Preface to the Third Edition.
Chapter 1. An Overview of Surfactant Science and Technology.
1.1. A Brief History of Surfactant Science and Technology.
1.2. The Economic Importance of Surfactants.
1.3. Some Traditional and Non-Traditional Applications of Surfactants.
1.4. Surfactant Consumption.
1.5. The Economic and Technological Future.
1.6. Surfactants In the Environment.
1.7. Petrochemical vs. "Renewable" Oleochemical-based Surfactants.
1.8. A Surfactant Glossary.
Chapter 2. The Organic Chemistry of Surfactants.
2.1. Basic Surfactant Building Blocks.
2.2. The Generic Anatomy of Surfactants.
2.3. The Systematic Classification of Surfactants.
2.4. Anionic Surfactants.
2.5. Cationic Surfactants.
2.6. Nonionic Surfactants.
2.7. Amphoteric Surfactants.
Problems.
Chapter 3. Fluid Surfaces and Interfaces.
3.1. Molecules At Interfaces.
3.2. Interfaces and Adsorption Phenomena.
3.3. The Surface Tension of Solutions.
Problems.
Chapter 4. Surfactants in Solution: Monolayers and Micelles.
4.1. Surfactant Solubility.
4.2. The Phase Spectrum of Surfactants In Solution.
4.3. The History and Development of Micellar Theory.
4.4. Molecular Geometry and the Formation of Association Colloids.
4.5. Experimental Observations of Micellar Systems.
4.6. Micelle Formation In Mixed Surfactant Systems.
4.7. Micelle Formation In Nonaqueous Media.
Problems.
Chapter 5. Higher Level Surfactant Aggregate Structures: Liquid Crystals, Continuous Bi-phases, and Microemulsions.
5.1. The Importance of Surfactant Phase Information.
5.2. Amphiphilic Fluids.
5.3. Temperature and Additive Effects on Phase Behavior.
5.4. Some Current Theoretical Analyses of Novel Mesophases.
5.5. Vesicles and Bilayer Membranes.
5.6. Biological Membranes.
5.7. Microemulsions.
Problems.
Chapter 6. Solubilization and Micellar and Phase Transfer Catalysis.
6.1. Solubilization In Surfactants Micelles.
6.2. Micellar Catalysis.
6.3. Phase Transfer Catalysis.
Problems.
Chapter 7. Polymeric Surfactants and Surfactant-Polymer Interactions.
7.1. Polymeric Surfactants and Amphiphiles.
7.2. Some Basic Chemistry of Polymeric Surfactant Synthesis.
7.3. Polymeric Surfactants at Interfaces: Structure & Methodology.
7.4. The Interactions of "Normal" Surfactants with Polymers.
7.5. Polymers, Surfactants, and Solubilization.
7.6. Surfactant-Polymer Interactions in Emulsion Polymerization.
Problems.
Chapter 8. Foams and Liquid Aerosols.
8.1. The Physical Basis for Foam Formation.
8.2. The Role of Surfactant in Foams.
8.3. Foam Inhibition.
8.4. Chemical Structures of Antifoaming Agents.
8.5. A Summary of the Foaming and Antifoaming Activity of Additives.
8.6. The Spreading Coefficient.
8.7. Liquid Aerosols.
Problems.
Chapter 9. Emulsions.
9.1. The Liquid/Liquid Interface.
9.2. General Considerations of Emulsion Stability.
9.3. Emulsion Type and the Nature of the Surfactant.
9.4. Surface Activity and Emulsion Stability.
9.5. Mixed Surfactant Systems and Interfacial Complexes.
9.6. Amphiphile Mesophases and Emulsion Stability.
9.7. Surfactant Structure and Emulsion Stability.
9.8. Multiple Emulsions.
Problems.
Chapter 10. Solid Surfaces and Dispersions.
10.1. The Nature of Solid Surfaces.
10.2. Liquid versus Solid Surfaces.
10.3. Adsorption At the Solid/Liquid Interface.
10.3. The Electrical Double Layer.
10.4. The Mechanics of Surfactant Adsorption.
10.5. Surfactant Structure and Adsorption from Solution.
10.6. Surfactant Adsorption and the Character of Solid Surfaces.
10.7. Wetting and Related Phenomena.
10.8. Enhanced Oil Recovery.
10.9. Suspensions and Dispersions.
Problems.
Bibliography.
Index.
