Table of Contents

The importance of x-ray small-angle scattering in colloid research.- The ?*-law in colloid and polymer science.- The theory of surface tension components and the equation of state approach.- Characterization of polymer surfaces by means of electrokinetic measurements.- Measuring the zetapotential of fibers, films and granulates.- Relationship between solubility and micellization of surfactants: The temperature range of micellization.- Critical micelle concentration of some homogeneously ethoxylated nonylphenols.- Studies on the conformation of polypeptides in reverse micelles.- Phase transitions in phospholipid monolayers and rheological properties of the corresponding membrane model.- Structures in aqueous solutions of nonionic tensides.- Phase equilibria and thermodynamics of liquid and solid crystal phases: formation of transition metal dodecyl benzenesulfonates.- The influence of charged surfactants upon reverse osmosis.- Measurement of low interfacial tensions by capillary wave spectroscopy. Study of an oil-water-surfactant system near its phase inversion.- Dielectric spectroscopy - a method of investigating the stability of water-oil emulsions.- Porod's limit of small angle x-ray scattering from AOT-H2O isooctane micro-emulsions.- Kinetics of phase transformations in a fluorinated micro-emulsion system.- Petroleum emulsions, micro-emulsions, and micellar solutions.- Phase equilibria in the systems used for vinyl acetate micro-emulsion polymerization.- In vitro drug release from liquid crystalline creams; cream structure dependence.- Physico-chemical properties of small bubbles in liquids.- Thermodynamics of accumulation processes applied to colloidal systems.- Evidence for secondary minimum coagulation in a silica hydrosol obtained by dynamic light scattering.- Sharp maxima in the flotation rate.- Pigment dispersion in organic solvents.- On the sediment volume of colloidal aggregates 1. A fractal approach to the problem.- Application of bentonite suspensions as supporting media in foundation engineering an other underground workings.- Effective volume and immobilization concentration of dispersed particles.- correlation between latex stability data determined by practical and colloid chemistry-based methods.- Kinetic analysis of the influence of additives on spontaneous precipitation from electrolytic solutions.- Crystal growth of lead fluoride using constant composition method I. The effect of Pb/F activity ratio on the solubility of solid phase.- Crystal growth in gels - a survey.- Electro-optical study of a polyelectrolytic graft copolymer.- Rheological properties of solutions of a colloid-disperse homoglucan from Schizophyllum commune.- Kinetics of swollen surface layer formation in the diffusion process of polymer dissolution.- Investigations of the permselectivity of styrene-butadiene block copolymer membranes.- Further electronmicroscope observations on polyethylene II. An artifact makes amorphous surface layers visible on crystal lamellae in melts.- Element specific electron microscopy of polymeric materials.