Classification and Methodology—Finely Dispersed Systems
Abstract Various possible classifications, related to the main subject in the book, are presented, and the chosen classifications are linked to FDS-emulsions and double emulsions. Classifications based on scales, geometries, origin of forces, physical-chemical processes are considered. A kind of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach is used to guide a deeper and more comprehensive elucidation of particular events and phenomena. A new theoretical concept based on entities is developed, which allows for the consideration of constitutive phases as composed of particles, and for the exploration of FDS-emulsions or double emulsions as discrete systems. As a consequence, it will be necessary to introduce classical and quantum electrodynamics in the chapters to come.