Colloids and Interfaces in Life Sciences and Bionanotechnology

ISBN-13: 9781439817186 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 495 str.

Willem Norde

Opis

This classroom reference presents a concise introductory treatment of the physicochemical principles that determine interrelated colloidal and interfacial phenomena and their relevance to various life sciences. It focuses on concepts that form the basis for understanding this behaviour.

Recenzje

"…[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

Spis treści

Introduction. Colloidal Particles: Shapes and Size Distributions. Some Thermodynamic Principles and Relations, with Special Attention to Interfaces Water. Interfacial Tension. Curvature and Capillarity. Monolayers at Fluid Interfaces
Wetting of Solid Surfaces. Electrochemistry of Interfaces. Electrokinetic Phenomena. Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules. Polymers. Proteins. Adsorption. Adsorption of (Bio)Polymers, with Special Emphasis on Globular Proteins
Stability of Lyophobic Colloids against Aggregation. Emulsions and Foams. Physicochemical Properties of Biological Membranes. Bioadhesion.