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Overview

V. B. Fainerman is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their research has primarily focused on the field of Chemistry, with a significant emphasis on Organic Chemistry. Other notable subfields include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Food Science.

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of surfactants and colloidal systems, including the behavior and interaction of molecules at interfaces. Key topics include Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, Proteins in Food Systems, Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, Fluid Dynamics and Mixing, and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics.

Some recent papers authored by V. B. Fainerman include:

  • New view of the adsorption of surfactants at water/alkane interfaces - Competitive and cooperative effects of surfactant and alkane molecules (2020, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science)
  • Surface tension and dilational rheology of mixed β-casein - β-lactoglobulin aqueous solutions at the water/air interface (2020, Food Hydrocolloids)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • E.V. Aksenenko
  • R. Miller
  • A.V. Makievski
  • V.I. Kovalchuk
  • Libero Liggieri

V. B. Fainerman's publications have appeared in several journals and venues, most notably:

  • Colloids and Interfaces
  • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Food Hydrocolloids

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of protein and mixed protein/surfactant adsorption layers at the water/fluid interface.

    R. Miller;V.B. Fainerman;A.V. Makievski;J. Krägel

  • The analysis of dynamic surface tension of sodium alkyl sulphate solutions, based on asymptotic equations of adsorption kinetic theory

    V. B. Fainerman;A. V. Makievski;R. Miller

  • Dynamic surface and interfacial tensions of surfactant and polymer solutions

    Reinhard Miller;Paul Joos;Valentin B. Fainerman

  • Surfactants: Chemistry, Interfacial Properties, Applications

    V. B. Fainerman;D. Möbius;Reinhard Miller

  • Adsorption of surfactants and proteins at fluid interfaces

    V.B Fainerman;E.H Lucassen-Reynders;R Miller

  • Thermodynamics, adsorption kinetics and rheology of mixed protein-surfactant interfacial layers.

    Cs. Kotsmar;V. Pradines;V.S. Alahverdjieva;E.V. Aksenenko

  • Interfacial properties of pulmonary surfactant layers.

    R. Wüstneck;J. Perez-Gil;N. Wüstneck;A. Cruz

  • Description of the adsorption behaviour of proteins at water/fluid interfaces in the framework of a two-dimensional solution model.

    V.B Fainerman;E.H Lucassen-Reynders;R Miller

  • The measurement of dynamic surface-tension by the maximum bubble pressure method

    V. B. Fainerman;R. Miller;P. Joos

  • Adsorption behavior and dilational rheology of the cationic alkyl trimethylammonium bromides at the water/air interface.

    C. Stubenrauch;V. B. Fainerman;E. V. Aksenenko;R. Miller

  • Dynamic interfacial tension of surfactant solutions.

    Reinhard Miller;E.V. Aksenenko;V.B. Fainerman

  • Adsorption of single and mixed ionic surfactants at fluid interfaces

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  • Simple model for prediction of surface tension of mixed surfactant solutions.

    V.B Fainerman;R Miller;E.V Aksenenko

  • Adsorption isotherm and surface tension equation for a surfactant with changing partial molar area. 1. Ideal surface layer

    V. B. Fainerman;R. Miller;R. Wüstneck;A. V. Makievski

  • Equations of State for Langmuir Monolayers with Two-Dimensional Phase Transitions

    V. B. Fainerman;D. Vollhardt

  • Dynamic surface tension and adsorption kinetics of beta-casein at the solution/air interface.

    R. Miller;V. B. Fainerman;E. V. Aksenenko;M. E. Leser

  • Progress in characterization of Langmuir monolayers by consideration of compressibility

    D. Vollhardt;V.B. Fainerman

  • Dynamic surface tension and adsorption properties of β-casein and β-lactoglobulin

    R. Wustneck;J. Kragel;R. Miller;V.B. Fainerman

  • Adsorption layer characteristics of Triton surfactants: 1. Surface tension and adsorption isotherms

    V. B. Fainerman;S. V. Lylyk;E. V. Aksenenko;A. V. Makievski

  • Thermodynamic and textural characterization of DPPG phospholipid monolayers.

    D. Vollhardt;V. B. Fainerman;Stefan Siegel

  • Adsorption of proteins at the liquid/air interface.

    A. V. Makievski;V. B. Fainerman;M. Bree;R. Wüstneck

  • Surface tension isotherms for surfactant adsorption layers including surface aggregation

    V. B. Fainerman;R. Miller

  • Interfacial Properties of Mixed β-Lactoglobulin-SDS Layers at the Water/Air and Water/Oil Interface

    Vincent Pradines;Jürgen Krägel;Valentin B. Fainerman;Reinhard Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Miller
Reinhard Miller Max Planck Society
Dieter Vollhardt
Dieter Vollhardt University of Augsburg
Jürgen Krägel
Jürgen Krägel Max Planck Society
Martin E. Leser
Martin E. Leser University of Fribourg
Libero Liggieri
Libero Liggieri University of Florence
Francesca Ravera
Francesca Ravera University of Florence
Eric Dickinson
Eric Dickinson University of Leeds
Krister Holmberg
Krister Holmberg Chalmers University of Technology
A.W. Neumann
A.W. Neumann University of Toronto
Helmuth Möhwald
Helmuth Möhwald Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

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