Trends in Colloid and Interface Science VIII contains the proceedings of the VIIth Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), held at the University of Bristol, England, September 1993.
The volume presents such topics as
- Applications of the Principles of Colloid Science
- Suspensions
- Surfactants
- Emulsions and Rheology
- Microemulsions and Bio-Colloids.

Capillary wave propagation on solutions of surfactants: a new method for kinetic studies

Interaction between molecules in adsorbed films at the air/water interface
Position of the neutral surface in charged monolayers
Complexation of metal ions at the monolayer-water interface
Morphological structures in monolayers of long chain alcohols
Preparation and characterization of PEO grafted surfaces by wettability measurements
Amphiphilic molecules with a structured head on a water surface: a Monte Carlo simulation
Branched amphiphilic molecules on a water surface: a Monte Carlo simulation
Static light scattering by aqueous, salt-free solutions of charged polystyrenesulfonate at different molecular weights
Electro-optic effects of electrostatically interacting rod-like polyelectrolytes
The surface properties of controlled porosity glasses of various porosity
Surface and bulk properties of yttrium stabilized ZrO2 powders in dispersions
One-phase and two-phase regions of colloid stability
Polymer induced fragmentation of colloiids: Mechanism and kinetics
Synthesis of cyclohexane magnetic fluids through adsorption of end-functionalized polymers on magnetic particles
Phase separation induced in cyclohexane magnetic fluids by addition of polymers
An experimental study of a model colloid-polymer mixture exhibiting colloidal gas, liquid and crystal phases
Surface charge densities and electrophoretic mobilities of aqueous colloidal suspensions of latex spheres with different ionizable groups
On polycomponent colloid systems
Aggregation processes in solutions of basic aluminum chlorides
Sodium polyacrylate mediated dispersion of calcite
Phase behavior and properties of micellar solutions of mixed zwitterionic and ionic surfactants
Mixtures of gelling agarose with nonionic surfactants or block-copolymers: Clouding and diffusion properties
Novel results on adsorption properties of definite n-alkyl oxypropylene oligomers at the air/water interface
Raman depolarized and Brillouin scattering studies on nonionic micellar solutions
Studies of 1-C16-2-C6-PC and 1-C6-2-C16-PC rodlike micelles by small-angle neutron scattering
Adsorption from mixed surfactant solutions containing dodecanol
Phase equilibria in dodecyl pyridinium bromide - water surfactant systems
AOT, influence of impurities on the phase behavior
Mixed surfactants: Sodium bis(2-ethyl-hexyl)sulphosuccinate- didodecyldimethyl-ammonium bromide- water system
Surfactant aggregation in organic solvents: physical gels and "living polymers"
Study of micelle formation in aqueous sodium n-octanoate solutions
Structure and state of water in reversed aerosol OT micelles: an infrared study
Monomeric and polymeric bolaamphiphiles based on the succinic and maleic anhydrides
Aggregation properties of a short chain nonionic amphiphile (C4E1) in water solutions
The effect of cationic surfactant micelles upon the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters
Surfactant effects in crystallization: nucleation and crystal habit of ?-aminobutyric acid
Viscoelasticity and near-newtonian behaviour of concentrated dispersions by Brownian dynamics simulations
Surface shear rheological studies of protein adsorption layers
Dynamic studies of soluble adsorption layers
Solubility limits of water in systems of aromatic oils and non-ionic surfactants
Ostwald ripening in O/W miniemulsions formed by the dilution of O/W microemulsions
Salt effects on interfacial behavior at liquid-liquid interfaces in the water+N-tetradecane+C6E2 system
Entropicaspects of the viscosity of a polymer-resin monolayer
Aqueous solution properties of hydrophobically associating copolymers
Synthesis of hydrophobic enzymes using reverse micelles. Enzymatic study of derivatives in AOT reverse micelles
Shape fluctuations of microemulsions droplets: Role of surfactant film bending elasticity
Structural modifications of reverse micelles due to enzyme incorporation studied by SAXS
Synthesis of small latexes by polymerization of reverse micelles
Some experimental evidence in favour of connections in elongated surfactant micelles
Clustering in microemulsions: aggregation of aggregates
TiO2 microemulsions gels obtained by the sol-gel method using titanium isopropoxide
Effect of polyethylene glycol of varying chain length on cyclohexane-pentanolsodium dodecylsulfate water-in-oil microemulsions
Conductivity of ternary microemulsions The pressure-percolation effect
Lipase localization in W/O microemulsions studied by fluorescence energy transfer
Molecular interactions and the targeting of vesicles to biosurfaces
Heat-induced denaturation and aggregation of ?-lactoglobulin
Spontaneous vesiculation: mixed lecithin-bile salt solutions as a biologically relevant model system
Electrostatic interactions in adsorbed ?-casein layers
Study of the interactions between nanoparticles and intestinal mucosa
Dynamic surface properties of milk proteins
Dynamic properties of lecithin reverse micelles: an investigation of the sol-gel transition
Stressing phospholipid membranes using mechanical effects of light
Vesicle - lamellar transition events in DDAB-water solution
The phase behavior of an ether lipid monolayer compared with an ester lipid monolayer
Sodium salts of bile acids in aqueous micellar solutions.-Effect of valinomycin on P.E.T. partners in L-B mimetic membranes
SANS studies of the interaction of SDS micelles with gelatin, and the effect of added salt.