This book gives the reader an introduction to the field of surfactants in solution as well as polymers in solution. Starting with an introduction to surfactants the book then discusses their environmental and health aspects. Chapter 3 looks at fundamental forces in surface and colloid chemistry. Chapter 4 covers self-assembly and 5 phase diagrams. Chapter 6 reviews advanced self-assembly while chapter 7 looks at complex behaviour. Chapters 8 to 10 cover polymer adsorption at solid surfaces, polymers in solution and surface active polymers, respectively. Chapters 11 and 12 discuss adsorption and surface and interfacial tension, while Chapters 13- 16 deal with mixed surfactant systems. Chapter 17, 18 and 19 address microemulsions, colloidal stability and the rheology of polymer and surfactant solutions. Wetting and wetting agents, hydrophobization and hydrophobizing agents, solid dispersions, surfactant assemblies, foaming, emulsions and emulsifiers and microemulsions for soil and oil removal complete the coverage in chapters 20-25.

Autorentext

Krister Holmberg is Professor of Surface Chemistry and
Director of Materials Science Area of Advance at Chalmers
University of Technology in Göteborg (Sweden). He was awarded
a PhD at Chalmers University and after gaining his doctorate, he
worked as a researcher at a number of Swedish chemical companies.
From 1991 to 1997 he was head of the Surface Chemistry Institute,
Stockholm (Sweden). He was also adjunct professor at Göteborg
University in Biotechnical Surface Chemistry and at the Royal
Institute of Technology in Technical Surface and Colloid Chemistry.
Professor Holmberg's current research interests include novel
surfactants, organic and bioorganic reactions in organized media
such as microemulsions and suspensions of mesoporous materials, and
controlled delivery of active substances.

Professor Bengt Kronberg is a Senior Research Fellow and
Course Director at SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden. He
has a long experience in teaching fundamental and applied aspects
of surface chemistry. He has published over 80 papers in the field
and is a co-author of the book "Surfactants and Polymers in Aqueous
Solution". Professor Kronberg supervises research in the fields of
microemulsions, adsorption of surfactants and polymers, fuel
formulations, and polymeric networks.

Professor Björn Lindman is senior scientist at the
Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden and
Visiting Professor at School of Materials Science & Engineering
at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published
more than 600 papers, and co-authored three books and edited more
than ten books in the field of surface and colloid chemistry.
Furthermore he is a well-known lecturer and consultant worldwide.
Professor Lindman's current research projects include: DNA gel
particles and cross-linked DNA gels, Controlling the phase behavior
of polyion-surfactant ion complex salts by cyclodextrins and
associative effects of polyacrylates in surfactant systems.

Inhalt

Preface xiii

Acronyms xv

1 Types of Surfactants, their Synthesis, and Applications 1

2 Environmental and Health Aspects of Surfactants 49

3 Two Fundamental Forces in Surface and Colloid Chemistry 65

4 Surfactant Self-Assembly: General Aspects and Spherical
Micelles 75

5 Introduction to Phase Diagrams 95

6 Surfactant Self-Assembly: Beyond the Spherical Micelle 113

7 Surfactants and Polymers Containing Oxyethylene Groups Show a
Complex Behavior 137

8 Surfactant Adsorption at Solid Surfaces 153

9 Polymers in Solution 175