B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Fundamental of Colloids and Interface Science and Technology Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Fundamental of Colloids and Interface Science and Technology
Module 1: Effects of confinement and finite size; Concepts of surface and interfacial printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- energies and tensions; Apolar (van der Waals) and polar (acid-base) components of interfacial tensions. Young-Laplace equation of capillarity; examples of equilibrium surfaces, multiplicity, etc. Stability of equilibrium solutions; Contact angle and Young's equation; Determination of apolar (Van-der Waals) and acid-base components of surface/interfacial tensions. Free energies of adhesion; Kinetics of capillary and confined flows.
Module 2: Intermolecular, nanoscle and interfacial forces in organic, polymeric, printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- biological and aqueous systems Van der Waals, Electrostatic double layer, Acid-base interactions including hydrophobic attraction and hydration pressure.
Module 3: Mesoscale thermodynamics printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- Gibbs treatment of interfaces; concept of excess concentration; variation of interfacial tensions with surfactant concentration. Mesoscale phenomena in soft matter and applications Adhesion, wetting, nucleation, flotation, patterning of soft material by self- organization and other techniques.
Module 4: Stability of nanoparticle dispersions: printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- DLVO and DLVO like theories and kinetics of coagulation plus general principles of diffusion in a potential field/Brownian movement.
Module 5: Nanofluidics: printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- Stability of thin ( < 100 nm) films; self-organization in confined systems; meso-patterning.
Module 6: Advanced and Functional Interfaces: printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- Superhydrophobicity, functional coatings, structural colors, nano- adhesives; nanocomposites.
Reference Books
- 1 Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Paul C. Hiemenz, Marcel Dekker,
- 2 Miller, C. A. and P.Neogi, “Interfacial Phenomena : Equilibrium and Dynamic Effects”, 2nd
- 3 Hiemenz, P. C., and R.Rajgopalan, “Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry”, 3rd Edn., Marcel Dekker, NY, 1997.
- 4 Adamson, A. W. and Gast, A., “Physical Chemistry of Surfaces”, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1997.
- 5 Stokes, R. J. and Evans, D.F., “Fundamentals of Interfacial Engineering”, Wiley-VCH, N.Y., 1996.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under R-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 2 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 3 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 4 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 5 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 6 is printed as Module Course Contents. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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