Kevin J. Wilkinson & Jamie R. Lead 
Environmental Colloids and Particles [PDF ebook] 
Behaviour, Separation and Characterisation

This text presents the current knowledge of environmental colloids
and includes reviews of the current understanding of structure,
role and behaviour of environmental colloids and particles, whilst
focussing directly on aquatic systems and soils. In addition, there
is substantial critical assessment of the techniques employed for
the sampling, size fractionation and characterisation of colloids
and particles. Chemical, physical and biological processes and
interactions involving colloids are described, and particular
attention is paid to quantitative approaches that take account of
particle heterogeneity and polydispersity.

* Presents critical reviews of the state-of-the-art knowledge of
environmental colloids

* Critical assessment of techniques employed for the sampling,
size fractionation and characterisation of colloids and particles
are given

* Theoretical and experimental aspects of the methods as well as
the required developments and possible recommendations are
discussed

* Each chapter gives a brief introduction general enough for the
non-specialist

* Written by a internationally recognized group of
contributors

Mục lục

List of Contributors.

Series Preface.

Preface.

1 Environmental Colloids and Particles: Current Knowledge and
Future Developments (Jamie R. Lead and Kevin J.
Wilkinson).

2 Colloidal Properties of Submicron Particles in Natural Waters
(Montserrat Filella).

3 Colloid-Trace Element Interactions in Aquatic Systems
(Frederic J. Doucet, Jamie R. Lead and Peter H.
Santschi).

4 Ultrafiltration and its Applications to Sampling and
Characterisation of Aquatic Colloids (Laodong Guo and
Peter H. Santschi).

5 Characterisation of Aquatic Colloids and Macromolecules by
Field-flow Fractionation (Martin Hassell¨ov, Frank
von der Kammer and Ronald Beckett).

6 Modern Electrophoretic Techniques for the Characterisation of
Natural Organic Matter (Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin and Jens
Junkers).

7 Electrophoresis of Soft Colloids: Basic Principles and
Applications (Jérome F. L. Duval).

8 Strategies and Advances in the Characterisation of
Environmental Colloids by Electron Microscopy (Denis
Mavrocordatos, Didier Perret and Gary G.
Leppard).

9 Force Microscopy and Force Measurements of Environmental
Colloids (Eric Balnois, Georg Papastavrou, and
Kevin J. Wilkinson).

10 Laser Scanning Microscopy for Microbial Flocs and Particles
(John R. Lawrence and Thomas R. Neu).

11 Study of Environmental Systems by Means of Fluorescence
Correlation Spectroscopy (Nicolas Fatin-Rouge and Jacques
Buffle).

12 Laser-induced Breakdown Detection (Jae-il Kim and Clemens
Walther).

13 Probing Environmental Colloids and Particles with X-rays
(Jean-François Gaillard).

Index.

Giới thiệu về tác giả

Professor Kevin J. Wilkinson, CABE, Dept. of Analytical,
Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, CH-1211
Geneva, Switzerland

Research Interests include Aggregate formation mechanisms,
Bioavailability studies, Determination of biopolymer conformations,
concentrations and roles, and Field studies.

Dr Jamie Lead, Lecturer, Division of
Environmental Health and Risk Management, University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, UK

Dr Lead obtained a BSc. in Environmental Science in the School of
Chemical and Molecular Sciences at the University of Sussex in
1990. After a year out of academia, he moved to Lancaster
University where he completed a Ph D on the role of humic substances
in the chemistry of lanthanides and actinides in freshwaters and
soils in 1994.