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CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 119-124Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2009.12.005
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Electrophoresis; Electro-osmosis; Streaming potential; Sedimentation potential
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Electrokinetic phenomena comprise the phenomena where a liquid moves tangentially to a charged surface. Well-known phenomena of this kind are electrophoresis, electro-osmosis, streaming potential and sedimentation potential. A historical review is given here, starting with their discovery by F.F. Reuss in 1808 and continuing with the early investigators including G. Wiedemann, G.Quincke, E. Dorn and U. Saxen. It is also discussed how electrokinetic phenomena gave rise to the concept electrical double layer in colloid science. The development of the theory starting with H. Helmholtz, continuing with M. Smoluchowski is described. Extension of the theory including relaxation and surface conduction is included. Finally the history of other kinds of electrokinetic phenomena such as electroacoustics and diffusiophoresis is treated. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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