Index
A
Adhesion, 17
Adhesion force, 16
Adhesive film, 238
Adhesive interactions, 1
Aerosil OX50, 40
Aggregation, 66
Albumin, 72
Amino acid-based polymers, 144, 164
Amino acids, 67
Ampholytes, 174
Amphotericin B, 235
Amyloid-type fibrils, 75
Anionic polyacrylamide (APAM), 8
Atomic force microscopy (AFM), 18, 45,
106, 122, 147, 223
Attenuated total reflection (ATR), 196
B
Bentonite, 43
Betaines, polyampholytes, 175
Biopolymer nanoparticles, 58
Bjerrum length, 110
Blood, 248
Bone-repair material, 248
Bone-substituting materials (BSM), 238
Bovine serum albumin (BSA), 69, 72
Brushes, 152, 155, 195, 223
C
Cancer cells, 243
Capillary suction time (CST), 37
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), 57
Carboxylated phenolic resin (CPR), 38
Carboxymethylation, 19
Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), 4, 49, 199
Caseins, 69, 73
Cationic starch (CS), 9
Celliton Fast Blue (Dispers Blue 3), 54
Cellulose, 2, 32, 50
fibres, 3
Cellulose sulfate (CS), 240
Chitosan, 40
Chromatin, 107
Clay flocculation, 37
Coacervates, 194
Cobalt, 35
Colloidal stabilization, 101
Colloid titration, 200
Copper, 35
CPAM/APAM, 6
D
Debye length, 110
Dendrimers, 103, 124, 207
Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, Overbeek theory
(DLVO theory), 121
Dewatering, 37
Dihydroxyanthraquinone (DHA), 237
Dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine
(DOPE), 168
Dissolved and colloidal substances (DCS),
10, 41
DNA, 58, 101
complexes, 101
condensation, 106, 111
conformations, 106
structure, 105
topologies, 106
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