Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry
- 5th Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Tommy Nylander, Lars Nilsson, Karen J. Edler
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 3 3 2 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 0 3 3 3 - 0
Duncan Shaw’s classic Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry has been a concise and accessible entry into the field. With significant advancements since the 1992 fourth… Read more
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Duncan Shaw’s classic Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry has been a concise and accessible entry into the field. With significant advancements since the 1992 fourth edition, this thoroughly updated fifth edition maintains its role as a clear introduction to the field of colloid and surface chemistry, intermediate between the brief accounts in physical chemistry textbooks and more in-depth coverage in specialized treatises. It retains the core spirit of Shaw’s previous editions but with a completely fresh, multi-author team bringing a new perspective. New information is included on the composition and structure of solid and liquid interfaces, scattering methods, and colloid stability control. The book provides a sound and easy to follow theoretical framework. It outlines relevant research techniques and considers technological applications that also include the life sciences. A basic knowledge of the principles of physical chemistry is assumed.
Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry appeals to a broad audience, including undergraduate and postgraduate students in chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, materials science, nanoscience, and biology. It serves as ideal course literature for late undergraduate and graduate courses requiring foundational knowledge in colloid and surface chemistry.
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Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry appeals to a broad audience, including undergraduate and postgraduate students in chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, materials science, nanoscience, and biology. It serves as ideal course literature for late undergraduate and graduate courses requiring foundational knowledge in colloid and surface chemistry.
New to This Edition:
- Completely updated and revised chapter order to better reflect modern colloidal systems
- Includes a new chapter on applications that includes life science and more emphasis on polymers
- Follows an enhanced pedagogic approach with modernized layout and features more exercises with solutions
- Updated chapters on emulsions, scattering methods, new ways to stabilize colloids, worked problems/examples and discussion of surface forces
• Provides basic, critical foundational knowledge on the field colloid and surface chemistry in a concise format
• Introduces guidance for modern techniques and new concepts when it comes to colloidal systems
• Retains the engaging spirit and approachable accessibility of Duncan Shaw’s classic work
• Introduces guidance for modern techniques and new concepts when it comes to colloidal systems
• Retains the engaging spirit and approachable accessibility of Duncan Shaw’s classic work
The book will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and those on university bachelors, master’s and doctoral level in chemistry, physics, engineering, material and nano science and biology where this book would serve as course literature. The book can be adopted for late undergraduate/graduate level courses where obtaining basic foundational knowledge on colloid and surface chemistry is essential.
1. What is a colloid?
2. Colloidal and interfacial forces
3. Surface active molecules and phase behaviour
4. Colloidal dispersions
5. Adsorption at interfaces
6. Colloid stability
7. Revealing the properties of colloidal systems
8. Emulsions and foams
9. Physical properties of colloidal systems
10. Applications of colloidal systems
2. Colloidal and interfacial forces
3. Surface active molecules and phase behaviour
4. Colloidal dispersions
5. Adsorption at interfaces
6. Colloid stability
7. Revealing the properties of colloidal systems
8. Emulsions and foams
9. Physical properties of colloidal systems
10. Applications of colloidal systems
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Tommy Nylander
Tommy Nylander is a full professor in Physical Chemistry at Lund University, Sweden. He completed is PhD at Lund University under the supervision of Kåre Larsson and did his postdoc at Applied Mathematics at Australian National University with Professor Barry Ninham. He has many years of experience in fundamental and applied research on Soft Matter, involving the self-assembly of lipids, proteins, polymers, and surfactants in bulk and at interfaces. He frequently uses neutron and X-ray methods to reveal the complex self-assembly behaviour and structure of these types of systems. Professor Nylander has served in several beam line committees at many of the leading neutron facilities. He has published 280 scientific articles and book chapters within soft matter self-assembly systems. He has extensive international collaboration both with academia and industry.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SwedenLN
Lars Nilsson
Lars Nilsson is a professor in formulation technology Department of Process and Life Science Engineering at the Lund University, Sweden. He holds a PhD in food technology and specializes in areas such as surface and colloid chemistry, biopolymers, biopolymer characterization, protein formulation, emulsions, and foams, as well as field-flow fractionation. Nilsson has a strong publication history focusing on starch and its properties, particularly in the field of food.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Food Technology, Division of Food and Pharma, Lund University, SwedenKE
Karen J. Edler
Karen J. Edler is Professor of Materials in the Centre for Analysis and Synthesis in the Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden. Until 2022, she was Professor of Soft Matter in the Chemistry Department at the University of Bath, UK. After undergraduate BSc/LLB degrees at Sydney University, she graduated with a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Australian National University (1998). She completed a postdoc at Cornell University before being appointed as a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at Bath in 2000, where she became Professor in 2014.Her research focuses on studying nano to macroscale structure formation in self assembling systems, containing amphiphiles, polymers and nanoparticles, characterised principally using scattering techniques. Recently, much of her work has focused on structure and assembly in deep eutectic solvents, polymer-lipid nanodiscs as membrane protein supports and the use of biobased materials in solution for rheology control and encapsulation. Understanding interactions between surfaces, nanoparticles, micelles, and polymers is central to control over structure and thus function. Her group uses time-resolved grazing incidence diffraction, X-ray & neutron reflectivity or small & wide-angle scattering to study interactions & structure, and a range of complementary characterisation techniques are applied to determine formation mechanisms & structures across many length scales. Extensive collaborations with other groups in industry & academia apply novel materials synthesised in her group to applications from drug delivery to membrane protein structural studies to nanomaterial catalysts and “green” formulations for personal care.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Materials, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden