This book collects a number of papers on nanodispersion interactions, dynamics and stability by Eli Ruckenstein and his research group at The State University of New York at Buffalo. Each paper provides insight into nanotechnology and fills the growing need for a basic understanding of nanoparticle interactions and their role in the thermodynamic or kinetic stability of nanodispersions. They should appeal to those applying nanotechnology to chemistry, biophysics, materials science, colloid science, polymer science, and chemical engineering.
Author(s): Eli Ruckenstein, Marian Manciu (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 699
Tags: Nanotechnology;Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films;Polymer Sciences;Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering;Biophysics and Biological Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Coagulation, dissociation and growth of aerosols....Pages 1-66
Dynamics of deposition of Brownian particles or cells on surfaces....Pages 68-200
Stability of dispersions....Pages 201-324
Non-DLVO colloidal interactions: excluded volumes, undulation interactions, depletion forces and many-body effects....Pages 329-382
Non-DLVO colloidal interactions: specific ion effects explained by ion-hydration forces....Pages 383-462
Polarization Model: a unified framework for hydration and double layer interactions....Pages 463-514
Polarization Model and ion specificity: applications....Pages 511-606
Polymer brushes....Pages 607-699
