Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Second Edition

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    The 465 entries in this four-volume second edition define terminology, demystify concepts, highlight key references, and identify important applications in the field today. Improved organization and indices enable readers to locate information quickly and easily. The topics surveyed include active fillers for composite materials, interfacial and dielectric properties of biological tissues, colloid interaction forces, cationic and anionic surfactant interaction, dielectrophoresis of biological cells, Gemini surfactants, interfacial tension measurement in fluid-fluid systems, latex films, and papermaking. This resource also offers expanded coverage of adsorption, chromatography, electrical double-layers, electrocatalysis, micellar systems, polymers, and much more.

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    Table of Contents

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    This Edition Presents 44 New Entries of Original Content You Won’t Find Elsewhere!
    Absorption of Ions into Droplets
    New! Acid-Base Behavior of Clay Surfaces in Aqueous Media
    Acid-Base Behavior of Oxide and Related Surfaces
    Acid-Base Behavior of Polymer Surfaces
    Acid-Base Behavior of (Polymer) Surfaces: Theory
    Active Fillers for Composite Materials: Interaction with Penetrated Media
    Adhesion of Air Bubbles to Mineral Surfaces in the Presence of Liquids
    Adhesion Properties of Polymers
    Adsolubilization of Organic Pollutants
    Adsorbate Molecular Area and Monolayer Coverage, Relationship between
    Adsorbate Structure at Clay Surfaces: Surfactants at Clay-Water Interface
    Adsorbents for Water Treatment: Development of Low-Cost Alternatives to Carbon
    Adsorption and Fouling at Stainless Steel Surfaces
    Adsorption and Interfacial Film Formation from Emulsion Systems
    Adsorption at Gas-Liquid Interfaces
    Adsorption at Silica, Alumina, and Related Surfaces
    Adsorption at Surface-Modified Silica Gels
    Adsorption-Desorption Kinetics on Reconstructable Surfaces
    Adsorption from Mixtures of Polymers and Surfactants
    Adsorption in Disordered Microporous Materials: Theoretical Analysis
    Adsorption Isotherms: Basic Principles
    Adsorption Kinetics
    Adsorption Kinetics of Proteins
    Adsorption Mechanisms of Ions in Colloidal Systems
    Adsorption of Amino Acids on Solids
    Adsorption of Biomolecules at Silica
    Adsorption of Drugs
    Adsorption of Dyes on Clay Surfaces
    Adsorption of Dyes on Mica
    Adsorption of Electroinactive Organic Molecules at the Mercury-Solution Interface
    Adsorption of Fluids
    Adsorption of Gases at Porous Solid Surfaces
    Adsorption of Gases on Ion-Exchanged Zeolite Surfaces
    Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions on Clays
    New! Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions on Soil Surfaces and Similar Substances: Theoretical Aspects
    Adsorption of Immunoglobulins at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
    Adsorption of Metal Complexes at Oxide and Related Surfaces
    Adsorption of Molecules at Metal Surfaces
    Adsorption of Particles onto Metallic Surfaces
    Adsorption of Particles: Theory
    Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes on Mica
    Adsorption of Polyethoxyethylenic Surfactants on Clay Surfaces
    Adsorption of Polymers at Colloid Surfaces
    Adsorption of Polymers in Mixed Polymer Systems
    New! Adsorption of Polysaccharides on Minerals
    Adsorption of Proteins: Measurement Methods
    Adsorption of Proteins: Methods of Orientation
    Adsorption of Proteins on Polymer Particles: Some Applications
    Adsorption of Surfactants and Biological Molecules at the Mercury-Solution Interface
    Adsorption of Surfactants and Induced Adsorption at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
    Adsorption of Surfactants at Polymer Surfaces
    Adsorption of Surfactants on Silica
    Adsorption of Water at Clay Surfaces
    Adsorption on Activated Carbon and Zeolite Surfaces: Recovery of Chlorinated Organic Compounds
    Adsorption on Carbon
    Aggregated Structures of Fine Particles and Suspension Rheology: Electric Field Effects
    Atmospheric Aerosols: Natural and Anthropogenic Particles
    Atomic Force Microscopy: Cantilever Calibration
    Atomic Force Microscopy of Membranes
    Bacteria and Mineral Interactions
    Bacteria: Surface Behavior
    Biodegradable and Chemically Degradable Anionic Surfactants
    Biodegradable and Chemically Degradable Nonionic Surfactants
    Bioelectrochemistry at Surface Modified Carbon Electrodes
    Biological Tissues: Interfacial and Dielectric Properties
    Biomembranes: Permeability
    Biosensor Surface Phenomenon
    Biosorption
    Block and Copolymer Micelles
    Bubble and Drop Pressure Tensiometry
    Bubble Size in Superheateds Fluid and Modeling Problems
    New! Bubbles: Homogeneous Nucleation
    New! Bulk Single Crystals, Growth of
    Calcite: Surface Charge
    Calculation of Zeta-Potentials from Electrokinetic Data
    Carbon Particles
    Carbon-Silica Adsorbents
    Catalysis by Metallic Colloids
    New! Catalysis by Porous Solids: New Trends
    Catalytic Activity of Layered Double Hydroxides or Hydrotalcite-Type Anionic Clays
    Cationic and Anionic Surfactant Interaction
    Cationic Quaternary Ammonium Salt Surfactants in Aqueous Solutions with Alcohols as Cosurfactants, Phase Behavior of
    Cell Growth on Polymer Surfaces
    Chain Statistics in Polymer Solution: Statistical and Thermal Physics from Scaling Concepts for Geometry
    Chemical Equilibrium in Three-Phase Colloid Systems
    Chemical Modification of Clay Surfaces
    Chemically Modified Silica, Alumina, and Related Surfaces
    Chirality in Monolayers
    Chromatography by Surface Area Exclusion
    Chromatography: New Solid Phases
    Chromatography of Biomolecules and Biopolymers: FTIR Insight into Protein Structural Changes during the Adsorption Process
    Clay Surfaces: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Molecules and Ions
    Coagulation Approach to Water Treatment
    Coagulation of Aerosol Particles
    Coagulation of Protein-Stabilized Dispersions
    Colloid Interaction Forces and Atomic Force Microscopy
    Colloidal Aggregation Processes
    Colloidal Chemo-Mechanics of Cement Hydrates and Smectite Clays: Cohesion Vs. Swelling
    Composite Fine Particles
    Composite Membranes: Surface Chemical and Electrical Characterization of Polyamide Layers
    Compound Semiconductor Formation by Electrochemical Atomic Layer Epitaxy (EC-ALE): Surface Chemistry
    Confinement-Induced Structural Forces in Colloidal Systems
    Conformation of Adsorbed Proteins
    Contact Angle Determination from Heat of Immersion and Heat of Wetting
    Contact Angle Measurement Techniques for Determination of Wettability
    Contact Angle Measurements on Oxide and Related Surfaces
    Coprecipitation of Oxide and Related Surfaces
    Crystal Growth Kinetics and Mechanisms
    Crystalline Colloids
    Cyclic Voltammetry at Electrode Surfaces
    New! Cyclocarbonate Based Polymers Including Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Adhesives and Coatings
    Cyclodextrin Interfacial Behavior
    Detergency for Engineering Applications of Surfactant Solutions
    Dielectric Behavior of Clay Surfaces
    Dielectric Constants and other Electrical Properties of Monolayers at Liquid Interfaces
    Dielectric Properties of Suspensions of Solid Particles
    Dielectric Spectroscopy of Micro-Emulsions
    New! Dielectrophoresis of Biological Cells
    Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of Iron Oxides
    Diffusion at Oxide and Related Surfaces
    Diffusion-Limited Adsorption Kinetics of Polymer Layers Adsorbed at the Solid-Liquid Interface
    Disorder-to-Order Transition in Bilayers on a Surface, Dynamics of: Formation of van der Waals Clusters by Percolation
    Dispersed Air Flotation Theory
    Dissolution Kinetics of Ores
    Double Emulsions
    Edible Emulsions
    Electric Charge Density of Silica, Alumina, and Related Surfaces
    Electric Fields at Electrode Surfaces: Theory of Electrode Polarization
    New! Electric Scanning Probe Techniques: Kelvin Force Microscopy and Electric Force Microscopy
    Electrical Behavior of Inorganic Membranes
    New! Electrical Charge at Ice-Aqueous Electrolyte Interface
    Electrical Double-Layer and Ion Adsorption Behavior at Solid-Solution Interfaces
    Electrical Double-Layer at a Colloid Particle
    Electrical Double-Layer at Oxide-Solution Interfaces
    Electrical Double-Layer at Particles
    Electrical Double-Layer Interaction Between Spherical Particles: Approximate Expressions
    Electrical Fluctuations in Small Systems
    Electroacoustics
    New! Electrocatalysis of Inorganic Reactions: Bimetallic Surfaces
    New! Electrocatalysis of Inorganic Reactions: Pure Platinum Surfaces
    Electrochemical Impedance of Partially and Totally Blocked Electrodes
    Electrochemical Reactions in Microemulsions
    Electrodeposited Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites
    Electrodynamics and Dielectric-Impedance Spectroscopy of Membranes and Polymers
    Electrokinetic Behavior of Latex Dispersions, Emulsions, and Microgel Particles
    Electrokinetic Behavior of Particles: Theory
    New! Electrokinetic Phenomena in Narrow Pores at Constant Surface Charge
    Electrokinetic Phenomena of the Second kind
    Electrokinetics of Bubbles
    Electrokinetics of Clay Mineral Surfaces
    Electrokinetics of Mineral Particles
    Electrokinetics of Particles
    Electrokinetics of Suspended Solid Colloid Particles
    Electromagnetic Radiation and its Effects on Colloid and Interfacial Behavior
    Electron Microscopy and Diffraction of Surfaces
    Electron Microscopy of Particles
    Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Polymers at Surfaces
    Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy of Colloidal Metal Surfaces and Conduction Electrons
    Electron Transfer Processes of Dyes at Semiconductor Surfaces
    Electronic Spectroscopy of Rhodamine Dyes Adsorbed at Clay Surfaces
    Electrooptic Behavior of Colloids
    Electrooptical Analysis of a Suspension of Cells and its Structures
    Electroosmosis in Porous Solids
    Electrophoresis of Liposomes
    Electropolymerization at Metal Surfaces
    Electrostatic Interaction between Parallel Plates
    Ellipsometric Studies of Thin Films at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
    Emanation Thermal Analysis: Investigation of Gels, Solid Surfaces, and Thin Layers
    Emulsion Flocculation Mechanisms
    Emulsion Systems: Phase Behavior
    Emulsions: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
    Enthalpy of Charging Processes at Metal Oxide-Liquid Interfaces
    Enzyme Behavior in Nonconventional Systems
    Enzyme Monolayers
    Evaporation Kinetics and Thermophoresis of Particles
    Fabric Surfaces: Interfacial Chemistry
    Fatty Acids at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
    Field Ion Microscopy of Surface Processes
    New! Fine Clay Flocculation
    Flocculation of Particles
    Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of Particles
    Foams, Conductivity of
    Fractal Aggregates and Polymer Coils, Dynamic Properties of
    Fractal Structure of Flocs, Computer Simulation of
    Fractionation of Soluble Molecular Species by Foaming
    Gas Adsorption at Porous and Dispersed Surfaces: Modeling
    Gas Solubilities in Capillary Water Confined in Finely Dispersed Systems
    Gels
    New! Gemini Surfactants
    Glass Surfaces: Electrokinetic and Wetting Properties
    Gold Nanoclusters on Electrode Surfaces
    Heavy Metal Adsorption at Clay Surfaces: Modeling
    Heterogeneous Catalysis: In-Situ Analysis of Reactions at the Site Level
    High-Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (HREELS)
    Hydrodynamic Behavior and Stability of Approaching Deformable Drops
    Hydrodynamic Behavior of Suspensions
    Hydrodynamic Behavior of Suspensions of Polar Particles
    Hydrogel Nanoparticles: Applications in Drug Delivery
    Hydrogen-Bonding Interaction: Influence on Interfacial Properties
    New! Hydrophobic Monolayer Surfaces: Synthesis and Wettability
    Hysteresis in Contact Angle Measurements
    Immersion of Solids
    Infrared Emission Spectroscopy of Clay and Related Minerals
    Infrared Reflection Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Molecules at Mineral Surfaces
    Infrared Spectroscopy of Silica, Alumina, and Related Surfaces
    Inorganic Substitution Reactions in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions
    Interfacial Tension Measurement in Fluid-Fluid Systems
    Internal Structure and Rheological Properties of Ferrofluids: Approach by Means of Computer Simulations
    Inverse Gas Chromatography at Infinite Dilution as a Method to Determine the Structural and Chemical Features of Activated Carbon Surfaces
    Inverse Gas Chromatography: Characterization of Alumina and Related Surfaces
    Inverse Gas Chromatography of Fibers and Polymers
    Ion Complexation at Oxide-Solution Interfaces
    Ion-Membrane Interactions
    New! Ion Transport Mechanisms in Unsaturated Porous Media: Modeling
    Ionic Drugs through Synthetic Fixed Charge Membranes, Passive Transport of
    Ionic Surfactant Interactions with Polyelectrolytes, Poly-L-amino Acids, and Dextran Sulfates
    Ionically Assembled Multilayer Systems on Electrode Surfaces
    Iron Oxide Particles
    New! Isoelectric Point of Metals in Aqueous Media
    Keratin Fiber Surfaces: Techniques and Environmental Changes
    Kinetic Behavior of Vesicles
    New! Kinetic Studies in Zwitterionic Micellar Solutions
    Kinetics and Mechanism of Chemical Reactions at Silica Surfaces
    New! Kinetics of Adsorption at Oxide Surfaces
    Kinetics of Ionic Adsorption-Desorption at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
    Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Proteins and Enzymes
    Latex Dispersions and Emulsions
    Latex Films
    Lecithin
    New! Light-Scattering and Electric Light Scattering from Bacterial Suspensions
    Light-Scattering by Proteins
    Light-Scattering from Particles
    Lipid Bilayers and Monolayers: Characterization Using Micropipette Manipulation Techniques
    Lipid Bilayers: Polyhydroxylated Compounds and Osmotic Stress Effects on their Interfacial Properties
    Lipid Emulsions: Formation, Stability, and Metabolism
    Liposome-Associated Solutes, Delivery of
    Liquid Drops onto Solid Surfaces, Deposition of
    Liquid-Liquid Interfacial Films
    Magnetic Control of Structures and Functions of Molecular Assemblies
    Magnetic Interactions in Adsorption at Solid Surfaces
    Magnetic Nanoparticles: Preparation and Properties
    Manganese Nodules: Surface Chemistry
    New! Mass Transport in Micellar Systems
    Mass Transport Phenomena in Emulsions Containing Surfactants
    Mechanistic Models for Adsorption Reactions at Iron (Hydr)Oxide Surfaces
    Membranes: Commercial Applications
    Membranes for Hemodialysis
    Membranes in Electroanalytical Chemistry: Membrane-Based Chemical and Biosensors
    Membranes: Osmotic Properties
    Metal Ion Adsorption on Silica, Alumina, and Related Surfaces
    Metal Ion Complexation in Surfactant Solutions
    Metal Sorption on Oxide, Silicate, and Phosphate Solids: Thermodynamical and Structural Point of View
    Metallic Colloids
    Micellar Drugs
    Micellar Structure: Neutron Scattering Studies
    Micellar Systems: Dynamics
    Micellar Systems: Interactions with Volatile Anesthetics
    Micellar Systems: Mechanisms of Catalysis
    New! Micellar Systems: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
    Micellar Systems: Size and Shape Analysis
    Micellar Systems: Surface Tension Measurements
    Micellar Systems: Ultrafiltration
    Micellar Systems: Ultrasonic Studies
    Micellar Thin Films
    New! Micelles and Bicelles as Membrane Mimics for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Peptides and Proteins
    Micelles: Chemical Kinetics
    Micelles: Fluorescence Studies
    New! Micellization in Aqueous Solution of Some New Emerging Surfactant Classes
    New! Micro- or Nanoparticle-Polymer Flocculation Systems
    Microanalysis of Mass Transfer Processes on a Single Particle
    Microcalorimetry of Solid Surfaces
    Microemulsion Behavior under High Pressure
    Microemulsions: High-Pressure Compartmentalization of Reactants
    New! Microemulsions: Percolation of Conduction and Thermodynamics of Droplet Clustering
    Microencapsulation
    Microporous Materials: Modeling of Internal Structure
    Mineral Flotation
    Mineral Oxides, Dissolution of
    Mixed Amphiphile Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface
    Mixed Micellar Systems
    Molecular Adsorption at Electrode Surfaces: Fundamentals
    Molecular Adsorption at Well-Defined Pd Electrode Surface
    Molecular Adsorption in Photofunctional Nano Semiconductors
    Molecular Interactions between Local Anesthetics and Model Biomembranes
    Molecular Motion and Dielectric Behavior in Monolayers
    Molecular Organization in Monolayers: Surface Spectroscopy and Sensing
    Monolayers at Air-Water Interfaces, Morphology of
    Monte Carlo Calculations for Liquid Films
    Monte Carlo Simulation of Adsorption
    Moving Contact Line Problem: State of the Contact Angle Boundary Condition
    Multibranched Polymers in Solution: Stars, Dendrimers, and Hyperbranched Polymers
    Multicomponent Adsorption Approaches to Modeling Adsorption Equilibria
    Multicomponent Copolymer Brushes: Architecture
    Nanocrystal Powders
    Nanoparticles as Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents
    Natural Microcontaminants Removal from Drinking Water Using Activated Carbon
    Non-Equilibrium (Dynamic) Electrical Double Layer
    Nucleation and Crystal Growth in Zeolite Systems
    Nucleation and Growth of Monodispersed Particles: Mechanisms
    Oil-Water Emulsions
    Optical Properties of Colloids: Applications
    Optical Spectroscopy of Proteins at Interfaces
    Ores, Flotation of
    Organic Adsorption on Carbon Surfaces
    Organic Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Creation of Ordered Organic Thin Films and Organic-Organic Heterojunctions
    Organometallic Polymers and Block Copolymers
    Orogenic Displacement of Interfacial Protein Films by Surfactants
    Oxide Materials for Water Treatment
    Oxide-Solution Interface: Structure
    Oxides and Related Surfaces as Catalyst Supports
    New! Papermaking Part I: Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Pulping Processes
    New! Papermaking Part II: Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Papermaking Processes
    Particle Nucleation and Growth
    Particles on Interfaces and in Thin Liquid Films, Dynamics of
    Perlite Surfaces
    Phase Transitions in Finely Divided Aqueous Systems
    Phases, Phase Transitions, and Nucleation Theory
    Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation Involving Clay Surfaces
    Photocatalytic Oxidation Processes at Titanium Dioxide Surfaces: Enhancing Effect of Oxide Monolayers
    Photochemistry of Colloidal Particles
    Photoelectron Emission Microscopy of Surfaces
    Photon Spectroscopy of Colloids
    Physical Methods and Experimental Techniques for the Determination of Stability Constants
    Physico-Chemical Modeling of Heavy Metals (Cd, Zn, Cu) in Natural Environments
    Physico-Chemical Properties of Ethoxylated Surfactants in Aqueous Solutions
    Physisorption at Surfaces: Two-Dimensional Models
    New! Pitting During Crystal Dissolution: Modeling and Analysis
    Plasma Perfusion Using Immunosorbents
    Platinum Nanoparticle Electrode Surfaces: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
    Polarographic Studies of Adsorption at Mercury Electrode Surfaces
    Polyelectrolyte Interactions with Clay
    New! Polyelectrolyte Interactions with Inorganic Particles
    Polyion-Protein Nanocomposite Films
    Polymer Adsorption at Solid Surfaces: Theoretical Aspects
    New! Polymer Brushes: Applications in Biotechnology
    Polymer Composites
    Polymer Dispersions: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies
    Polymer Interfaces and Crop Protection
    New! Polymer Matrices, Highly Fluorescent Nanocrystals in
    Polymer Membranes
    Polymer-Nanoparticle Complexes: Fundamentals and Applications of Interfacial Behavior
    Polymer Nanoparticles
    Polymer Particles and Polyelectrolytes: Surface Electrical Properties
    Polymer Particles: Electrophoresis
    Polymer Surfaces, Grafting of
    Polymer Surfaces, Particles at
    Polymeric Coating Interfaces
    New! Polymeric Flocculants
    Polymerization of Monomer Emulsions
    Polymers: Forces between their Surfaces
    Polymers in Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Systems
    Polypeptide Behavior at Interfaces
    New! Polysaccharide Applications in Mineral Processing
    Polysaccharides: Biomedical Applications
    Porous Glass
    Porous Media Characterization by Combined Dynamic and Equilibrium Techniques
    Porous Membranes: Adsorption, Blocking, and Electrokinetic Phenomena
    Positron Annihilation Studies in Micellar and Reverse Micellar Systems
    Positron Beam Studies of Surface Nanolayers
    Printing: Interfacial Aspects
    Protective Effect of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate on Protein Structures
    Protein Adsorption in Intravenous Drug Delivery
    Protein Adsorption in Langmuir Films: Example of Glucose Oxidase
    Protein Conformation in Reverse Micelle Environment
    Protein Films
    Protein Interactions with Ionic Surfactants Part I: Binding and Induced Conformational Changes
    Protein Interactions with Ionic Surfactants Part II: Kinetics and Dynamics Conformational Changes of Protein
    Protein Structural Changes Resulting from Homomolecular Exchange on Solid Surfaces
    Protein-Surfactant Interactions
    Proteins: Association, Adsorption, and Aggregation
    Proteins at Interfaces: Control of Adsorption
    Proteins in Water-Cosolvent Binary Systems: Function and Structure
    Pyrogenic Silica and Alumina
    Quasiton Theory of the Interface
    Radiotracer Studies of Adsorption at Electrode and Dispersed Oxide Surfaces
    Raman and Infrared Spectroscopic Study of the Modification of Kaolinite Surfaces by Intercalation with Organic Molecules
    Raman Spectroscopy of Colloidal Metal Surfaces: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on Metal Hydrosols
    Reactions of Aggregates of Bile Salts with Heavy Metal Ions
    Redox Processes of Oxide Surfaces: Adsorption Effects
    Reflection Spectroscopy of Monolayers at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces
    Relativistic Brownian Motion and its Geometrical Analogy: From Scaling Laws in Polymer Physics to a Statistical Thermodynamics at Quantum Level
    Responsive Microgel Dispersions
    Reverse Permeation of Ions through Ion-Exchange Membranes
    New! Rheology of Dispersed Systems
    Scanning Electron and Auger Microscopy of Surfaces and Small Particles
    Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Electrode Surfaces
    Scanning X-Ray Photoelectron Microscopy (Sxpem)
    Self-Assembly and Self-Organization of Surfactants in Agriculture
    New! Self-Organization at the Molecular Level and Surface Patterning
    Semiconductive Oxide Surfaces: Structure and Properties
    Silica and Related Surfaces: Interactions with Water
    Silica Gel-Based Composite Adsorbents for Water Vapor
    Silica Gels: Characterization by Physical Methods
    Silica Gels: Surface Chemistry
    Single-Crystal Thin-Layer Electrochemistry
    Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Adsorbed Polymer Layers
    Solid-Phase Transitions of Ionic Surfactants
    Solid-Water Interface Reactions of Polyvalent Metal Ions at Iron Oxide-Hydroxide Surfaces
    Solubility of Gases in Micellar Solutions
    Sonochemical Preparation of Colloids
    Sorption of Inorganic Species on Apatites from Aqueous Solutions
    Special Glass Membrane Emulsification
    Spontaneous Gas Bubble Formation in Water
    Stability of Thin Liquid Films
    Stabilization of Aqueous Colloidal Dispersions: Electrostatic and Steric Forces
    New! Stabilization of Colloids by Polymers
    Stark Spectroscopy at Metal Surfaces
    Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Models of Electrochemical Interfaces
    Structural Models for the Interpretation of Nitrogen Adsorption and Mercury Porosimetry Data
    Surfactant Adsorption on Colloids: Studies Using the Electrophoretic Fingerprinting Approach
    Sugar Surfactants
    New! Super Repellancy
    Supported Metal Clusters
    Surface-Chemical Purity of Surfactants: Phenomena, Analysis, Results and Consequences
    Surface Complexation Models of Adsorption
    Surface Conductance: Measurement
    Surface Forces' Role in the Foaming Behavior of Liquids
    Surface Reactivity of Carbon
    Surface Segregation in Polymer Blends
    Surface Speciation of Dolomite and Calcite in Aqueous Solutions
    Surface Structure and Ion Complexation of Oxide-Solution Interfaces
    Surface Structure and Properties of Synthetic and Modified Calcium Hydroxyapatite
    Surface Tension and Related Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Electrolytes
    Surface Tension of Aqueous Electrolytes
    Surface Tension of Bubbles and Microbubble Nuclei
    Surfactant Aggregates: Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Mixed Systems
    Surfactant Design and Structure-Properties Relationships of Surfactant-Water Systems
    Surfactant-Dye Aggregates
    Surfactant-Free Emulsions
    Surfactant Molecular Complexes
    Surfactant-Skin Interactions
    New! Surfactants in Industrial Mineral Applications
    Synthesis and Surface Modification of New Inorganic Porous Materials
    Synthesis of Inorganic Membranes
    New! Synthesis of Inorganic Nanostructures in Reverse Micelles
    Synthesis of Particle Dispersion
    Thermodynamic Analysis of Micellar Systems
    Thermodynamic Description of Interfaces
    Thermodynamics and Binding Properties of Surfactant-Protein Interactions
    Thermodynamics of Clay Surfaces
    Thermophoresis of Particles
    Thermosensitive Gels
    Thin Film Flows: Theory and Modeling
    Thin Film Stability during a Surface Chemical Reaction
    Thin Films of Polymer Particles: UV-VIS Transmission Spectroscopy during Film Formation
    Topochemistry and Kinetics of Functional Particle Formation at Water Dispersion Polymerization
    Transport in Membranes: Ionic Transport across Charged Membranes in Aqueous Organic Solutions
    Transport Phenomena in Bubble Systems
    Transport through Monolayers and Bilayers at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces
    New! Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration Membranes
    Ultrasound-Based Techniques for Characterizing Concentrated Dispersions
    Uniform Inorganic Colloidal Particles Preparation
    Uniform Polymer Composite Microspheres Preparation
    Unique Reactivity of Ultrafine Mo-Based Oxide Particles
    Uphill Transport of Amino Acids Through Fixed Charge Membranes
    Valency at Electrode Surfaces
    Van der Waals Interactions at Surfaces
    Viscoelasticity of Monolayers
    New! Water Structure at Surfactant Microstructures and Biological Interfaces
    Wave Motion in Thin Liquid Layers
    Wettability of Materials: Plasma Treatment Effects
    Wetting Behavior at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
    Wetting of a Solid by a Liquid, Dynamics of: Movement of Thin Liquid Films
    New! Worm-Like Micellar Solutions, Phase and Rheological Behaviors of
    Xerogels: Preparation and Characterization
    Zeta-Potential of Polymer Surfaces

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