Chapter headings. Selected papers. Surface Phen omena and the Structure of Interfaces in One-Component Systems. Introduction to the thermodynamics of the discontinuity surface
in a single component system. The surface energy and intermolecular interactions in condensed phases.

The Ads orption Phenomena. Structure and Properties
of Adsorption Lay ers at the Liquid-Gas Interface. Principles of adsorption therm odynamics. The Gibbs equation. Structure and properties of the adsorptio n layers at the air-water interface.

Int erfaces Between Condensed Phases. Wetting. The interfaces betwe en condensed phases in two-component systems. Adsorption at interfaces b etween condensed phases.

The Formation of Disperse Systems. Thermodynamics of disperse systems: the basi cs. Thermodynamic principles of the formation of new phase nuclei.

Transfer Processes in Disperse Systems. Concepts of non-equilibrium thermodynamics as applied to transfer pro