Interfacial Forces in Aqueous Media

Theory: Lifshitz-van der Waals Forces; Polar, or Lewis Acid-Base Interactions; Electrostatic interactions; Brownian Movement Forces - Osmotic Interactions of polymers; Rate of Decay with Distance. Experimental Measurement Methods: Contact Angles; Solid Surfaces; Other Approaches for Interpreting Contact Angles and for Determining the Surface Tension and Surface Tension Components of Solids; Electrokinetic Methods; Relation between the Hamaker Constant and the Apolar Surface Tension Component; Direct measurement methods. Associated Phenomena and Applications: Surface Tension Components and Parameters of Liquids and Solids; Attractive AB Forces - Hydrophobic Interactions; Repulsive AB Forces - Hydrophilic and Solvophilic Interactions; Interactions; The Primary Interactions; The Primary Interactions; Secondary Phenomena and Interactions; Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions - Coacervation and Complex Coacervation; Solubility of Polymers and Other Solutes; Cell and Particle Stability; Clay and Other Inorganic Particles and Surfaces; Adsorption and Adhesion in Aqueous Media; Symbols Used.