Optical Methods and Physics of Colloidal Dispersions [Paperback]

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Workshop on Optical Methods and the Physics of Colloidal Dispersions , held in memory of Prof. Dr. Klaus Sch?tzel at the end of September, 1996, in Mainz, Germany. The meeting focused on two special aspects of colloidal science, namely novel optical methods and the physics of colloidal dispersions. In particular, the contributed papers show that the increase in the quality and number of suitable model systems has significantly enhanced our knowledge of colloidal properties, structures and dynamics.Preface.- In memoriam Klaus Sch?tzel.- Reviewing my time of personal cooperation with Klaus Sch?tzel.- Reviewing almost two decades of digital correlator development.- Hard-sphere colloidal suspensions studied by two-colour dynamic light scattering.- Dark speckle imaging of colloidal suspensions in multiple light scattering media.- Depolarized forward light scattering from anisotropic particles.- Assessment of the depletion forces in mixtures of a latex and a non-adsorbing polymer by turbidimetry.- Hard spheres versus Yukawa particles: Differences and similarities.- Multi-speckle autocorrelation spectroscopy  a new strategy to monitor ultraslow dynamics in dense and nonergodic media.- Single-mode DLS: colloids in opaque porous media.- Quantitative real-space analysis of colloidal structures and dynamics with confocal scanning light microscopy.- Spinodal decomposition of colloids in the intermediate stage.- Very low-angle static light scattering from steady-state and time-dependent nonequilibrium fluctuations.- Freezing in confined suspensions.- Investigation of shear-induced structures in lyotropic mesophases by scattering experiments.- Comparison of Bragg and SALS studies of crystallization in suspensions of hard spheres.- Effective interaction potential obtained from experimental structure factors: The inverse problem.- The use of reflectometry for the study of swelling of latex particles at a silica surface.- MlÓ+