Colloid and Interface Science is an important area of knowledge which underpins a wide variety of both fundamental and applied science.
Colloids include a variety of complex materials, as liquids in liquids (emulsions), solids in liquids (dispersions), liquids in gases (aerosols or foams), solid dispersions and biosystems, where the interactions between phases and at interfaces are dominant aspects of the system’s behaviour.
Colloid and formulation science is a critical capability in industrial design and manufacture of just about any chemical and many bio-industry finished products, like medicines and biocides, foods, personal care and household care products, ceramics and composites, paints and coatings.
