This volume provides comprehensive material on the chemical and physical attributes of surfactants and new models for the understanding of structure—property relationships. Surfactants: Chemistry, Interfacial Properties, Applications discusses the interrelationships among structure, properties, and applications, offering efficient ways to predict the principal physicochemical properties and appropriate applications from the structure of a surfactant.

The book includes overviews — with specific examples — of new experimental techniques and abundant reference material on manufacturers, nomenclature, and product properties. The accompanying CD-ROM enables the reader to apply the thermodynamic and kinetic models to experimental data.

From the Foreword: “...Progress in this field is stipulated by simultaneous developments in all branches which constitute surfactant science. On one hand side, new classes of surfactants are emerging brought by the synthesis or extraction from biologic objects. On the other hand, new experimental and theoretical physicochemical studies constantly add to the understanding of properties of traditional and new surfactants...”

Target Audience: Physical chemists, chemical engineers, colloid chemists, and upper-level students of these fields.

Brief Table of Contents:

Chemistry of Surfactants

Thermodynamics of Adsorption of Surfactants at the Fluid Interfaces

Equilibrium Adsorption Properties of Single and Mixed Surfactant Solutions

Dynamics of Adsorption from Solutions

Adsorption from Micellar Solutions

Theory and Practical Application Aspects of Surfactants

Software Tools to Interpret the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Surfactant Adsorption

Index