Surfactants, Adsorption, Surface Spectroscopy and Disperse Systems

ISBN-13: 9783662160848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 127 str.

B. Lindmann; G. Olofsson; P. Stenius

Spis treści

Gunnar Aniansson in memoriam.- The mean lifetime of a micelle.- The standard picture of ionic micelles.- Phase equilibria in systems containing both an anionic and a cationic amphiphile. A thermodynamic model calculation.- The size, shape and hydration of micelles in aqueous medium.- Some observations on liquid crystallinity in barium surfactant systems.- Shape transitions in aqueous micellar systems as a function of pressure and temperature.- The structure of adsorbed monolayers. The surface chemical bond.- Non-local electronic perturbations of metal-carbonyl bonds.- Bilayer formation at adsorption of proteins from aqueous solutions on metal surfaces.- Fourier transform infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (FT-IRAS) of some biologically important molecules adsorbed on metal surfaces.- Models of protein adsorption on solid surfaces.- Photoelectron spectroscopy of amino acids adsorbed upon surfaces: glycine on graphite.- Adsorption equibria of surfactants on activated carbon from aqueous solutions.- Surface behaviour of adsorbed films from protein-amphiphile mixtures.- Biosensors based on surface concentration measuring devices — The concept of surface concentration.- Rheological studies of sterically stabilised concentrated polystyrene latex dispersions under conditions of incipient flocculation.- Characterization of the surface of cellulosic fibers using aqueous two-phase partitioning.- Flow patterns of immiscible liquid/fluid displacement in a capillary tube.- Some factors affecting the self emulsification of hydrocarbon oils.