By
J. Lyklema, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Description
Interface and colloid science is an important, though often under-valued, branch of science. It has applications and ramifications in
domains as disparate as agriculture, mineral dressing, oil recovery, chemical industry, biotechnology, medical science, and many more.
Proper application of interface and colloid science requires factual knowledge and insight into the many basic laws of physics and chemistry
upon which it is based.
Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science is the first book to cover this field in the depth
neccessary to be a valuable reference and an excellent textbook.
From the beginning to the end of the book, systems of growing complexity
are treated gradually. The presentation is particularly suited to emphasize that interfaces are not autonomous phases. As a rule, interfacial
properties can be varied only by changing the adjoining phases, so that the properties of these bulk phases must be understood first.
The text also recognizes common principles behind a variety of phenomena, and helps the reader to understand them and to develop and
improve processes. The systematic treatment of the material in the book makes this clear, and makes the text itself an important contribution
to the field.
Audience:
Physical chemists working in Colloid, Interface, and Surface science; Industrial/Applied scientists in pigment, emulsion, dispersion,
and powder research; Pharmaceutical chemists in membranes and drug formation.
