RECENT PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 WATER STRUCTURING AT COLLOIDAL SURFACES 2 MICROGELS AND CORE-SHELL PARTICLES 3 MICROENCAPSULATION: FUNDAMENTALS, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 4 THE MOLECULAR LAYERING METHOD: PROGRESS IN SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL WORKS FOR CREATION OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS 5 ANALYSIS OF SURFACE STRUCTURES USING XPS WITH EXTERNAL STIMULI 6 MODIFICATION AND COATING OF POLYMER SURFACES 7 IS IT POSSIBLE TO GENERALIZE THE PROBLEMS OF POROUS MATERIALS FORMATION, STUDY AND EXPLOITATION? 8 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE PRESSURE OF MONOLAYERS FORMED BY NANO-PARTICLES 9 OXIDE, CARBON, AND CARBON/MINERAL ADSORBENTS FOR TOXIC, EXPLOSIVE, AND NARCOTIC COMPOUNDS – SYNTHESIS, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS 10 POROUS POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES FILLED WITH CHEMICALLY MODIFIED FUMED SILICAS 11 ION-ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION IN SYSTEMS OF INORGANIC NANOPARTICLES AND BIOLOGICAL CELLS IN ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION 12 STRUCTURAL AND ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PYROCABON-MINERAL ADSORBENTS 13 SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL/ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED HYBRID CARBON/MINERAL ADSORBENTS 14 SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 15 SURFACE MODIFICATIONS TO INFLUENCE ADHESION OF BIOLOGICAL CELLS AND ADSORPTION OF GLOBULAR PROTEINS 16 FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOSILICA APPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN PROTECTION 17 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF APPLICATION OF HIGHLY DISPERSE AMORPHOUS SILICA 18 THE INTERACTION OF NANOSTRUCTURED BIOMATERIALS WITH HUMAN CELL CULTURES THE CHOICE OF CELL CULTURES FOR USE AS BIOCOMPATABILITY PROBES 19 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISATION OF A POLYCAPROLACTONE TISSUE SCAFFOLD 20 NANOSTRUCTURED AND NANOCOMPOSITE HYDROGELS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 21 AN OVERVIEW ON THE TOXICITY OF INHALED NANOPARTICLES 22 DETECTION OF V-TYPE NERVE AGENT DEGRADATION PRODUCTS USING 23 BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOPARTICLES 25 THE ROLE OF NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF SURFACE SITES IN THE BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO SILICA PARTICLES 26 MAGNETICALLY SENSITIVE NANOCOMPOSITES FOR MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 27 HYDROPHOBIZED SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES WITH IMMOBILIZED 28 INTERACTION OF SOME BIOMOLECULES WITH MODIFIED NANOSILICA SURFACES STUDIED BY QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 29 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORDERED MESOPOROUS MATERIALS FOR REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS 30 FUNCTIONALIZED SURFACES: SILICA STRUCTURE AND METAL ION ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR A POLYPYRROLE/PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE-MODIFIED ELECTRODE ANTIOXIDANTS (VITAMINS C AND E) 24 INTERACTION OF CELLS WITH NANOPARTICLES 31 HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED ALKANE ISOMERIZATION – TOWARDS 100% SELECTIVITY 33 NANOPARTICLES OF ALUMINIUM SALTS HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS IN WATER TREATMENT AND DISINFECTION 34 CO-ADSORPTION OF THE LOW MOLECULAR CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND 35 INTERACTION OF PHENOLIC POLLUTANTS WITH PNIPA HYDROGELS 36 NANOSCALE OXIDES AS DESTRUCTIVE SORBENTS FOR HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS 37 DYNAMIC ADSORPTION OF TERT-BUTYLBENZENE, CYCLOHEXANE AND WATER VAPOURS ON FIXED ACTIVATED CARBON/MOLECULAR SIEVE BEDS 38 INFLUENCE OF PRE-ADSORBED NACL ON BREAKTHROUGH DYNAMICS OF TBB AND DMMP ON ACTIVATED CARBON AT DIFFERENT AIRSTREAM HUMIDITIES 39 INFLUENCE OF THE NATURE OF ACTIVE SURFACE SITES OF HIGHLY DISPERSE OXIDES ON ADSORPTION OF HEAVY METAL IONS