K.S. Birdi received his BSc (with honors) from Delhi University, Delhi, India, in 1952 and later majored in chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating in 1957. In 1959 he moved to Copenhagen, where he joined Lever Bros. as chief chemist in the Development Laboratory. He joined the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark as assistant professor in 1966. He was appointed research professor at the Nordic Science Foundation in 1985 and was appointed professor of physical chemistry at the School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, in 1990 (retired in 1999). He has been a consultant to national and international industries, a member of chemical societies, a member of organizing committees of national and international meetings related to surface science, and was an advisory member of the journal Langmuir from 1985-87. Surface chemistry is his major area of research interest.

Preface. Editor. Contributors. Introduction to Surface and Colloid Chemistry: Recent Advances and General Remarks. Molecular Thermodynamics of Hydrogen-Bonded Systems. Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions. Chemical Physics of Colloid Systems and Interfaces. Subsurface Colloidal Fines, Behavior, Characterization, and Their Role in Groundwater Contamination. Activated Carbon Adsorption in Water Treatment. Solvation in Heterogeneous Media. Water Purification Devices: State-of-the-Art Review. Thermally Sensitive Particles: Preparation, Characterization, and Application in the Biomedical Field. Microemulsions and Their Applications in Drug Delivery. Adhesion and Wetting: A Quantum Mechanics-Based Approach. Surface Chemistry of Oil Recovery (Enhanced Oil Recovery). A Review of Polymer-Surfactant Interactions. Index.