Self-Assembly Processes at Interfaces

Self-Assembly Processes at Interfaces: Multiscale Phenomena provides the conceptual and unifying view of adsorption, self-assembly and grafting processes at solid-liquid and liquid-gas interfaces. The book also describes experimental methods where these are applicable. An invaluable resource for (post)-graduate students looking to bridge the gap between acquiring the field’s existing knowledge and the creation of new insights, Self-Assembly Processes at Interfaces recalls fundamental concepts (giving rigorous, but first-principle-based, calculations and exercises), and shows how these concepts have been used in recent research articles. The book provides guidelines for how best to start research in the field of surface chemistry with biological macromolecules and molecules able to undergo self-assembly process at interfaces in the presence of a liquid, and it discusses the very fundamental aspects and applications using concepts of biomimetic chemistry. Highlighting the interdisciplinary aspects of the field of self-assembly at interfaces, Self-Assembly Processes at Interfaces is intended for chemical engineers, chemists, physicists, and biologists. Important equations are demonstrated on the basis of fundamental concepts. However, to facilitate ease of use, overly complex mathematical developments are avoided. An interdisciplinary work for chemical engineers, chemists, physicists, and biologists Provides a unifying view of the field, from fundamentals to methods and applicationsPresens concepts applicable at both solid-liquid and liquid-gas interfaces