Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers - An Introduction

Preface. Chapter 1: The Nature of Colloids. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 COLLOIDS IN ACTION. 3 CONCENTRATED COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS. 4 INTERFACES. 5 SURFACTANTS. 6 SOLUTION POLYMERS. 7 SUMMARY. REFERENCES. Chapter 2: Macromolecules and Surfactants. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 MACROMOLECULAR DEFINITIONS. 3 CONFORMATIONS IN DILUTE SOLUTIONS. 4 THE FLORY HUGGINS THEORY OF POLYMER SOLUTIONS. 5 POLYMER SOLUTION PHASE BEHAVIOUR. 6 POLYMERS AT SURFACES. 7 POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION. 8 SURFACTANTS IN SOLUTION. REFERENCES. Chapter 3: Interactions between Colloidal Particles. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 INTERMOLECULAR ATTRACTION. 3 COMPLEX NUMBER MANIPULATION. 4 DISPERSION FORCES BETWEEN PARTICLES. 5 RETARDED DISPERSION FORCES. 6 THE GENERAL OR LIFSHITZ THEORY OF DISPERSION FORCES BETWEEN PARTICLES. 7 SUMMARY AND CALCULATION GUIDE. 8 CALCULATION STRATEGY. 9 THE DEPLETION INTERACTION. REFERENCES. Chapter 4: Forces of Repulsion. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS. 3 THE ORIGINS OF SURFACE CHARGE. 4 THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFUSE DOUBLE LAYERS. 5 THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO SPHERES. 6 THE EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION. 7 STERIC INTERACTIONS. 8 CALCULATION STRATEGY. REFERENCES. Chapter 5: The Stability of Dispersions. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 THE STABILITY OF CHARGE STABILIZED COLLOIDS THE DVLO THEORY. 3 MECHANISMS OF AGGREGATION. 4 HETERO COAGULATION AND HETERO FLOCCULATION. 5 THE RATE OF COAGULATION. 6 AGGREGATION IN FLOWING DISPERSIONS. REFERENCES. Chapter 6: The Wetting of Surfaces by Liquids. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 THE CONTACT ANGLE. 3 METHODS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF CONTACT ANGLE. 4 CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS. 5 SPREADING. 6 CURVED SURFACES. 7 CAPILLARITY. 8 TEMPERATURE EFFECTS. REFERENCES. Chapter 7: Emulsions and Microemulsions. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 EMULSIFICATION. 3 STABILITY OF EMULSIONS. 4 MICROEMULSIONS. REFERENCES. Chapter 8: Characterization of Colloidal Particles. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 PARTICLE SIZE. 3 MICROSCOPY. 4 ZONAL METHODS. 5 SCATTERING METHODS. 6 ANALYSIS OF SCATTERED RADIATION. 7 NEUTRON REFLECTION. 8 DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING. 9 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES. 10 VISCOSITIES OF DISPERSIONS. REFERENCES. Chapter 9: Concentrated Dispersions. 1 INTRODUCTION. 2 THE STRUCTURE OF CONCENTRATED DISPERSIONS. 3 RHEOLOGY. 4 LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY OF COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS. 5 PHENOMENOLOGY. REFERENCES. Index.