MSEN 740 Advances in Investigation of Intermolecular and Surface Forces
Intermolecular forces embrace all forms of matter, and yet one finds very few university courses devoted to the fundamental aspects of this subject. This course aims at presenting a comprehensive view of intermolecular and surface forces and the common way to investigate these forces by means of different scanning probe microscopy techniques. The first part of the course will describe the role of such force in determining the properties of simple and complex system. This subject touches on a very broad area of phenomena in physics, chemical engineering and biology and due to the wide range topic covered and different disciplines to which the course is addressed, I have presumed only the basic knowledge of molecular science. The second part of the course present the fundamentals underlying Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for the investigation of intermolecular and surface forces. AFM is one of the foremost tools for imaging, measuring, and manipulating matter at the nanoscale by gathering information of the surface throughout a mechanical probe.
Offered
Fall Spring