolecular forces
Lecture 30 - van der Waals force
Lecture 31 - Lifshitz approach
Lecture 32 - Electrical double layer (EDL) interaction (Helmholtz)
Lecture 33 - Gouy-Chapman EDL Model
Lecture 34 - Gouy-Chapman-Stern EDL model
Lecture 35 - Overlapping double layer interaction
Lecture 36 - Derjaguin approximation; DLVO forces of interactions
Lecture 37 - Force-measuring techniques: Direct and indirect measurements
Lecture 38 - Steric (Polymer-mediated) forces
Lecture 39 - Electrokinetic phenomena
Lecture 40 - Demonstration of zeta potential measurements
