Recent Trends in Surface and Colloid Science

Recent Trends in Surface and Colloid Science
Author: Bidyut Kumar Paul
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2012
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9814299413
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Colloid and surface science is a fascinating interdisciplinary field, where modern development and knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, material science, pharmacy and engineering have been extensively adopted, with ample scope for fundamental research and extensive potential for application. The progress of research in this important field has been remarkable during the last four decades, and it has greatly benefited society. With a summary of recent advances in this multifaceted field, Recent Trends in Surface and Colloid Science provides critical information and presents the basic concepts of organized systems in relation to their practical significance.

Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XVI

Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XVI
Author: Maria da Graca Miguel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2004-06-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783540005537
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This volume contains a peer reviewed selection of the papers presented at the highly successful fifteenth meeting of the European Colloid and Interface Society which was held in Coimbra, Portugal in September 2001 and highlights some of the important advances in this area. The topics covered include Self Assembly in Mixed Systems, Surface Modification, Biological and Biomimetic Systems, Theory and Modelling, New Techniques and Developments, Food and Pharmaceuticals, Dynamics at Interfaces and Mesoscopic and Mesoporous Systems. The volume is of interest to both academic and industrial scientists working with colloidal and interfacial systems in chemistry, physics and biology.

The Rise and Decline of Colloid Science in North America, 1900-1935

The Rise and Decline of Colloid Science in North America, 1900-1935
Author: Andrew Ede
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780754657866
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This book offers a comprehensive account of the rise and sudden decline of the status of colloid research in North America in the first half of the twentieth century, exploring the development of colloid chemistry in the laboratory and the science's reception in the wider research community. It also gives a fascinating insight into the new interest in and promotion of science in North America during the Progressive Era.

Colloid and Surface Research Trends

Colloid and Surface Research Trends
Author: Peter A. Fong
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2007
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781600215933
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Colloid and surface science research spans a wide range of topics including biological interactions at surfaces, molecular assembly of selective surfaces, role of surface chemistry in microelectronics and catalysis, tribology, and colloidal physics in the context of crystallisation and suspensions; fluid interfaces; adsorption; surface aspects of catalysis; dispersion preparation, characterisation and stability; aerosols, foams and emulsions; surfaces forces; micelles and microemulsions; light scattering and spectroscopy; nanoparticles; new material science; detergency and wetting; thin films, liquid membranes and bilayers; surfactant science; polymer colloids; rheology of colloidal and disperse systems; electrical phenomena in interfacial and disperse systems. This book presents research in this dynamic field.