1. Introduction
2. Solubility, Solvents, Surfactants
3. Toxicity and Green substitutions
4. Traditional poultices: Clays
5. Laponite-RD
6. Traditional poultices: Peels and PVAc
7. Sodium Alginate hydrocolloids
8. Chelating agents, pH and conductivity
9. Surfactants and micro-emulsions
10. PVOH-borax (slime)
11. Physical and Chemical Gels
12. Agar agar and Agarose
13. Gellan gum
14. Pemulen gels
15. PVOH and freeze-thaw
16. Masks, cyclododecane, D4
17. Surface pH and conductivity measurements
18. New directions, practice and exploration
19. Review and discussion
(Note: Actual course content may differ from above based on student interests)