The only text to provide a thorough and appealing introduction to the science of finely dispersed matter in the form of colloids.

Albert P. Philipse is Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Van' t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Utrecht University. His primary research interests are synthesis, thermodynamics, and transport properties of magnetic fluids, and dispersions of non-spherical and charged colloids. Since 2015 he has been Director of the Nanomaterials Science Masters program at Utrecht University. He teaches physical chemistry, thermodynamics, and colloid science at Bachelor, Master, and PhD level.

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Colloidal Nucleation, Growth and Ripening


• 3: Brownian Motion


• 4: Osmotic Forces in Colloidal Dispersions


• 5: Charged Colloids and Electrical Double-Layers


• 6: Colloidal Kinetics


• 7: Sedimentation, Filtration - and Random Packings


• 8: Dispersion Flow and Rheology


• 9: Magnetic Dispersions


• 10: Association Colloids and Emulsions


• 11: Light Scattering and Electrophoresis