Table of Contents
Foreword v
Preface vii
1 Specific Ion Effects in Colloid and Surface Science: A Modified DLVO Approach Werner Kunz Mathias Boström 1
2 Electrokinetics in a Suspension of Soft Particles Hiroyuki Ohshima 11
3 Relative Humidity and Evaporation of a Simple Fragrance Emulsion Stig E. Friberg Patricia A. Aikens 25
4 Aging and Stability of W/O Emulsions with NaOH in Aqueous Phase Rujuta Thaker Bina Sengupta Ranjan Sengupta 39
5 Energetics of Micelle Formation: Non Agreement between the Enthalpy Change Measured by the Direct Method of Calorimetry and the Indirect Method of van't Hoff Satya P. Moulik Debolina Mitra 51
6 Unusual Phase Behavior in a Two-Component System Bruno F.B. Silva Eduardo F. Marques Ulf Olsson 69
7 Mixed Proteins/Surfactants Interfacial Layers as Studied by Drop Shape Analysis and Capillary Pressure Tensiometry V.S. Alahverdjieva D.O. Grigoriev A. Javadi Cs. Kotsmar J. Krägel R. Miller V. Pradines A. V. Makievski 85
8 Factors Affecting Mixed Aggregation Pablo C. Schulz 105
9 Micellization Characteristics of Sodium Dioctylsulfosuccinate: An Overview S. Chanda O.G. Singh K. Ismail 131
10 Phase Separation Study of Surface-Active Drug Promazine Hydrochloride in Absence and Presence of Organic Additives Kabir-ud-Din Mohammed D.A. Al Ahmadhi Andleeb Z. Naqvi Mohd. Akram 143
11 Effect of Urea on Surfactant Aggregates: A Comprehensive Review Silvia M.B. Souza E.B. Alvarez Mario J. Politi 155
12 Specific Ion-Pair/Hydration Model for the Sphere-To-Rod Transitions of Aqueous Cationic Micelles. The Evidence from Chemical Trapping Laurence S. Romsted 171
13 Biocatalytic Studies in Microemulsions and Related Systems Aristotelis Xenakis 199
14 Colloidal Dispersions for Drug Delivery Syamasri Gupta 207
15 Nanoscale Self-Organization of Polyampholytes H.B. Bohidar Amarnath Gupta 231
16 Polymer-Modified Microemulsions as a New Type of Template for the Nanoparticle Formation Joachim Koetz Carine Note Jennifa Baier Stefanie Lutter 243
17 Maximizing the Uptake of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles by AOT (W/O) Microemulsions Nashaat N. Nassar Maen M. Husein 257
18 A Brief Overview on Synthesis and Size Dependent Photocatalytic behaviour of Luminescent Semiconductor Quantum Dots A. Priyam S. Ghosh A. Datta A. Chatterjee A. Saha 271
19 Dramatic Enhancement in the Cation Sensing Efficiency in Anionic Micelles: A Simple and Efficient Approach Towards Improving the Sensor Efficiency Paramita Das Deboleena Sarkar Nitin Chattopadhyay 299
20 Organic Reactivity in AOT-Based Microemulsions: Pseudophase Approach to Transnitrosation Reactions G. Astray A. Cid J.C. Mejuto L. García-Río 309
21 Electric Field Induced Gel Formation and Fracture in Layers of Laponite Suparna Sinha Sujata Tarafdar 337
22 Temperature Dependent Structural Insignia of Cinnamic Acid B. Nandi Ganguly Nagendra Nath Mondal S. K. Bandopadhyay Pintu Sen 345
