Chemistry of Functional Materials Surfaces and Interfaces

Dr. Honciuc has recently joined the “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, in Romania, as a scientific researcher, after being an Metrohm Endowed Professor at the Zurich University of Applied Science where he has led a research group with a strong focus on nanomaterials and interfacial science. Dr. Honciuc’s current research activities include synthesis of Janus nanoparticles and their applications in Pickering emulsions and self-assembled suprastructures. Previously he has been working at BASF as a chemist developing materials for photolithographic processes used in manufacturing the latest generation of computer chips and processors. He received his PhD from the University of Alabama, USA, in 2006 and continued his postdoctoral studies exploring different aspects of surfaces, interfaces and nanotechnology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen.

1. Introduction2. Thermal energy scale kT3. Surfaces and interfaces4. Surfactants and amphiphiles5. Wettability of surfaces, nanoparticles, and biomimetic functional surfaces6. The fundamental equations of interfaces7. Elements of thermodynamics of interfaces8. Populated interfaces and their reactivity9. Metal-organic interfaces in organic and unimolecular electronics10. Main interaction forces between molecules and interfaces11. Interactions between electrically charged interfaces12. Colloids and nanoparticles13. Role of interfaces in the synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles and nanostructured materials14. Adsorption and interaction of particles at interfaces15. A short account of the role of interfaces in Integrated Circuits manufacturing