SUBJECT

Title

Interfacial Behaviour of Macromolecules

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Chemistry MSc

Credits

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

Macromolecular solutions. Dissolved macromolecules at interfaces: thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of polymer adsorption. Equilibrium adsorption: excess quantities, adsorption isotherms. Polymer adsorption theories. Structure of interfacial polymer layers, conformation of adsorbed macromolecules, steric interactions. Competitive adsorption of macromolecules from polymer mixtures. Characterization of preferential adsorption.

Readings

Compulsory:

G.J. Fleer et al.: Polymers at Interfaces, Chapman & Hall, London, 1993

Suggested:

W. Norde: Colloids and Interfaces in Life Sciences, Marcel Dekker Inc. New York, 2003, pp. 213-312 ISBN: 0-8247-0996-9
F. Csempesz et al.: Thermodynamic properties and interfacial behaviour of uncharged polymers and polymer mixtures, Progr. Colloid Polymer Sci. (2004), 128, 244-248.