On the Structure and Thinking of This Book

The structure-property relations of coUoidal aggregates concern very different technical and scientific issues. Accordingly, this book aims at a widespread readership (e.g. colloidal scientists, process engineers, developers of particle measurement techniques, or toxicologists), whose scientific expertise and specific interest on this subject may vary considerably. For this reason, the book is divided into four main chapters  

Though these chapters refer to each other they can be read independently. For the sake of convenience the references are listed at the end of each chapter, sorted by topic. Due to its broad scope, the book can only discuss the general ideas and procedures of physical theories, mathematical models or numerical tools, while details have to be elicited from the cited literature. Only a few topics with major relevance (e.g. the models on light scattering) are described more comprehensively in the appendices. 

Mandelbrot, Fractals, form, chance, and dimension, 1st edn. (Freeman Co, San Fransisco, 1977). ISBN 0-716-70473-0 

Peirin, Mouvement brownien et realite moleeulaire. Ann. Chim. Phys. 8(18), 1—114 (1909) 

Edelmann, Lehrbuch der Kolloidchemie, vol. I (Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1962), pp. 1-7 

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