Colloids and Interfaces in Life Sciences

Published:
June 20, 2003 by CRC Press - 448 Pages
Author(s):
Willem Norde, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
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ISBN 9780824709969
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Features

  • Features end-of-chapter exercises pertaining to key topics
  • Includes more that 530 display equations and illustrations to support topics
  • Offers numerous references for further study
  • Devotes special attention to reversible and soft colloids

    • Summary

    Exploring aqueous dispersions and solutions, biopolymer gels, self-assembled amphiphillic structures, and interfacial layers of biopolymers and biological cells, this classroom reference presents a concise introductory treatment of the physicochemical principles that determine interrelated colloidal and interfacial phenomena. Whether deciphering the spontaneous assembly of amphiphilic molecules or the intentional fouling of surfaces for the immobilization of cells in bioreactors, the book devotes special attention to reversible and soft colloids, and discusses the colloidal domain in a historical perspective, the size and distribution of particles, and electrokinetic phenomena, and more.

    Editorial Reviews

    "…[T]he text is remarkably well written … . Each chapter ends with an excellent series of exercises that test the student's understanding of its content and a list of suggestions for further reading. This is an important … resource in providing such a thorough general summary and explication of the basis of colloidal phenomena with relation to the life sciences and could easily form the heart of an excellent course on this subject. Every research institution will need a copy, as will any college offering chemistry courses beyond the most basic. The clarity and completeness of its examples will prove helpful in a variety of other fields, from tribology … to cell biology."
    - E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 2004

    "The selection of topics is useful in order to introduce the interested reader to a wide variety of colloidal structures and interfacial phenomena. … There are many illustrations that supplement the text in a fruitful manner. … My overall impression is that this book is a good introduction to 'colloids and interfaces in the life sciences' and might be used for introductory courses or seminars … ."
    - Chem BioChem

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