2022 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Interface Chemistry
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Sachiko Matsushita / Takeshi Kondo
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue (S7-202) / 3-4 Fri (S7-202)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C313
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Interfacial phenomena are a key item of relevance to almost all areas of everyday life and industry. They are the basis for all applications in energy conversion, biomaterials, electronic materials, and so on. The aim of this course is to provide a practical grounding in the broad field of colloid and interface chemistry in general.
Course description and aims
By taking this course, students will be able to know and explain the basic vocabulary of colloidal interface chemistry.
Keywords
Colloid, Interface, Surfactant, adsorption, desorption, contact angle, electric double layer
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Explain using black board and slides, sometimes including handout or short test.
If our campus recommends online, the lectures will be online except for the test.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction of Colloid and Interface | Introduction of Colloid and Interface |
| Class 2 | Liquid/liquid, liquid/solid interface | Study about air/liquid interface. Surface tension, for example |
| Class 3 | Liquid/liquid interface | Study about liquid/liquid interface |
| Class 4 | Solid/air interface | Study about the adsorption at interface (including N2-BET method) |
| Class 5 | Insoluble molecular monolayer | Study about the liquid-liquid interface |
| Class 6 | Powder, aggregation, dispersion | Learn how to make and control powders as raw materials |
| Class 7 | Surfactant | Study about surfactant |
| Class 8 | Bubble | Study about foam and foam separation |
| Class 9 | Bonding, joining | Learn about the difficulties and methods of bonding materials |
| Class 10 | Emulsion | Study about the Emulsion |
| Class 11 | Electric characteristics of interface 1 | Learn about the physical properties of interfaces, such as the work function |
| Class 12 | Electric characteristics of interface 2 | Learn about the electrochemical properties of interfaces, such as the electric double layer |
| Class 13 | Porous structures and fluid | Learn about porous structures and fluid |
| Class 14 | preliminary date | preliminary date |
| Class 15 | Examination | Check the level of knowledge acquired. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 30 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
The textbook is written in Japanese.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Fumio Kitahara, 「界面・コロイド化学の基礎」講談社サイエンティフィク
Evaluation methods and criteria
Exam. (80%), Report (20%)
Related courses
- MAT.P306 ： Physical Chemistry (Surface)
Prerequisites
Nothing.