ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

IQBAL ALI is currently working for Ph.D. degree at the University of Arizona where he received his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering in 1987. Before coming to the University of Arizona for higher studies, he worked in the copper industries in India and Zambia.

DAVID ANDELHAN is Assistant Professor at Tel-Aviv University. He received his Ph.D. in 1984 from M.I.T. His research interests include thermodynamics and hydrodynamics of complex fluids and their interfaces.

PUSHAN AYYUB is member of the Materials Research Group of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and is a doctoral student at TIFR. He is working on the physics of solid state materials in the finely­divided form.

PIERO BAGLIONI is Professor of Physical Chemistry of the University of Udine, Italy. His main field of interest is colloid and interface chemistry with particular attention to the properties of liquid interfaces, and currently he is interested in the application of ESR and ESEM spectroscopies to surface and colloid chemistry.

G.R. BHAT is currently working with Vistakon, Inc., Jacksonville, FL.

MRIDULA BHATNAGAR is a Senior Research Fellow at the Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad, India. Received Ph.D. from ISM and was awarded Gold Medal for getting first position inM.Phil. (Appl. Chem.) from ISM. Has published seven research papers in the area of environmental sciences.

J. BlAIS is professor at the University of Bordeaux I. (France). He received his Doctorat es Sciences in 1968. His research at the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal in Bordeaux-Talence is focused on molecular interactions in liquids, thermodynamical properties and models of microemulsions.

J.F. BODET is Doctor in Physical Chemistry. He received his Doctorat in 1985 and then joined the group of Professor H.T. Davis, at the University of Minnesota as a post-doctoral fellow. His research is focused on thermodynamical behaviour of microemulsions, and diffusion measurements via N.M.R. pulse field gradients.

GABRIELLA CAnINATI is working on a Research Grant in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florence, Italy.

FRANCOISE CANDAU is Directeur de Recherches au CNRS at Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France. Her received her D.Sci. degree in 1971 from the University of Strasbourg. Her current research interests are in the fields of amphiphilic properties of copolymers, microemulsions and inverse microemulsion polymerization.

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MICHAEL CATES is a Research Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and a member of the Theory of Condensed Matter group at the Cavendish Laboratory. He has held postdoctoral appointments at Exxon Laboratories, Annandale (1985/1986) and at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara (1986/1987). He was educated at Cambridge University, qualifying for his Ph.D. in Physics in 1985.

A.M. CAZABAT is Professor at University of Paris VI, France. She completed thesis in 1976.

S.K. CHAKARVARTI is Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1981 in the field of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTDS) from Kurukshetra University, India. He has more than 80 research publications to his credit in the fields of SSNTDS, Nuclear Track Filters, dielectric relaxation studies, instrumentation and innovative teaching of Physics.

JIAN-WEI CHEN is with Laboratoire des Sciences Analytiques, Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I, Villeurbanne Cedex, France.

C.H. CHEW is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore. She received her Ph.D. degree in 1968 from McGill University. She has about 40 publications.

B. CLIN is Directeur de Recherche au C.N.R.S. (Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal). He received his Doctorat es Sciences in 1972. His research is mainly concerned with N.M.R., modelling of microemulsions, structural and thermodynamical study of ternary lyotropic systems.

ROSELLA COCCIARO is a researcher of Enichemelastomeri, of ENI group, in Ravenna, Italy.

JOSE COSTA LOPEZ is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Barcelona, and is Director of the Department. He studied Chemical Engineering at the Institut de Genie Chimique de Toulouse (France) and obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madrid. His main interests are mass transfer without or with chemical reaction, chemical and photochemical kinetics. and other fields of chemical engineering. He has received the Award "Cartada-Blanch".

C.J. DANSIZER is Staff Scientist at Textile Research Institute, Princeton, N.J. Received B.S. from Rutgers University and research interests are in the area of textiles, especially in the study of single fiber properties of natural and synthetic .fibers.

LUIGI DEI is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence, Italy.

ERIC G. DEROUANE is Director of the Catalysis Laboratory at the Facu1tes Universitaires N.D. de la Paix in Namur, Belgium since 1974. He holds degrees from both Princeton University (M.A., 1968) and the University of Liege (Dr. Sc., 1968). He is presently Vice-President of the Institute for Studies in Interface Science at FUNDP. In addition to his academic duties, he does consulting work for several companies and is an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Molecular Catalysis. Besides his 220 papers in the journal literature, he also holds more than 40 patents and has edited four books in the field of catalysis.

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LJUBOHIR DJAKOVIC has been Professor of Colloid Chemistry at the Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, since 1967 and presently is head of the Colloid Chemistry Department. He received his Ph.D. in 1967. He is author of the following textbooks: Colloid Chemistry, Handbook of Colloid Chemistry, and Wheat Flour, and also has published a monograph entitled Rheological Behaviour of Concentrated Systems. He has published in the fields of rheology of macromolecular gels and emulsions, dynamics of the emulsification process, emulsifiers efficiency, and others.

PETAR DOKIC is Professor of Colloid Chemistry at the Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia where he received his D.Sc. in Colloid Chemistry in 1974. He was vice president of the University of Novi Sad during 1983-1987. He was postdoctoral research fellow at Queen Elizabeth College, London, 1977-1978 and the Fellow of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Philadelphia, USA. He has contributed many papers in colloid chemistry and rheology.

J. DUNNING is in the faculty of Geology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

OHAR A. EL SEOUD is a professor of chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was Visiting Professor at Texas A&M University (1980), Science University of Tokyo (1984) and the University of Bayreuth (1985-1986, as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow). His research interests include micellar catalysis, polymerization in microemulsions, and the chemistry of TCNQ.

S. FALASCA is with National Research Council--CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A.T. FLORENCE is James P. Todd Professor of Pharmacy and Head of Pharmaceutics in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He holds the degrees of Ph.D. (Glasgow) and D.Sc. (Strathclyde). He is winner of the British Pharmaceutical Conference Science Award (1974) and the Harrison Memorial Medal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1986). He is author of over 150 papers on pharmaceutical aspects of surface and colloid science and drug absorption and targeting. He has also coauthored several research textbooks including Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacy (with D. Attwood, 1981); and Surfactant Systems: Their Chemistry. Pharmacy and Biology (also with D. Attwood, 1983). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

THOHAS C. FRANKLIN is Professor of Chemistry at Baylor University, Waco, TX. where he has been since 1954. He received his Ph.D. in 1951 from Ohio State University and held positions at Howard College, University of Richmond and the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Surface and Coatings Technology and publishes regularly on the role of additives in electrochemistry and catalysis.

HASAHI FUJIWARA is Researcher at Applied Research Laboratories II, Lion Co., Tokyo, Japan. Earned M.S. degree from the Science University of Tokyo, Japan.

GABRIELLA GABRIELLI is Full Professor of Colloid and Interface Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florence, Italy. She is author of many publications in the field of mono layers and microemulsions.

H. GALAN VALLEJO is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cadiz, Spain. His research interest is in the rheology of aqueous systems containing surfactants and different additives.

CECILIA H.C. GAHBI is a researcher at the University of Florence, Italy where she received her doctoral degree. Her main interest is in the area of microemu1sions.

L.H. GAN is Associate Professor of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore. He received his Ph.D. in 1968 in the field of polymer since from the University of Akron. he has published about 50 papers related to vulcanization of rubbers, polymerization, and microemu1sions.

JOSEPH GEORGES is with Laboratoire des Sciences Ana1ytiques, Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I, Vi11eurbanne Cedex, France.

C. GONZALEZ is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Barcelona, Spain. Received Ph.D. degree in 1987 and has authored several papers on the microemu1sions in the treatment of oil spills and on experimental methods to study mu1ticomponent mixtures.

ALAIN GOURGUE is research scientist at Colgate, Belgium. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1981 from Facu1tes Universitaires Notre-Dame de 1a Paix, Namur, Belgium. His current interest is in a fundamental study of the properties and behaviour of new and commonly used surfactants.

GIULIO G.T. GUARINI is Associate Professor of Chemical Kinetics in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florence, Italy. He is author of several papers in the field of solid reactivity and calorimetry.

P. GUERING completed thesis 1985 - Ingenieure of Ecole Superieure d'Optique-Research at Saint-Gobain, France.

J. GUTIERREZ is Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Barcelona, Spain. Received Ph.D. in 1984 and has authored several papers on simulation. su1fonation and treatment of oil spills.

D.L. HARPER is with the J&J Baby Products Company in Skillman, New Jersey.

T. HLAING is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Process Technology, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore. He received his M.Sc. (1971) from Aston University of Birmingham, England.

CHRISTINE HOLTZSCHERER is Chargee de Recherches au CNRS at l'Universite de Paris Sud, Chatenay-Ma1abry. She received her D.Sci. in 1986 from the University of Strasbourg. Her research activities are focused on inverse microemu1sion polymerization, drug carriers and microencapsulation.

JOHN S. HUANG is the Head of the Complex Fluids Physics Group at EXxon Research Laboratory in Annandale, N.J. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University in 1969 and worked at Rutgers University and University of Pittsburgh before joining the Exxon Research and Engineering Comapny in 1976. His interests include critical phenomena, interfacial properties, light scattering, neutron scattering, micellar solutions, microemu1sions, and more recently polymer and polyelectrolyte solutions.

GUY F. HUDSON is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Arizona where he received his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering in 1986.

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DURSUN INCE is presently employed by ECC America, Inc. as a Senior Process Development Engineer. He received his Ph.D. in 1987 in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida. Prior to that he worked at the Pennsylvania State University as a Research Associate and at Union Carbide Corporati.on as a Research Engineer.

CARMEL JOLICOEUR is currently professor of Physical-Chemistry at the Universite de Sherbrooke where he holds a University-Industry Research Chair sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. His general area of work is the physical-chemistry of aqueous colloidal systems and his research interest spans several topics, mainly surfactant systems, biological and mineral colloids. He has authored or co-authored more than 75 papers. He is currently on the advisory or editorial boards of several reviews or journals namely Toxicity Assessment, Water Science Reviews, and the Journal of Chemical Dynamics.

Y.K. KAMATH is Principal Scientist at Textile Research Institute, Princeton, N.J. where he has been since 1972. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Cehmistry from the University of Connecticut. His research interests are in the area of natural and synthetic fibers with emphasis on surface properties.

KAZUHIKO KANDORI is Assistant in the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan where he received his Ph.D. in 1984. Currently he is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.

AYAO KITAHARA is Professor, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. He received his Ph.D. from Tokyo University. He is the coeditor of the book Electrical Phenomena at Interfaces Fundamentals, Measurements and Applications published in 1986.

KIJIRO KON-NO is Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan where he received his Ph.D. He has published in the area of micellar formation and catalysis.

R. KORNBREKKE is with Sohio Research in Cleveland, Ohio.

P. LALANNE is Assistant Professor at the University of Bordeaux I, France. He received his Doctorat es Sciences in 1976. His research is focused on N.M.R., molecular dynamics in liquids, thermodynamical properties and models of microemulsions, and particle sizing in emulsions.

D. LANGEVIN is director of research at the CNRS and works in the physics laboratory of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France. Her main research interests are in the field of liquid surfaces in the presence of surfactant molecules: mono layers , micelles and microemulsions.

T.K. LAW is with Schering Agrochemicals Ltd., Saffron, Walden, Essex, U.K. Research interests include polymer science, mUltiple enulsions and formulation science.

LILIANE LEGER is carrying out research at College de France, Paris. She had education in Solid State Physics at the University of Orsay, France and received her Ph.D. in 1976. Her present interests are dynamics of entangled polymers, self-diffusion measurements, colloidal systems, polymers at interfaces and wetting phenomena.

T.F. LING is with the Center for Surface Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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NDONGALA LUFIMPADIO is presently Professor at I.S.P. Bukavu, Zaire. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1983 from Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. His research interest is in the field of structure and properties of reversed micelles and the preparation of small metallic particles in reversed micelles.

S.K. MAHNA is Lecturer in the Department of Applied Physics, Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1984 in the field of Lattice Dynamics from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He has 40 research publications to his credit in the fields of Lattice Dynamics, SSNTDS, Nuclear Track Filters and dielectric properties of materials.

BRIJ MAINI is a senior staff research engineer at the Petroleum Recovery Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington. He is currently involved in research on several multiphase flow processes in heavy oil recovery including fines migration, rheology of heavy oils, use of foam-forming surfactants as steam additives and use of carbon dioxide for heavy oil recovery.

AMARNATH MAITRA is currently a Reader in Chemistry at Delhi University, Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 1971 from Jadavpur University, India. He was associated with Professor H.G. Feller of TU Berlin, Professor G. Hertz of Karlsruhe University, West Germany, Professor H.F. Eicke of Basel University, Switzerland, and Professor B. Lindman of Lund University, Sweden. His research interests include microemulsion structure, bicontinuous microemulsions, micellar enzymology, multinuclear NHR spectroscopy and self diffusion studies.

CLAUD I MANS TEIXIDO is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Barcelona, Spain, where he received his Ph.D. His work is mainly related to the effects of surfactants on transfer processes. Other fields of interest are the Didactics of Sciences, and the scientific divulging. He has received the CED/AID Award for research in surfactants, with S. Plaja Ballester (1978). He has received other awards for his divulging and teaching works.

CHARLLY MATHEW is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Delhi where he received his Ph.D. degree.

SHAJ ABRAHAM MATHEW is currently finishing his doctoral degree in chemistry at Baylor University, Waco, TX where he is working on the measurement of activation volumes of metal deposition processes. He had his Masters degree in Chemistry at the University of Kerala, India.

K.N. MEHROTRA is Professor and Head of the Chemistry Department at Agra University, Agra, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Lucknow University, India and Dr. Phil. from Frankfurt/Main (West Germany). He was the Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow during 1959-61. He worked at Lucknow University (1961-62) and Jodhpur University (1962-81) as Assistant and Associate Professors. He has carried out extensive research for the last 27 years in the fields of metal soaps, proteins and radiation chemistry and has published nearly one hundred research papers.

J. MEUNIER is with Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de l'E.N.S., Paris, France.

M. MILLER is with Geology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

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KASHHIR! LAL HITTAL * is presently employed at the IBM US Technical Education in Thornwood, N.Y. He received his M.Sc. (First Class First) in 1966 from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and Ph.D. in Colloid Chemistry in 1970 from the University of Southern California. In the last 16 years, he has organized and chaired a number of very successful international symposia and in addition to this volume, he has edited 26 more books as follows: Adsorption at Interfaces, and Colloidal Dispersions and Micellar Behavior (1975); Micellization. Solubilization. and Microemulsions, Volumes 1 & 2 (1977); Adhesion Measurement of Thin Films, Thick Films and Bulk Coatings (1978); Surface Contamination: Genesis. Detection. and Control, Volumes 1 & 2(1979); Solution Chemistry of Surfactants, Volumes 1 & 2 (1979); Solution Behavior of Surfactants: Theoretical and Applied Aspects, Volumes 1 & 2 (1982); Adhesion Aspects of Polymeric Coatings, (1983); Physicochemical Aspects of Polymer Surfaces, Volumes 1 & 2 (1983); Surfactants in Solution, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 (1984); Adhesive Joints: Formation, Characteristics. and Testing (1984); Polyimides: Synthesis. Characterization and Applications, Volumes 1 & 2 (1984); Surfactants in Solution, Volumes 4, 5 & 6 (1986); Surface and Colloid Science in Computer Technology (1987); Particles on Surfaces 1: Detection, Adhesion and Removal, (1988); and Particles in Gases and Liquids 1: Detection, Characterization and Control (1989). Also he is Editor of the Series, Treatise on Clean Surface Technology, the premier volume appeared in 1987. In addition to these books he has published about 60 papers in the areas of surface and colloid chemistry, adhesion, polymers, etc. He has given many invited talks on the multifarious facets of surface science, particularly adhesion, on the invitation of various societies and organizations in many countries allover the world, and is always a sought-after speaker. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and Indian Chemical Society, is listed in American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in the East, Men of Achievement and many other reference works. He is or has been a member of the Editorial Boards of a number of scientific and technical journals, and is the Editor of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, which made its debut in 1987.

D. MOHANTY is Lecturer in Physics at D.A.V. College, Chandigarh, India. He received M.Sc. Physics degree from Kurukshetra University, India.

BRIJ H. HOUDGIL is presently professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, which he joined in 1981. In 1982 he was appointed Director of the Mineral Resources Research Center. In 1984 he was awarded the NSF Presidential Young Investigater Award in Mineral Engineering. He received his M.S. and Eng.Sc.D. degrees in 1972 and 1981, respectively, from Columbia University.

H.S. HULTANI is the group leader of the Materials Research Group of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India. He is now specializing in the physics of nanoparticle oxides which exhibit long­range order such as ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism and superconductivity.

JANOS B. NAGY is Professor of Chemistry at the Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1970 from Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He has published about

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140 papers dealing with molecular interactions in the liquid and adsorbed states, reverse micelles, preparation of small metallic catalysts and the characterization of solid catalysts by high resolution solid state NMR techniques.

JERRY NOVOSAD is a Senior Staff Research Engineer with the Petroleum Recovery Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently involved in research on the use of chemical additives for improving sweep efficiency in gas-miscible and steam flooding. His other research interests include adsorption at the solid/liquid interface, and alkaline/polymer flooding.

J.A. OMOTOSHO is Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Recently completed doctoral studies on multiple emulsions at University of Strathclyde. Other research interests include powder technology and tabletting.

M. PAILLETTE is Maitre de Recherches CNRS. Completed thesis in 1971.

V.R. PALKAR (Mrs.) is member of the Materials Research Group of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India. She is the group's chemist and has specialized in the synthesis of nanoparticles by non­conventional routes. Some of the processes studied are sol-gel, hot-spray, spray-dry, organometallic precursors and the recent innovation of microemulsions. She has a Ph.D. degree.

G. PARA works in the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland and is working in electrochemistry and flotation process. She graduated from the Jagiellonian University in 1973 and has M.Sc. in Chemistry.

SALVADOR PLAJA-BALLESTER is teacher at the Centre d'Ensenyaments Integrats (former Universitat Laboral) in Tarragona, Spain. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Barcelona. He has worked in the field of absorption of gases in the presence of surfactants, and in phase behaviour of microemulsions. He received the CED/AID Award for research in Surfactants in 1978.

A. POMIANOWSKI is Professor of Physical Chemistry and research director of the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland. He received his Ph.D. from the Jagiellonian University of Krakow in 1958. He has published more than 140 papers dealing with surface activity and electrochemistry, mainly in flotation and hydrometallurgical systems.

A. PRINS is since 1977 professor in Food Physics at the Food Science and Technology Department of The Agricultural University of Wageningen, The Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. at the Technical University at Eindhoven in 1962 and worked for 14 years at the Unilever Research Laboratory at Vlaardingen. The main subject of his research concerns the physical behavior of dispersed food stuffs.

D. QUEMADA is professor at the University of Paris. His first research interest was Astrophysics, but he is now interested in rheology of concentrated dispersions particularly in blood rheology.

SYED QUTUBUDDIN is presently Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science Departments at Case Western Reserve University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, and received the Victor K. LaMer Award from American Chemical Society for an outstanding

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dissertation in colloid and surface chemistry. He received an Amoco Foundation Young Faculty Award in 1985 and currently holds a Presidential Young Investigator Award from National Science Foundation. He was also awarded a gold medal for academic excellence from Bangladesh University of Engineering in 1975. His current research interests are in colloids and interfacial phenomena, particularly surfactant and polymer systems.

SRINI RAGHAVAN is presently a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Arizona which he joined in 1978. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976 and spent almost three years there as a lecturer before moving to University of Arizona.

ISABELLE RAVET-BODART received her Ph.D. degree in 1988 at the Laboratory of Catalysis of the Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. Her research concerns the structure and properties of reversed micelles, and the preparation and catalytic activity of small metallic particles prepared in reversed micelles. She has published 5 papers on these topics.

J. RODAKIEWICZ-NOWAK is working in the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Krakow, Poland, on micellization and micellar catalysis. She received her Ph.D. from the Jagiellonian University. Her research deals mainly with adsorption at solution-air interface.

JARL B. ROSENHOLM is Professor of Chemistry at Abo Akademi, Abo (Turku), Finland. He has been a research associate at the University of Goteborg, University of Lund, Universite de Sherbrooke, and University of Lethbridge. He is the author/coauthor of ca. 80 publications dealing with the association behavior of surfactants using thermodynamic and spectroscopic techniques.

DIDIER ROUX works as a scientist at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) at Bordeaux. He got his Ph.D. at the University of Bordeaux in 1984. Most of his research concerns surfactants in solution, studying structure and stability of isotropic and anisotropic (lyotropic liquid crystal) phases.

SAMUEL A. SAFRAN is presently Senior Staff Physicist, Corporate Research, Exxon research & Engineering Co., Annandale, N.J. He received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from MIT in 1978. His research interests are: condensed matter theory, microemulsions, membranes and interfaces, interacalation compounds, wetting, and surface phenomena.

DONATELLA SENATRA is Associate Professor of Experimental Physics in the Department of Physics at the University of Florence, Italy. Her primary research is in liquid state physics (water dispersed systems, microemulsions, colloids, lyotropic liquid crystals and phase transitions), but she has worked in a number of other areas including biological impedance determination, biorhythms, electromagnetic pollution (non-thermal effects) and biomembrane model systems. She has published many papers in these areas.

DINESH O. SHAH is the Director of the Center for Surface Science and Engineering, and is also Professor of Chemical Engineering, Anesthesiology and Biophysics at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1965 from Columbia University. In 1970 he joined the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to full professorship in 1975. He was awarded the University of Florida's highest honor "Teacher/Scholar of the Year 1984-1985 Award" and the President's Medallion for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship in 1985. He has

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continued his research in the areas of monomolecular films, foams, wettability, microemulsions, liquid crystals, improved oil recovery, combustion of coal dispersions in oil and aqueous media, surfactant­polymer interaction, boundary lubrication, and surface phenomena in magnetic media, membranes, lungs, vision and anesthesia.

MAHENDRA K. SHARMA is currently employed with the Eastman Chemical Division, Eastman Kodak Company, Kingsport, Tennessee. He received his Ph.D. degree in Surface and Colloid Science and is the author of over 50 publications on monomolecular films, foams, microemulsions, macroemulsions, wettability, enhanced oil recovery, and surfactant-polymer interactions.

GURDEEP SINGH is Assistant Professor, Centre for Mining Environment, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India. He received his Ph.D. (Appl. Chern.) from ISM. He has published/presented over 35 research papers in the areas of environmental sciences (water and air pollution in mining areas), corrosion, etc.

MEGH SINGH is currently an Associate Professor, Weed Science, Citrus Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida which he joined in 1980. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1977 from the University of Florida, Gainesville. His current research programs include evaluation of herbicides in citrus, weed biology, herbicide/weed physiology, allelopathy, and use of surfactants/adjuvants for herbicides. He has authored or coauthored over 70 publications and over 45 published abstracts.

L.V. SUD is a senior Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Panjab University in 1963 in the field of High Energy Physics and Cosmic Rays. His current research interests include dielectric relaxation phenomena, Nuclear Track Filters and allied studies and has published 30 research papers.

TAKAMITSU TAMURA is Researcher at Applied Research Laboratories II, Lion Co., Tokyo, Japan. Earned M.S. degree from Science University of Tokyo.

CHRISTIANE TAUPIN is at the College de France, Paris where she is active in the physics of microemulsions and surfactant systems. The College de France group was the first to elucidate the structure of microemulsions by means of neutron scattering and to prove experimentally the existence of the bicontinuous microemulsions. She is originally a Solid State Physicist and did research in the biophysics of membranes at Stanford University.

CURT THIES is Professor in Biological Transport Laboratory, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

R.M. TORRES SANCHEZ is with National Research Council--CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

M. TSCHAPEK is with National Research Council--CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

S.K. UPADHYAYA is a Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, Agra University, Agra, India, where he received his Ph.D. degree. He is engaged in studying the physicochemical characteristics of metal soaps in solid state and in solutions, and has published a number of research papers.

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JEAN-PIERRE VERFAILLIE is preparing his Ph.D. thesis in the Laboratory of Catalysis of the Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. His research concerns the structure and properties of reversed micelles, characterized by multinuclear NMR and freeze fracture methods.

GENTIL J. VIDOTTI is an Instructor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Basic Sciences of the State University of Maringa. He will shortly receive his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, on interactions in the presence of nonionic reversed micelles and water-in-oil microemulsions.

C. WASOWSKI is with National Research Council--CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

H.-D. WEIGMANN is Associate Director of Research at Textile Research Institute, Princeton, N.J. Received Ph.D. from Tech. University of Aachen, W. Germany. Research interests are in structure-property relationships in natural and synthetic fibers, modification of surface properties, and transport properties in fibers.

T.L. WHATELEY is Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Research interests include colloidal drug delivery and targeting systems, e.g., mUltiple emulsions, nanoparticles, protein adsorption and biocompatibility.

JOHN WIENCEK is a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate at Case Western Reserve University where he received his M.S. degree. He currently is the holder of a NASA Graduate Student Researcher Fellowship which is awarded to outstanding graduate students with research interests which are synergistic to ongoing research at NASA. His research research focuses on the characterization and application of microemulsions to diffusion-based separations.

INDEX

Acetic acid separation mechanism using microemulsion, 187

Acid-base indicator equilibria in nonionic reversed micelles and microemulsions, 213-222

Acid mine drainage abatement of, by surfactant

application, 353-360 Adjuvant effect of surfactants on

herbicidal formulations, 495-508

Adjuvants, surface properties of, 498-501

Adsorption of polymer-surfactant complexes on human hair, 346

Alcohols (aliphatic) transport of underlying water in

unsaturated quartz sand by, 441-452

Anodic syntheses in aqueous alkaline/organic emulsions, 276

AOT/H20/decane microemulsion, 45-58 system, phase diagram for, 47

AOT surfactant molecule structure of, 49

AOT/toluene/formaldehyde or water­soluble urea-formaldehyde resin solution micro­emulsions, 233-242

Apatite, zeta potential of, 460

Bicontinuous microemulsions, 133 Breakdown of W/O-microemulsion

aggregates due to changes in the composition of the solvent, thermodynamic analysis of, 89-101

Calcite, weakening effects of some surfactants on, 311

Calcium carbonate particle preparation in W/O microemulsions, 253-262

Calcium soaps in solid state thermogravimetric, X-ray and

infra-red studies on, 411-415

Catalytic properties of Ni-Co-B particles, 37

Carboxylic acids bubble size distribution and

mercury floatability in solutions of, 479-485

surface activity of, and mercury floatability, 467-477

Cationic polymers deposition of, on human hair, role

of surfactants in, 341-352 Cholesterol, microemulsions

containing, 196, 198, 199 Colloidal metal boride particles

preparation in microemulsions, 1-43

Contact angle on mercury, 473-474 Cr02 and Cr203 in aqueous solution

electrokinetic characteristics of, 487-493

Deposition of cationic polymers on the surface of human hair, role of surfactants in, 341-352

Dodecylamine hydrochloride as a collector for separation of phosphates from dolomite gangue, 457-465

Dolomite gangue, separation of phosphates

from, 457-465 zeta potential of, 460

DSC endotherms of water/hexadecane microemulsions, 150-151

Electrical conductivity in oil continuous microemulsions, 191-202

Electroanalytical voltammetry, 268-271

Electrochemical studies of micro­emulsions, 103-122

Electrochemistry, uses of surfactants in, 267-286

Electrokinetic characteristics of Cr02 and Cr203 in aqueous solutions, 487-493

Electrolysis (applied) application of surfactants in,

271-281 Electrolytically controlled etching

of micropore polymer filters, effect of liquid surfactant on, 453-456

Electrophoretic mobility of Cr02 particles, 490 of Cr203 particles, 491-492

Emulsification of paraffin oil in aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate solutions

effect of n-octanol on, 401-410 Emulsions

anodic syntheses in aqueous alkaline/organic, 276

Encapsulation and surfactants, 287-296

Enhanced oil recovery, 427-439 ESR study of the surface of a

carboxylated latex, 417-425 Etching of polymer filters, effect

of liquid surfactant on, 453-456

Fe203 particle synthesis by micro­emulsion technique, 263-266

Filters (micropore polymer) etching of, effect of surfactant

on, 453-456 Floatability of mercury, 467-477,

479-485 Fluorescent probe studies of micro­

emulsions, 103-122 Foam flooding processes for enhanced

oil recovery, 427-439 Foam properties

effect of artificial sebum on, 390 effect of temperature on, 393 effect of water hardness on, 391 of surfactants and surfactant

products, measurement of, 381-399

Foam stability effect of small spreading

particles on, 369-370 of skim milk, effect of milk fat

on, 369-370 Foam-testing apparatus

schematic diagram of, 384

522

Gas bubble size distribution and mercury floatability in solutions of carboxylic acids, 479-485

Gelatin-based encapsulation systems, 291-295

Geologic materials surfactant-induced weakening of,

297-320

Herbicidal formulation(s) adjuvant effect of surfactants on,

493-508 spreading behavior of, 503-505

Herbicides surface properties of, 498-501

Human hair role of surfactants in the

deposition of cationic polymers on the surface of,"' 341-352

Hydration (interphasal) processes in water-in-oil microemulsions, 147-158

Hydration of the polar head of a surface active molecule at the water-air interface, mechanism of, 152

Hydrocarbon (liquid) membranes surfactant-mediated transport

through, 333-340

Interfacial phenomena in encapsulation, 287-296

Interphasal hydration processes in water-in-oil microemulsions, 147-158

Inverse microemulsion polymerization of styrene in an,

243-251

Kerr effect in ternary micro­emulsions, 171-180

Latex (carboxylated) ESR and zeta potential study of

the surface of, 417-425 Liquid hydrocarbon membranes

surfactant-mediated transport through, 333-340

Membrane (liquid hydrocarbon) surfactant-mediated transport

through, 333-340 Mercury electrodes

effect of surfactants on reduction reactions of soluble compounds at, 269

Mercury floatability, 467-477, 479-485

in solutions of carboxylic acids, and effect of bubble size distribution, 479-485

surface activity of carboxylic acids and, 467-477

Metal boride particles (colloidal) preperation in microemulsions,

1-43 Metal particles (colloidal)

preparation, methods of microemulsions, 2 polymer solutions, 3 sodium citrate in water, 3 surfactant in water, 3 vesicles, 2 water solution, 4

Micellar composition used for preparation of metal boride particles, 8

Microcapsule formation and surfactants, 287-296

Microemulsions(s), 1-43, 45-59, 61-87, 89-101, 103-122, 123-138, 139-146, 147-158, 159-169, 171-180, 181-189, 191-202, 203-212, 213-222, 223-231, 233-242, 243-251, 253-262, 263-266

AOT/H20/decane, 45-58 bicontinuous, 133 (concentrated) system, structure

and dynamics of, 45-58 containing brine, SDS, pentanol or

heptanol, and dodecane or hexane, 103-122

GTAB-l-hexanol-water, 12, 21-22, 27-29, 35

domain of existence of, 7 DSG endotherms of waterl

hexadecane, 150 electrical conductivity in oil

continuous, 191-202 electrochemical and fluorescent

probe studies of, 103-122 formation of water-in-oil, and

their applications for GaG03 particle preparation, 253-262

geometrical features of single­phase, 139-146

Kerr effect in ternary 171-180 light scattering experiments on,

141 microparticles by, 263-266 model of preparation of mono­

disperse colloidal particles from water-in-oil, 38

nonionic, 181-189

nonionic, polymerization of, 227-228

nonuniform, in the low surfactant concentration range, 159-169

oil continuous, 191-202 physico-chemical characterization

of, 1-43 polymerization of styrene in an

inverse, 243-251 polymerization of urea­

formaldehyde in, 233-242 polymerized, 223-231 preparation of mono disperse

colloidal metal boride particles in, 1-43

separations using, 186-187 single-phase, 139-146 solubilization in nonionic,

181-189 ternary, 171-180 thermal fluctuations and globular,

63-66 thermal fluctuations and the

structure of, 61-87 thermodynamic analysis of the

breakdown of W/O, 89-101 treatment of oil spills by,

203-212 Triton X-100-l-decane-water,13 viscosity model of Winsor, 123-138 water-AOT-cholesterol-isooctane,

196 water-AOT-isooctane, 191-202 water-in-oil, acid-base indicator

equilibria in, 213-222 water-in-oil, interphasal

hydration processes in, 147-158

water-in-oil, thermodynamic analysis of the breakdown of, 89-101

Winsor, viscosity model of, 123-138

Microparticles by microemulsion, 263-266

Micropore polymer filters etching of, effect of liquid

surfactant on, 453-456 Milk fat

effect of, foam stability of skim milk, 369-370

Milk (skim) foam stability of, effect of milk

fat on, 369-370 Mixed mono layers of tetradecanol­

oleic acid, 156-157 Monodisperse colloidal metal

particles, preparation in microemulsions, 1-43

Monolayers (mixed) of tetradecanol­oleic acid, 156-157

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Ni-Co-B particles catalytic activity of, 37

Nonionic emulsifiers solubilizing properties of,

224-225 Nonionic microemulsions

polymerization of, 227-228 solubilization in, 181-189

Nonionic poloxamer surfactants, thin films of, 321-331

Nonionic reversed micelles acid-base indicator equilibria

in, 213-222 Nonuniform microemulsions in the low

surfactant concentration range, experimental evidence of, 159-169

Oil spills mechanism of action of a

surfactant in the treatment of, 205

treatment by microemulsions, 203-212

Particles (spreading) effect on foam stability, 361-380

Phase diagram for or of an alcohol, oil, water system, 140 an alcohol, surfactant, oil,water

system, 140 AOT-H20/decane system, 47 AOT-toluene-aqueous butyl

carbitol, 237 AOT-toluene-butyl carbitol, 239 AOT-toluene-formalin, 238 AOT-toluene-UF aqueous solution,

238 AOT-toluene-UF polymer solution,

239 AOT-toluene-UF resins, 239 AOT-toluene-water, 237 brine/SDS/heptanol/dodecane

system, 106 brine/SDS/pentanol/dodecane

system, 105 brine/SDS/pentanol/hexane system,

107 Neodol 9l-2.5/KSCN system, 183 Neodol 9l-2.5/NaOH system, 182 sea water-Arabian Light crude oil-

SDS-l-pentanol, 207-208 sea water-n-decane-SDS-l-pentanol,

205, 207 sea water-Marine Fuel-SDS-l­

pentanol, 208-209 a surfactant-water-oil system, 47 W/O microemulsions, 149

Phosphates separation of, from dolomite

gangue, 457-465

~4

Poloxamer 407, thinning and poly­merization of, 321-331

Poloxamer surfactants, thin films of, 321-331

Polymer filters (micropore) effect of liquid surfactant on

electrolytically controlled etching of, 453-456

Polymerization of poloxamer 407, 321-331 of styrene in an inverse

microemulsion, 243-251 of urea-formaldehyde in

microemulsions, 233-242 Polymerized microemulsions

influence of electrolytes on stability of, 223-231

Polymers (cationic) deposition of, on human hair, and

role of surfactants, 341-352 Polymer-surfactant complexes

adsorption of, on human hair, 346

Quartz variation in the diametral

strength of, in the presence of SDBS, DTAB, TX100, 314-316

weakening effects of some surfactants on, 311

Quartz sand transport of underlying water by

aliphatic alcohols in unsaturated, 441-452

Quasielastic light scattering, 163

Reversed micelles (nonionic) acid-base indicator equilibria in,

213-222

Separations using microemulsions, 186-187

Shampoos, foaming properties of, 394 Single-phase microemulsions

geometrical features of, 139-146 Sodium dodecyl sulfate

adsorption of, at latex interface, 422-424

application of, in abatement of acid mine drainage, 353-360

aqueous solutions, effect of n­octanol on the emulsifica­tion of paraffin oil in, 401-410

and its influence on deposition of cationic polymers on human hair, 341-352

microemulsions containing, 103-122, 123-138, 159-169, 203-212

Solvent thermodynamic analysis of the

breakdown of W/O micro­emulsion aggregates due to changes in the composition of, 89-101

Solubilization model, 184-186 in nonionic microemulsions,

181-189 properties of nonionic

emulsifiers, 224-225 Spills (oil)

mechanism of action of a surfac­tant in the treatment of, 205

treatment by microemulsions, 203-212

Spreading potential and pressure, 448-449

Spreading (small) particles effect on foam stability, 361-380

Styrene polymerization of, in an inverse

microemulsion, 243-251 Surfactant(s)

adjuvant effect of, on herbicidal formulations, 495-508

application of, in abatement of acid mine drainage, 353-360

application of, in applied electrolysis, 271-281

effect of, on electrolytically controlled etching of micropore polymer filters, 453-456

effect of, on reduction reactions of soluble compounds at mercury electrodes, 269

and electrodeposition of inorganic compounds, 280-281

and electrodeposition of metals, 278-280

and electrodeposition of paints, 281

and electrosynthesis, 275 induced weakening of geologic

materials, 297-320 measurement of foaming properties

of, 381-399 mechanism of action of, in the

treatment of oil spills, 205 -mediated transport through liquid

hydrocarbon membranes, 333-340

and microcapsule formation, 287-296

nonionic poloxamer, thin films of, 321-331

products, measurement of foaming properties of, 381-399

retention in porous media in foam flooding processes for enhanced oil recovery, 427-439

role of, in the deposition of cationic polymers on the surface of human hair, 341-352

and separation of phosphate from dolomite gangue, 457-465

transport of solutions by spreading, 449-451

uses of, in electrochemistry, 267-286

-water-oil system, a generic ternary phase diagram for, 47

Teflon contact angles of herbicide

solutions on, effect of various adjuvants, 505

Ternary microemulsions Kerr effect in, 171-180

Thinning of poloxamer 407, 321-331 Transport of underlying water by

aliphatic alcohols in unsaturated quartz sand, 441-452

Urea-formaldehyde polymerization of, in micro­

emulsions, 233-242

Vesicles method of preparing mono­disperse colloidal metal particles, 4

Viscosity (intrinsic) of Span 80 micellar systems in various

oils, 339 Viscosity model of Winsor micro­

emulsions, 123-138

Water (underlying) transport of, by aliphatic

alcohols in unsaturated quartz sand, 441-452

Weakening (surfactant induced) of geologic materials, 297-320

physical mechanisms of, 298-300 Wettability (water) of hair fibers

and effect of surfactants, 341-352

Winsor microemulsions viscosity model of, 123-138

Zeta potential of apatite and dolomite, 460 study of the surface of a carboxy­

lated latex, 417-425

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