Professor Bengt Kronberg is a Senior Research Fellow and Course Director at SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden. He has a long experience in teaching fundamental and applied aspects of surface chemistry. He has published over 80 papers in the field and is a co-author of the book "Surfactants and Polymers in Aqueous Solution". Professor Kronberg supervises research in the fields of microemulsions, adsorption of surfactants and polymers, fuel formulations, and polymeric networks.

Professor Björn Lindman is senior scientist at the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden and Visiting Professor at School of Materials Science & Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published more than 600 papers, and co-authored three books and edited more than ten books in the field of surface and colloid chemistry. Furthermore he is a well-known lecturer and consultant worldwide. Professor Lindman's current research projects include: DNA gel particles and cross-linked DNA gels, Controlling the phase behavior of polyion-surfactant ion complex salts by cyclodextrins and associative effects of polyacrylates in surfactant systems.

Preface xiii

Acronyms xv

1 Types of Surfactants, their Synthesis, and Applications 1

2 Environmental and Health Aspects of Surfactants 49

3 Two Fundamental Forces in Surface and Colloid Chemistry 65

4 Surfactant Self-Assembly: General Aspects and Spherical Micelles 75

5 Introduction to Phase Diagrams 95

6 Surfactant Self-Assembly: Beyond the Spherical Micelle 113

7 Surfactants and Polymers Containing Oxyethylene Groups Show a Complex Behavior 137

8 Surfactant Adsorption at Solid Surfaces 153

9 Polymers in Solution 175

10 Surface Active Polymers 197

11 Adsorption of Polymers at Solid Surfaces 211

12 Surface and Interfacial Tension 231

13 Mixed Surfactant Systems 251

14 Surfactant-Polymer Systems 271

15 Surfactant-Protein Mixtures 295

16 Surfactant-Polymer Mixtures at Interfaces 305

17 Microemulsions 315

18 Colloidal Stability 335

19 An Introduction to the Rheology of Polymer and Surfactant Solutions 361

20 Wetting and Wetting Agents, Hydrophobization and Hydrophobizing Agents 377

21 Solid Dispersions 391

22 Surfactant Assemblies as Templates 403

23 Foaming of Surfactant Solutions 419

24 Emulsions and Emulsifiers 431

25 Microemulsions for Soil and Oil Removal 447

Index 467