Handbook of surface and colloid chemistry

Аннотация

The science related to the subject of surface and colloid chemistry has expanded in the past decade at a rapid pace. This area of science has been especially important in such new areas as environmental control, wastewater processing, nanotechnology, pharmacy, and biotechnology. The applications of nanoparticles in pharmacy products are very significant. Initially, the subject arose over 50 years ago when theoretical understanding of surface and colloid systems developed. The amount of information published since has increased steadily; consider that there are at present some half a dozen different specialty journals related mainly to surface and colloid chemistry. The applications of this subject have developed rapidly in both the industrial and biological areas.