This book is concerned with the configuration of polymers at the interfacial zone between
two other phases or immiscible components. In recent years, developments in technology
combined with increased attention from specialists in a wide range of fields have resulted in …

The expertise of graphic designers is not very well understood in the software community.
Only a small fraction of the commercial software development community (mostly the big
players) hire the services of graphic designers and/or human interface designers. Though …

Multimodal systems process two or more combined user input modes—such as speech,
pen, touch, manual gestures, gaze, and head and body movements—in a coordinated
manner with multimedia system output. This class of systems represents a new direction for …

provides a concise and easily accessible introduction to this fascinating subject. With a
smooth evolution of ideas from familiar physical chemistry principles, the student can
develop a sophisticated understanding of the chemistry of surfaces and interfaces. The book …

Equations based on a simple model of surfaces and interfaces have been found useful
forrelating quantitatively several previously unrelated fields of surface chemistry {10-13).
These equations introduce a new term—the London dispersion force contribution to the …

Direct manipulation has been lauded as a good form of interface design, and some
interfaces that have this property have been well received by users. In this article we seek a
cognitive account of both the advantages and disadvantages of direct manipulation …

The third edition of this excellent textbook for advanced students in material science,
chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, or for researchers needing background knowledge
in surface and interface science. The general yet comprehensive introduction to this field …

Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces deals with structural and electronic properties of
semiconductor surfaces and interfaces. The first part introduces the general aspects of
space-charge layers, of clean-surface and adatom-induced surfaces states, and of interface …

A topic of particular importance in surface and colloid science is that of the adsorption of
atoms and molecules at interfaces. The process of adsorption is one of the principal ways in
which high-energy interfaces can be altered to lower the overall energy of a system. While …

Natural microbial habitats include various interfaces--liquid-liquid, gas-liquid, solid-liquid,
and solid-gas. An interface, the boundary between two phases, has physical and chemical
properties that differ from those of either phase. Bacteria, yeasts, and algae often …