Understand Colloidal Systems, Stability and the Role of Surface Forces.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43868) has announced the addition of Colloid Stability: The Role of Surface Forces - Part I, Volume 1 to their offering.

Although colloidal dispersions are used in numerous areas of science and technology, very few colloidal systems are produced solely because of their colloidal nature. The scientists in industry have to understand the laws of colloidal systems in order to improve, e.g., applicability of materials, to find new fields of applications, to develop new products. Methods for stabilizing or destabilizing colloidal systems are indispensable for practical applications. For example, it may be necessary to produce a dispersion that is stable for a long period of storage but that destabilizes during application. Thus, it is important to understand the principles that determine the stability or instability of colloidal systems. The first volume includes an introduction to the nature of various forces and how these forces control the stability of the system.

The first modern approach to relate fundamental research to the applied science of colloids, this series bridges academic research and practical applications, thus providing the information vital to both. Written by the very top scientists in their respective disciplines, this volume discusses the nature of various forces, as well as the influence of surface forces on the stability of dispersions, their measurement and role in adsorbed polymers and liquid films.

For surface, polymer and physicochemists, materials scientists, and chemical engineers.

About the author

After finishing his PhD at Alexandria University, Tharwat Tadros was appointed lecturer in Physical Chemistry (1962-1966) at the same University. Between 1966 and 1969, he spent a sabbatical at the Agricultural University of Wageningen and T.N.O in Delft, the Netherlands. Thereafter he worked at I.C.I. and ZENECA until 1994, where he researched various fields of surfactants, emulsions, suspensions, microemulsions, wetting spreading and adhesion, and rheology. During that period he was also appointed visiting professor at Imperial College London, Bristol University and Reading University. In 1992, he was elected President of the International Association of Colloid and Interface Science. Since leaving ZENECA, Dr Tadros has worked as a consultant for various industries and also given several courses in his specialized field. He is the recipient of two medals from the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK, and has more than 250 scientific papers to his name.

"Dr. Tadros is a very well recognized individual in the surface
chemistry community and is known to write well."
(Prof. Krister Holmberg, Chalmers University, Goteborg, Sweden)

"The author is a well-known scientist in this field with a long
experience in colloid science."
(Henkel KGaA, Dusseldorf, Germany)

"Dr. Tadros is well-known in the field of colloid science.
High quality can be expected."
(University of Bayreuth, Germany)

"Professor Tadros is a well-known expert on the topic. Because of his
industrial experience it might be possible to close the gap between
fundamentals and the relevance and applications in the practice."
(Dr. Oetter, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany)

"Dr. Tadros is a well-known scientist in emulsion and rheology science
who can write about fundamentals and applications of surfactants."
(Yokohama National University, Japan)


General Principles of Colloid Stability and the Rules of
 Surface Forces
Thermodynamic Criterion of Spontaneous Dispersion Electrostatic
 Interactions between Colloidal Particles. Analytic Approximation.
Role of Surface Forces on the Formation and Stability of Fractal
 Structures
The Hydrophobic Attraction in the Light of Thin Film Thermodynamics
Long Range Surface Forces in Molecular Liquids: Trends in the Theory
Hydrophobic Forces in Foam Films Surfactant Nanostructures in Foam
 Films Nanoparticles in Confined Structures: Formation and Application
Colloid Stability Using Polymeric Surfactants Foam Films, Foams, and
 Surface Rheology of Non-Ionic Surfactants
Effect of the Intrinsic Compressibility on the Dilational Rheology of
 Adsorption Layers of Surfactants, Proteins and their Mixtures
 Metastability and Lability in Surface Phase Transitions: Surface
 Forces and Line Tension Effects
Structure and Stability of Black Foam Films from Phospholipids
Phospholipid Foam Films: Types, Properties and Applications

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