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Statistical Mechanics of Adsorption and Wetting Transitions

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Surfactants in Solution

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The molecular theory of adsorption, contact angles and wetting transitions has seen considerable advancement during the last several years. Presented here is a status report on our current understanding of adsorption and wetting phenomena. The exposition makes extensive use of van der Waals theory of inhomogeneous fluids which, though simple, captures qualitatively most of the patterns observed experimentally or predicted by more rigorous theories.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    H. T. Davis & L. E. Scriven

  2. Division 1511, Sandia National Laboratory, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA

    R. E. Benner Jr.

  3. Exxon Production Research Co., P.O. Box 2189, Houston, Texas, 77001, USA

    G. F. Teletzke

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    P. Bothorel (Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bordeaux, Assistant Director, Scientific Director of the GRECO “Microemulsions” (French cooperative action on microemulsions), consultant to the French Oil Company) (Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bordeaux, Assistant Director, Scientific Director of the GRECO “Microemulsions” (French cooperative action on microemulsions), consultant to the French Oil Company)

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Davis, H.T., Benner, R.E., Scriven, L.E., Teletzke, G.F. (1986). Statistical Mechanics of Adsorption and Wetting Transitions. In: Mittal, K.L., Bothorel, P. (eds) Surfactants in Solution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1833-0_29

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