The 37th General Meeting of the German Colloid Society, held in Dresden, September 1995, is the basis of this volume. It points to the important role that interface phenomena play in technological processes. This volume deals with theory and application aspects in the fields of
- preparation and stability of dispersions and emulsions;
- adsorption of surfactants;
- polyelectrolytes and neutral polymers on solid surfaces
- wetting processes and
- electrokinetic phenomena.
Investigations on new methods to characterize interfaces, surfactants and colloids are also presented.

Opening address at the 37th General Meeting in Dresden

Wolfgang-Ostwald-Prize recipient 1995: Prof. Dr. Hans Sonntag
Thomas-Graham-Medal recipient 1995: Prof. Dr. Johannes Lyklema
Interfacial behaviour of biomacromolecules
Vapor pressure of phenethyl alcohol in the system with water, and polyoxyethylene, 4, lauryl ether (Brij® 30)
Interactions of a water-soluble polymeric detergent additive (polycarboxylate) with clay minerals from soil
Some colloid-chemical features of emulsion polymerisation
Monodispersed colloids: preparations and interactions
Surface forces in wetting, flotation and capillary phenomena
Adsorption of block polymers on well-defined silica surfaces
Wetting measurements on smooth, rough and porous solid surfaces
Unsaturated monoethanolamide ethoxylates as paint surfactants
Switching flow and phase behavior in surfactant systems via photochemical reactions
Film formation from polymer latices
Flow-induced deformation of microcapsules
The problem of stability of a silica hydrosol in presence of various aliphatic alcohols
Stability and demulsification of petroleum emulsions
Physico-chemical basics of microemulsions with alkyl polyglycosides
Applications of microemulsions with different compositions in detergents technique
Colloid stability of hydrophylic latexes
Influence of polymeric auxiliaries on particle adhesion in quaeous systems
Ecological washing of textiles with microbial surfactants
Interfacial tension of double-chain cationic surfactants
Lubrication of synthetic fibers with surfactants - a complex surface-chemical process at the phase boundary solid/liquid
Computer-aided similarity and identify search with a FTIR library of surfactants and surfactant mixtures
Solvent extraction of toxic heavymetals with 8-hydroxyquinoline extractants from effluents
Polyelectrolyte complex formation at the interface of solutions
Surface properties of textile cellulose as a function of processing steps
Characterization of polymer particles: I. competitive liquid sorption and calorimetry
Effect of block copolymer architecture on the interfacial tension between immiscible polymers
Dewetting of solid surfaces
Monolayer characteristics of monodisperse core-shell latex particles prepared by soap-free emulsion copolymerization
Complex surface characterization of modified carbon fibers by means of spectroscopic and thermodynamic methods
Peroxidation of the interface of colloidal systems as new possibilities for design of compounds
Reactions of polymer analogous model substances with metals and oxides
Influence of different interphases on the mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced polymers.