This course seeks to provide an appreciation of the concepts at the interface and the effects of these interfacial properties on physical, chemical and biological interactions in nature. It covers key topics such as surfaces and interfaces, capillarity and mechanics of surfaces, adsorption and thermodynamics of surfaces,

surfactants and micelles, monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films, colloids and emulsions, and techniques for probing surface interactions. The course will also expose students to the definition and explanation/theories of catalysis, and heterogeneous catalysis related to surfaces. Other applications such as photocalysis using sensitizers embedded on solid supports will be discussed.