10.420/10.520 Fall 2004Molecular Aspects of Chemical Engineering |
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Download pdf version Instructor: Prof. Paula T. Hammond 66-550/8-7577 hammond@mit.edu Office Hours: Immediately after class. Appointments made via email. Text: None, but numerous topical handouts from the recent literature and other materials including: "Environmental Organic Chemistry", Rene Schwarzenbach, Philip Gschwend, and Dieter Imboden, Wiley, 1993. "Intermolecular & Surface Forces", second edition, Jacob Israelachvili, Academic Press, 1992. "Physical Chemistry of Surfaces", 6th Ed., A.W. Adamson and A.P. Gast, Wiley, 1997. "Molecular Aspects of Cell Biology", R.H. Garrett and C. M. Grisham, Saunders College Publishing, 1995. Course Calendar SEPTEMBER: 8 | Course Intro, Perspective on Intermolecular Interactions and Relevance to Application 10 | Molecular Interactions: Influence on Macroscopic Properties 13 | Review of Chemical Structures and Trends 15 | Polar and VanderWaal Interactions 17 | Dielectric Constants - Origin and Importance 20 | Solvation, Solvent Design, Solute Partitioning 22 | 24 | Chelation and Co-solvents 27 | Solvation of Large Molecules - Polymer Solubility 29 | Block Copolymers- Ordered Nanophases OCTOBER: 1 | Introduction to Solid State and Intermolecular Interactions 4 | Molecular Crystals 6 | Hydrogen Bonding in the Solid State 8 | Molecular Recognition and Self Assembly 11 * * * STUDENT HOLIDAY - COLUMBUS DAY * * * 13 | Liquid Crystalline Systems - Thermotropic 15 | Liquid Crystalline Systems - Lyotropic and Bio Examples 18 | Micellar Systems 20 | Micellar Systems 22 | Micellar Systems/Applications 25 | QUIZ 1 27 | Introduction to Liquid/Solid Interactions 29 | Wetting NOVEMBER 1 | Wetting 3 |Fundamentals of Adhesion 5 | Adhesion (special guest - Christine Ortiz) 8 10 | Molecular Adsorption 12 | Friction 15 | Polymer Adsorption/Adhesion to Surfaces 17 | Polymer Surface Modification/Surface Engineering 19 |Organic Monolayers (SAMs) 22 |Organic Monolayers 24 | Quiz 2 26 * * * THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY * * * 29 | Bio applications of organic monolayers/bioadhesion DECEMBER 1 | Other applications of surface modification 3 | Project Presentations 6 | Project Presentations 8 | Project Presentations |