Surface and Colloid Chemistry

Introduction to Surfaces and Colloids Introduction Solid Phase--Liquid Phase--Gas Phase Capillarity and Surface Forces (Liquids) Introduction Surface Forces (in Liquids) Laplace Equation (Liquid Curvature and Pressure) Capillary Rise (or Fall) of Liquids Bubble Formation Measurement of Surface Tension of Liquids Surface Tension of Liquids Applications Surfactants (Soaps and Detergents) and Physicochemical Properties Introduction Surface Tension of Aqueous Solutions Gibbs Adsorption Equation in Solutions Applications Spread Lipid Films on Liquid Surfaces (Langmuir--Blodgett Films) Introduction Monolayer Isotherms on Water Surfaces Self-Assembly Monolayer (SAM) Formation Effect of Lipid Monolayers on Evaporation Rates of Liquids Monolayers of Macromolecules at the Water Surface Langmuir--Blodgett (LB) Films (Transfer of Lipid Monolayers on Solids) Vesicles and Liposomes Applications Solid Surfaces--Adsorption Introduction Solid Surface Tension (Wetting Properties of Solid Surfaces) Contact Angle (I ) of Liquids on Solid Surfaces Measurements of Contact Angles Adsorption of Gas on a Solid Surface Adsorption from Solution on Solid Surfaces Surface Tension of Solid Polymers Applications Wetting, Adsorption, and Cleaning Processes Introduction Oil Recovery and Surface Forces Applications in Cleaning Processes (Surface and Colloidal Aspects) Evaporation Rates of Liquid Drops Adhesion (Glues) (Solid1--Solid2) Colloidal Systems Introduction Attractive Forces--Repulsive Forces Kinetics of Coagulation of Colloids Dispersions of Solid Particles in Fluids Applications of Colloid Systems Thin Liquid Films Introduction Bubbles and Foams Foams (Thin Liquid films) Applications of Foams Emulsions, Microemulsions, and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals Introduction Emulsions (Oil and Water) Microemulsions Liquid Crystals Applications of Emulsions Diverse Applications of Surface and Colloid Chemistry in Science and Industry Introduction Applications of Scanning Probe Microscopes (STM, AFM, FFM) to Surface and Colloidal Chemistry Drug Delivery Design (DDD) Surface and Colloidal Aspects of Cement Industry Diverse Industrial Applications References Appendix A: Effect of Temperature and Pressure on Surface Tension of Liquids (Corresponding States Theory) Appendix B: Solubility of Organic Molecules in Water Using a Surface Tension--Cavity Model System Appendix C: Gas Adsorption on Solid Surface--Theory Appendix D: Common Fundamental Constants Index