Colloids and Interfaces - relation with soft matter
Surface tension, Young-Laplace & Kelvin equations
Interfacial thermodynamics, Gibbs isotherm
Contact Angle, wetting, dewetting, flotation
Adsorption – models, experiments
Self Assembly - surfactants, micelle, emulsification
Brownian motion fundamentals
Sedimentation, diffusion, equilibrium of colloids
Electrical double layer and charged interfaces
Intermolecular and surface forces
Stability of colloidal dispersions
Applications - nanoparticles, thin films, composites
* Course open only for post-graduate students