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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
KEM.410

Surface Chemistry, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Course code
KEM.410
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Markus Lahikainen
Responsible teacher:
Elina Vuorimaa-Laukkanen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Environmental Engineering and Chemistry Studies 100 %
Common learning outcomes
Innovation
Interaction and communication skills
Learning skills and critical thinking
Core content
  • The surface chemistry course focuses on understanding and utilizing the chemical and physical properties of surfaces and interfaces in nanotechnology and life sciences. The interfaces that will be considered are gas-liquid, liquid-liquid (fluids), gas-solid and liquid-solid (non-fluids) and biological interfaces.
  • The course introduces basic concepts and definitions of surface chemistry. Qualitative descriptions will be expanded by mathematical models.
  • The thermodynamic properties of the interfaces and adsorption kinetics will be dealt with in more depth than in the Physical Chemistry courses. In addition, we will look at various methods of measuring surface tension and adsorption, and e.g. how electrolytes and non-electrolytes and impurities affect the surface tension of the solutions.
  • Various methods for analyzing surfaces are presented and discussed.
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
This course contains: lectures/seminars 2*2h/week (7 weeks), exercise sessions 1*2h/week (6 weeks), one seminar presentation (about 15 min), laboratory works 1-2*3h (+reports)

Participation in teaching

No scheduled teaching