Interfacial Science. An Introduction is an accessible text introducing readers to the chemistry of interfaces a subject of increasing relevance and popularity due to the emergence of nanoscience. Interfacial science impacts on our lives in diverse and surprising wa... Lees meer.

Today s interest in nanoparticle magnetism is stimulated by a variety of potential applications ranging from soft to hard magnetic materials and from ultra-high density information storage to biomedical applications. Interactions between magnetic systems at the nanosca... Lees meer.

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With mounting pressure to extract petroleum from oil sands and other unconventional sources oil refineries must adapt their processing methods to handle increasingly heavy crude oils. Unlike traditional crude oils the properties of heavier crude oils include higher vi... Lees meer.

Leading contributors describe state-of-the-art research in experimental and theoretical liquid interfacial phenomena. Areas covered include the intrinsic interface dynamics at a liquid-vapour interface structure and properties of the liquid-vapour interface of a simpl... Lees meer.

This book gives practical on-the-job guidance as well as detailed theoretical background on a wide range of occurrences including hydrophobic foams adsorption of surfactants polymers on solids from nonpolar media and lubrication. Extensive end of chapter references en... Lees meer.

This volume will be summarized on the basis of the topics of Ionic Liquids in the form of chapters and sections. It would be emphasized on the synthesis of ILs of different types and stabilization of amphiphilic self-assemblies in conventional and newly developed ILs... Lees meer.

This book together with its companion volume The Science of Crystallization. Macroscopic Phenomena and Defect Generation make up a complete course that will teach an advanced student how to understand and analyse scientifically any of the phenomena that are observed... Lees meer.

The proceedings of the November 1990 symposium comprise 115 papers which describe recent advances in processing science microstructure and interface characterization properties and applications of composite materials. THe materials described include ceramic-matrix C... Lees meer.

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This book provides a general overview of the importance of fibre-matrix interfacial bonding characteristics in natural fibre-based composites to obtain optimal material properties for a specific application. This book provides a general overview of the importance o... Lees meer.

Fluid penetration into capillary tubes resulting from the interplay between solid-liquid adhesive interactions and liquid-liquid cohesive interactions is a ubiquitous phenomenon. A wide variety of technological applications e.g. oil extraction through porous rocks was... Lees meer.

Interfacial transport phenomena refers to momentum energy mass and entropy transfer within the immediate neighborhood of a phase interface including the thermodynamics of the interface. Boussinesq 8 recognized the surface stress tensor and proposed the constitutiv... Lees meer.

This thoroughly revised and reorganized edition examines the role of polar interfacial and noncovalent interactions among macromolecules biopolymers particles surfaces cells and both polar and apolar polymers. New features include four previously unpublished chapte... Lees meer.