Liquides Aux InterfacesJ. Charvolin, J. F. Joanny, Jean Zinn-Justin This school was concerned with surface properties of liquids at solid/liquid, liquid/liquid, gas/liquid interfaces. Renewal of interest in these domains belonging to classical physicochemistry appeared rather recently. This was motivated by the industrial importance of phenomena such as wetting of solids by liquids, interactions between colloidal particles, anchoring of liquid crystals, stabilization of liquid/liquid interfaces by amphiphilic molecules, and kinetics of foam. These phenomena have been analyzed along new directions taking into account ideas developed in other fields such as statistical mechanics of phase transitions and polymers, molecular interactions and long range forces in liquids. Their studies have stimulated the development of new experimental methods including observations of motion of thin films on surfaces, measurements of forces between surfaces and structures of interfacial films by neutron scattering. |
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Preface in French and English | 1 |
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adsorbed adsorbed layer adsorbed polymer adsorption amphiphilic approximation attractive behavior bilayers bulk calculated capillary chains Charvolin Chem chemical potential coefficient coexistence Colloid Colloid Interface Sci complete wetting concentration configuration constant contact angle correlation function correlation length critical exponents critical wetting curvature curve density profile diffusion dimensions drop dynamics effects elastic ellipsometry equation equilibrium experimental experiments exponents film thickness fluctuations fluid grand potential Helfrich interaction Lett light scattering liquid liquid/gas long-range forces macroscopic Marčelja mean-field theory measurements membrane method mode molecular molecules monolayer monomer obtained P.G. de Gennes parameter particles phase diagram Phys polymer precursor film predictions pressure prewetting problem r₁ r₂ radius repulsive scale short-range shown in fig solid solution solvent spreading structure substrate surface free energy surface tension surfactant technique term thermodynamic undulations velocity viscosity wall waves wetting temperature wetting transition