TY - BOOK AU - Birdi, K.S. TI - Surface chemistry essentials SN - 9781439871782 U1 - 541.33 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - CRC Press KW - Surface chemistry N1 - Chapter 1. Introduction to surface chemistry essentials -- chapter 2. Capillarity and surface forces in liquids (curved surfaces) -- chapter 3. Surfactant (soaps and detergents) solutions : essential surface properties -- chapter 4. Monomolecular lipid films on liquid surfaces and Langmuir-Blodgett films -- chapter 5. Solid surfaces : adsorption and desorption of different substances -- chapter 6. Wetting, adsorption, and cleaning processes -- chapter 7. Colloidal dispersion systems : physicochemical essential properties -- chapter 8. Gas bubbles : thin liquid films and foams -- chapter 9. Emulsions, microemulsions, and lyotropic liquid crystals -- chapter 10. Essential surface and colloid chemistry in science and industry ER -