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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137374603321

Titolo

Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces / / edited by Peter Lang, Yi Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-24502-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 555 p. 230 illus., 116 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 917

Disciplina

530.417

Soggetti

Amorphous substances

Complex fluids

Optical materials

Electronics - Materials

Polymers

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics

Optical and Electronic Materials

Polymer Sciences

Physical Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.