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UGELSTAD LABORATORY- surface, colloid and polymer chemistry group

~35 persons

Experimental group, modern instrumentation- 3rd floor K5 and PFI

Permanent staff:

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Surface, colloid and polymerchemistry - present in industrial processes

• Oil

• Pulp and paper

• Paint

• Food

• Pharmaceuticals

Emulsions

Suspensions

Nanoparticles

Interfacial properties

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Crude oil technology

Material science/ nanotechnology

Polymer science/ nanotechnology• Characterisation

• Separation

• Emulsions

• Gas hydrates

• Corrosion

• Naphtenic acids

• Surfactants

• Colloidal templates

• Nanostructures

• Synthesis

• Sol-Gel techniques

• Plasmachemical modication

• Solid interfaces

• Stimuli-response

• Characterization

• Polypeptides

• Nanoparticles

• Drug delivery

• Protein folding

• Surface modification

• Hydrogels

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Head: Professor Johan SjöblomColloid and surface chemistry within:

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R-COOH

R-COOH

RCOOH

R-COOHR-

COOHR-COOH

(RCOO)2

Ca

Gas

Oil

Water

Pressure release Increased pH

(RCOO)2

Ca

R-COOH

CO

2

(RCOO)2

Ca

Petroleum processing

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Organic colloid

+

Inorganic Precursor

Charge Density Matching

Calcination or Extraction

Nanostructured materials

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Thermoresponsive polymer brushes on surfaces

Collaboration w/Prof. Bo Nyström, UiO, Prof. Jan

Genzer, North Carolina State University

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Interfaces as 2D folding templates for proteins

(collaboration with Dept. of Biomedicine, UoB)

Uversky et al., J. Cellular Biochem., 2006, 99, 53-70

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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

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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)