ChE I6300 Thin Organic Films and Their Analysis
This courses introduces the students to the concepts of supported thin organic films and their analysis: Langmuir-Blodgett Films; Self-Assembled Monolayers; Polymer Films; Homopolymers; Block Copolymers; Polyelectrolytes (Layer by Layer); Optical Techniques (Ellispometry, Second Harmonic Generation); Electroanalytical Techniques (Surface Potential); Physocochemical Techniques (Wetting); Spectroscopic Techniques (Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman Spectroscopy, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS)); Scanning Probe Microscopy (Atomic Force, Scanning Tunneling); Scattering Techniques (Neutron Scattering, X-Ray Scattering, X-Ray Diffraction, Light Scattering).
Prerequisite
Undergraduate degree in engineering, or permission of the instructor.
Contact Hours
3 hr./wk.