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New frontiers in colloid science A celebration of the career of Brian Vincent

After obtaining a 1st class honours degree in Chemistry and an MSc in Surface Chemistry and Colloids and a PhD, Brian then moved to Wageningen to work in Hans Lyklema's laboratory on a Royal Society Fellowship. This was to be the start of a lifelong friendship and scientific collaboration with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biggs, Simon
Other Authors: Cosgrove, Terence, Dowding, Peter J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 2008
Series:Special publication
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Collection: RSC eBook Collection 1968-2009 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Synthesis of hydrogel-coated gold or gold nanoshells
  • Results and Discussion
  • Adsorption of Gold nanoparticles onto positively charged silica particles
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 3- Polymer Chemistry, Hypervelocity Physics and the CASSINI Space Mission
  • Introduction
  • Organic conducting polymers
  • Synthesis and properties of polypyrrole
  • Hypervelocity acceleration experiments
  • Do plasma mass spectra originate from the latex core or shell? Kinetic energy of a hypervelocity impact
  • The CASSINI space mission and the CDA adaptor
  • Four classes of micrometeorites
  • What is the nature of the volcanic activity on Io? Latex mimics for sulphur-rich micrometeorites
  • Conclusions
  • 4- From Novel Monodisperse "Silicone Oil"/Water Emulsions to Drug Deliver
  • Abstract
  • Background
  • Introduction
  • Interaction Forces and Deformation of PDMS Droplets
  • Rheological Behavior of concentrated emulsions of PDMS Droplets
  • Polymers at Silicone Droplets Interfaces
  • Images of Bubble Coalescence
  • Nature of Domains
  • Bubble Formation on Solid-Water Interfaces
  • Contact angles and line tension
  • Kinetics of CO2 gas adsorption using the QCM
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • 8- Heteroflocculation studies of colloidal poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels with polystyrene latex particles: effect of particle size, temperature and surface charge
  • Abstract
  • Introduction and background
  • Heterflocculation studies
  • Experimental
  • Microgel synthesis
  • Dry weight analysis
  • Preparation of anionic polystyrene latex and cationic microgel mixed dispersions
  • Dynamic light scattering (DLS)
  • Electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential measurements
  • Turbidimetric analysis
  • Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
  • Results and Discussion
  • Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
  • Characterisation of anionic PS latex particles
  • Heteroflocculation of microgel-latex mixtures
  • Concluding remarks
  • Foreword
  • 1- A Journey through Colloid Science
  • Early Days
  • Novel Colloidal Systems
  • Particle Synthesis
  • Particles with terminally-grafted polymer chains
  • Electrically -conducting particles
  • Microemulsions based on block or graft copolymers
  • Monodisperse Liquid Droplets
  • Liquid core / solid shell particles
  • Microgel Particles
  • Particle Interactions
  • Electrostatic interactions
  • Polymers at interfaces and steric interactions
  • Depletion interactions
  • Interactions in mixed particle systems
  • Deposition of particles on flat surfaces
  • Final Remarks
  • References
  • 2- Synthesis of Poly-N-Isopropylacrylamide microgel particles containing gold nanoshell cores with potential for triggered de-swelling
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods
  • Preparation of silica particles
  • Preparation of positively charged silica particles
  • Preparation of Gold nanoparticles
  • Attachment of gold nanoparticles to silica cores
  • Growth of gold nanoshells
  • 9- Surface Modification, Encapsulation and Coating- A Career built on Graft
  • Abstract
  • The early years: Colloid science, zeta potential and polymers
  • The dark side: Black boxes, sunscreens and hope-in-a-bottle
  • Back to the future: Colloid science, vaccines, microbicides and HIV/ AIDS
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Nanoparticles at PDMS Droplets
  • Towards a drug delivery system
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 5- Polymers and surfactants at interfaces: colloidal lego for nanotechnology
  • Introduction
  • Self-assembly of block copolymers and the formation of "smart colloids"
  • Adsorption of block copolymer micelles at the aqueous/ solid interface
  • Responsive and functional surfaces
  • Multilayer coatings, particles and capsules
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 6- Polymer depletion: recent progress for polymer/colloid phase diagrams
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Theory
  • System and system parameters
  • Thermodynamics
  • Some illustrations
  • Results
  • Concluding remarks
  • References
  • 7- NanoBubbles, dissolved gas, boundary layers and related mysterious effects in colloidal stability
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Results and Discussion
  • Stability ratio as a function of dissolved gas and hydrophobicity
  • Colloid Stability Analysis
  • TMAFM Imaging

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