Lectures related to Surface tension

Surface Energy: Definitions and Applications

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

Capillarity and Surface Tension

Covers capillarity, capillary rise, wetting, non-wetting, and surface forces.

Surface tension: microscopic interpretation

Explores surface tension's microscopic interpretation and its impact on creating interfaces between immiscible fluids.

Interfacial Chemistry: Introduction & Importance

Covers the basics of interfacial chemistry, including emulsions, surface tension, and the importance of interfaces in various applications.

Solid Liquid Interfaces: Young's Theorem and Cassie Equation

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

Surfaces and Interfaces: Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Explores surface and interface energy, wetting kinetics, and the impact of geometric and chemical inhomogeneities on wetting behavior.

Thermodynamics of Interfaces: Gibbs Model and Micelles

Explores the Gibbs model of interfaces and micelle formation in surfactant solutions.

Ceramic Processing: Wetting and Dispersion

Explores wetting and dispersion of ceramic powders, surface tension, additives, and microstructure control.

Capillarity and Wetting

Explores capillarity, wetting, and surface tension, discussing contact angles, hysteresis, and wetting states.

Surface Phenomena: Adsorption, Isotherms & Tension

Explores adsorption, isotherms, and surface tension phenomena in nanoscale materials.

Ceramic Processing: Dispersion and Wetting

Explores the production of ceramic pastes, dispersion, wetting, surface tension, and the lotus leaf effect.

Capillarity and Wetting: Fundamentals and Applications

Explores capillarity, wetting, nucleation, boiling, and condensation in liquid-vapor phase change applications.

Intermolecular Forces: Surface Tension

Explores intermolecular forces, surface tension, liquid films, and soap bubble behavior.

Gas/Liquid Interface: Fundamentals

Covers the fundamentals of gas-liquid interfaces, including surface tension and capillary action.

Surface Tension: Adhesion & Cohesion

Explores surface tension, adhesion, cohesion, intermolecular forces, and the Young equation in relation to various materials and liquids.

Heterogeneous Catalysis: Introduction and Surface Reactivity

Introduces the basics of heterogeneous catalysis, focusing on catalyst types, surface reactivity, and the role of surface energy in catalytic processes.

Adsorption at Gas/Solid Interface

Covers adsorption at gas/solid interface, including physisorption, chemisorption, and Xenon atom manipulation using STM.

Intermolecular Potentials and Surface Forces in Liquids

Covers intermolecular potentials, surface forces, surface tension, and hydrophobic surfaces in liquids.

Liquid Crystals: Structure and Properties

Covers liquid crystal formation, micelle structure, amphiphilic molecules, and surface tension in fluids.

Surface Tension and Fluidics

Explores surface tension, contact angles, electrowetting, liquid lenses, capillary pressure, and the pitch drop experiment.