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Klappentext In the small world of micrometer to nanometer scale many natural and industrial processes include attachment of colloid particles (solid spheres, liquid droplets, gas bubbles or protein macromolecules) to fluid interfaces and their confinement in liquid films. This may lead to the appearance of lateral interactions between particles at interfaces, or between inclusions in phospholipid membranes, followed eventually by the formation of two-dimensional ordered arrays. The book is devoted to the description of such processes, their consecutive stages, and to the investigation of the underlying physico-chemical mechanisms. The first six chapters give a concise but informative introduction to the basic knowledge in surface and colloid science, which includes both traditional concepts and some recent results. Chapters 1 and 2 are devoted to the basic theory of capillarity, kinetics of surfactant adsorption, shapes of axisymmetric fluid interfaces, contact angles and line tension. Chapters 3 and 4 present a generalization of the theory of capillarity to the case, in which the variation of the interfacial (membrane) curvature contributes to the total energy of the system. The generalized Laplace equation is applied to determine the configurations of free and adherent biological cells. Chapters 5 and 6 are focused on the role of thin liquid films and hydrodynamic factors in the attachment of solid and fluid particles to an interface. Surface forces of various physical nature are presented and their relative importance is discussed. Hydrodynamic interactions of a colloidal particle with an interface (or another particle) are also considered.Chapters 7 to 10 are devoted to the theoreticalfoundation of various kinds of capillary forces. When two particles are attached to the same interface (membrane), capillary interactions, mediated by the interface or membrane, appear between them. Two major kinds of capillary interactions are described: (i) capillary immer Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Chapter 1. Planar Fluid Interfaces. Chapter 2. Interfaces of Moderate Curvature: Theory of Capillarity. Chapter 3. Surface Bending Moment and Curvature Elastic Moduli. Chapter 4. General Curved Interfaces and Biomembranes. Chapter 5. Liquid Films and Interactions Between Particle and Surface. Chapter 6. Particles at Interfaces: Deformations and Hydrodynamic Interactions. Chapter 7. Lateral Capillary Forces Between Partially Immersed Bodies. Chapter 8. Lateral Capillary Forces Between Floating Particles. Chapter 9. Capillary Forces Between Particles Bound to a Spherical Interface. Chapter 10. Mechanics of Lipid Membranes and Interaction Between Inclusions. Chapter 11. Capillary Bridges and Capillary Bridge Forces. Chapter 12. Capillary Forces Between Particles of Irregular Contact Line. Chapter 13. Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Particulates and Proteins. Chapter 14. Effect of Oil Drops and Particulates on the Stability of Foams. Appendix 1A: Equivalence of the two forms of the Gibbs adsorption equation. Appendix 8A: Derivation of equation (8.31). Appendix 10A: Connections between two models of lipid membranes. Index. Notation....
