Self-Assembly Processes at Interfaces: Multiscale Phenomena provides the conceptual and unifying view of adsorption, self-assembly, and grafting processes at solid–liquid and liquid–gas interfaces, also describing experimental methods where applicable. An invaluable resource for (post)-graduate students looking to bridge the gap between acquiring the field's existing knowledge and the creation of new insights, the book recalls fundamental concepts, giving rigorous, but first-principle-base...

Charlie Brown, DFC DFM, is an ex-member of a Pathfi nder Squadron. His ideal job, as the incumbent caretaker of Beech House in the Kent countryside, enables him to pursue his dream of becoming a writer of novels. His is a dream that he has nurtured all through his days at Burnside Orphanage in Sydney, Australia, and later, in a Lancaster bomber, running the gauntlet of night fighters, ack-ack and searchlights in two tours of bombing raids over Germany. As he pursues his dream, he i...

Deep down in my subconscious, I knew that I’d been hiding my ‘affliction’ in the isolation of the outback. And there would come the day when I would eventually have to leave Waaree—to find my own kind—in the deaf and mute world of the big cities. It was something I’d been putting off for years.I loved the bush, the outback, working on a cattle station and the thought of trying to make my unskilled way in a city, was so alien to me, that I never had the courage to make the break and...

Legislators, journalists and concerned citizens in general, when consider ing what to do about the plague of heroin addiction in large cities, ask an obvious question: "Is methadone treatment effective?" This question is a critical one since maintenance with methadone is at present the only prac tical alternative to leaving tens of thousands (in New York City, hundreds of thousands) of untreated addicts on the streets. Other treatments, although effective for limited groups, could not conc...

How do race and class intersect to shape the identities and experiences of Black middle-class parents and their children? What are Black middle-class parents’ strategies for supporting their children through school? What role do the educational histories of Black middle-class parents play in their decision-making about their children’s education?There is now an extensive body of research on the educational strategies of the white middle classes but a silence exists...

“A Better Tomorrow” acknowledges the harm historically inflicted on a specific segment of society; harm that continues today. It’s not about admitting fault—we all know the facts around the history of that harm, whether we admit it, or not—we need to find a pathway to healing. In lieu of a realistic pathway, “A Better Tomorrow” offers a fictionalized vision that allows the injured to be separated from the whole—much like an addict being removed from the environment that caused his harm, an...

Supramolecular chemistry is ‘chemistry beyond the molecule’ - the chemistry of molecular assemblies and intermolecular bonds. It is one of today’s fastest growing disciplines, crossing a range of subjects from biological chemistry to materials science; and from synthesis to spectroscopy.Supramolecular Chemistry is an up-to-date, integrated textbook that tells the newcomer to the field everything they need to know to get started. Assuming little in the way of prior knowledg...

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This unique and comprehensive book covers all the recent physical, chemical, and mechanical advancements in encapsulation nanotechnologies.Encapsulation is prevalent in the evolutionary processes of nature, where nature protects the materials from the environment by engulfing them in a suitable shell. These natural processes are well known and have been adopted and applied in the pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, and cosmetics industries.In recent years, ...

This textbook covers the spectrum from basic concepts of photochemistry and photophysics to selected examples of current applications and research.Clearly structured, the first part of the text discusses the formation, properties and reactivity of excited states of inorganic and organic molecules and supramolecular species, as well as experimental techniques. The second part focuses on the photochemical and photophysical processes in nature and artificial systems, using a wealth of ...

'I will read this again and again' Reader Review ★★★★★'Hot and steamy' Reader Review ★★★★★'Fell in love with everything in it' Reader Review ★★★★★Previously published as One Hot SummerShe wants solitude. He needs to disappear. Neither expect the sparks.Alice flees from prying eyes to the solitude of Borne Ma...

This thesis presents studies on the interaction of soft materials like surfactants and proteins with hard silica nanomaterials. Due to its interdisciplinary nature it combines concepts from the fields of physical chemistry, nanoscience and materials science, yielding to fundamental insights into the structure-directing forces operating at the nano-scale. It is shown that the morphology of surfactant micellar aggregates adsorbed at the surface of nanoparticles and inside tubular nanopores c...