2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Interface Chemistry (C)
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hidetoshi Matsumoto / Sachiko Matsushita
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue / 3-4 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C317
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 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 | Dipole moment. | Study about dipole moment. |
| Class 2 | Molecular interaction | Study about Molecular interaction. |
| Class 3 | Liquid/liquid, air/liquid interface | Study about air/liquid interface. Surface tension, for example |
| Class 4 | Solid/air interface | Study about solid/air interface |
| Class 5 | Adsorption. | Study about absorption |
| Class 6 | Catalyst | Study about catalyst from the surface point of view. |
| Class 7 | Mid term exam. | Mid-term examination. |
| Class 8 | Electric characteristics of interface 1 | Learn about the physical properties of interfaces, such as the work function |
| Class 9 | Electric characteristics of interface 2 | Learn about the electrochemical properties of interfaces, such as the electric double layer |
| Class 10 | Electric characteristics of interface 2 | Learn about the phenomena at metal/electrolyte, semiconductor/electrolyte, semiconductor/semiconductor interface. |
| Class 11 | Dispersed system in aqueous and non-aqueous systems. | learn how to disperse materials in water and non-water solvent. |
| Class 12 | Wetting, contact angle, adhesion... | Learn about the formation of the interface |
| Class 13 | Spontaneous motion at interface | Learn about the spontaneous motion at liquid/liquid interface and nonlinear thermodynamics |
| 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)
Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula, Atkins' Physical Chemistry, last volume, 10th Ed., Chapters 16 and 22, Tokyo: Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, ISBN: 978-4-8079-0909-4
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.P204 ： Physical Chemistry (Thermodynamics)
Prerequisites
Nothing.