Now in its second edition, this work offers a most useful introduction to the complex area of surface and colloid science. It imparts an understanding of the fundamental aspects of surfaces, interfaces, and colloids — essential information for effective solutions in diverse areas of chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, engineering, and materials science. Mathematics is kept to a minimum, and many real-world examples are used to illustrate key technological and biological processes.

The second edition of Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids: Principles and Applications includes new chapters on absorption and biological systems in addition to the important areas of colloid stability, emulsions and foams, monolayer films, surfactants, and wetting.

From the Preface: “...Historically, improvements in systems involving interfacial and colloidal phenomena, and the development of new applications, have been a result of repetitive processes of trial and error and the application of empirical rules developed over long periods of time — in other words, the area has been more art than science. Current economic and social conditions, however, tend to make the old `artistic' approaches to invention, development, and production much less desirable and tolerable...”

Target Audience: Scientists, technologists, and students dealing with colloidal and surface systems and their numerous industrial applications.

Table of Contents:

Surfaces and Colloids: The Twilight Zone

Surfaces and Interfaces: General Concepts

Surface Activity and Surfactant Structures

Attractive Forces

Electrostatic Forces and the Electrical Double Layer

Capillarity

Solid Surfaces

Liquid—Fluid Interfaces

Adsorption

Colloids and Colloidal Stability

Emulsions

Foams

Aerosols

Polymers at Interfaces

Association Colloids: Micelles, Vesicles, and Membranes

Solubilization, Micellar Catalysis, and Microemulsions

Wetting and Spreading

Friction, Lubrication, and Wear

Adhesion

Bibliography

Index