HX435400 Special Lectures in Chemistry(Chemistry on Soft Interface: Water-Oil Interface, Lipid Membrane, and Models for Origins of Life)

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2026Year School/Graduate School School of Science

Lecture Code HX435400 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 化学特別講義（やわらかい界面の化学：水油界面・脂質膜・生命起源模型）

Subject Name
（Katakana）カガクトクベツコウギ（ヤワラカイカイメンノカガク：ミズアブラカイメン・シシツマク・セイメイキゲンモケイ）

Subject Name in
English Special Lectures in Chemistry(Chemistry on Soft Interface: Water-Oil Interface, Lipid Membrane, and Models for Origins of Life)

Instructor To be announced.,MATSUO MUNEYUKI,NAKATA SATOSHI

Instructor
(Katakana) タントウキョウインミテイ,マツオ　ムネユキ,ナカタ　サトシ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year, Second Semester, Second Semester

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2nd) Inte

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 25 : Science and Technology

Course Area（Discipline） 07 : Chemistry

Eligible Students

Keywords Interface and colloid chemistry, droplet, liposome, origins of life, artificial life

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline This lecture will be performed by Prof. Taro Toyota (The Univ. of Tokyo). In this course, students will learn physicochemical properties of gas-liquid interface. liquid-liquid interface, and lipid membrane at molecular level. The course also covers experimental models concerning the origins of life from the perspective of interface and colloid chemistry.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction
lesson2 Molecular interaction and interfacial energy
lesson3 Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces and amphiphilic molecules
lesson4 Dynamics of liquid droplets
lesson5 Self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules
lesson6 Dynamics of vesicles
lesson7 Models of origins of life
lesson8 Manipulation and observation of giant vesicles using microfluidic devices

Reports in this lecture.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Ayao Kitahara “Fundamentals of interface and colloid chemistry” (Kodansha) 1994 (in Japanese)

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Check the lecture materials which will be pre-distributed.

Requirements

Grading Method Class attitude 70% and report 30%

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2026Year	School/Graduate School	School of Science
Lecture Code	HX435400	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	化学特別講義（やわらかい界面の化学：水油界面・脂質膜・生命起源模型）
Subject Name （Katakana）	カガクトクベツコウギ（ヤワラカイカイメンノカガク：ミズアブラカイメン・シシツマク・セイメイキゲンモケイ）
Subject Name in English	Special Lectures in Chemistry(Chemistry on Soft Interface: Water-Oil Interface, Lipid Membrane, and Models for Origins of Life)
Instructor	To be announced.,MATSUO MUNEYUKI,NAKATA SATOSHI
Instructor (Katakana)	タントウキョウインミテイ,マツオ　ムネユキ,ナカタ　サトシ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	3rd-Year, Second Semester, Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2nd) Inte
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face

Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	25 : Science and Technology
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : Chemistry
Eligible Students
Keywords	Interface and colloid chemistry, droplet, liposome, origins of life, artificial life
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This lecture will be performed by Prof. Taro Toyota (The Univ. of Tokyo). In this course, students will learn physicochemical properties of gas-liquid interface. liquid-liquid interface, and lipid membrane at molecular level. The course also covers experimental models concerning the origins of life from the perspective of interface and colloid chemistry.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction lesson2 Molecular interaction and interfacial energy lesson3 Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces and amphiphilic molecules lesson4 Dynamics of liquid droplets lesson5 Self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules lesson6 Dynamics of vesicles lesson7 Models of origins of life lesson8 Manipulation and observation of giant vesicles using microfluidic devices Reports in this lecture.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Ayao Kitahara “Fundamentals of interface and colloid chemistry” (Kodansha) 1994 (in Japanese)
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Check the lecture materials which will be pre-distributed.
Requirements
Grading Method	Class attitude 70% and report 30%
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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