表面和胶体化学手册

　　The science related to the subject of surface and colloid chemistry has been expanding in the past decade at a rapid pace. Especially， this science has been found to be of importance in such new areas as environmental control and bio-technology. .Initially， the subject began some fifty years back when theoretical understanding of surface and colloid systems was found to be of much importance. The amount of information published since then has increased steadily; consider that there are at present some half a dozen different specialty journals related mainly to surface and colloids. The application area of this subject has developed rapidly both in the industrial and biological areas. ...

　　Dr. K.S. Birdi received a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Delhi University， Delhi， India， in 1952.He then traveled to the U.S. for further studies， majoring in chemistry at the University of aliforniaat Berkeley. After graduation in 1957， he joined Standard Oil of California， Richmond.Dr. Birdi married and moved to Copenhagen in 1959， where he joined Lever Bros.， in 1959 as Chief-Chemist， Development Laboratory. During this period he became interested in surface chem-istry and joined， as assistant professor， the Institute of Physical Chemistry （founder of institute：Professor J. BrOnsted）， Danish Technical University， Lyngby， Denmark， in 1966. He irutially did research on surface science aspects （e.g. detergents; rrucelle formation; adsorption; biophysics）.During the early exploration and discovery stages of oil and gas in the North Sea， he got involvedin Research Science Foundation rograms， with other Research Institutes around Copenhagen， in the oil recovery phenomena and surface science. Later， research grants on the same subject were awarded from the European Common Market projects. These projects also involved extensive visits to other universities and an exchange of guests from all over the world. Dr. Birdi was appointed Research Professor in 1985 （Nordic Science Foundation）， and was then appointed， in 1990， to the School of Pharmacy， Copenhagen， as professor in Physical Chemistry.There was continuous involvement with various industrial contract research programs through-out these years. These projects have actually been a very important source ofinformation in keeping up with real problems， and helped in the guidance of research laruung at all levels. Professor Birdi is a consultant to various national and intemationalindustries. He is a member of various chemical societies， and a member organizing committees，of national and international meetings related to surface science. He is a member of selection committees for assistant professor and professor， and was an advisory member （1985-1987） of the ACS journal： Langmuir.Professor Birdi has been an advisor for some 90 advanced student projects and various Ph.D.projects. He is the author of some 100 papers and articles （and a few hundred citations）. In order to describe these research observations and data he realized that it was essential to write books on the subject. His first book on surface science was published in 1984： Adsorption and the Gibbs Surface Excess， Chatorraj， D.K. and Birdi， K.S.， Plenum Press， New York. Further publications include Lipid and Biopolymer Monolayers at LiqLuld Interfaces， K.S. Birdi， Plenum Press， New York， 1989; and Fractals， in Chemistry， Geochemistry and Brophysrcs， K.S. Birdi，Plenum Press， New York， 1994. Surface chemistry has remained his major interest of research throughout these years.