Trends in Colloid and Interface Science VIII [Paperback]

Trends in Colloid and Interface Science VIII contains the proceedings of the VIIth Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), held at the University of Bristol, England, September 1993.
The volume presents such topics as
- Applications of the Principles of Colloid Science
- Suspensions
- Surfactants
- Emulsions and Rheology
- Microemulsions and Bio-Colloids.Capillary wave propagation on solutions of surfactants: a new method for kinetic studies.- Interaction between molecules in adsorbed films at the air/water interface.- Position of the neutral surface in charged monolayers.- Complexation of metal ions at the monolayer-water interface.- Morphological structures in monolayers of long chain alcohols.- Preparation and characterization of PEO grafted surfaces by wettability measurements.- Amphiphilic molecules with a structured head on a water surface: a Monte Carlo simulation.- Branched amphiphilic molecules on a water surface: a Monte Carlo simulation.- Static light scattering by aqueous, salt-free solutions of charged polystyrenesulfonate at different molecular weights.- Electro-optic effects of electrostatically interacting rod-like polyelectrolytes.- The surface properties of controlled porosity glasses of various porosity.- Surface and bulk properties of yttrium stabilized ZrO2 powders in dispersions.- One-phase and two-phase regions of colloid stability.- Polymer induced fragmentation of colloiids: Mechanism and kinetics.- Synthesis of cyclohexane magnetic fluids through adsorption of end-functionalized polymers on magnetic particles.- Phase separation induced in cyclohexane magnetic fluids by addition of polymers.- An experimental study of a model colloid-polymer mixture exhibiting colloidal gas, liquid and crystal phases.- Surface charge densities and electrophoretic mobilities of aqueous colloidal suspensions of latex spheres with different ionizable groups.- l£3