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UGELSTAD LABORATORY - surface, colloid and polymer chemistry group. ~35 persons. Permanent staff:. Experimental group, modern instrumentation - 3rd floor K5 and PFI. Surface, colloid and polymerchemistry - present in industrial processes. Oil Pulp and paper Paint Food Pharmaceuticals.
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UGELSTAD LABORATORY- surface, colloid and polymer chemistry group • ~35 persons • Permanent staff: Experimental group, modern instrumentation - 3rd floor K5 and PFI
Surface, colloid and polymerchemistry - present in industrial processes • Oil • Pulp and paper • Paint • Food • Pharmaceuticals Emulsions Suspensions Nanoparticles Interfacial properties
Ugelstad Laboratory Head: Professor Johan Sjöblom Colloid and surface chemistry within: Material science/ nanotechnology Polymer science/ nanotechnology Crude oil technology • Characterisation • Separation • Emulsions • Gas hydrates • Corrosion • Naphtenic acids • Surfactants • Stimuli-response • Characterization • Polypeptides • Nanoparticles • Drug delivery • Protein folding • Surface modification • Hydrogels • Colloidal templates • Nanostructures • Synthesis • Sol-Gel techniques • Plasmachemical modication • Solid interfaces
Gas Oil (RCOO)2Ca Water CO2 R-COOH Pressure release Increased pH (RCOO)2Ca (RCOO)2Ca R-COOH R-COOH R COOH R-COOH R-COOH R-COOH Petroleum processing
Nanostructured materials Organic colloid + Inorganic Precursor Charge Density Matching Calcination or Extraction
Thermoresponsive polymer brushes on surfaces Collaboration w/Prof. Bo Nyström, UiO, Prof. Jan Genzer, North Carolina State University
Interfaces as 2D folding templates for proteins (collaboration with Dept. of Biomedicine, UoB) Uversky et al., J. Cellular Biochem., 2006, 99, 53-70
Industrial network – active participants in projects • StatoilHydro • Total • BP • ChevronTexaco • ENI Technologie • Petrobras • Shell • Maersk Oil and Gas • Aker Kværner • Akzo Nobel • Baker Petrolite • Champion Technologies • Vetco • Saudi Aramco • Aibel • SINTEF • IFE • PFI Graduated students: StatoilHydro, Vetco, Aibel, Champion Technologies, Borregaard, Norske Skog, SINTEF, NTNU, Aker Kværner, Chevron, Reinertsen, Gassco, Saudi Aramco
PROJECTS: TKP4710: Specialisation in surface and colloid chemistry (22.50 SP) Project: 11.25 or 15.00 SP Crude oil: - Fractionation of crude oil - Surface and rheological properties of hydrates - Offshore separation of oil and water in electrical fields - Separation technology: Emulsion formation in tetra acid/mono acid/water/oil systems Materials and nanotechnology: - Synthesis of nanostructured microreactors for fine chemicals production - Hydrogels with tailored properties - Corrosive sulfur in transformer oils Tema: Colloid chemistry in process industry (3.75 SP) Colloid Chemistry and Functional Materials (3.75 SP) Soft Condensed Matter on Surfaces (3.75 SP)