Modern Characterization Methods of Surfactant Systems
edited by Bernard T. Binks
This up-to-date reference work describes, in detail, the most recent techniques applied to characterize surfactant systems, such as surfactant-stabilized colloids, micelles, microemulsions, emulsions, and foams in both aqueous and nonaqueous fluids.
Probes adsorption and wetting phenomena at interfaces, including solid–liquid, liquid–vapor, and liquid–liquid!
Providing helpful examples and case studies illustrating how these techniques may be used in complementary ways, Modern Characterization Methods of Surfactant Systems
- details the adsorption and aggregation of surfactants, including the stabilization of particles by surfactants in a range of fluids and at a range of interfaces
- discusses microscopy methods employed for surfactants at surfaces, including scanning tunneling, atomic force, Brewster angle, and cryogenic temperature transmission electron microscopy
- examines optical and nonlinear optical procedures for investigating surfactants at interfaces and in bulk, including fluorescence and ESR spectroscopy, surface force measurements, and sum frequency spectroscopy
- explores nonoptical techniques for studying surfactants at interfaces, including surface sensitive X-ray scattering, neutron reflectivity, and electroacoustics
- and more!
Referenced with over 1000 key literature citations and generously
illustrated with nearly 600 drawings, photographs, micrographs, equations,
and tables, Modern Characterization Methods of Surfactant Systems
is required reading for surfactant scientists; physical, surface, colloid,
analytical, oil, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical chemists and biochemists;
material scientists, physicists; spectroscopists; chemical engineers; and
graduate students in these disciplines.
Contents
Introduction
Modern Techniques Employed for Characterizing Surfactant Systems,
Bernard P. Binks
Techniques Involving Microscopy
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy at Solid–Liquid Interfaces,
Jürgen P. Rabe
Atomic Force Microscopy,
Peter J. Scales
Brewster Angle Microscopy and Ellipsometry,
Sylvie Hénon and Jacques Meunier
Cryogenic Temperature Transmission Electron Microscopy in the Study of Surfactant Systems,
Yeshayahu Talmon
Optical Techniques
Optical Techniques for the Characterization of Monolayers and Thin Liquid Films,
Dominique Langevin
Fluorescence and ESR Spectroscopy,
Ponisseril Somasundaran, Lei Huang, and Aixing Fan
Studies of Interactions Between Interfaces Across Surfactant Solutions
Employing Various Surface Force Techniques,
Per M. Claesson and U. R. Mikael Kjellin
Nonlinear Optical Techniques,
Colin D. Bain
Nonoptical Techniques
Amphiphiles at Interfaces Studied by Surface Sensitive X-Ray Scattering,
Peter Lang
Neutron Reflectivity at Liquid–Vapor, Liquid–Liquid, and Solid–Liquid Interfaces,
Robert K. Thomas
Quartz Crystal Microbalance,
D. Neil Furlong
Electroacoustic Studies of Surfactant Adsorption,
Robert J. Hunter
Ultrasonic Characterization of Surfactant-Containing Systems,
Malcolm J. W. Povey
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