介紹膠體與界面現象基本原理，並深入探討其中與化學工程相關之課題。

General Course Description： introduction to the basic principles of colloid and interface science and discussion of their applications in the field of chemical engineering

Outline

1. Introduction to Colloidal Dispersions
--- structure of colloids
--- sedimentation equilibrium
--- Brownian motion / Einstein’s equation
 
2. Flocculation
--- rapid Brownian flocculation
--- slow flocculation
--- flocculants
 
3. Surface Energy and Surface Tension
--- surface thermodynamics
--- curvature effects / Laplace’s equation
--- surface tension measurements
--- surface tension of solutions / Gibbs adsorption equation
 
4. Adsorption
--- adsorption isotherms / Langmuir and BET isotherms
--- equation of state of adsorbed film

5. Osmotic Pressure of Colloidal Solutions
--- virial expansion / McMillan-Mayer theory
--- Donnan effect / colloidal electrolytes
 
6. Electric Double Layer
--- structure of double layer
--- Nernst-Planck equation
--- electrostatics of continua / Poisson’s equation
--- Debye-Hückel theory
--- Gouy-Chapman model
--- boundary condition at a charged interface
--- double layer interactions between bodies
--- DLVO theory
 
7. Electrokinetic Phenomena
--- electrophoresis, electro-osmosis
--- migration potential, streaming potential

8. Hydrodynamics of Single Particles
--- Stokes flow / Faxen’s law
--- mobility for non-spherical, rigid particles
--- sedimentation rate
 
9. Hydrodynamic Interactions among Particles
--- Oseen tensor
--- two-particle motions
 
10. Suspension Rheology
--- intrinsic viscosity
--- concentration effects on viscosity
 
11. Solutions of Surfactants
--- classification of surfactants
--- aggregates of surfactant molecules