Surface and Interfacial Forces - From Fundamentals to Applications

© Springer-Verlag 2008 rd 43 Biennial Meeting of the German Colloid Society rd This volume containsselected paperspresented at the 43 Biennial Meeting of the German Colloid Society held at the Schloß Waldthausen near Mainz, October 8-10, 2007. The meeting's emphasis was given to "Surface and Interfacial Forces - From Fundamentals to Applications" but also provided a general overview on current aspects of colloid and polymer science in fundamental research and applications. The contributions in this volume are representative of the richness of research topics in colloid and polymer science. They cover a broad eld including the application of scanning probe techniques to colloid and interface science, surface induced ordering, novel developments in amphiphilic systems as well as the synthesis and applications of nano-colloids. The meeting brought together people from different elds of colloid, polymer, and materials science and provided the platform for dialogue between scientists from universities, industry, and research institutions.

The Effect of Salt Concentration and Cation Valency on Interactions Between Mucin-Coated Hydrophobic Surfaces.- Formation and Structure of Coherent, Ultra-thin Calcium Carbonate Films below Monolayers of Stearic Acid at the Oil/Water Interface.- Volume, Surface and Hydration Properties of Proteins.- Swelling and Water Uptake of PAH/PSS Polyelectrolyte Multilayers.- Surface-Induced Ordering of Liquid Crystal on Modified Surfaces.- Regular Horizontal Patterning on Colloidal Crystals Produced by Vertical Deposition.- Microdrops Evaporating on AFM Cantilevers.- Evaluation of Long Term Stability of Model Emulsions by Multisample Analytical Centrifugation.- Multiple-Particle Tracking (MPT) Measurements of Heterogeneities in Acrylic Thickener Solutions.- Influence of the monolayers composition on bilayer formation during oblique drop impact on liquids.- Polymer-Stabilized Emulsions: Influence of Emulsion Components on Rheological Properties and Droplet Size.- FTIR and 1H NMR Studies on the Structure of Water Solubilized by Reverse Aggregates of Dodecyltrimethylammonium Bromide; Didodecyldimethylammonium Bromide, and Their Mixtures in Organic Solvents.- Swelling of Aqueous L ? -Phases by Matching the Refractive Index of the Bilayers with that of the Mixed Solvent.- Synthesis of Poly(butylcyanoacrylate) Nanocapsules by Interfacial Polymerization in Miniemulsions for the Delivery of DNA Molecules.- Oligo-DNA Functionalized Polyorganosiloxane Nanoparticles.- Heat Transfer from Nanoparticles to the Continuum Matrix.- Growth of Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals in Aqueous Microgels.- Formation of Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles in Poly(ethylene Glycol)-Modified Microemulsions.