Contents Notes |
Part 1. The forces between atoms and molecules : principles and concepts -- Ch. 1. Historical perspective -- Ch. 2. Some thermodynamic aspects of intermolecular forces -- Ch. 3. Strong intermolecular forces : covalent and coulomb interactions -- Ch. 4. Interactions involving polar molecules -- Ch. 5. Interactions involving the polarization of molecules -- Ch. 6. van der Waals forces -- Ch. 7. Repulsive forces, total intermolecular pair potentials and liquid structure -- Ch. 8. Special interactions : hydrogen-bonding, hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions -- Part 2. The forces between particles and surfaces -- Ch. 9. Some unifying concepts in intermolecular and interparticle forces -- Ch. 10. Contrasts between intermolecular, interparticle and intersurface forces -- Ch. 11. van de Waals forces between surfaces -- Ch. 12. Electrostatic forces between surfaces in liquids -- Ch. 13. Solvation, structural and hydration forces -- Ch. 14. Steric and fluctution forces -- Ch. 15. Adhesion -- Part 3. Fluid-like structures and self-assembling systems : micelles, bilayers and biological membranes -- Ch. 16. Thermodynamic principles of self assembly -- Ch. 17. Aggegation of amphiphilic molecules into micelles, bilayers, vesicles and biological membranes -- Ch. 18. The interactions between lipid bilayers and biological membranes. |