Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lang, Peter (Editor), Liu, Yi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 917
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Polymers.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Polymer Sciences.; Physical Chemistry.

 This book covers the science of interfaces between an aqueous phase and a solid, another liquid or a gaseous phase, starting from the basic physical chemistry all the way to state-of-the-art research developments. Both experimental and theoretical methods are treated thanks to the contributions of a distinguished list of authors who are all active researchers in their respective fields. The properties of these interfaces are crucial for a wide variety of processes, products and biological systems and functions, such as the formulation of personal care and food products, paints and coatings, microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip applications, cell membranes, and lung surfactants. Accordingly, research and expertise on the subject are spread over a broad range of academic disciplines and industrial laboratories. This book brings together knowledge from these different places with the aim of fostering education, collaborations and research progress. 

 From the Contents: Thermodynamics of interfaces -- Basics of Electrochemistry -- Introduction to depletion forces and phase behaviour of colloid mixtures -- Interfaces of binary mixtures -- Dynamics of surfactants and polymers at liquid interfaces.