Fundamentals of Interfacial Engineering defines the newly emerging, crsoss-disciplinary field of interfacial engineering. It repesents a coherent, integrated approach to the field, emphasizing the fundamental concepts underlying interfacial phenomena and how these concepts are reduced to practice in processing and manufacturing settings.

Unique in its broad scope, the book establishes connections between interfacial phenomena in all materials systems, and draws attention to the similarities and distinguishing differences between liquids, polymers, and crystalline solids. Each chapter features explicit examples that illustrate applications to different processes and products situations.

From the Preface: “Understanding and utilizing the special properties of molecules at interfaces constitutes one of the scientific and technological triumphs of the twentieth century...The objective of this book is to develop a unified approach to interfacial engineering, a coherent interdisciplinary activity that focuses on the design and manufacture of products and processes whose performance depends on interfacial forces and transport pehnomena...”

Target Audience: Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in chemical engineering, materials science, polymer science, and electronics engineering; also valuable for industrial and government researchers in these fields seeking knowledge of interfacial phenomena across disciplinary lines.

Table of Contents:

Defining Interfacial Engineering

Interaction Forces in Interfacial Systems

General Properties of Systems Containing Fluid Interfaces

Colloids

Amphiphilic Systems: Liquid—Liquid Interfaces

Polymers

Polymer Composites

Liquid Coating Processes

General Properties of Crystalline Solid Surfaces

Thin Films: Solid—Solid Interfaces Processed from the Vapor Phase

Grain Boundary Surfaces and Interfaces in Crystalline Solids

Index