Where Water Meets Air: The Science of Surface Phenomena

This book presents the current understanding of the water surface layer, integrating both experimental insights and theoretical developments. It also seeks to revisit and clarify some of the ＂known unknowns＂ that continue to challenge our knowledge of this interface.

Chi M. Phan (Ph.D., BEng) has taught in the Discipline of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University for over 18 years. He has taught classes in process analysis, process calculations, modelling, and simulations. In addition to Curtin University, he taught at the University of Newcastle (Australia) and the University of Hyogo (Japan). Most of his research is around the soft interface between water and another fluid. His experimental and simulation works in the last two decades have provided insights into the physicochemical mechanisms of surfactants at the air/water and oil/water surface. The experimental methods and theoretical development are directly applicable to chemical and environmental engineering processes