Albert P. Philipse studied chemistry, philosophy and science history at Utrecht University, and achieved his PhD (1987) in colloid science, with a thesis on light scattering from concentrated silica dispersions. At the Energy Research Center (ECN, the Netherlands) he led various projects on colloidal processing of technical ceramics and inorganic foams. In 1991 he joined the Van't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry at Utrecht University where he was Full Professor of Physical Chemistry from 1994 until his retirement in 2023. His research focused on the synthesis, thermodynamics, and transport properties of dispersions of magnetic, non-spherical and charged colloids. He lectured on physical chemistry, thermodynamics and colloid science at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as delivering guest lectures in schools. He also taught courses in the history of chemistry. Albert's additional enthusiasms include classical music, travelling, cooking, and Ancient Greek.

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• 1: The Colloidal State of Matter 2: Colloidal Nucleation, Growth and Ripening 3: Brownian Motion 4: Van 't Hoff's Law, Donnan Equilibria and the Depletion Force 5: Charged Colloids and Electrical Double-Layers 6: Colloidal Kinetics 7: Sedimentation, Flow in Porous Media and Random Particle Packings 8: Dispersion Flow and Rheology 9: Magnetic Dispersions 10: Association Colloids and Emulsions 11: Colloid Characterization via Light Scattering and Electrophoresis

Albert P. Philipse studied chemistry, philosophy and science history at Utrecht University, and achieved his PhD (1987) in colloid science, with a thesis on light scattering from concentrated silica dispersions. At the Energy Research Center (ECN, the Netherlands) he led various projects on colloidal processing of technical ceramics and inorganic foams. In 1991 he joined the Van't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry at Utrecht University where he was Full Professor of Physical Chemistry from 1994 until his retirement in 2023. His research focused on the synthesis, thermodynamics, and transport properties of dispersions of magnetic, non-spherical and charged colloids. He lectured on physical chemistry, thermodynamics and colloid science at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as delivering guest lectures in schools. He also taught courses in the history of chemistry. Albert's additional enthusiasms include classical music, travelling, cooking, and Ancient Greek.

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• 1: The Colloidal State of Matter 2: Colloidal Nucleation, Growth and Ripening 3: Brownian Motion 4: Van 't Hoff's Law, Donnan Equilibria and the Depletion Force 5: Charged Colloids and Electrical Double-Layers 6: Colloidal Kinetics 7: Sedimentation, Flow in Porous Media and Random Particle Packings 8: Dispersion Flow and Rheology 9: Magnetic Dispersions 10: Association Colloids and Emulsions 11: Colloid Characterization via Light Scattering and Electrophoresis