Particles at Fluids Interfaces and Membranes - Attachment of Colloid Particles and Proteins to Interfaces and Formation of Two-Dimensional Arrays

Abstract

Preface. Chapter 1. Planar Fluid Interfaces. Chapter 2. Interfaces of Moderate Curvature: Theory of Capillarity. Chapter 3. Surface Bending Moment and Curvature Elastic Moduli. Chapter 4. General Curved Interfaces and Biomembranes. Chapter 5. Liquid Films and Interactions Between Particle and Surface. Chapter 6. Particles at Interfaces: Deformations and Hydrodynamic Interactions. Chapter 7. Lateral Capillary Forces Between Partially Immersed Bodies. Chapter 8. Lateral Capillary Forces Between Floating Particles. Chapter 9. Capillary Forces Between Particles Bound to a Spherical Interface. Chapter 10. Mechanics of Lipid Membranes and Interaction Between Inclusions. Chapter 11. Capillary Bridges and Capillary Bridge Forces. Chapter 12. Capillary Forces Between Particles of Irregular Contact Line. Chapter 13. Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Particulates and Proteins. Chapter 14. Effect of Oil Drops and Particulates on the Stability of Foams. Appendix 1A: Equivalence of the two forms of the Gibbs adsorption equation. Appendix 8A: Derivation of equation (8.31). Appendix 10A: Connections between two models of lipid membranes. Index. Notation.