InhaltsangabeOpening address at the 37th General Meeting in Dresden.- Wolfgang-Ostwald-Prize recipient 1995: Prof. Dr. Hans Sonntag.- Thomas-Graham-Medal recipient 1995: Prof. Dr. Johannes Lyklema.- Interfacial behaviour of biomacromolecules.- Vapor pressure of phenethyl alcohol in the system with water, and polyoxyethylene, 4, lauryl ether (Brij® 30).- Interactions of a water-soluble polymeric detergent additive (polycarboxylate) with clay minerals from soil.- Some colloid-chemical features of emulsion polymerisation.- Monodispersed colloids: preparations and interactions.- Surface forces in wetting, flotation and capillary phenomena.- Adsorption of block polymers on well-defined silica surfaces.- Wetting measurements on smooth, rough and porous solid surfaces.- Unsaturated monoethanolamide ethoxylates as paint surfactants.- Switching flow and phase behavior in surfactant systems via photochemical reactions.- Film formation from polymer latices.- Flow-induced deformation of microcapsules.- The problem of stability of a silica hydrosol in presence of various aliphatic alcohols.- Stability and demulsification of petroleum emulsions.- Physico-chemical basics of microemulsions with alkyl polyglycosides.- Applications of microemulsions with different compositions in detergents technique.- Colloid stability of hydrophylic latexes.- Influence of polymeric auxiliaries on particle adhesion in quaeous systems.- Ecological washing of textiles with microbial surfactants.- Interfacial tension of double-chain cationic surfactants.- Lubrication of synthetic fibers with surfactants - a complex surface-chemical process at the phase boundary solid/liquid.- Computer-aided similarity and identify search with a FTIR library of surfactants and surfactant mixtures.- Solvent extraction of toxic heavy metals with 8-hydroxyquinoline extractants from effluents.- Polyelectrolyte complex formation at the interface of solutions.- Surface properties of textile cellulose as a function of processing steps.- Characterization of polymer particles: I. competitive liquid sorption and calorimetry.- Effect of block copolymer architecture on the interfacial tension between immiscible polymers.- Dewetting of solid surfaces.- Monolayer characteristics of monodisperse core-shell latex particles prepared by soap-free emulsion copolymerization.- Complex surface characterization of modified carbon fibers by means of spectroscopic and thermodynamic methods.- Peroxidation of the interface of colloidal systems as new possibilities for design of compounds.- Reactions of polymer analogous model substances with metals and oxides.- Influence of different interphases on the mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced polymers.