This textbook seeks to bring readers with no prior knowledge or experience in interfacial phenomena, colloid science or nanoscience to the point where they can comfortably enter the current scientific and technical literature in the area.
Designed as a pedagogical tool, this textbook recognizes the cross-disciplinary nature of the subject. To facilitate learning, the topics are developed from the beginning with ample cross-referencing. The understanding of concepts is enhanced by clear descriptions of experiments and provisions of figures and illustrations.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Fluid Interfaces and Capillarity
- Thermodynamics of Interfacial Systems
- Solid-Fluid Interactions
- Colloidal Systems: Phenomenology and Characterization
- Electrical Properties of Interfaces
- Interaction Between Colloid Particles
- Rheology of Dispersions
- Emulsions and Foams
- Interfacial Hydrodynamics
Readership: Senior undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry, physics, materials science, chemical engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and related fields.
Key Features:
- The structure of the book is especially designed to facilitate learning: (1) topics are developed "from the beginning", with ample cross-referencing; (2) steps are not omitted from derivations; (3) careful attention is paid to definitions, and the index serves as a glossary by bold-facing entries where definitions are found; (4) bibliographical references are provided at the bottom of the page where they are cited, rather than at the back of the chapter or the book; (5) there are ample figures provided to illustrate concepts
- Descriptions of several experiments or demonstrations that readers might perform to illustrate the concepts presented are given at the end of each chapter
