Progress in understanding emulsion metastability and surface forces

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-230

  Leal Calderon, F ^a   Poulin, P ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Monolayer adhesion; Ostwald ripening; Surface forces

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; SURFACTANT;

EMULSION; FORCE; GEL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0032826758     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(99)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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