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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797029703321

Autore

Norde Willem <1944->

Titolo

Colloids and interfaces in life sciences and bionanotechnology / / Willem Norde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2011

ISBN

9781439873038

9780429107931

0-4291-0793-5

1-4398-7303-8

Edizione

[Second edition, revised and expanded.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (486 p.)

Disciplina

620/.5

Soggetti

Biocol·loides

Interfícies biològiques

Nanotecnologia

Biocolloids

Biological interfaces

Nanotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Colloidal Particles: Shapes and Size Distributions; Chapter 3: Some Thermodynamic Principles and Relations, with Special Attention to Interfaces; Chapter 4: Water; Chapter 5: Interfacial Tension; Curvature and Capillarity; Monolayers at Fluid Interfaces; Chapter 8: Wetting of Solid Surfaces; Chapter 9: Electrochemistry of Interfaces; Chapter 10: Electrokinetic Phenomena; Chapter 11: Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules; Chapter 12: Polymers; Proteins; Chapter 14: Adsorption

Chapter 15: Adsorption of (Bio) Polymers, with Special Emphasis on Globular ProteinsChapter 16: Stability of Lyophobic Colloids against Aggregation; Chapter 17: Rheology, with Special Attention to Dispersions and Interfaces; Chapter 18: Emulsions and Foams; Chapter 19: Physicochemical Properties of Biological Membranes; Chapter 20:



Bioadhesion; Appendix: Solutions to Exercises; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Each chapter includes Exercises and Suggestions for Further ReadingIntroductionColloidal DomainInterfaces Are Closely Related to ColloidsColloid and Interface Science in a Historical PerspectiveClassification of Colloidal SystemsColloidal Particles: Shapes and Size DistributionsShapesParticle Size DistributionsAverage Molar Mass.Specific Surface AreaSome Thermodynamic Principles and Relations, with Special Attention to Interfaces Energy, Work, and Heat: The First Law of Thermodynamics The Second Law of Thermodynamics: EntropyReversible Processes: Definition of Intensive VariablesIntroduction o