This book provides an updated overview on different topics related to the fundamentals and applications of drops and bubbles and to their interaction with a solid surface. Not only theoretical and experimental contributions are covered, but also a wide range of fields with the common background of wetting and wettability, liquid-solid interfacial properties, spreading dynamics. An interesting peculiarity arises from considering several types of liquids: pure liquids, surfactant solutions, ionic liquids, liquid metals. Therefore, the book is useful both to readers willing to deepen their knowledge on specific topics as well as to those seeking a general overview on the subject. In addition, the book can be widely used for materials, physics and chemistry courses for undergraduates.
This book provides an updated overview on different topics related to the fundamentals and applications of drops and bubbles and to their interaction with a solid surface. Not only theoretical and experimental contributions are covered, but also a wide range of fields with the common background of wetting and wettability, liquid-solid interfacial properties, spreading dynamics. An interesting peculiarity arises from considering several types of liquids: pure liquids, surfactant solutions, ionic liquids, liquid metals. Therefore, the book is useful both to readers willing to deepen their knowledge on specific topics as well as to those seeking a general overview on the subject. In addition, the book can be widely used for materials, physics and chemistry courses for undergraduates.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 60960 mm
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978-90-04-20319-8 (9789004203198)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dr. Michele Ferrari is Staff Researcher at Institute for Energetics and Interphases (IENI) of the National Research Council(CNR) in Genova, Italy. He is author of more than 60 articles in international peer reviewed journals with contributions to books, encyclopedias and proceedings and has been co-editor of books and scientific journal special issues. His scientific interests include interfacial properties of surfactant systems, atomic force microscopy and wetting studies on superhydrophobic coatings.
Libero Liggieri is Senior Researcher at the CNR Institute for Energetics and Interphases in Genoa. Author of about 120 papers and book chapters on topics related to adsorption layers at liquid interfaces, he also edited 4 books in that field. He is currently member of the editorial boards of "Advances in Colloid and Interfaces Sciences" and of "Current Opinions in Colloid and Interface Sciences".
Dr. Reinhard Miller is group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany. His scientific interests are focused on dynamics of interfacial layers. He edited so far 26 books, is author of about 450 scientific papers, and editor of the journal "Advances in Colloid Interface Science". He is the President of the European Colloid and Interface Society.