Books in the Springer Laboratory series

Provides a detailed overview that describes the key properties and explains how to measure them using modern techniques. Written by an expert in flows and flow properties, this manual focuses on the application of rheological (flow) measurements to cosmetic and food emulsions and the correlation of these results with findings from other tests.

Based on the authors extensive experimental experience, NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers explains the practical use of NMR spectroscopy in polymer chemistry.

A practical guide to the measurement of mechanical properties of polymers at the nanoscale through AFM forcedistance curves, this Springer Laboratory volume introduces the theory of atomic force microscopy, and then moves to practical measurements. Handson examples are illustrated in great detail including sample preparation and typical artefacts.

This book introduces the reader to thermal field-flow fractionation and discusses its advantages over the fundamental problems associated with traditional column-based analytical techniques commonly used to characterize polymers and macromolecules.

This book has emerged out of our long-time research interests on the topic of latex film formation. The book presents a wide body of work accumulated by the polymer colloids community over the past five decades, but the selection of examples has been flavoured by our particular experimental interests and development of mathematical models.