Interfacial Chemistry: Surface Tension, Adsorption, Electrokinetics

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Introduces heterogeneous catalysis, discussing catalysts' tolerance to extreme conditions and the reorganization of crystals on the surface.

Introduces catalyst characterization techniques and challenges in measuring metal surface area accurately.

Explores nanoparticles, colloids, and soft materials, covering particle motion, forces in dispersions, and stabilization mechanisms.

Explores Young's Theorem and the Cassie Equation for solid-liquid interfaces.

Explores how surfactants and colloidal particles stabilize emulsions through lowering interfacial tension and particle adsorption.

Covers Langmuir, Fowler-Guggenheim, and BET adsorption isotherms, capillary condensation, and chemisorption concepts.

Covers the definitions of surface energy and interfacial energy, as well as the Wulff Plot and key questions about crystallographic planes.

Covers the characterisation of particle size in powders, focusing on techniques such as laser diffraction and sedimentation.

Explores adsorption at the gas/solid interface, focusing on molecular beam techniques and chemisorption processes.

Explores adsorption mechanisms, elementary kinetics, active sites, and transport effects in heterogeneous catalysis.