title: Free-energy formalism for particle adsorption.
abstract: The equilibrium properties of particle adsorption is investigated theoretically. The model relies on a free-energy formulation which allows us to generalize the Maxwell-Boltzmann description to solutions for which the bulk volume fraction of potentially adsorbed particles is very high. As an application we consider the equilibrium physical adsorption of neutral and charged particles from solution onto two parallel adsorbing surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Université Grenoble I, Institut Fourier, UMR 5582 CNRS-UJF, UFR de Mathématiques, BP74, Saint Martin d'Hères, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gosselin
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohrbach