Applied Physics

Objectives

The curricular unit aims to offer to the student a structured knowledge and physical concepts and their link with chemical and biological phenomena and serve as support for other courses that follow along the graduation. In laboratorial and practical classes students learn how to analyse and synthesize information, organize and plan, to work together in an interdisciplinary way, to stimulate critical thinking and self-criticism, to perform necessary calculations for the treatment of experimental data and its graphical presentation. Is also an objective to develop a responsible attitude in obtaining experimental data and perform data analysis.

Program

1. Surface phenomena: adsorption; surface tension and detergency

2. Dispersed systems: characterization; kinetic , osmotic, optical and electrical properties

3. Transport phenomena: diffusion, sedimentation and electrophoresis

4. Rheology: laminar and turbulent flow; rheology of dispersed systems

5. Optics: Nature of light and principles, geometrical optics: reflection, refraction and polarization

6. Electricity: current, capacitance, electromotive force; conductivity; DC circuits; electronic concepts

Teaching Methodologies

Lectures (2x 60 min) - oral presentation using suitable teaching material;

Laboratorial classes (1x 120 min) - laboratorial experimentation. The works are performed by the students, in groups (2 -3 students) in rotation;

Practical classes (1x60 min) - solving and answering questions.

Bibliography

Tinoco Jr I., Sauer K., Wang J.C. , Puglisi J.D., Harbison G., Rovniak D., (2013)Physical Chemistry: Principles and Applications in Biological Sciences (5th edition), Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Prentice Hall

Born, M., and Wolf, E. (2003) Principles of Optics, 7th edn, Oxford, UK, Pergamon Press.

Adamson A. W., Gast A.P., (1997) Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, 6th edition , New York , USA, A Wiley Interscience Publication, John Wiley &Sons, Inc

Atkins, P., Paula, J., (2012) Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences, Oxford, UK, W. H. Freeman and Company

Tipler, P. A., Mosca, G (2000) Física para cientistas e engenheiros, rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editora

Halliday D., Resnick R., Walker J., (2005) Fundamentals of Physics (7th ed) New York , USA, Willey

Passhley R.M, Kaeraman M.E, (2005) APPLIED COLLOID AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY, Chichester UK, John Wiley & Sons Lda