Fluid Mechanics of Surfactant and Polymer Solutions

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-ix

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2. Effect of Surfactants on Drop Stability and Thin Film Drainage

   • Krassimir D. Danov

   Pages 1-38

3. Surfactant Effects on Mass Transfer in Liquid-Liquid Systems

   • M. Alcina Mendes

   Pages 39-56

4. Characterisation of Adsorption Layers at Liquid Interfaces — Studies with drop and bubble methods

   • Reinhard Miller, Valentin Fainerman

   Pages 57-116

5. Kinetics of Spreading of Surfactant Solutions

   • V. Starov

   Pages 117-147

6. Behaviour of Fluorochemical-Treated Fabric in Contact with Water

   • S. A. Pymag

   Pages 149-173

Colloidal systems and dispersions are of great importance in oil recovery, waist water treatment, coating, food and beverage industry, pharmaceutical industry, medicine, environmental protection etc. Colloidal systems and dispersions are always multi-component and multiphase systems. In these systems at least one dimension is in a range of colloidal forces action: colloidal dispersions/emulsions are examples of three dimensional colloidal systems, while thin liquid films are examples of one dimensional colloidal systems. The contribution presented in this issue deals with flow, distribution and redistribution, coating and deposition of surfactant and polymer molecules in colloidal systems. The book presents reviews of recent advances and trends by well-know scientists and engineers in this area.

• fluids
• interfaces
• physics
• surfaces
• thin films
• adsorption
• colloid
• dispersion
• film
• flow
• fluid mechanics
• kinetics
• polymer
• stability
• surface

• Loughborough University, UK

  Victor Starov

• University of Sofia, Bulgarian

  Ivan Ivanov

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