Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science (FICS) is a standard reference work with an educational nature. The emphasis is on the basic facts and phenomena, which are systematically explained.
FICS aims to make interface and colloid science accessible to a wide audience. Interface and colloid science is an important and fascinating field, but one that is often overlooked and undervalued. It has applications as diverse as agriculture, mineral dressing, oil recovery, industrial chemistry, medical science and biotechnology.
A deductive approach is followed, with systems of growing complexity being treated as the book progresses. Volume I: Fundamentals (1st ed. 1991, 2nd ed. 1993) reviews the physical chemistry required to understand current literature on interfacial and colloid science. The volume starts from first principles and gradually increases the level. Volume II: Solid-Liquid Interfaces (1995) treats the subject systematically for the first time, including adsorption, double layers and electronkinetics. Volume III: Interface Tension covers interfacial tensions, monolayers and wetting.
1. 1.1 General introduction to capillarity and the measurement of interfacial tensions - p. 1.2 2. 1.2 On the mathematics of curvature - p. 1.7 3. 1.3 Capillary rise - p. 1.12 4. 1.4 Shapes of drops and bubbles on surfaces4) - p. 1.24 5. 1.5 Free drops in a density gradient or electric field - p. 1.31 6. 1.6 Drop weight method - p. 1.33 7. 1.7 Maximum bubble pressure - p. 1.36 8. 1.8 Force required to hold objects at an interface or to pull them through it - p. 1.39 9. 1.9 Spinning drops and bubbles - p. 1.49 10. 1.10 Surface light scattering - p. 1.53 11. 1.11 Miscellaneous other static methods - p. 1.56 12. 1.12 A case study: the surface tension of water - p. 1.58 13. 1.12a a Room temperature - p. 1.58 14. 1.12b From 0° – 100°C - p. 1.59 15. 1.13 Measuring the surface tension of solids - p. 1.65 16. 1.14 Surface tensions under dynamic conditions - p. 1.67 17. 1.14a Pure liquids - p. 1.68 18. 1.14b Solutions - p. 1.70 19. 1.14c A note on the pristine state of LG and LL surfaces - p. 1.76 20. 1.15 Bending moduli - p. 1.77 21. 1.16 Applications - p. 1.82 22. Chapter 2: Interfacial Tension: Molecular Interpretation - p. 1.87 23. Chapter 3: Langmuir Monolayers - p. 2.78 24. 3.1 Langmuir- and Gibbs monolayers. Distinctions and analogies - p. 3.2 25. 3.2 How to make monolayers - p. 3.6 26. 3.3 Two-dimensional phases and surface pressure - p. 3.13 27. 3.4 Monolayer thermodynamics - p. 3.27 28. 3.5 Monolayer molecular thermodynamics - p. 3.62 29. 3.6 Interfacial rheology - p. 3.79 30. 3.7 Measuring monolayer properties - p. 3.131 31. 3.8 Case studies - p. 3.194 32. Chapter 4: Gibbs Monolayers - p. 3.247 33. 4.1 Introduction - p. 3.247 34. 4.2 The surface tension of miscible binary mixtures - p. 4.2 35. 4.3 Dilute solutions of simple molecules - p. 4.20 36. 4.4 Simple electrolytes - p. 4.34 37. 4.5 Rheology and kinetics - p. 4.46 38. 4.6 Surfactants - p. 4.67 39. 4.7 Curved interfaces - p. 4.93 40. 4.8 Applications - p. 4.96 41. Chapter 5: Wetting - p. 4.101 42. 5.1 General considerations - p. 5.3 43. 5.2 Thermodynamics of wetting and adhesion - p. 5.12 44. 5.3 The relation between adsorption and wetting. Wetting films - p. 5.22 45. 5.4 Measuring contact angles - p. 5.39 46. 5.5 Contact angle hysteresis - p. 5.58 47. 5.6 Line tensions - p. 5.68 48. 5.7 Interpretation of static contact angles - p. 5.73 49. 5.8 Dynamics - p. 5.77 50. 5.9 Porous systems - p. 5.83 51. 5.10 Influence of surfactants - p. 5.89 52. 5.11 Applications - p. 5.93 53. Appendices - p. 5.105 54. Appendix 1: Surface Tensions of Pure Liquids and Mixtures - p. 5.105 55. Appendix 2 - p. A1.48 56. Appendix 3: Some principles of variational calculus - p. A2.1 57. Appendix 4: Contact angles - p. A3.3 58. Cumulative Subject Index of Volumes I (Fundamentals), II (Solid-Fluid Interfaces) and III (Liquid-Interfaces) - p. A4.16
Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science (FICS) is a standard reference work with an educational nature. The emphasis is on the basic facts and phenomena, which are systematically explained.
FICS aims to make interface and colloid science accessible to a wide audience. Interface and colloid science is an important and fascinating field, but one that is often overlooked and undervalued. It has applications as diverse as agriculture, mineral dressing, oil recovery, industrial chemistry, medical science and biotechnology.
A deductive approach is followed, with systems of growing complexity being treated as the book progresses. Volume I: Fundamentals (1st ed. 1991, 2nd ed. 1993) reviews the physical chemistry required to understand current literature on interfacial and colloid science. The volume starts from first principles and gradually increases the level. Volume II: Solid-Liquid Interfaces (1995) treats the subject systematically for the first time, including adsorption, double layers and electronkinetics. Volume III: Interface Tension covers interfacial tensions, monolayers and wetting.
1. 1.1 General introduction to capillarity and the measurement of interfacial tensions - p. 1.2 2. 1.2 On the mathematics of curvature - p. 1.7 3. 1.3 Capillary rise - p. 1.12 4. 1.4 Shapes of drops and bubbles on surfaces4) - p. 1.24 5. 1.5 Free drops in a density gradient or electric field - p. 1.31 6. 1.6 Drop weight method - p. 1.33 7. 1.7 Maximum bubble pressure - p. 1.36 8. 1.8 Force required to hold objects at an interface or to pull them through it - p. 1.39 9. 1.9 Spinning drops and bubbles - p. 1.49 10. 1.10 Surface light scattering - p. 1.53 11. 1.11 Miscellaneous other static methods - p. 1.56 12. 1.12 A case study: the surface tension of water - p. 1.58 13. 1.12a a Room temperature - p. 1.58 14. 1.12b From 0° – 100°C - p. 1.59 15. 1.13 Measuring the surface tension of solids - p. 1.65 16. 1.14 Surface tensions under dynamic conditions - p. 1.67 17. 1.14a Pure liquids - p. 1.68 18. 1.14b Solutions - p. 1.70 19. 1.14c A note on the pristine state of LG and LL surfaces - p. 1.76 20. 1.15 Bending moduli - p. 1.77 21. 1.16 Applications - p. 1.82 22. Chapter 2: Interfacial Tension: Molecular Interpretation - p. 1.87 23. Chapter 3: Langmuir Monolayers - p. 2.78 24. 3.1 Langmuir- and Gibbs monolayers. Distinctions and analogies - p. 3.2 25. 3.2 How to make monolayers - p. 3.6 26. 3.3 Two-dimensional phases and surface pressure - p. 3.13 27. 3.4 Monolayer thermodynamics - p. 3.27 28. 3.5 Monolayer molecular thermodynamics - p. 3.62 29. 3.6 Interfacial rheology - p. 3.79 30. 3.7 Measuring monolayer properties - p. 3.131 31. 3.8 Case studies - p. 3.194 32. Chapter 4: Gibbs Monolayers - p. 3.247 33. 4.1 Introduction - p. 3.247 34. 4.2 The surface tension of miscible binary mixtures - p. 4.2 35. 4.3 Dilute solutions of simple molecules - p. 4.20 36. 4.4 Simple electrolytes - p. 4.34 37. 4.5 Rheology and kinetics - p. 4.46 38. 4.6 Surfactants - p. 4.67 39. 4.7 Curved interfaces - p. 4.93 40. 4.8 Applications - p. 4.96 41. Chapter 5: Wetting - p. 4.101 42. 5.1 General considerations - p. 5.3 43. 5.2 Thermodynamics of wetting and adhesion - p. 5.12 44. 5.3 The relation between adsorption and wetting. Wetting films - p. 5.22 45. 5.4 Measuring contact angles - p. 5.39 46. 5.5 Contact angle hysteresis - p. 5.58 47. 5.6 Line tensions - p. 5.68 48. 5.7 Interpretation of static contact angles - p. 5.73 49. 5.8 Dynamics - p. 5.77 50. 5.9 Porous systems - p. 5.83 51. 5.10 Influence of surfactants - p. 5.89 52. 5.11 Applications - p. 5.93 53. Appendices - p. 5.105 54. Appendix 1: Surface Tensions of Pure Liquids and Mixtures - p. 5.105 55. Appendix 2 - p. A1.48 56. Appendix 3: Some principles of variational calculus - p. A2.1 57. Appendix 4: Contact angles - p. A3.3 58. Cumulative Subject Index of Volumes I (Fundamentals), II (Solid-Fluid Interfaces) and III (Liquid-Interfaces) - p. A4.16
