Mean-field description of the structure and tension of curved fluid interfaces

Abstract

This thesis described the interfacial properties of curved fluid interfaces mainly employing mean-field models. Investigations of Tolman's length in simple systems and systems in contact with a hard wall are presented. Both the interfacial properties as well as the wetting behavior of phase-separated colloid-polymers are studied. Also the stability of the interface encountered in Pickering emulsions is investigated.