The Structure, Dynamics and Equilibrium Properties of Colloidal Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Time-Resolved Fluorescence Quenching Method for the Study of Micellar Systems and Microemulsions : Principle and Limitations of the Method....Pages 1-38
Solubilization of Alcohols and Alkanediols in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions....Pages 39-48
Thermodynamics of Solubilization Into Surfactant Micelles....Pages 49-62
Application of the Differential Conductivity Method: The Effect of Chain-Length of Homologous Surfactants on the Partition Coefficient of Alkanols Between Bulk Water and Micelles....Pages 63-69
Mixed Micelle Theory as an Aid to Surfactant Formulation....Pages 71-84
Partitioning of Cationic Surfactants Between Heptane and Water....Pages 85-93
Adsorption of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate and 1-Butanol on Solid Aluminium Oxide....Pages 95-102
Association Models for Phenothiazine Drugs in Aqueous Solution....Pages 103-129
Polymer-Surfactant Systems....Pages 131-147
Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies Associated with Polymer Surfactant Interactions....Pages 149-160
The Interaction of Amphiphiles with Molecular Assemblies and Polymers....Pages 161-172
Step-Weighted Random Walk Statistics, as Applied to Association Colloids....Pages 173-179
A Population Balance Model for the Determination of Solubilizate Exchange Rate Constants in Reversed Micellar Systems....Pages 181-199
Selective Solubilisation in Reversed Micelles....Pages 201-220
When is a Microemulsion a Microemulsion?....Pages 221-231
Uni- and Bicontinuous Microemulsions....Pages 233-242
Experimental and Computational Aspects of the Time–Correlated Single Photon Counting Technique....Pages 243-251
Droplet Size and Dynamics in Water in Oil Microemulsions. Correlations Between Results from Time-Resolved Fluorescence Quenching, Quasielastic Light Scattering, Electrical Conductivity and Water Solubility Measurements....Pages 253-278
The Influence of the Distribution of Salt on the Phase Behaviour of Microemulsions with Ionic Surfactants....Pages 279-294
A Study of Microemulsion Stability....Pages 295-301
Structure of Microemulsion-Based Organo-Gels....Pages 303-308
Luminescence Probe Study of Organized Assemblies Treated as Fractal Objects....Pages 309-324
Organized Assemblies in Chemical Separations....Pages 325-353
Structural Changes of AOT Reverse Micelles by the Presence of Proteins: Percolation Process Induced by Cytochrome C....Pages 355-371
Microparticle Formation in Reverse Micelles....Pages 373-383
Electric Birefringence Measurements in Micellar and Colloidal Solutions....Pages 385-396
Surfactant Liquid Crystals....Pages 397-414
The Phase Behaviour of Metal(II) Soaps in One, Two and Three Component Systems....Pages 415-426
Ringing Gels: Their Structure and Macroscopic Properties....Pages 427-448
Industrial Hydrocolloids....Pages 449-470
Kinetics of the Interaction of the Potential-Sensitive Dye Oxonol V with Lipid Vesicles....Pages 471-492
Equilibrium and Dynamic Investigation on the Main Phase Transition of Dipalmytoylphosphatidylcholine Vesicles Containing Polypeptides: A DSC and Iodine Laser T-Jump Study....Pages 493-515
An Investigation on the Penetration of Lipids in the Bilayer of Stratum Corneum....Pages 517-528
Foam Stability in Non-Aqueous Multi-Phase Systems....Pages 529-539
The Profile of a Plateau Border Near a Vertical Foam Film....Pages 541-549
The Anamolous Effect of Electrolytes on Surfactant Monolayer Surface Pressure-Area Isotherms....Pages 551-555
Surfactant Molecular Geometry within Planar and Curved Monolayers in Relation to Microemulsion Phase Behaviour....Pages 557-581
Light Scattering Experiments on Anisotropic Latex Particles....Pages 583-596
Electric Birefringence Studies of Micellar and Colloidal Dispersions....Pages 597-612
Polymers at Interfaces: Statics, Dynamics and Effects on Colloidal Stability....Pages 613-617
Equilibrium Structure and Properties of Colloidal Dispersions....Pages 619-633
Structure, Dynamics and Equilibrium Properties of Inorganic Colloids....Pages 635-651
The Rheology of Concentrated Dispersions of Aggregated Particles....Pages 653-658
Rheological Properties, Interparticle Forces and Suspension Structure....Pages 659-679
Interfacial Rheology and Its Application to Industrial Processes....Pages 681-694
Effective Interaction Potentials of Colloids from Structural Data: The Inverse Problem....Pages 695-706
Computer Simulation of the Coagulation and Flocculation of Colloidal Particles....Pages 707-727
Computer Simulations of Fluids and Solutions of Organic Molecules....Pages 729-739
The Form of Colloidal Crystals from Silica Latices in Non-Aqueous Dispersion....Pages 741-747
Consolidation of Depletion Flocculated Concentrated Suspensions Influence of Non-Adsorbing Polymer Concentration on Consolidation Rate Constants....Pages 749-757
Colloidal Semiconductors....Pages 759-771
Obtention and Characterisation of Ultrafine Magnetic Colloidal Particles in Solution....Pages 773-788
Non-Equilibrium Double Layers in Connection with Colloid Stability....Pages 789-799
Recent Theories on the Electric Double Layer....Pages 801-812
Application of Double Layer Theory to Moderately Complex Systems....Pages 813-829
Wetting Phenomena....Pages 831-855
Thermodynamics of Adsorption from Dilute Solutions....Pages 857-878
Back Matter....Pages 879-888