Interfaces in Condensed Systems [Paperback]

Microemulsions: theoretical estimates of droplet sizes and size distributions.- Optical studies of fluid interfaces.- Correlation between surface and interfacial tensions with micellar structures and properties of surfactant solutions.- Predicting conditions for intermediate phase formation in surfactant systems.- Concentrated sterically stabilized dispersions and their flocculation by depletion layers.- Interfacial electrochemistry of oxides: Recognition of common principles.- Molecular wetting films.- Construction of an atomic force microscope and application of atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy in surface chemistry.- Adsorption of short-chain polyoxyethylene alkylethers from aqueous and non-aqueous solutions onto graphite. A thermodynamic study using liquid-solid chromatography.- Non-equilibrium effects in liquid-solid chromatography and flow sorption microcalorimetry.- On the nature and role of water structuring in the adsorption of nonionic surfactants on hydrophobic surfaces.- Microcalorimetric adsorption enthalpies of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide copolymers from CCl4 and H2O on pyrogenic silica.- Self-mobility of flexible polymers adsorbed at a solid-liquid interface.- Correlation between adsorption and the effects of surfactants and polymers on hair.- The mediated adsorption (cosorption) of anionic drugs by cationic surfactants onto silica.- Adsorption of paraquat ions on clay minerals. Electrophoresis of clay particles.- On the adsorption of surfactants on non-sulphide minerals.- Specific dye adsorption at oriented monolayers.- Photodesorption of Langmuir-Blodgett multilayer assemblies.- On the mechanism of procaine penetration into stearic acid monolayers spread at the air/water interface.- Iridescent phases in aminoxide surfactant solutions.- Reversible light-induced phase transition in the system cetyltrimethylammonium bromide  water containing a crown-ether-bearing azobenzene.- Solubilization and conformation of protamineslC%