Interfacial Rheology

by Miller; Reinhard

• ISBN13: 9789004175860
• ISBN10: 9004175865
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-06-17
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This is the first book on interfacial rheology and aims to describe both its history as well as the current, most frequently used experimental techniques for studying dilational and shear rheology of layers at liquid/gas and liquid/liquid interfaces. The book opens with a chapter on the fundamentals of interfacial rheology. All (16) contributions include the theoretical basis for the presented methodologies and experimental examples are given. This scientific field is relatively young with its beginnings in the sixties. At first the field developed rather slowly due to lack of professional instruments and was the domain of only very few highly specialized laboratories. In the past decade, good equipment has become more widely available and the Web of Science shows a strong increase in both number of articles published and an exponential increase in citations. This is mainly caused by the fact that interfacial rheology has been understood as one of the main factors in stabilizing liquid films, foams and emulsions. It gives important insight into the composition and structure of interfacial layers, essentially when built up from mixed solutions. The users of instruments for shear and dilational surface rheology, which are sold in increasing number year by year, therefore require this basic reading and overview of the available methods.

Table of Contents

Foreword of the Series	p. v
Foreword	p. vii
Obituary for Valery V. Krotov	p. xi
Fundamental introduction into 2D rheology	p. 1
History of dilational rheology	p. 38
Methods to determine the rheology parameters from interfacial response functions	p. 77
Interfacial elasticity as studied by wave methods	p. 103
Rheology of surfactant adsorption layers	p. 137
Rheology studies of spread and adsorbed polymer layers	p. 178
2D-Rheology of protein layers	p. 253
Mixed surfactant--polyelectrolyte layers	p. 303
Dilational behaviour of mixed protein-surfactant layers	p. 332
Surface Shear rheology	p. 372
Compressibility of insoluble monolayer	p. 429
Rheology of liquid films	p. 476
Elasticity as a diagnostic tool in medicine	p. 519
Influence of surface rheology on particle-bubble interactions in flotation	p. 567
2D-Rheology in food technology	p. 614
Optical tweezers for 2D micro rheology	p. 654
Subject Index	p. 680
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