Interfacial Forces in Aqueous Media

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CRC Press, May 22, 2006 - Science - 456 pages
Thoroughly revised and reorganized, the second edition of Interfacial Forces in Aqueous Media examines the role of polar interfacial and noncovalent interactions among biological and nonbiological macromolecules as well as biopolymers, particles, surfaces, cells, and both polar and apolar polymers. The book encompasses Lifshitz-van de

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Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Lifshitzvan der Waals LW Interactions
9
3 Relation Betweenthe Hamaker Constant and the Apolar Surface Tension Component
19
4 Polar or Lewis AcidBase Interactions
25
5 Electrical Double Layer Interactions
51
6 Brownian Movement ForcesOsmotic Interactions of Polymers
71
7 Rate of Decay with Distance
79
8 Lifshitzvan der Waals and Lewis AcidBase Properties of Liquid WaterPhysical and PhysicoChemical Effects
93
16 Direct Measurement Methods Treating the Force Balance in Particular
203
17 Surface Tension Components and Parameters of Liquids and Solids
213
Hydrophobic Interactions
227
Hydrophilic InteractionsOsmotic Pressures of PEO Solutions
243
20 The Primary and Secondary Interactions
263
21 Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions Coacervation and Complex Coacervation
275
22 Solubility of Polymers and Other Solutes
297
23 Cell and Particle Stability
319

9 Role of Water in Hydrophobic Attraction
101
10 Role of Water in Hydrophilic Repulsion
109
11 The WaterAir Interface
117
12 Contact Angleand Surface Tension Determination and Preparation of Solid Surfaces
131
13 Interfacial Tension DeterminationInfluence of Macroscopic and MicroscopicScale Interactions
157
14 Different Approaches for Interpreting Contact Angles and Determining the Surface Tension and Surface Tension Components of Solids
165
15 Electrokinetic Methods
179
24 Adsorption and Adhesion in Aqueous Media Including LigandReceptor Interactions
345
25 Kinetics and Energetics of Protein Adsorption onto Metal Oxide Surfaces
385
List of Symbols Used
399
References
407
Index
431
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