Fundamentals of Soft Interfaces in Colloid and Surface Chemistry

Hiroyuki Ohshima is a Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science, Japan, where he has worked since 1985. He received his BS (1968), MS (1970), and PhD (1974) degrees in Physics from the University of Tokyo. He completed his postdoc studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia (1981–1983), the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (1983–1984), and the University of Utah, USA (1984–1985). He was previously a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Tokyo University of Science (1994–2012) before retirement and is now Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor.

Part I: Charge and potential at soft interfaces
1. Poisson-Boltzmann equation for a potential distribution around a charged surface
2. Effects of ionic size: modified Poisson-Boltzmann equation
3. Ion size effect on charge and potential relationship
4. Discrete charge effect

Part II: Interaction between two colloidal particles
5. Electrostatic interaction between two hard particles
6. Ionic size effect on the electrostatic interaction between two particles
7. Electrostatic Interaction between two soft particles
8. van der Waals interaction between two particles
9. DLVO theory of colloid stability
10. Non-DLVO interactions
11. Total interaction energy between two polymer-coated particles

Part III: Electrokinetics of soft particles
12. Electrophoresis: motion of colloidal particles in an electric field
13. General theory of electrophoresis of soft particles
14. Electrophoresis of a soft particle: Analytic approximations
15. Effects of hydrodynamic liquid slip-on hydrophobic surfaces
16. Transient electrophoresis and dynamic electrophoresis
17. Gel electrophoresis: electrophoresis of colloidal particles in a polymer gel medium
18. Gel electrophoresis of a soft particle: Analytic approximations
19. Diffusiophoresis: motion of colloidal particles in an electrolyte concentration gradient
20. Diffusiophoresis of soft particles

Part IV: Ion transport and ion adsorption at soft interfaces
21. Membrane transport with time delay
22. Membrane potential
23. Ion-adsorption effect on the interfacial tension at soft interfaces