Interfacial forces in aqueous media. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carel J. van Oss.
• Other Names: Van Oss, Carel J
• Contents: Front Cover; Preface; Author; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Lifshitz-van der Waals (LW) Interactions; 3. Relation Betweenthe Hamaker Constant and the Apolar Surface Tension Component; 4. Polar or Lewis Acid-Base Interactions; 5. Electrical Double Layer Interactions; 6. Brownian Movement Forces-Osmotic Interactions of Polymers; 7. Rate of Decay with Distance; 8. Lifshitz-van der Waals and Lewis Acid-Base Properties of Liquid Water-Physical and Physico-Chemical Effects; 9. Role of Water in Hydrophobic Attraction; 10. Role of Water in Hydrophilic Repulsion; 11. The Water-Air Interface. 12. Contact Angleand Surface Tension Determination and Preparation of Solid Surfaces13. Interfacial Tension Determination-Influence of Macroscopic- and Microscopic-Scale Interactions; 14. Different Approaches for Interpreting Contact Angles and Determining the Surface Tension and Surface Tension Components of Solids; 15. Electrokinetic Methods; 16. Direct Measurement Methods, Treating the Force Balance in Particular; 17. Surface Tension Components and Parameters of Liquids and Solids; 18. Attractive LW and AB-Forces: Hydrophobic Interactions. 19. Repulsive AB-Forces: Hydrophilic Interactions-Osmotic Pressures of PEO Solutions20. The Primary and Secondary Interactions; 21. Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions; Coacervation and Complex Coacervation; 22. Solubility of Polymers and Other Solutes; 23. Cell and Particle Stability; 24. Adsorption and Adhesion in Aqueous Media, Including Ligand-Receptor Interactions; 25. Kinetics and Energetics of Protein Adsorption onto Metal Oxide Surfaces; List of Symbols Used; References; Index.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (438 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 541/.33; Surface chemistry; Solution (Chemistry); Surface chemistry; SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Physical & Theoretical; Solution (Chemistry); Surface chemistry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420015768; 1420015761
• Related ISBNs: 9781574444827; 1574444824
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-430) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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