There is little published material on the practical aspects of Zeta Potential, (as of 1968) and there are few books dealing solely with cell electrophoresis or Zeta Potential. The following publications, selected from the writer's library, are recommended. They range from introductory to sophisticated.

1 — Introduction to Colloid Chemistry — including the Zeta Potential

1–1   Introduction to Colloid Chemistry—Mysels—Interscience (Wiley)—1959

1–2   A Short Textbook of Colloid Chemistry—Jirgensons & Straumanis—Wiley—1954

2 — Introduction to Physical Chemistry

2–1   Experimental Physical Chemistry—Daniels et al—McGraw-Hill—1956

2–2   Physical Chemistry—Daniels & Alberty—Wiley—1966

2–3   Industrial Chemistry of Colloidal and Amorphous Materials—Lewis et al—Mac­millan—1942

3 — Introduction to Organic Chemistry

3–1   Introduction to Organic Chemistry—Lowy, Harrow & Apfelbaum—Wiley—1951

3–2   Organic Chemistry Simplified—Macy—Chemical Publishing—1955

3–3   The World of Carbon—Isaac Asimov—Collier Books—1962

3–4   The World of Nitrogen—Isaac Asimov—Collier Books—1962

4 — Electrophoresis and the Zeta Potential

4–1   Electrophoresis—Ed. by Milan Bier—Academic Press—1959

4–2   Theory of the Stability of Lyophobic Colloids—Verwey & Overbeek—Elsevier Publishing, Amsterdam—1948

4–3   Colloid Science—Ed. by Kruyt—Elsevier—Vol. 1, 1952; Vol. 2, 1949

4–4   Advances in Colloid Science—Ed. by Mark & Verwey—Vol. III —Interscience—1950

4–5   Dielectric Behavior and Structure—Charles Phelp Smith—McGraw-Hill—1955

4–6   Electrophoresis of Proteins and the Chemistry of Cell Surfaces—Abramson, Moyer and Gorin—1942—Reprinted by University Microfilms, Arn Arbor, Mich. —1962

4–7   Selected Papers by A. P. Black and associates, dealing with cell electrophoresis and (unless otherwise noted) appearing in the Journal of AWWA, New York, N.Y.

a.)   Electrophoretic Studies of Water Coagulation—50, 1467 (1958)

b.)   Basic Mechanisms of Coagulation—52, 492 (1960)

c.)   Electrophoretic Studies of Turbidity Removal by Coagulation with Aluminum Sulfate—53, 438 (1961)

d.)   Electrophoretic Studies of Coagulation for Removal of Organic Color—53, 589 (1961)

e.)   Electrophoretic Studies of Sludge Particles Produced in Lime-Soda Softening—53, 737 (1961)

f.)   Determination of the Mobility of Colloidal Particles by Microelectrophoresis—54, 926 (1962)

g.)   Mechanisms of Coagulation in Water Treatment—Journal San. Eng., Div. Am. Soc. Civil Eng.—Vol. 89, Part I, pp. 75-80 (Jan. 1963)

h.)   The Nature of Organic Color in Water—Part I—55, 753 (1963); Part II—55, 897 (1963)

i.)   Stoichiometry of the Coagulation of Color—Causing Organic Compounds with Ferric Sulfate—55, 1347 (1963)

j.)   Electrophoretic Studies of Turbidity Removal with Ferric Sulfate—56, 99 (1964)

4–8   Electrokinetic Phenomena—Abramson—Reinhold—1934

4–9   The Electrical Double Layer Around a Spherical Colloid Particle—Loeb, Wiersema & Overbeek—MIT Press—1961

4–10   Double Layer and Electrode Kinetics—Paul Delahay—Interscience (Wiley)—1965

4–11   On the Theory of Electrophoresis—Ph.D. Thesis—Pieter H. Wiersema—Drukkerij Pasmans, v.d. Vemmestraat 76, Den Haag—1930

5 — Colloid and Physical Chemistry

5–1   Colloid Science—Alexander & Johnson—Oxford Univ. Press—1950

5–2   Physical Chemistry—Rutgers—Interscience—1954

5–3   Colloid Science—McBain—D.C. Heath & Co.—1950

5–4   Physical Chemistry of Surface Films—Harkins—Reinhold—1952

5–5   Colloid Science—Symposium—Chemical Publishing—1947

5–6   Surface Chemistry—Bikerman—Academic Press—1958

5–7   Physical Chemistry of Surfaces—Adamson—Interscience—1960

5–8   Colloidal Dispersions—Carl Fisher—Wiley—1950

5–9   An Introduction to Colloid Chemistry—Van Olphen—Wiley—1963

5–10   Action of Phosphates on Finely Divided Solids—John W. Lyons-Monsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.—1961

5–11   Cation Exchange in Soils—Walter P. Kelly—Reinhold—ACS—1948

5–12   Alkali Soils—W. P. Kelly—Reinhold—ACS—1951

5–13   Adsorption—C.L. Mantell—McGraw-Hill—1951

5–14   The Alkaline Earth and Heavy Metal Soaps—Stanley B. Elliott—Reinhold—ACS—1946

5–15   The Colloid Chemistry of Silica & Silicates—Ralph K. Iler—Cornell Univ. Press—1955

5–16   Surface Chemistry—Lloyd Osipow—Reinhold—ACS—1962

5–17   Flotation—A.M. Gaudin—McGraw-Hill—1957

5–18   Phthalocyanine Compounds—Moser & Thomas—Reinhold—ACS—1963

5–19   The Chemistry and Physics of Clays—Searle & Grimshaw—Interscience—1959

5–20   Fats & Oils-Kirschenbauer—Reinhold—1960

5–21   Emulsion and Water Soluble Paints and Coatings—Martens—Reinhold—1964

5–22   Colloidal Surfactants—Shinoda et al—Academic Press—1963

5–23   Physical Chemistry—Moore—Prentice-Hall—1962

5–24   Interfacial Phenomena—Davies & Rideal—Academic—1963

5–25   Surface Activity-Moilliet, Collie & W. Black—Van Nostraiid—1961

5–26   Organic Colloids—jirgensons—Elsevier—1958

5–27   Surface Phenomena in Chemistry and Biology—Danielli et al—Pergamon Press—1958

5–28   The Scientific Papers of J. Willard Gibbs—Vols. 1 & 2 —Repub. by Dover—1961

5–29   On Physical Adsorption—Ross & Olivier—Interscience—1964

5–30   Chemisorption—Hayward & Trapnell—Butterworths—1964

5–31   Emulsions—Paul Becher—Reinhold—1965

5–32   Chemistry & Physics of Interfaces—Symposium, June 15/16, 1964—ACS—1965

6 — Polymer Chemistry

6–1   Natural and Synthetic High Polymers—Meyer—Interscience—1950

6–2   Principles of Polymer Cheniistry—Flory—Cornell Univ. Press—1953

6–3   Textbook of Polymer Chemistry—Billmeyer—Interscience—1957

6–4   An Introduction to the Organic Chemistry of High Polymers—Marvel—Wiley—1959

6–5   Physical Chemistry of High Polymers—Huggins—Wiley—1958

6–6   Developments in Inorganic Polymer Chemistry—Lappert & Leigh—Elsevier—1962

6–7   The Chemistry of Plant Gums and Mucilages—Smith & Montgomery—Reinhold—ACS—1950

6–8   The Water Soluble Gums—Charles L. Mantell—1947—Reprinted by University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Mich.

6–9   Water Soluble Resins—Davidson & Sittig—Reinhold—1962

6–10   List of Papers by V. K. LaMer and associates (Healy, Kane, Linford, Smeliie, and others), dealing with coagulation—particularly with long-chain polymers:

a.)   Journal Colloid Science—11,704 — 11,710 — 11,720 (1956); 12,230 — 12,566 (1957); 13,589 (1958); 19,323 (1964)

b.)   Journal Phys. Chem.—66,1835 (1962); 67,2417 (1963); 67,1977 (1963); 68,2273 (1964)

c.)   Rev. Pure Appl. Chem.—13,112 (1963)

d.)   Journal Am. Chem. Soc.—86,3450 (1964)

6–11   Properties and Structure of Polymers—Tobolsky—Wiley—1960

6–12   Autohesion and Adhesion of High Polymers (Polymer Reviews, Vol. 4)—S.S. Voyutskii—Interscience (Wiley)—1963

7 — Surfactants

7–1   Surface Active Agents—Vol. I —Schwartz—Interscience—1949

7–2   Surface Active Agents and Detergents—Vol. II —Schwartz et al—Interscience—1958

7–3   Detergents and Emulsifiers (A listing of the principal surfactants produced in the U.S.A.)—Revised yearly—Published by John W. McCutcheon, Inc., Morristown, N.J.

7–4   Encyclopedia of Surface-Active Agents—Sisley & Wood—Vol. I, 1952—Vol. II, 1964—Chemical Publishing Co. Inc., 212 Fifth Ave., New York.

7–5   Nonionic Surfactants—Martin J. Schick—Marcel Dekker, pubr., 95 Madison Ave., New York—1967

7–6   The Structure of Polymers—M.L. Miller—Reinhold—1966

8 — Electro-Chemistry

8–1   Introduction to Electro-Chemistry—Glasstone—Van Nostrand—1942

8–2   Electro-Chemistry—Kortum & Bockris—Elsevier—Vols. 1 & 2, 1951

9 — Organic Chemistry

9–1   Organic Chemistry—Morrison & Boyd—Allyn & Bacon, Inc., Boston—1959

9–2   Organic Chemistry—Vols. 1 & 2 —F.C. Whitmore—1937—Republished by Dover Publications, New York

9–3   Steric Effects in Organic Chemistry—Melvin S. Newman—Wiley—1956

10 — Coagulation of Raw Sugar Juice

10–1   Papers by C. M. Bennett and associates on Coagulation and the Zeta Potential—Int'l Sugar Journal—1959, 1960

11 — Blood Stability and Related Subjects

11–1   The Plasma Proteins—Vols. 1 & 2 —Putnam—Academic Press—1960

11–2   Blood Cells & Plasma Proteins—Tullis—Academic Press—1953

11–3   The Functions of the Blood—Macfarlane & Robb—Smith—Academic Press—1961

11–4   Blood Clotting and Allied Problems—Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation—New York, N.Y.—(Five yearly conferences, 1948–1952)

11–5   International Symposium on Blood Platelets—Henry Ford Hospital—Little, Brown & Co., Boston—1961

11–6   Blood Coagulation—Collected Papers by Walter H. Seegers and associates—2 vols. (1953–1957 and 1957–1960)—-Wayne Univ. College of Medicine—Detroit

11–7   Lipoids and Blood Platelets-Ferguson—Univ. of North Carolina Press—Chapel Hill—1960

11–8   The Plasma Proteins—Weil—J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia—1959

11–9   Hemorrhagic DiseaseVQuick—Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia—1957

11–10   Standard Values in Blood—Albritton—W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia—1952

11–11   The Chemistry of Blood Coagulation—Morawitz—Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, III.—1958

11–12   Human Blood Coagulation—Biggs & Macfarlane—F.A. Davis Co., Philadelphia—1962

11–13   The Chemical Prevention of Cardiac Necroses—Hans Selye—Ronald Press, New York—1958

11–14   Thrombohemorrhagic Phenomena—Hans Selye—Chas. C. Thomas—1966

11–15   The Stress of Life—Hans Selye—McGraw-Hill—1956

11–16   Selected Papers by Melvin Knisely and associates on Intravascular Coagulation

a.)   The Settling of Sludge During Life—Acta Anatomica, Supplement 41, 1 ad. Vol. 44 —S. Karger—New York—1961

b.)   Ante-Mortem Settling—Angiology, Vol. II, No. 6, Part 2—Dec. 1960

c.)   Sludged Blood—Transactions of the Amer. Therapeutic Soc., Vols. XLVIII and XLIX, 1950

d.)   Settling of Sludge in Human Patients—Angiojogy, Vol. 9, No. 6, Dec. 1958

e.)   Enforced Postponement of Selective Phagocytosis—Southern Medical Journal, Journal of Southern Medical Assn., Vol. 56, No. 10, Oct. 1963, pp. 1,115–1,127, Birmingham, Ala.

f.)   Experimental Separation of Quite Different Types of Circulatory Shock—Shock & Hypertension—Grune & Stratton—1965

g.)   Intravascular Agglutination of the Flowing Blood Following the Injection of Radiopaque Contrast Media—Neurology, Vol. 12, No. 8, Aug. 1962, Minneapolis MN

h.)   Knowlesi Malaria in Monkeys II—Angiology, Vol. 15, No. 9, Sept. 1964

i.)   Intravascular Erythrocyte Agaregation (blood sludge)—Handbook of Physiology, Section 2: Circulation, Vol. III, 1965

j.)   Life Magazine—May 31, 1948—Article entitled "Blood Sludge," pp. 49–59

11–17   The Anatomy and Physiology of Capillaries—August Krogh—1922—Repr. by Hafner Publishing Co., 31 E. 10th St., New York, N. Y.—1959

11–18   The Physiology of Blood Platelets—Marcus and Zucker—Grune & Stratton—1965

11–19   Coagulation and Transfusion in Clinical Medicine—Johnson & Greenwalt—Little, Brown & Co.—1965

11–20   Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation—Col. Robert M. Hardaway—Chas. C. Thomas—1966

11–21   Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation—Donald McKay—Hoeber Div. of Harper & Row—1965

11–22   Osmotic Regulation in Aquatic Animals—August Krogh—1939—Repr. by Dover—1965

11–23   Medical Electronics in Cardiovascular Disease—Chas. K. Friedberg—Grune & Stratton—1963

11–24   Diseases of the Heart—Chas. K. Friedberg—W.B. Saunders Co.—1956

11–25   Physiology of the Kidney and Body Fluids—Robt. F. Pitts—Year Book Med. Publishers, Chicago—1963

11–26   The Electrical Activity of the Nervous System—Mary Brazier—MacMillan—1958

11–27   Cardiovascular Dynamics—Rushmer—W.B. Saunders Co.—1961

11–28   Physiology and Biophysics of the Circulation—Alan C. Burton—Year Book Medical Publishers—1965

11–29   Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels—N.Y. Heart Assn.—Little, Brown & Co.—1964

11–30   Blood Group Substances—Elvin A. Kabat—Academic Press—1956

11–31   Electrocardiography—Michael Bernreiter—J.B. Livpincott—1965

11–32   Biophysical Principles of Electrocardiography—Robert H. Bayley—Hoeber—1958

11–33   The Heart Beat—Aldo A. Luisada—Hoeber—1953

11–34   Biophysical Mechanisms in Vascular Homeostasis and Intravascular Thrombosis—Ed. by Philip N. Sawyer—Appleton-Century-Crofts—1965

11–35   Atherosclerosis—Campbell Moses—Lea & Febiger—1963

11–36   The Red Cell—T.A.J. Prankerd—Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, England—1961

11–37   Renal Function—W.J. O'Connor—Williams & Wilkins Co.—1962

11–38   An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine—Claude Bemard—1865—Repr. by Dover, 1957

11–39   Electrolytes and Cardiovascular Diseases, Vols. 1 & 2 —Eörs Bajusz—Williams and Wilkins—1966

11–40   Nutritional Aspects of Cardiovascular Diseases—Eörs Bajusz—J.B. Lippincott—1965

11–41   Conditioning Factors for Cardiac Necroses—Eörs Bajusz—A.G. Karger, Basel, Switzerland, & Intercontinental Medical Book Co., New York—1963

11–42   Metal Binding in Medicine—edited by M. Seven—J.B. Lippincott—1960

11–43   Chelation Therapy—Alfred Soffer—C.C. Thomas Publishers—1964

11–44   Clinical Disorders of Hydration and Acid-Base Equilibrium—Louis G. Welt—Little Brown & Co.—1955

11–45   The Cell—Fawcett—W.B. Saunders Co.—1966

11–46   Biochemistry—Cantarow and Schepartz—W.B. Saunders Co.—1967

11–47   Selected Papers by Edward H. Bloch, M.D. (or Bloch and associates):

a.)   The in vivo Microscopic Intravascular and Vascular Reactions in Acute Poliomyelitis—Am. J. Med. Sciences, 226:24–37

b.)   In vivo Microscopic Observations of the Circulating Blood in Acute Myocardial Infarction—Am. J. Med. Sciences, 229:280–293

c.)   Microscopic Observations of the Circulating Blood in the Bulbar Conjunctiva in Man in Health and Disease—Ergebnisse d. Anatomie u. Entwicklungsge-schichte, 35:1–98 (A monograph)

d.)   A Comparison of the Surfaces of Human Erythrocytes from Health and Disease by in vivo light microscopy and in vitro electron microscopy—Angiology, 7:479–494

e.)   Diabetes and the Living Microvascular System—New York Acad. Sciences

f.)   The Effect of Cellular Aggregation on Pressure-flow Relationship in the Microvascular System—Angiology, 12:473–476

g.)   Rheology and the Dynamic Anatomy of the Microvascular System—Trans. Soc. Rheol., 7:9–18, 1963

h.)   Microscopic Observations of the Acute Effects on the Extra– and Intrahepatic Circulation Produced by Anti-red Cell Sera—Anat. Record, 121:459, 1955

i.)   Electron Microscopy of Human Erythrocytes from Health and Disease—Anat. Record, 112:442, 1952

j.)   Electron Microscopy of Human Erythrocytes from Healthy and Sludged Blood—Science, 115:46, 1952

11–48   Amino Acids and Serum Proteins—ACS Advances in Chemistry Series—Ed. by Robert F. Gould—American Chemical Society—1964

11–49   Biochemistry—West, Todd, Mason and Van Bruggen—The Macmillan Co.—Fourth Edition, 1966

11–50   Blood and Other Body Fluids (Biological Handbook series)—Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 9650 Wisconsin Ave., Washington 14, D.C.—1961

11–51   Standard Values in Nutrition and Metabolism (Biological Handbook series)—1954 (Same publisher as Ref. 11–50)

11–52   Handbook of Circulation (Biological Handbook series)—1959 (Same publisher as Ref. 11–50)

11–53   Hypertension—Recent Advances—Ed. by Brest & Moyer—Lea & Febiger—1961

11–54   Pulsatile Blood Flow—E.O. Attinger, Editor—McGraw-Hill—1963

12 — Miscellaneous

12–1   Nuclear Technology for Engineers—Ellis—McGraw-Hill—1959

12–2   Property of Ordinary Water Substance—Dorsey—Reinhold—1940

12–3   Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions—Basolo & Pearson—Wiley—1958

12–4   The American Institute of Physics Handbook—McGraw-Hill—1957

12–5   Tables of Dielectric Dispersion Data for Pure Liquids and Dilute Solutions— NBS Circular 589—U.S. Dept. of Commerce—Nat'l Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.—1958

12–6   Dielectric Constants of Aqueous Solutions of Dextrose and Sucrose—Nat'l Bureau of Standards—Research Paper 2137 (1950)

12–7   Precipitation from Homogeneous Solutions—Gordon et al—Wiley—1960

12–8   The Body Fluids—Elkinton & Danowski—Williams & Wilkins Co.,—1955

12–9   Oxidation Potentials—Wendel Latimer—Prentice Hall—1952

12–10   Soluble Silicates—Vols. 1 & 2 —Jas. G. Vail—Reinhold—1952

12–11   Wood Chemistry—Vols. 1 & 2 —Wise & Jahn—Reinhold—ACS—1944

12–12   Industrial Microbiology—Prescott & Dunn—McGraw-Hill—1959

12–13   The Atomic Nucleus—Korsunsky—Republished by Dover—1958

12–14   The Structure of Electrolytic Solutions—Hamer—Wiley—1959

12–15   Ions in Solution—Gurney—Reprinted by Dover—1962

12–16   Polar Molecules—Debye—Reprinted by Dover—1929

12–17   Kinetic Theory of Liquids—Frenkel—Reprinted by Dover—1955

12–18   Ionic Processes in Solution—Gumey—Reprinted by Dover—1962

12–19   The Nature of the Chemical Bond—Pauling—Cornell—Reprinted 1960

12–20   Soil Microbiology—Waksman—Wiley—1952

12–21   Principles of Soil Microbiology—Waksman—Wiley—1927

12–22   Chemical Pathways of Metabolism—Vols. 1 & 2 —Greenberg—Academic Press—1954

12–23   Phosphatides—Wittcoff—Reinhold—1951

12–24   A Survey of Physical Theory—Max Planck—Reprinted by Dover—1960

12–25   The Nature of Physical Theory—Bridgman—Reprinted by Dover—1936

12–26   Scientific Autobiography—Max Planck—Philosophical Library, 15 East 40th St., New York, N.Y.—1949

12–27   Fundamental Principles of Bacteriology—A.J. Salle—McGraw-Hill—1961

12–28   Boron-Nitrogen Chemistry—Symposium—ACS—1964

12–29   Fundamentals of Dairy Science—Rogers Associates—ACS Mono. #41—Reinhold—1935

12–30   The Structure of Crystals—R.W.G. Wyckoff—ACS mono. #19—Reinhold—1935

12–31   Aluminum–Its Applications in the Chemical and Food Industries—Juniere and Sigwalt—Chemical Publishing Co., N.Y.—1964

12–32   Asbestos Fundamentals—Hans Berger—Chemical Publishing Co.—1963

12–33   Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion—William Beaumont, M.D.—Dover Publications—1959

12–34   Classics of Medicine and Surgery—Dover Publications—1959

12–35   An Essay on the Organic Diseases and Lesions of the Heart and Great Vessels—J.N. Corvisart—Hafner Publishing Co., New York—1962

12–36   Observations on Some of the Most Frequent and Important Diseases of the Heart—Allan Bums—Hafner Publishing Co., New York—1964

12–37   A Story of Nutritional Research: The Effect of Vitamin A and D—Sir Edward Mellanby—Williams & Wilkins Co.—1950

12–38   The Vitamins—Sherman and Smith—ACS Monograph Series #6—Reinhold Publishing—1931

12–39   The Role of Magnesium in Biologic Processes—Jerry K. Aikawa, M.D.—Charles C. Thomas, publisher—1963

12–40   Heinz Handbook of Nutrition—Benjamin T. Burton—McGraw-Hill Book Co.—1965

12–41   Composition of Foods—Agricultural Handbook No. 8—U.S. Dept. of Agriculture—Revised Dec. 1963

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