Exploring aqueous dispersions and solutions, biopolymer gels, self-assembled amphiphillic structures, and interfacial layers of biopolymers and biological cells, this classroom reference presents a concise introductory treatment of the physicochemical principles that determine interrelated colloidal and interfacial phenomena. Whether deciphering the spontaneous assembly of amphiphilic molecules or the intentional fouling of surfaces for the immobilization of cells in bioreactors, the book devotes special attention to reversible and soft colloids, and discusses the colloidal domain in a historical perspective, the size and distribution of particles, and electrokinetic phenomena, and more.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Materials, biomedical, pharmaceutical, and food scientists; biotechnologists; environmental technologists; physical and colloid chemists; and molecular biologists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines
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Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8247-0996-9 (9780824709969)
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Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Colloidal particles - shapes and size distributions; thermodynamic principles and relations, with special attention to interfaces; water; interfacial tension; curvature and capillarity; monolayers at fluid interfaces; wetting of solid surfaces;electrochemistry of interfaces; electrokinetic phenomena; self-assembled structures; polymers; proteins; adsorption; adsorption of (bio)polymers, with special emphasis on globular proteins; stability of lyophobic colloids against aggregation; rheology ofdispersions and interfaces; emulsions and foams; physico-chemical properties of biological membranes; bioadhesion.
