Surfactants and Polymers in Aqueous Solution

TWO DAY LECTURE

OVERVIEW:

A 2-day intensive course which will cover the fundamentals of interaction between surfactants and polymers in aqueous systems of particular relevance in formulating paints, industrial coatings, inks, and cosmetics, pharmaceutical and domestic cleaning products.

AUDIENCE:

This course is aimed at lab technicians and scientists conducting research in the areas of surface chemistry and surfactant formulation in industry.

How You Will Benefit from This Course:

Understand the fundamentals of surfactant-polymers systems.
Learn the latest developments in how surfactant-polymer systems are formulated and employed.
Improve your ability to advance your own scientific work.

CONTENT:

Many industrial formulations such as detergents, paints, foodstuff, and cosmetics contain both surfactants and polymers and their interaction governs many of the properties. This course is unique in that it discusses the solution chemistry of both surfactants and polymers and also the interactions between the two.

This course is broad in scope, providing both theoretical insights and practical help for those active in the area.

TOPICS COVERED:

Surfactant types and their main routes of preparation.
Novel surfactants.
Physicochemical phenomena such as self-assembly in solution, adsorption, gel formation and foaming.
Solution behavior of surfactants and polymers containing polyoxyethylene chains.
Surface active polymers and their interaction with surfactants.
Protein-surfactant interactions.
Microemulsions are treated in depth important applications such as detergency.
Emulsions and the choice of emulsifier are discussed in some detail.
Rheology and wetting will also be included.