Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Emulsion formation, stability, and rheology / Tharwat F. Tadros -- 2. Emulsion formation in membrane and microfludic devices / Goran T. Vladosavljević, Isao Kobayashi and Mitsutoshi Nakajima -- 3. Adsorption characteristics of ionic surfactants at water/hexane interface obtained by PAT and ODBA / Nenad Micci, Vincent Pradines, Aliyar Javadi, Altynay Sharipova, Jürgen Krägel, Martin E. Leser, Eugene V. Aksenenko, Valentine B. Fainerman and Reinhard Miller -- 4. Measurement techniques applicable to the investigation of emulsion formation during processing / Nima Niknafs, Robin D. Hancocks and Ian T. Norton -- 5. Emulsification in rotor-stator mixers / Andrzej W. Pacek, Steven Hall, Michael Cooke and Adam J. Kowalski -- 6. Formulation, characterization, and property control of paraffin emulsions / Jordi Esquena and Jon Vilasau -- 7. Polymeric O/W nano-emulsions obtained by the phase inversion composition (PIC) method for biomedical nanoparticle preparation / Gabriela Calderó and Conxita Solans -- 8. Rheology and stability of sterically stabilized emulsion / Tharwat F. Tadros.

Highlighting recent developments as well as future challenges, this volume covers such topics as emulsions, nano-emulsions, nano-dispersions and novel techniques for their investigation. It also considers the fundamental approach in areas such as controlled release, drug delivery and various applications of nanotechnology.

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