Synopses & Reviews
Emulsions occur either as end products or during the processing of products in a huge range of areas including the food, agrochemical, pharmaceutical, paint and oil industries. Despite over one hundred years of research in the subject, however, a quantitative understanding of emulsions has been lacking. Modern Aspects of Emulsion Science presents a comprehensive description of both the scientific principles in the field and the very latest advances in research in this important area of surface and colloid science. Topics covered include emulsion formation, type, stability (creaming, flocculation, ripening, coalescence), monodisperse and gel emulsions, and applications. Emphasis has been placed on relating the chemistry of the surfactant or protein adsorbed at the oil-water interface to the principles of the physics involved in the bulk emulsion property. The book has been written by a collection of the world's leading experts in the field, and covers both experimental and theoretical approaches. Modern Aspects of Emulsion Science fills a real gap in the market, being the only book of its kind in print. As such it will prove essential reading for graduates and researchers in this subject, in both academia and industry.
Synopsis
This book presents a comprehensive description of the scientific principles and the very latest advances in research in this important area of surface and colloid science.
Table of Contents
1. Emulsions : recent advances in understanding / Bernard P. Binks -- 2. Emulsion formation / Pieter Walstra and Pauline E.A. Smulders -- 3. Emulsion formation by nucleation and growth mechanisms / Brian Vincent, Zoltan Kiraly and Tim M. Obey -- 4. Emulsion flocculation and creaming / Margaret M. Robins and David J. Hibberd -- 5. Rheology of emulsions : the relationship to structure and stability / Eric Dickinson -- 6. Phase inversion and drop formation in agitated liquid : liquid dispersions in the presence of nonionic surfactants / Brian W. Brooks, Howard N. Richmond, and Mohamed Zerfa -- 7. Coalescence in emulsions / Alexey S. Kabalnov -- 8. Lifetime and destruction of concentrated emulsions undergoing coalescence / Bâenâedicte Deminiáere ... et al. -- 9. Molecular diffusion in emulsions and emulsion mixtures / Jeffry G. Weers -- 10. Interactions and macroscopic properties of emulsions and microemulsions / Dimiter N. Petsev -- 11. Gel emulsions : relationship between phase behaviour and formation / Conxita Solans, Ramon Pons and Hironobu Kunieda -- 12. Applications of emulsions / Thomas Fèorster and Wolfgang von Rybinski.