A discussion of fundamental characteristics, theories and applications for liquid-liquid colloidal dispersions. It profiles experimental and traditional measurement techniques in a variety of emulsified systems, including rheology, nuclear magnetic resonance, dielectric spectroscopy, microcalorimetry, video enhanced microscopy, and conductivity.

Covering the analysis of droplet characteristics using low-intensity ultrasound, this reference examines droplet flocculation and coalescence in dilute oil-in-water emulsions, beverage emulsions, rheology of concentrated emulsions, surface forces in emulsions, molecular organization in lipids and food emulsifiers.

The fundamental side of this book covers general aspects of stability, interfacial adsorption mechanisms, interfacial rheology, direct measurements of surface forces and the bulk rheological properties of emulsions, and self-diffusion properties as measured by NMR. The applications side covers the fields of food, crude oil and pharmaceutical emulsions. A central topic in the study of food emulsions is the role played by proteins at the water/oil interface, their conformations, and the mechanism by which they can be replaced at the interface (competitive adsorption).

Advances in Colloid Structures presents the proceedings of the 11th Scandinavian Symposium on Surface Chemistry held in Bergen, Norway. - Surfactants and Macromolecules in Solution and on Surfaces; - Surface Forces, Ceramics and Composites; - Functionalized Colloids; - Development of Technical Equipment in Surface Chemistry are the main topics of this informative volume.