The contributions from leading scientists cover a broad spectrum of the following topics: • Self-assembling, Stimuli-responsive and Hierarchically Organized Systems • Colloid, Polymer and Polyelectrolyte Solutions; Wetting Phenomena • Novel Nano-to-Mesostructured Functional Materials • Biologically Important and Bioinspired Systems;

ANGELINA ANGELOVA, BORISLAV ANGELOV, RADA MUTAFCHIEVA, VASIL M. GARAMUS,SYLVIANE LESIEUR, SÉRGIO S. FUNARI, REGINE WILLUMEIT AND PATRICK COUVREUR: Swelling of a sponge lipid phase via incorporation of a nonionic amphiphile: SANS and SAXS Studies.- ELISE LEJEUNE, CHRISTOPHE CHASSENIEUX, OLIVIER COLOMBANI :PH INDUCED DESAGGREGATION OF HIGHLY HYDROPHILIC AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS IDA HÖGBERG, FREDRIK ANDERSSON, ERIK HEDENSTRÖM, MAGNUS NORGREN, HÅKAN EDLUND:THE INTERACTION PARAMETER IN BINARY SURFACTANT MIXTURES OF A CHELATING SURFACTANT AND A FOAMING AGENT Marian Zaborski, Marcin Masłowski:Magnetorheological elastomer composites Franc’ois Muller, Anniina Salonen, Martin Dulle, Otto Glatter: Salt-induced Behavior of Internally Self-assembled Nanodrops: Understanding Stabilization by charged Colloids María-José Pastoriza-Gallego, Verónica Sánchez-Paz, Laurence S. Romsted, Carlos Bravo-Díaz: Distribution of tert-butylhydroquinone in a corn oil/C12E6/water based emulsion. Application of the pseudophase kinetic model. M. LUTY-BLOCHO, K. PACŁAWSKI, W. JAWORSKI , B. STRESZEWSKI, AND K. FITZNER: KINETIC STUDIES OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES FORMATION IN THE BATCH AND IN THE FLOW MICROREACTOR SYSTEM UTE BÖHME, BRIGITTE HÄNEL, ULRICH SCHELER: INFLUENCE OF THE COUNTERIONS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF POLYELECTROLYTES Osami Kuroda, Hiroshige Seto, Takayuki Narita, Michio Yamanaka and Yushi　Oishi: Liposome Deformation by Transmembrane pH and Ionic Strength Imballance M.Kosmulski, P.Dahlsten, P.Próchniak, and J.B.Rosenholm: Surface charge and conductance in nonaqueous and mixed solvents S. Junaid S. Qazi, Göran Karlsson, Adrian R. Rennie: Self-Assembled Structures of Disc-Like Colloidal Particles P. Malo de Molina, C. Herfurth, A. Laschewsky, M. Gradzielski: Multi-Bridging Polymers. Synthesis and Behaviour in Aqueous Solutions B. A. Di Giovanni, R. G. Holdich and V. M. Starov: Analysis and prediction of cluster formation in colloidal suspensions M. A. Raza • E. S.Kooij • A. van Silfhout, B. Poelsema Superhydrophobicity of self-assembled PFDTS Nanostructures M. A. Raza • E. S. Kooij • A. van Silfhout , B. Poelsema: A facile colloidal route for superhydrophobic films with hierarchical roughness JORGE LÓPEZ GARCÍA, JIŘÍ PACHERNÍK, MARIÁN LEHOCKÝ, ITA JUNKAR, PETR HUMPOLÍČEK, AND PETR SÁHA: ENHANCED KERATINOCYTE CELL ATTACHMENT TO ATELOCOLLAGEN THIN FILMS THROUGH AIR AND NITROGEN PLASMA TREATMENT CLAUS-PETER KLAGES, SVEN HARTWIG, AND HANNAH SCHMOLKE: ADSORPTION OF POLY(ACRYLIC ACID)-GRAFT-POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) ON POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYERS Miyuki Kuramori, Takamasa Ishikawa, Takayuki Narita and Yushi Oishi: Phase separation for Langmuir monolayer in binary system based on a p-A isotherm measurement S.R. Derkach, S.M. Levachov, T.A. Dyakina, L.A. Petrova: Rheological Behavior of Interface Layers Stabilized by Gelatin with Lecithin S Semenov, VStarov, R Rubio: Instantenous evaporation rate from droplets Boris Bezuglyi ∙ Natalia Ivanova ∙ Victor Starov: FTIR ATR study of adsorption of trisiloxanes and hydrocarbon surfactants at hydrophobic solids from aqueous solutions NILADRI ROY, NABANITA SAHA, TAKESHI KITANO, EVA VITKOVA, PETR VILCAK, PETR SAHA: EFFECTIVENESS OF POLYMER SHEET LAYER TO PROTECT HYDROGEL DRESSINGS D. Schnöller, Cs. B. Pénzes, K. Horváti, Sz. Bősze, F. Hudecz, É. Kiss: Membrane affinity of new antitubercular drug candidates using a phospholipid Langmuir monolayer model and LB technique Maja S. Hellsing, Adrian R. Rennie, Lionel Porcar, Carl-Johan Englund: Scattering from dilute and lamellar phase solutions of Aerosol-OT Simultaneous probe of surface structures and bulk Tomasz Pingot, Martyna Pingot, Marian Zaborski The effect of chemical modification on mechanical properties of carbon black filled elastomer Martyna Pingot, Tomasz Pingot, and Marian Zaborski: Nanostructured metal oxide and unsaturated acid as a new co-agent in peroxide cross-linking of hydrogenated butadiene-acrylonitrilerubber Anna Strąkowska, Marian Zaborski: Effect of Ionic Liquids on the Mechanical Properties of Methylvinylsilicone Rubber M. de Dios, F. Barroso, and C. Tojo: A simulation study on the structure of bimetallic nanoparticles synthesized in microemulsions G. Ghosh, A. Vílchez, J. Esquena, C. Solans, C. Rodríguez-Abreu: Preparation of porous magnetic nanocomposite materials using highly concentrated emulsions as templates K. Marczewska-Boczkowska, and M.Kosmulski: 2-mercaptobenzothiazole as a corrosion inhibitor in low temperature ionic liquids M. AL HELOU, M-A. GUEDEAU BOUDEVILLE, N. SANSON, C. GÉRARDIN, A. MOURCHID : A SOFT METHOD FOR DEVELOPING NANOSTRUCTURED ORGANIC BIOMATERIALS A. Jordanova, A. Tsanova, G. As. Georgiev, D. Chakarov Interfacial tensiometry of tracheal aspirate from infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome J. NARKIEWICZ-MICHALEK, M. SZYMULA, C. BRAVO-DÍAZ: MICELLAR AND SOLVENT EFFECTS ON ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF ANTIOXIDANTS Kazimiera A. Wilk, Katarzyna Zielińska, Anna Jarzynska, Jadwiga, Pietkiewich: Human erythrocyte hemolysis induced by bioinspired sugar surfactants KATARZYNA ZIELIŃSKA, JADWIGA PIETKIEWICZ, JOLANTA SACZKO, KAZIMIERA A. WILK: MICROEMULSIONS STABILIZED BY GEMINI, DICEPHALIC AND SINGLE-HEAD SINGLE-TAIL SUGAR SURFACTANTS AS BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT SYSTEMS: HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY AND CYTOTOXIC STUDIES.

This volume includes 35 contributions to the 24th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society which took place in September 2010 in Prague. The contributions from leading scientists cover a broad spectrum of the following topics: • Self-assembling, Stimuli-responsive and Hierarchically Organized Systems • Colloid, Polymer and Polyelectrolyte Solutions; Concentrated Systems and Gels • Thin Films, Interfaces and Surfaces; Wetting Phenomena • Novel Nano-to-Mesostructured Functional Materials • Biologically Important and Bioinspired Systems; Pharmaceutical and Medical Applications

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