The Latest Trends in Surface Rheology

Dear Colleagues,

Surface rheology is a classic subject of colloid and interface science and the first studies in this field belong to Plateau, Marangoni, Gibbs and Bousinesque. Nevertheless, it was not developing fast in the last century, and the methods of surface rheology were applied only to insoluble monolayers at the water–air interface, solutions of conventional surfactants, and sometimes protein solutions. At the beginning of this century, the situation changed abruptly due to a broad interest in the surface properties of complex liquids: solutions of polymers and complexes of macromolecules and nanoparticles with various amphiphilic substances. It was discovered at that time that the surface of complex fluids is often heterogeneous at a microscale. In this case, the application of powerful methods of light, X-ray, and neutron reflection is not sufficient, but the surface rheology gives new information because the surface rheological properties depend on the shape and size of surface aggregates. On the other hand, it was realized only recently that the stability and properties of foams and emulsion depend mainly on the rheological properties of liquid–fluid interfaces. As a result, the surface rheology is an extensive research area nowadays.

This Special Issue of the journal Applied Sciences, “The Latest Trends in Surface Rheology,” aims to cover recent advances in science related to a macroscopic response of liquid interfaces to dilational and shear deformations. Original articles, communications, and reviews related to these topics are welcome for submission.

Prof. Dr. Boris Noskov
Guest Editor

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• Surface dilational rheology
• surface shear rheology
• complex fluids
• surface properties
• surfactant solutions
• polymer solutions
• protein solutions
• nanoparticle dispersions
• dispersions of protein aggregates
• solutions of complexes polymer/surfactant, protein/surfactant, nanoparticle/surfactant, nanoparticle/protein