Final Exam Flashcards
What are then most common shapes for micelles to take?
Spherical
Worm Like
Vesicles
Planar Bilayers
Inverted
What is the key packing parameter value for spherical micelles?
<1/3
What is the key packing parameter value for worm like micelles?
1/3-1/2
What is the key packing parameter value for vesicle micelles?
1/2-1
What is the key packing parameter value for planar micelles?
1
What is the key packing parameter value for inverted micelles?
> 1
Which type of micelle head group is more bulky?
Ionic
What is the cloud point?
The temperature at which an oily mixture beings to separate when chilled
What is the Krafft temperature?
The temperature at which the CMC and solubility of a surfactant are the same
What are the 3 extremes of polymer configuration in a solvent?
Rod, Random coil and Spherical Globule
What are the mechanisms of steric repulsion?
Osmotic Pressure and Elastic recoil
What is the mechanism of depletion flocculation? Can it be reversed?
Osmotic Pressure, yes
What are the mechanisms of bridging flocculation?
Favourable particle polymer binding interactions, low surface concentration of polymer, high polymer MW
What polymer attributes are required for steric stabilisation?
Sufficiently thick coating
MW approx. 3000 Da
Bulk concentration to ensure high surface concentration
What polymer attributes are required for depletion flocculation?
Non adsorbent polymer
What are the 4 modes of emulsion failure?
Creaming/Sedimentation
Phase inversion
Coalescence
Ostwald ripening
What is the mechanism of creaming/sedimentation?
Gravity driven separation depending on buoyancy
What is the mechanism of phase inversion?
Inversion of continuous and dispersed phase in near 50/50 emulsion when exposed to heat or mechanical shock
Ostwald ripening mechanism
In a polydisperse emulsion the higher Laplace pressure in small droplets drives molecules into solution, which then precipitate into larger drops
What is the mechanism of coalescence?
Surface forces fail to keep droplets apart. Upon collision drops combine
Provide a list of typical rheological features?
Yield stress
First Newtonian Plateau
Transition
Second Newtonian Plateau
Recovery rate
What are the basic drug release kinetics?
first order
t^1/2
zero order
What structures can give zero order kinetics?
Saturated solution with solid crystals inside permeable membrane capsule
Open hole in hemisphere
Initial concentration profile
Provide the meaning of G’ and G’’
G’=Elastic (storage) modulus
G’‘=Viscous (loss) modulus
Give the quantity and formula for the measure of material damping in yield stress materials
tan(delta)=G’‘/G’
What are the two main types of hydrogels and value of the defining quantity?
Honey like, tan(delta)>1
Jelly like, tan(delta)<1
Accelerating voltage range for TEM?
80-300 kV
What are BSE and what information do they provide in SEM?
Electrons that penetrate deeper into the surface before reflecting. The give information on composition or crystallography
What is spot size/probe current in SEM?
The allowed spread of electrons hitting the sample
What are some issues with excessively small spot size in SEM?
Reduced beam current results in less electrons being scattered, and the signal to noise ratio becomes too low
What is the benefit of increased working distance in SEM?
Improved depth of field
What are the requirements for a sample to be analysed using TEM?
-Very clean sample
-Very thin sample
-Inert
-Dry