Surfactant Science and Technology

Part I Theory of Self-Assembly and Ion-Specific Effects. One Hundred Years of Micelles: Evolution of the Theory of Micellization. Ionic Surfactants and Ion-Specific Effects: Adsorption, Micellization, and Thin Liquid Films. Part II Surfactants at Solid-Liquid Interfaces. Wettability of Solid-Supported Lipid Layers. Surfactant Adsorption Layers at Liquid Interfaces. Wetting and Spreading by Aqueous Surfactant Solutions. Wetting Instabilities in Langmuir-Blodgett Film Deposition. Interfacial Studies of Coffee-Based Beverages: From Flavor Perception to Biofuels. Part III Polymeric Surfactants and Polymer/Surfactant Mixtures. DNA Release from Cross-Linked DNA Gels and DNA Gel Particles. Advances in Poly(Amino Acid)s-Based Amphiphilic Graft Polymers and Their Biomedical Applications. Polymeric Surfactants and Some of Their Applications. Part IV Biosurfactants. Biosurfactants. Microbially Derived Biosurfactants: Sources, Design, and Structure-Property Relationships. Part V Formulation and Application of Surfactant Aggregates. Triggered Drug Release Using Lyotropic Liquid Crystals as Delivery Vehicles. Pharmaceutical Microemulsions and Drug Delivery. Hydrotropes: Structure and Function. Surfactant Ionic Liquids: Potential Structured Reaction Media? Stimuli-Responsive Surfactants: History and Applications. Part VI Formulation and Application of Emulsions. Progress in Designing Emulsion Properties Over a Century: Emerging Phenomenological Guidelines from Generalized Formulation and Prospects to Transmute the Knowledge into Know-How. An Overview of Surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery. Soil Removal by Surfactants during Cleaning Processes. Index.