Books by Carel J. van Oss

This thoroughly revised and reorganized edition examines the role of polar interfacial and noncovalent interactions among macromolecules, biopolymers, particles, surfaces, cells, and both polar and apolar polymers. New features include four previously unpublished chapters on interfacial properties and structure of liquid water; new material on the

Examines the role of polar interfacial and noncovalent interactions among biological and nonbiological macromolecules. This book encompasses Lifshitz-van der Waals and electrical double layer interactions, as well as Lewis acid-base interactions between colloidal entities in polar liquids such as water.