Interfacial Rheology (Progress in Colloid and Interface Science)

This is the first book on interfacial rheology. It 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 i Foreword of the Series......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Obituary for Valery V. Krotov......Page 12 I. V.V. Krotov - Fundamental introduction into 2D rheology......Page 16 II. E.H. Lucassen-Reynders and J. Lucassen - History of dilational rheology......Page 53 III. S. Zholob - Methods to determine the rheology parameters from interfacial response functions......Page 92 IV. B.A. Noskov - Interfacial elasticity as studied by wave methods......Page 118 V. L. Liggieri, F. Ravera – Rheology of surfactant adsorption layers......Page 152 VI. R. Rubio - Rheology studies of spread and adsorbed polymer layers......Page 193 VII. J. Benjamins - 2D-Rheology of protein layers......Page 268 VIII. D. Langevin - Mixed surfactant – polyelectrolyte layers......Page 318 IX. V.B. Fainerman - Dilational behaviour of mixed protein-surfactant layers......Page 347 X. J. Krägel - Surface shear rheology......Page 387 XI. D. Vollhardt - Compressibility of insoluble monolayer......Page 444 XII. V.I. Kovalchuk - Rheology of liquid films......Page 491 XIII. O. Sinyachenko, V.B. Fainerman - Elasticity as a diagnostic tool in medicine......Page 534 XIV. S.S. Dukhin - Influence of surface rheology on particle-bubble interactions in flotation......Page 582 XV. P. Fischer, Ph. Erni - 2D-Rheology in food technology......Page 629 XVI. T.M. Fischer - Optical tweezers for 2D micro rheology......Page 669 Subject Index......Page 695

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. Since then it developed rather slowly at first 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.

This book contains monographs dedicated to all relevant topics in the field of colloid and interface science, and is the first one devoted to interfacial rheology. It details the theoretical background of interfacial rheology, experimental tools and a well selected number of experimental examples.