1st Edition

Structure and Functional Properties of Colloidal Systems

Edited By Roque Hidalgo-Alvarez Copyright 2009
518 Pages 231 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

518 Pages 231 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

518 Pages
by CRC Press

Integrating fundamental research with the technical applications of this rapidly evolving field, Structure and Functional Properties of Colloidal Systems clearly presents the connections between structure and functional aspects in colloid and interface science. It explores the physical fundamentals of colloid science, new developments of synthesis and conditioning, and many possible... Read more

THEORY

Colloid Dynamics and Transitions to Dynamically Arrested States, R. Júarez-Maldonado and M. Medina-Noyola

Capillary Forces between Colloidal Particles at Fluid Interfaces, Alvaro Domínguez  

STRUCTURE

Ionic Structures in Colloidal Electric Double Layers: Ion Size Correlations, A. Martín-Molina, M. Quesada-Pérez, and R. Hidalgo-Álvarez

Effective Interactions of Charged Vesicles in Aqueous Suspensions, C. Haro-Pérez, L.F. Rojas-Ochoa, V. Trappe, R. Castañeda-Priego, J. Estelrich, M. Quesada-Pérez, José Callejas-Fernández, and R. Hidalgo-Álvarez

Structure and Colloidal Properties of Extremely Bimodal Suspensions, A.V. Delgado, M.L. Jiménez, J.L. Viota, R. Rica, M.T. López-López, and S. Ahualli

Structure and Stability of Filaments Made up of Microsized Magnetic Particles, F. Martínez-Pedrero , A. El-Harrak, María Tirado-Miranda, J. Baudry, Artur Schmitt, J. Bibette, and José Callejas-Fernández

Glasses in Colloidal Systems: Attractive Interactions and Gelation, Antonio M. Puertas and Matthias Fuchs

Phase Behavior and Structure of Colloidal Suspensions in Bulk, Confinement, and External Fields, A.-P. Hynninen, A. Fortini, and M. Dijkstra

Water–Water Interfaces, R. Hans Tromp

Interfacial Phenomena Underlying the Behavior of Foams and Emulsions, Julia Maldonado-Valderrama, Antonio Martín-Rodríguez, Miguel A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez, and María Jose Gálvez Ruiz

Rheological Models for Structured Fluids, Juan de Vicente

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Surface Functionalization of Latex Particles, Ainara Imaz, Jose Ramos, and Jacqueline Forcada

Fractal Structures and Aggregation Kinetics of Protein-Functionalized Colloidal Particles, María Tirado-Miranda, Miguel A. Rodríguez-Valverde, Artur Schmitt, José Callejas-Fernández, and Antonio Fernández-Barbero

Advances in the Preparation and Biomedical Applications of the Magnetic Colloids, A. Elaissari, J. Chatterjee, M. Hamoudeh, and H. Fessi

Colloidal Dispersion of Metallic Nanoparticles: Formation and Functional Properties, Shlomo Magdassi, Michael Grouchko, and Alexander Kamyshny

Hydrophilic Colloidal Networks (Micro- and Nanogels) in Drug Delivery and Diagnostics, Serguei V. Vinogradov

Responsive Microgels for Drug Delivery Applications, Jeremy P.K. Tan and Kam C. Tam

Colloidal Photonic Crystals and the Laser Applications, Seiichi Furumi

Droplet-Based Microfluidics: Picoliter-Sized Reactors for Mesoporous Microparticle Synthesis, Nick J. Carroll, Sergio Mendez, Jeremy S. Edwards, David A. Weitz, and Dimiter N. Petsev

Electro-Optical Properties of Gel-Glass Dispersed Liquid Crystals Devices by Chemical Modification of the LC/Matrix Interface, Marcos Zayat, Rosario Pardo, and David Levy

Nano-Emulsion Formation by Low-Energy Methods and Functional Properties, Conxita Solans, Isabel Solè, Alejandro Fernández-Arteaga, Jordi Nolla, Núria Azemar, José Gutiérrez, Alicia Maestro, Carmen González, and Carmen M. Pey

Index

Biography

Roque Hidalgo-Álvarez is a professor in the physics department at the University of Granada in Spain. He is also the president of the Colloid and Interface Science Group of the Spanish Royal Societies of Chemistry and Physics.