Interfacial Forces in Aqueous Media
Carel J. van Oss
CRC
Thoroughly revised and reorganized, the second edition of <b>Interfacial Forces  <b>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 der Waals and electrical double layer interactions ,  as well as Lewis acidвЂ“base interactions between colloidal entities in polar liquids such as water.  <p><b>New in this Edition:   <li>Four previously unpublished chapters      comprising a new section on interfacial properties and structure of liquid      water </li>  </li><li>New material throughout the text on      the interplay between macroscopic-scale repulsions and microscopic-scale      attractions in protein adsorption</li>  </li><li>A new chapter covering interfacial      tension determination </li>  </li><li>A new chapter examining the kinetics      and energetics of protein adsorption onto metal oxide surfaces </li> <p>Dr. van Oss describes the nature of the various manifestations of hydrophobic interactions as well as of hydration pressure and analyzes the measurement of the contact angles that result when liquid droplets are deposited on flat solids. He also covers coacervation and complex coacervation, discusses the determination methods of electrokinetic potentials, and treats some of the lesser-known properties of water, such as cluster formation and the hydrophobicity of the water-air interface. <p>Principally involved in multiple applications of colloids and interface science for more than 50 years,<b> Carel Jan van Oss  is Editor Emeritus of <b> Immunological Investigations   and Founding Editor of <b> Preparative Biochemistry and   Biotechnology   and of <b> Separation and Purification Reviews   .  He is an editorial advisor for the <b> Journal of   Dispersion Science and Technology  . In addition to these Taylor & Francis journals, Dr. van Oss is the author, coauthor, or editor of eleven books, including <b>Colloid & Surface Properties of Clays and Related Minerals  (2002), and over 350 scientific papers and chapters.</li>