Table of Contents

Solutes and Solvents, Self-Assembly of Amphiphiles.

Surface Chemistry and Monolayers.

Electrostatic Interactions in Colloidal Systems.

Structure and Properties of Micelles.

Forces in Colloidal Systems.

Bilayer Systems.

Polymers in Colloidal Systems.

Colloidal Stability.

Colloidal Sols.

Phase Equilibra, Phase Diagrams, and Their Application.

Micro- and Macroemulsions.

Epilogue.

Index.

About the Author

D. FENNELL EVANS, PhD, is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Director of the Center for Interfacial Engineering at the University of Minnesota. H�KAN WENNERSTRÖM, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at the Chemical Center of the University of Lund, Sweden.

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