Emulsion Science - Basic Principles. An Overview

This book gives an overview of the most recent advances in emulsion science, from the preparation to the destruction of these materials. This book is intended for a large audience, from undergraduate students to senior scientists. A progressive and didactic approach is proposed for that purpose. The concepts presented should provide a useful guidance for formulating and controlling the lifetime of emulsion at laboratory and industrial scales. For easy comprehension, the text is illustrated by more than 70 figures.
This book is a new edition of the one published in the series "Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (vol. 181)". The main difference is a more didactic approach which will allow the non-specialist reader to capture the essential concepts. We shall also incorporate the very last research results (solid-stabilized emulsions, metastability) and novel applications (Biotechnology).

List of contents

Introduction.- Emulsification.- Force measurements.- Phase transitions.- Compressibility and elasticity of concentrated emulsions.- Stability of concentrated emulsions.- Double emulsions.- New challenges for emulsions: Biosensors, Nano-reactors and templates.- Conclusion.

Summary

This book gives an overview of the most recent advances in emulsion science, from the preparation to the destruction of these materials. This book is intended for a large audience, from undergraduate students to senior scientists. A progressive and didactic approach is proposed for that purpose. The concepts presented should provide a useful guidance for formulating and controlling the lifetime of emulsion at laboratory and industrial scales. For easy comprehension, the text is illustrated by more than 70 figures.

This book is a new edition of the one published in the series "Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (vol. 181)". The main difference is a more didactic approach which will allow the non-specialist reader to capture the essential concepts. We shall also incorporate the very last research results (solid-stabilized emulsions, metastability) and novel applications (Biotechnology).

Product details

• Authors: Bibette, Jerome Bibette, Jerôme Bibette, Fernand Leal-Calderon, Fernando Leal-Calderon, Véroniqu Schmitt, Veronique Schmitt, Véronique Schmitt
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9780387396828
• ISBN: 978-0-387-39682-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Illustrations: XI, 225 p.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics; Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; B, Nanotechnology, Materials science, Physics and Astronomy, Physical Chemistry, Materials—Surfaces, Surface chemistry & adsorption, Thin films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film, Amorphous substances, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Complex fluids, Biosensor;biotechnology;elasticity;phase transition;sensors