P. Kralchevsky / K. Nagayama (eds.)

Particles at Fluid Interfaces and Membranes

Attachment of Colloid Particles and Proteins to Interfaces and Formation of Two-Dimensional Arrays Volume 10
Herausgeber: Kralchevsky, P.; Nagayama, K.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Seitenzahl: 668
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1370g
• ISBN-13: 9780444502346
• ISBN-10: 0444502343
• Artikelnr.: 22423316

Inhaltsangabe

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.