Table of Contents

"Chemical and Physical Structure of Synthetic Membranes and Membrane Surfaces Atomic Force Microscope Studies of Membrane Surfaces, W. Richard Bowen, Nidal Hilal, Robert W. Lovitt, and Chris J. Wright A Multidisciplinary Approach Towards Pore Size Distributions of Microporous and Mesoporous Membranes, Antonio HernAndez, JosE Ignacio Calvo, Pedro PrAdanos, and Laura Palacio Surface Functionalization of Polymer Membranes, Jacqueline Marchand-Brynaert Formation Process, Analysis, and Structure of Silica Polymers, Fractal Aggregates, and Membranes, Balagopal N. Nair, Klaas Keizer, Norbert Maene, Tatsuya Okubo, and Shin-Ichi Nakao Transport Phenomena in Synthetic Membranes: Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration Gas Pervaporation, Diffusion, Osmosis Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Polymer Solution-Diffusion Membranes, J. H. Petropoulos, M. Sanopoulou, and K. G. Papadokostaki Irreversible Thermodynamic Models for Pervaporation and Ultrafiltration, A. Steinchen Protein Adsorption on Ultrafiltration Membrane Surfaces and Effects on Transport, V. G. J. Rodgers Diffusion of Dyes in Porous Membranes with Parallel Pore and Surface Diffusion, Masako Maekawa Osmotic Properties of Polyelectrolyte Gels, Dietrich Woermann Electrochemical Transport Processes Through Synthetic Membranes and Membrane Surfaces Electrochemical Characterization of Membranes and Membrane Surfaces by EMF Measurements, Torben Smith SOrensen and Sergio Roberto Rivera Transport Numbers of Ions in Charged Membrane Systems, JosE A. Manzanares and KyOsti Kontturi Ion Equilibrium and Transport in Weak Amphoteric Membranes, Patricio Ramirez and Salvador MafE Water, Ion, and Entropy Transfer in Ion Exchange Membranes, Signe Kjelstrup, Tatsuhiro Okada, and Magnar OttOy Irreversible Thermodynamics of Membrane Surface Transport with Application to Polymer Fuel Cells, Signe Kjelstrup, Preben J. S. Vie, and Dick Bedeaux Electroosmotic Transport Through Ion-Exchange Membranes, C. RuOz BauzA and V. M. BarragAn Garcia Anio

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Torben Smith Sørensen

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." . .an important contribution to the literature of surface science, electrochemistry, and the structure and function of synthetic and biological membranes and membrane surfaces. . .. . . .useful and extremely interesting. . ..this excellent book provides a unique synthesis of our knowledge of the role of electrochemistry and interfacial chemistry and membrane science. Electrochemists, colloid and physical chemists, membranologists, bioelectrochemists, and their students will find Surface Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Membranes informative and valuable." ---Journal of Surfactants and Detergents ." . .an excellent reference work. . .. These 1016 pages of various aspects of membrane chemistry are a splendid source of information." ---Chemia Analityczna