1. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y UGELSTAD LABORATORY - surface, colloid and polymer chemistry group ~35 persons Experimental group, modern instrumentation - 3rd floor K5 and PFI Permanent staff:

2. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Surface, colloid and polymerchemistry - present in industrial processes Oil Pulp and paper Paint Food Pharmaceuticals Emulsions Suspensions Nanoparticles Interfacial properties

3. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y 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 Ugelstad Laboratory Head: Professor Johan Sjöblom Colloid and surface chemistry within:

4. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y R- COOH R COO H R- COOH (RCOO) 2 Ca Gas Oil Wate r Pressure release Increased pH (RCOO) 2 Ca R- COOH CO 2 (RCOO) 2 Ca Petroleum processing

5. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Organic colloid + Inorganic Precursor Charge Density Matching Calcination or Extraction Nanostructured materials

6. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Thermoresponsive polymer brushes on surfaces Collaboration w/Prof. Bo Nyström, UiO, Prof. Jan Genzer, North Carolina State University

7. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y Interfaces as 2D folding templates for proteins (collaboration with Dept. of Biomedicine, UoB) Uversky et al., J. Cellular Biochem., 2006, 99, 53-70

8. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y 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

9. U g e l s t a d L a b o r a t o r y 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)