Showing papers in "Advances in Colloid and Interface Science in 2014"

TL;DR: An extensive list of various adsorbents such as natural materials, waste materials from industry, agricultural by-products, and biomass based activated carbon in the removal of various dyes has been compiled here.

TL;DR: This review highlights the use of waste-tires derived carbon to remove various types of pollutants like heavy metals, dye, pesticides and others from aqueous media.

TL;DR: The effect on the bending rigidity of membranes as a function of membrane composition, presence of various inclusions in the bilayer and molecules and ions in the bathing solutions is summarized.

TL;DR: A synthesis of the current knowledge available on this broad and versatile family of graphene nanomaterials for removal of dyes, potentially toxic elements, phenolic compounds and other organic chemicals from aquatic systems is presented.

TL;DR: It has been found that among several classes of nanoparticles core/shell is most promising for different biomedical applications because of several advantages over simple nanoparticles.

TL;DR: This up-to-date review deals with composition, preparation, characterization/evaluation, advantages, disadvantages and application of niosomes.

TL;DR: This review paper presents the overview of processes involved in transformation of organic-coated silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in biological systems and in the aquatic environment and progress made on understanding the mechanism oforganic- coated AgNP toxicity using different analytical techniques is presented.

TL;DR: This article reviews available methods for the formation ofAlginate nano-aggregates, nanocapsules and nanospheres, and gives an overview of the properties of the alginate particles produced with these methods.

TL;DR: The mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs) with good dispersion, varying morphology, narrow size distribution and homogeneous porous structure have been successfully prepared using organic and inorganic templates.

TL;DR: The microbial synthesis, properties and biomedical applications of gold nanoparticles are discussed and different microbial synthesis strategies used so far for obtaining better yield and stability have been described.

TL;DR: This short review will make a survey of the existing results in the area of stable liquid foams stabilised by surfactants, proteins and particles, and examine the mechanisms at play.

TL;DR: This paper presents an overview on recent developments in surface modification of polymer membranes for reduction of their fouling with biocolloids and organic colloids in pressure driven membrane processes.

TL;DR: A brief overview of the process of droplet freezing on superhydrophobic coatings is presented and new data is presented about the condensation of water onto physically decorated substrates, and the associated freezing process which impacts on the freezing of macroscopic droplets on the surface.

TL;DR: Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) is a versatile, powerful, sensitive and relatively fast technique for characterizing the physicochemical properties of materials as mentioned in this paper, which is used extensively in surface characterization, used extensively soon after its development.

TL;DR: The most commonly seen pattern is the coffee-ring deposit which can be seen frequently in real life from tea/coffee stains and in water colour painting and is caused by an outward flow known as capillary flow which carries suspended particles out to the edge of the wetted area.

TL;DR: It is proposed that pore filling (pore volume fraction occupied by proteins) is the best standard for comparing the amount of immobilized enzymes at the molecular level, and equations to calculate pore fill from the more commonly reported immobilized mass are presented.

TL;DR: Recent results from theory and simulations indicate that the interplay of bending and adhesion during wrapping is strongly affected by the interaction range of the particle-membrane adhesion potential, by the shape of the nanoparticles, and by shape changes of membrane vesicles during wrapping.

TL;DR: The relevance and utility of Langmuir monolayers as suitable models to study physical and chemical interactions at membrane surfaces are clearly demonstrated.

TL;DR: Halloysite nanotubes (pristine or drug-loaded) are well mixable with polar and low-polar polymers allowing for functional biocomposites with enhanced mechanical strength, adhesivity and slow release of drugs or other chemical agents.

TL;DR: An overview of emerging techniques for the fabrication of polymer capsules, encompassing: self-assembly, layer-by-layer assembly, single-step polymer adsorption, bio-inspired assembly, surface polymerization, and ultrasound assembly, are provided.

TL;DR: This review presents a comprehensive scientific guide to the effectiveness of flotation strategy and the various aspects of recovery of zinc from these minerals are dealt with here.

TL;DR: The influence on the thermodynamic properties of CD-surfactant association is reviewed by highlighting the effect of different surfactant architectures (single tail, double-tailed, gemini and bolaform), with special emphasis on cationic surfactants.

TL;DR: The basic concepts of interfacial rheology and the different experimental methods for measuring both dilational and shear surface complex moduli over a broad range of frequencies are described, with emphasis in the micro-rheology methods.

TL;DR: This model is mostly influential during the spreading phase for the cases of low The authors number impacts (They<˜80) since for high impact velocities, inertia dominates significantly over capillary forces in the initial phase of spreading.

TL;DR: Fluorosurfactants are the most effective compounds to lower the surface tension of aqueous solutions, but their wetting properties as related to low energy hydrocarbon solids are inferior to hydrocarbon trisiloxane surfactants, although the latter demonstrate higher surface tension in aQueous solutions.

TL;DR: An overview of applications and future perspectives where the specific design of mechanical properties turns microcapsules into (multi-functional devices, enriching especially life sciences and material sciences is given.

TL;DR: Some recent progress of fundamental understanding of electrowetting is reviewed and some still unsolved issues are addressed and some basic phenomena found in DC and AC Electrowetting are discussed, and some theories about the origin of contact angle saturation are introduced.

TL;DR: This review presents a recent progress in utilizing the CaCO₃ cores for the assembly of micrometer-sized beads and capsules with encapsulated both small drugs and large biomacromolecules.

TL;DR: This review reports the most important contributions in the structure, synthesis, physicochemical and biological properties and potential applications of Gemini natural amino acid-based surfactants, and some potential applications, with an emphasis on the use of these surfactant as non-viral delivery system agents.

TL;DR: The structure, adsorption behavior and applications of eggshell waste materials have been reviewed, and the pore structure as well as the surface geometry of the materials leading to its multifarious applicability is discussed.