The applications of colloids and interfaces have impacted human civilisation to a very great extent.
Beginning with edibles and personal hygiene care products, the applications of colloid and interface
science are visible in large-scale industrial undertakings such as petroleum recovery, manufacture of
heavy chemicals and coating processes. Traditionally, this branch of science was confined within the
precincts of chemistry departments in universities the world over. In recent times, it has been
groomed to blossom into a multidisciplinary subject meant for study by chemical engineers,
biotechnologists, physicists and environmental scientists.