© Springer-Verlag 2008 rd 43 Biennial Meeting of the German Colloid Society rd This volume containsselected paperspresented at the 43 Biennial Meeting of the German Colloid Society held at the Schloß Waldthausen near Mainz, October 8–10, 2007.

The Effect of Salt Concentration and Cation Valency on Interactions Between Mucin-Coated Hydrophobic Surfaces.- Formation and Structure of Coherent, Ultra-thin Calcium Carbonate Films below Monolayers of Stearic Acid at the Oil/Water Interface.- Volume, Surface and Hydration Properties of Proteins.- Swelling and Water Uptake of PAH/PSS Polyelectrolyte Multilayers.- Surface-Induced Ordering of Liquid Crystal on Modified Surfaces.- Regular Horizontal Patterning on Colloidal Crystals Produced by Vertical Deposition.- Microdrops Evaporating on AFM Cantilevers.- Evaluation of Long Term Stability of Model Emulsions by Multisample Analytical Centrifugation.- Multiple-Particle Tracking (MPT) Measurements of Heterogeneities in Acrylic Thickener Solutions.- Influence of the monolayers composition on bilayer formation during oblique drop impact on liquids.- Polymer-Stabilized Emulsions: Influence of Emulsion Components on Rheological Properties and Droplet Size.- FTIR and 1H NMR Studies on the Structure of Water Solubilized by Reverse Aggregates of Dodecyltrimethylammonium Bromide; Didodecyldimethylammonium Bromide, and Their Mixtures in Organic Solvents.- Swelling of Aqueous L ? -Phases by Matching the Refractive Index of the Bilayers with that of the Mixed Solvent.- Synthesis of Poly(butylcyanoacrylate) Nanocapsules by Interfacial Polymerization in Miniemulsions for the Delivery of DNA Molecules.- Oligo-DNA Functionalized Polyorganosiloxane Nanoparticles.- Heat Transfer from Nanoparticles to the Continuum Matrix.- Growth of Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals in Aqueous Microgels.- Formation of Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles in Poly(ethylene Glycol)-Modified Microemulsions.

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