ABSTRACT

In a rare, over-the-shoulder perspective of a leading scientist's own breakthroughs, Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability puts emphasis on two significant paradigm shifts in colloid science that explain particle interactions for charged plates, stacks, suspensions, and pastes as well as spherical colloids.

Martin Smalley first discusses th

chapter 1|24 pages

The n-Butylammonium Vermiculite System

chapter 3|20 pages

Force-Distance Curves for Plate Macroions

chapter 7|15 pages

Criticisms and Refutations

chapter 13|15 pages

The Structure of Bridging Polymers