Environmental Colloids and Particles: Behaviour, Separation and Characterisation

Abstract

List of Contributors. Series Preface. Preface. 1 Environmental Colloids and Particles: Current Knowledge and Future Developments (Jamie R. Lead and Kevin J. Wilkinson). 2 Colloidal Properties of Submicron Particles in Natural Waters (Montserrat Filella). 3 Colloid-Trace Element Interactions in Aquatic Systems (Frederic J. Doucet, Jamie R. Lead and Peter H. Santschi). 4 Ultrafiltration and its Applications to Sampling and Characterisation of Aquatic Colloids (Laodong Guo and Peter H. Santschi). 5 Characterisation of Aquatic Colloids and Macromolecules by Field-flow Fractionation (Martin Hassell ov, Frank von der Kammer and Ronald Beckett). 6 Modern Electrophoretic Techniques for the Characterisation of Natural Organic Matter (Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin and Jens Junkers). 7 Electrophoresis of Soft Colloids: Basic Principles and Applications (Jerome F. L. Duval). 8 Strategies and Advances in the Characterisation of Environmental Colloids by Electron Microscopy (Denis Mavrocordatos, Didier Perret and Gary G. Leppard). 9 Force Microscopy and Force Measurements of Environmental Colloids (Eric Balnois, Georg Papastavrou, and Kevin J. Wilkinson). 10 Laser Scanning Microscopy for Microbial Flocs and Particles (John R. Lawrence and Thomas R. Neu). 11 Study of Environmental Systems by Means of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (Nicolas Fatin-Rouge and Jacques Buffle). 12 Laser-induced Breakdown Detection (Jae-il Kim and Clemens Walther). 13 Probing Environmental Colloids and Particles with X-rays (Jean-Francois Gaillard). Index.