title: Surface forces in wetting films.
abstract: A short review of various components of surface forces acting in a non-symmetrical system such as wetting films is presented here. Experimental results are compared with modified DLVO theory, which includes, besides dispersion and electrostatic, structural (solvation) forces caused by a change in liquid structure in conditions of confined geometry. The peculiarities of disjoining pressure isotherms and conditions of the film stability of non-polar and polar simple liquids, as well as of aqueous solutions of electrolytes and surfactants, are systematically considered from a historical perspective.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 31, 119991, Moscow, Russia. vsobolev@phyche.ac.ru
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Churaev
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011312:Pressure; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D055672:Static Electricity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties; D013500:Surface Tension; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D017155:Wettability; D014906:Wetting Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D004573:Electrolytes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012996:Solutions; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014906:Wetting Agents; D014867:Water