Schedule
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Starting live daily at 11 am, Eastern Time
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Lessons are approx. 30 minutes, plus interactive Q&A session
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Link to the current class will be available under Course Content tab.
We reserve the right to make changes to the speakers and the course of events.
Week 1:
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I of presenters and course. ntroduction
Overview of surface tension and bulk properties of liquids
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Static methods to characterize liquid/liquid
and liquid/gas interfaces
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Spinning drop tensiometry
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Bubble pressure tensiometry and drop volume tensiometry
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Labor day in Europe
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April 27:
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April 28:
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April 29:
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April 30:
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May 1:
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Dr. Prashant Waghmare
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Dr. Raymond Sanedrin
Dr. Aleksey Baldygin
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Frederick Fiddler
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Week 2:
Overview of the importance of accurate quantification,
static and dynamic evaluation and measuring methods
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Interfacial rheology from theory to applications
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Contact angle measurements - optical method
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Contact angle measurements - force-based method
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Adhesion analysis tool for industrial problems
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May 4:
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May 5:
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May 6:
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May 7:
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May 8:
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Dr. Prashant Waghmare
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Dr. Daniel Frese
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Dr. Thomas Willers
Dr. Raymond Sanedrin
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Dr. Daniel Frese
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Week 3:
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Accurate and precise measurements of contact angles
(spreading, evaporation and adsorption)
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What are the important physico chemical parameters when
formulating inks and how to characterize and optimize them
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Truth or Dyne? An alternative point of view
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Introduction to Foam Analysis
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Special topics: Electrowetting and magnetowetting
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Dr. Prashant Waghmare
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Dr. Thomas Willers
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Dr. Aleksey Baldygin
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TBA
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Dr. Prashant Waghmare
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Let us know!
Are you interested in an advanced surface science online course?
Email us about topics you would like to see covered or to be added to our list for future courses.
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Week 4:
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Final Exam [online format]
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May 18- June 30:
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