Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XI [Paperback]

The Xth European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) Conference was conducted jointly with its Finnish counterpart (PKS-YKS) in Abo (Turku), Finland, in September 1996.
The focus was placed on the following topics:
- Properties of microemulsion systems; - Structure and interactions in thin films; - Biocolloids and vesicles; - Structure and interactions in dispersions; - Polymers at solid interfaces; - Polymers in solutions.
This volume presents a balanced and representative selection of the papers presented at the conference.Preface.- Dispersibility of yttria-doped zirconia powders in aqueous media.- Polyoxyethylene di-phosphonates as dispersing agents.- Osmotic deswelling of microgel particles in the presence of free polymer.- The interaction of thermosensitive, anionic microgels with metal ion solution species.- AFM-studies of interparticle forces.- Measurement of the interfacial tension of demixed colloid-polymer suspensions.- Adsorption kinetics of a semi-flexible polymer.- The behavior of ferric oxide hydrosols in the presence of urea.- Dynamics and growth of silver iodide polydispersed particles determined by light scattering.- Wetting of solids by liquids with low and high viscosity.- Pore structure characteristics of sintered TiO2 doped ?-Al2O3.- Counter-ion adsorption and homogeneity of TiO2/ZrO2 nanoparticles from SANS contrast variation.- Surface fractal dimension by nitrogen adsorption of microporous sol-gel processed SiO2 ceramics.- Effect of surfactants on zeta potential and static electricity of viscose fibres.- The influence of capillarity on the location of liquid soils on textile fabrics.- Silane treated glass fibers.- Small angle x-ray diffraction studies of PET fibres.- Nonionic surfactants in cylindrical hydrophilic pores.- Surface topography and mechanical properties of smectite films.- Temperature and subphase influence on mixed biosurfactant monolayers formation.- Photophysical studies of aerosol-OT films loaded wiló´